Uncle Silas by H E Bates: Signed (3 results)
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Published by Cape, UK 1967
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Later Edition 1967 of the Evensford Series of the Works of H E Bates. Inscribed by H E bates to the title page. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Book and wrapper are near fine. Contents good. RefA1234. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Michael Joseph, UK 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1957. Presentation inscription to his friend Bertram Rota. Very rare signed. Illustrated with line drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Book is near fine and extremely bright. The wrapper has odd nicks/rubbing to edges. A nice example. More imag…es can be taken upon request. Ref18207. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Jonathan Cape, London 1939
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of Bates" beloved collection of semi-autobiographical rural tales, following the enigmatic Uncle Silas, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher"s original green cloth binding.Complete with the original dus…t wrapper, inner corners of flaps trimmed but retaining the original price.Forty-eight drawings after Edward Ardizzone, including a frontispiece and title page vignette. Collated, complete. A collection of semi-autobiographical rural tales, following the larger-than-life Uncle Silas through comic and often poignant episodes of English country life.H. E. Bates (1905-1974) was a prolific English author, best known for his evocations of the countryside and for works such as The Darling Buds of May. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two spots to boards. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Light scattered spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in the odd small chip, crease, and closed tear, more so to head and tail of spine. Slight discoloration to spine and perimeters. Light soiling with one of two handling marks. Spot of damp staining towards front joint. Unclipped, with flap corners slightly trimmed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light spots to fore edge. Near Fine. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). signed by author. book.
