Wrong Set by Wilson Angus, First Edition (37 results)

Condition: Good. 1959. First Edition Thus. 200 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1949). 223pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. VG copy, binding tight with slight forward lean, cloth covers clean with some gentle fading, spine faded and gilt dulled completely, internally very good; no dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Ronald Searle. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1959 first edition Penguin number 1355 with cover illustration by Ronald Searle. Interior clean with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding covers clean and unscuffed, normal tanning to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher4: William Morrow, New York, 1950. VERY GOOD hardcover that is lacking its DJ. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Wear at head and heel of spine. First US Edition, First Printing.

Hardcover. 239p., very good first US edition of Wilson's first book in cloth boards and unclipped but worn dj. Young 4178.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. author's first book. spine area of dj sunned, morrow review card enclosed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Wilson, Angus (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, second impression. 224pp. Blue cloth-covered boards. 12mo. Sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan; water stain to bottom edge. Wear and stains to boards. Rear hinge cracked and stretched; volume a little loose. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 200p period paperback with orange Penguin cover, short stories, very good condition, very well preserved, spine not creased, first Penguin printing Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is very fine with a slight bump at the spine ends. the priced (3.00) dust jacket is very good with a closed tear at the front fold. Book is a review copy with a William Morrow book mark tipped in. book is solid, square and very clean and unmarked. Using razor sharp words, Angus Wilson dissects the strong and weak, rich and poor, proud and humble, laying bare their foibles and frailties, With equal deftness he exposes the philosophical posturing s of some intellectuals or the middle class ideologies that fill a suburban hotel. Interesting look at mid century America. Authors first book. Collectible Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good book in good jacket, very sunned spine, light rubbing, previous owner' s signature.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series; Penguin Books. no. 1355. Physical description; 200 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm. Contents; Fresh air fiend -- Union reunion -- Saturnalia -- Realpolitik -- A story of historical interest -- The wrong set -- Crazy crowd -- A visit in bad taste -- Raspberry jam -- Significant experience -- Mother's sense of fun -- Et dona ferentes. Subjects; English fiction. English literature. Short stories, English. Fiction. Penguin books (series). Short stories in English, 1900 Texts. 3 Kg.

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover author's first book, vg in poor dust jacket, in fresh mylar; heavy chipping to jacket edges, dampstaining to back of jacket and corresponding stain on back board cover, jacket spine heavily faded, lite rubbing to board edges else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped jacket.

First edition. 239 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with sunned spine. Young 4178.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series; Penguin Books. no. 1355. Physical description; 200 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm. Contents; Fresh air fiend -- Union reunion -- Saturnalia -- Realpolitik -- A story of historical interest -- The wrong set -- Crazy crowd -- A visit in bad taste -- Raspberry jam -- Significant experience -- Mother's sense of fun -- Et dona ferentes. Subjects; English fiction. English literature. Short stories, English. Fiction. Penguin books (series). Short stories in English, 1900 Texts. 1 Kg.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Mass market paperback. Penguin orange & white printed wraps. No. 1355. Printed in Great Britain. A nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 201pp. SB-98.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st US Edition. Hardback with dust-wrapper designed by David Soshensky. 239pp. 1st US edition 1950. D/w slightly faded and marked, chipped to edges. 'F' to front free end-paper. Private ownership. (p23).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; blue c lw/gilt spine titles; spine sunned; 223 clean, unmarked pages.

1949, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 223pp. Previous owner's name, the spine is cocked and faded. (Fiction, Short Stories).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 223 pages, a very good plus hardback in a very good plus dust-jacket, the dj has had further protection having been kept in a removable plastic sleeve, though it is price clipped. NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus. Penguin book number 1355. Condition: Good. Slight edgewear. Foxing to cover. Age toning. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches / 18 x 11 cm. 201. pages. Weight: 120g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Publication of 223 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and a bit sunned. tanning and marks. well bound. the front end page has a previous owner's inscriptions. supplied with a facsimile jacket of a fair jacket [S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. American edition, first printing, 1950. With original clipped jacket. The author's first book to be published in America. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, numerous tears, patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), severe fading/browning/marking to/near spine, creasing/rubbing to edges, foxing, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, patchy browning/odd small marks/spots of foxing to reverse (white side), creasing/rubbing/browning/minor foxing to front/back inner flaps, patchy browning (especially to back) and is in only fair condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small mark, odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/little fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Inside boards/end-papers/pages are tanned. Odd small mark/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Full Cloth. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. Full green cloth with moisture damage to the cloth. Jacket has wear and chipping. Overall a POOR book in a GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

First U.S. edition, first printing. Hint of wear to spine crown, mild bump to front cover fore-edge, else fine in green binding with gilt spine titles; in a very good plus illustrated dust jacket, with light edgewear and very short edge tears, fading to spine panel, a few tiny nicks. Wilson's debut collection of short stories was called by Sean O'Faolain "one of the outstanding books of the last twenty years. A new writer of the first rank has appeared on the horizon." Jacket by David Soshensky.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. BUT some text edge spotting and noticeable fading over spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Good+ with near previous owner name to ffep, in unclipped jacket with some browning and a couple of splash marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with slightest spine-fading. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 223 pages. The author's first book. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning to the spine. Spine leans a bit.

Hardcover. 223p., shelfworn first UK edition of Wilson's first book in unclipped, lightly-worn and toned plain gray printed dj. Young 4178.