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Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous line illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers neatly reinforced with clear tape at front inner hinge and edges, a good, sound copy.
8vo., First Edition thus; original orange wrappers printed in black, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 609. First published as a Penguin in the US in 1946, and in the UK a year later. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browning; original orange printed wrappers, a near fine copy. First appearance in Penguin of the author's first novel. Penguin 1344. Kirkpatrick A1f.
Oblong 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book PP32. The series listings on inside front cover include PP39 and BP5. Published in the same year as the first edition. See PCS p.17.
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus; original printed wrappers, the wrappers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin Classics L62-63. First published in PC in 1957. The text is the Edmonds translation which remains for many scholars the standard English text. The cover roundel is by Elizabeth Friedlander. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing pages. 240 pages.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges very lightly browning, small neat signature on inside front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Ellis-Fermor's new translation. The cover roundel is based on a photograph of the author. Ellis-Fermor was not happy that the portrait used was the best: 'I think there are phases of Ibsen's expression which, shall we say, represent the nature of his mind better than this one'. Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.62; Penguin Classics, L16.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very faintly browned, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. Penguin Classics L82. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Watts' translation.
63 pages. Features: How courts price your injuries; The mystery flight of Rudolph Hess (first of 3 parts); Penguin thinks he's people; Carmelites - rare glimpse of a silent world; 10-page life insurance advertising supplement; Policewoman Sally Krowchynski of the Edmonton Flying Police Club; Fantastic full-page colour Jantzen ad featuring a very handsome Jean Beliveau; Educated Dice - the rolling reader contains seven dice with different words on each face - it makes learning to read into a game; Water Beetle - Ray Pastuck converted his Volkswagen into a boat!; Canada's biggest unconfined explosion at Suffield, Alberta - 3 great colour photos - smoke ring; Collector of Militaria - Eduard Kohler of Neuberg, Germany; He Killed in his sleep - Willis Boshears killed Jean Constable; "We flew into Hurricane Carla" - the crew of plane 5 spent five days tracking the worst tropical storm in 60 years, and their reports enabled half a million persons to flee; NHL President Clarence Campbell's 15 years in office; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, scuff-mark on upper cover else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1630.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1531.
8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1661. Fermor's first novel was first published in 1953.
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel showing a coin is by Berthold Wolpe who also provided the title illustrations. FIRST PUBLICATION OF GRAVES'S TRANSLATION, AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Penguin Classics, L72. Higginson A80.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, fore-edges tanning lightly; original printed wrappers, covers very slightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 11480.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Penguin 577.
4to., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The images includes a number of Russell's own works.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, covers very faintly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Watling's translation. The cover roundel is based on an alleged bust of the dramatist. A note in Penguin's Bristol archives suggests that one 'Bert Pugh' was responsible for the design (see Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.60). Penguin Classics, L3.
Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.Translation by E.F.Watling .Vintage original Penguin edition (# L3) the third title in the Penguin Classics Series 1947 Book
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book PP47. This first edition was never reissued; the subsequent version, with new illustrated endpapers, paste-downs and title, and new illustrations on pp. 2 and 32, was published in both cloth and wrappers in 1947. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See PCS, p.23.
8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers, covers lightly browned else a very good, firm, clean copy. Penguin 1922.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
8vo., First Edition thus; printed wrappers, backstrip just a trifle browned else a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Penguin 1474. Cover artwork by Charles Mozley. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, page edges very slightly tanned else a near fine set. Penguins 692, 1485 respectively. The Brangwen duology comprises The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (1921). VERY SCARCE INDEED AS A SET IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, covers very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 513.