joyce james edited theodore spencer (8 résultats)

MM paperback, taped edges. Reprint. First draft version of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a fascinating and different novel in its own right. Acceptable PB reading copy. Scarce book. 230 pp Good unmarked, tanned pp, loose binding.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 210 pp. Indigo oval stamp to each paste down 'P.S.I. Library | Forres 15th Aug 1945' and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Slight browning at edges of book cover. Damp stain along upper back edge of book cover. Light browning of page edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Good to very good condition. Name and year (1947) on front fly leaf. Spine is faded. Cover corners are mildly bumped. Five lines of page references written on back free endpaper. Some underlining on several pages. 234 pages plus five illustrations.

Cloth/Boards. Etat : G/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece (illustrateur). New York, NY: New Directions. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1944). . Cloth/Boards. Sm 4to., 234 pp., cover frayed, faded, page toning .

Boards. Etat : Good (No Dust Jacket). First American edition. 8vo, 234 pp., b/w plates. Spine cocked and faded, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped with corners splitting, covers sunned and stained, foxing to covers and page edges, margins of plates foxed, light discoloration to endpapers, front hinge starting.

Hardcover. Etat : VG. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. top edge chips to an unclipped dj (3.50), clean text.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first paperback issue of the true first edition - published by Jonathan Cape in the Star Editions series for books "To be sold on the Continent of Europe only". This edition was published in the same year as the hardback issue. Edited with an Introduction by Theodore Spencer. ***Near fine in the original thin card blue covers. The covers are exceptionally clean and uncreased considering the age and fragile nature of the production. No significant creasing. No tears. No fading. Interior pages clean apart from a light stain mark to the title page which has also affects the opposite page. No foxing. Spine tight without any reading creases. No dustwrapper as issued. ***186mm x 126mm. 210 pages including an 11 page Introduction and an Editorial Note. ***'Stephen Hero is a posthumously-published autobiographical novel by Irish author James Joyce. Its published form reflects only a portion of an original manuscript, part of which was lost. Many of its ideas were used in composing A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.' [Wiki] ***First impression of the first paperback issue of the true first edition - published by Jonathan Cape in the Star Editions series for books "To be sold on the Continent of Europe only". This fragile wartime publication is in very nice clean and tight solid condition. Extremely uncommon thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.