levant trilogy danger tree de manning olivia (42 résultats)

Etat : Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Light wear to boards. Content is lightly tanned. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good Plus. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1987. 571pp. Three novels The Danger Tree(1977), The Battle Lost and Won(1978) & The Sum of Things(1980) together make up Olivia Manning's highly praised Second World War chronicle. Sequel to 'The BAlkan Trilogy', together they form a single narrative, 'Fortunes of War'. The pages are browning. The book is otherwise in excellent condition and is tight and clean inside with no inscription.The unclipped dustwrapper is in excellent condition with light creasing to the top of the spine.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with slight wear to dust jackets. The Danger Tree jacket clipped and lightly foxed. The Battle Lost jacket spine faded. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 196pp.; 185pp.; 203pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Weidenfeld and Nicolson [1977, 1978 and 1980], London. First Printings of Manning's second major semi-autobiographical wartime novel sequence. Publisher's original cloth (French blue, orange, and slate), all in dust wrappers. All Near fine books in very good to near fine unclipped wrappers (designed by David Hockney, Edward Ardizzone, and Alun Hood repectively). No inscriptions or markings to text.Some very light wear to DJs and a little staining to top edge of 'ZThe Battle Lost and Won', otherwise Fine copies.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. The Book Club edition (1980) 3 volume set. Light scuffing at corners, crushing at head and tails of spines on wrappers on all volumes. Fading to spines, esp. vols 1 & 2. Light blue cloth binding on volume 1, vol 2 has brown cloth binding, vol 3 maroon. Rubbing at corners, esp. vols 2 & 3, light crushing at heads and tails of spines. Crisp gilt lettering on spine. Minor marks to back of vol 1 binding, minor spot on front of vol 3. Pages inside clean, unmarked. 140mmx220mm. Please note due to the combined weight of these volumes, shipping charges will be higher than those advertised.

FIRST EDITIONS. 3 vols. Half titles. Offsetting to e.ps from loosely inserted newspaper clippings, vol. III. Orig. blue/orange/green cloth. Pictorial d.ws unclipped; upper edge sl. rubbed, vol. I, spine sunned, rear flap sl. spotted, vol. II. Ownership inscription Foot 1977, leading f.e.p., vol. I. A detailed and sharply drawn portrait of civilian life under threat of invasion; revisits the characters from Manning's earlier Balkan trilogy.

8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustrations by David Hockney, Edward Ardizzone & Alun Hood. The head of the spine of volume one's d/w is a bit rumpled, otherwise fine in fine d/ws. The sequel to The Balkan Trilogy continues the story of Harriet and Guy Pringle.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. First Printings of Manning's second major semi-autobiographical wartime novel sequence, sequel to The Balkan Trilogy, continuing the story of Harriet and Guy Pringle. Publisher's original cloth (French blue, orange, and slate), spines stamped in gold; dust jackets illustrated with works (respectively) by David Hockney, Edward Ardizzone, and Alun Hood and priced £4.25, £4.95, and £5.95 . A superb set, bindings square and tight, contents clean and crisp, jackets fine and bright. Virtually pristine. Olivia Manning is widely regarded as having written one of the three best fictional portrayals (with Waugh and Powell) of the experience of the Second World War in Europe and the Middle East. Anthony Burgess (99 Novels) called the Balkan Trilogy, Manning's first wartime narrative sequence, "probably the most important long work of fiction written by a woman since the war." In the Levant Trilogy, her portrait of a group of British expatriate teachers, writers and diplomats mired in the disruptions of the conflict, she "sets an intimate study of personal relationships in the context of international political and military intrigue . . . Her fictionalized treatments of wartime Egypt convey as a backdrop the suffering caused by the . . . rampant spread of fascist ideology and the mass displacement of populations, while focusing in the foreground on the fragile marriage of the trilogies' protagonists, Harriet and Guy Pringle." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions (First Printings). Individual volumes follow. The Danger Tree1977 First Edition, First Printing A fine copy with no ownership inscriptions in a fine non-price-clipped (£4.25) dust wrapper. The scarce wrap around band "A sequel to the Balkan Trilogy" is also Near Fine. Inscribed "To Jean from Olivia Manning with every good wish 7-11-77" on reverse of half title page. The Battle Lost and Won First edition, First Printing A fine copy with no inscriptions in a fine non-price-clipped (£4.95) dust wrapper with just a trace of fading to the spine. The Sum of Things 1980 First Edition, First Printing A near fine copy with no inscriptions but a small neat ownership stamp (a rhinoceros) on front end paper in a near fine non-price-clipped (£5.95) dust wrapper. (See pictures) All in all a superb set of this classic work of post-war fiction which, together with the earlier Balkan trilogy, was made into a magnificent BBC television series in 1987 called The Fortunes of War starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. Signed by Author(s).

FIRST EDITIONS, pp. 296; viii, 319; x, 363, crown 8vo; 196; 185; 203, 8vo, original boards, backstrip to first volume lettered in blue, otherwise lettered in gilt, edges lightly spotted to second and third volumes with a few faint spots to endpapers, dustjackets, a small amount of rubbing to extremities, that to third volume with some faint spots as often, those to Levant Trilogy with a few tiny nicks, that to fourth and fifth volume price-clipped, very good condition overall. Manning's two trilogies, grouped together under the title Fortunes of War, use the same group of characters and draw upon the author's own experiences to explore the effects of the Second World War on the respective regions. They were described by Anthony Burgess as 'the finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer', whilst Kay Dick, in her ODNB entry, for Manning observes that the author's 'pitiless clarity about human frailty is directed at the greedy, ambitious, and pretentious. Her compassionwhich goes deepis given to the poor, the persecuted, and animals', and considers that it was The Levant Trilogy that 'firmly established [Manning] as one of Britain's most outstanding novelists'. An excellent set, with a particularly good copy of the first volume.