Search Results: the wayward wife and other stories by alberto moravia

Penguin Books Ltd, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. First Thus. 217 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.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. Published in Penguin Books. 217 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil markings to first page textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor splits to spine ends and corners. Visible wear marks to covers.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. First Edition Thus. 216 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine. Light wear marks overall.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. No edition remarks. 217 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.

Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. 1963. First Printing. 216 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, front cover and spine are loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water mark to front cover.

Secker & Warburg, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Edition. 221 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Selected and translated by Angus Davidson. 221 pages. Some even toning to edges, overall a very good clean copy in a complete dust jacket with the original publisher's price on the inside flap. Jacket has some closed tears at the top, rear panel has soiling, overall good jacket in a mylar protector. [see my photo]

Secker & Warburg, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Edition. 221 pages. Blue and green dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Small dents to edges. Minor marks to boards. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Some tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Secker & Warburg. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. (Short Stories, Fiction)

Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960, First Printing, 8vo, 221 pages. Book and jacket in very good condition.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahay, (1960).. Previous owner's name in ink, Very Good, in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. 1960.

New York: Signet, 1961 A very good unmarked copy.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960 Copy in navy cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket lightly chipped and creased along edges.Previous owners inscription and address label on front paste down. Small booksellers label on rear paste down. Clean and flat contents.

UsedGood. 1960 Farrar. Hardcover copy is in good, solid condition, DJ has some wear, tearing, unmarked text, first blank page may have inscription, a good copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First thus, with eight stories written between 1927 and 1948. Foxing to edge of block but this rarely intruding onto pages which are clean and bright. A little spotting to endpapers. No inscriptions. Smart blue boards with one small corner bump, and bright silver titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, worn to edges, dulled to rear and with minor loss to front. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 221pp

Harmondsworth. Middlesex.: Penguin, 1966. An unhappy first love, a marraige of convenience....and Gemma, the central character in The Wayward Wife, is drawn into an inevitable affair before she realizes where her true feelings lie. Unsentimental, clear-sighted, dispassionately observant. The Wayward Wife and the seven shorter stories in the collection represent the author at his best. Slight browning to end pages and to cover. Crease on back cover.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Reprint. Softcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.

New York: New American Library, 1961. From 'I Racconti' (1952). Selected and translated by Angus Davidson. 8 stories. 192 pag. . 1st edition/Signet D1926. Sewed paperback. Good copy/Cover illustrated in color. 18cmx10,5cm.

London: Penguin, 1966. Used.SMALL TEAR ON FRONT COVER...WELL READ PAPERBACK WITH SOME CREASES.MARK ON FRONT COVERA selection of short stories and a novella (the Wayward Wife) published between 1927 and 1948. They are similar in style to Morandi?s ?Roman Tales??realistic, psychological, quirky. The protagonists are often looking for love or affection but find themselves in mismatched relationships, misunderstood, cheated, or confused.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960 hardcover, corners slightly bruised, bookseller stamp on endpaper. page edges toned. DW rubbed to edges with short tears. spine chipped 2mm at head, tiny stain to rear panel, not price-clipped. 221pp. selected Angus Davidson .contents; Crime at the tennis club / End of a relationship / The wayward wife / A bad winter / Home is a sacred place / Contact with the working class / The woman from Mexico / The negro and the old man with the bill-hook.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Secker & Warburg, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Original dust cover laminated to boards. Well read copy with some spine wear, colouring of page edges due to age.