Search Results: high diver by wishart michael

London: Blond & Briggs, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good in like dust jacket. DJ price-clipped. Smells musty.

London: Blond & Briggs, 1977, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo. 208 pp. Grey cloth boards lettered in black at spine. Toned and worned at board edges and spine-ends, spine slightly cocked. Jacket rubbed, creased and wrinkled at rear panel, a few small tears at flaps. Good in Good dust jacket.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Blond & Briggs, 1977. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". None. An uncommon first edition of Michael Wishart's controversial autobiography, which shows off his bohemian lifestyle. This work details encounters with the author's friends, including Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Jean Cocteau, Nancy Cunard and Cecil Beaton, amongst countless others. It caused somewhat of a scandal upon its released due to its depictions of his bohemian lifestyle.Written by painter Michael Wishart, an English figurative painter known for his bohemian lifestyle and eminent friends. The first edition of this uncommon work. With a loosely inserted typewritten review of the work by Frank Rudman.Illustrated with photographs throughout the work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely, with just some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with just some slight general wear. Internally,… Read More

Blond & Briggs Ltd, London and Colchester, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page: "For John Bird in friendship. Michael Wishart 19.x.1979" and with the recipients neat inkstamped details to the half-title and title page. 8vo. 208pp. Two-tone cloth lettered in black at the spine. Illustrated with thirty-three black and white photographs and reproductions. One corner of the upper board bumped resulting in a short tear to the cloth, and with just a touch of bruising to the spine ends. A very crisp copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a touch of corresponding wear to the spine panel ends and a single short closed tear. The author's memoir, which caused a scandal upon publication due to the depiction of the bohemian lifestyles of Wishart and his friends Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. Curiously uncommon, and much more so with his signature (the recipient… Read More

Quartet Books. Used - 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.