Search Results: Titles starting with M from Daniel Vince Rare Books

London: Jonathan Cape, (1985). First edition, first printing. This is a fine copy. The dust wrapper has little wear to note, and shows the original £9.95 net price. The boards are tight and sharp. The text blocks are bright and clean throughout. The author's signature is flat signed to the full title page in black ink. Overall, this is a fine copy of a fine title.John Fowles' sixth major novel.

London: The Bodley Head, (1967). First edition, first printing. This is a very near fine copy. The dust wrapper is pristine and highly presentable, nicely designed by Stephen Russ. There is slight internal toning to the flaps, but it has not been price clipped (21s net). The boards are free from wear though slightly bumped at one corner. It is free from previous owner's ink and though not foxed, the text blocks are so slightly marked in places. This is a very near fine copy.This collection of twelve stories belongs to what Greene himself often described as entertainments. The stories are quite diverse, ranging as they do in gender, location and era and in genre, from farce to melodrama to tragedy and occasionally all of those genres at once.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1955). First trade edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The wrapper has some mild handling marks throughout but is otherwise sharp with some closed tears. It has been neatly price clipped at all four corners, but retains the original 17s. 6d. net price. The blue cloth, though sharp at the corners, has some slight surface toning. The text blocks are free from foxing, and the internals free from inscriptions. This is a very good (or better) copy.Covers the period of Lawrence's time spent as aircraftsman John Hume Ross in the RAF from 1922.

London: Constable, (1953). First edition, first printing. This is a very good copy. The wrapper, though bright and indeed presentable, has atypical markings as common with this title. There is slight loss to the top and tail of the spine, with other slight marks present. It has not been price clipped (12s. 6d. net) and there are no signs of repair. The boards are sharp at the corners, though very lightly bumped at the spine tips. The titling is bright at the spine. The text blocks remain clean and free from foxing, the top stain is also clean. This copy is free from inscriptions and is highly presentable in a notoriously fragile dust wrapper.
The scarce third and final title in the Gorse trilogy.