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

London: Collins Crime Club, 1961. First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some slight closed tearing at the corners and some very light shelf wear at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped. There is a short scuff mark mid-way down the backstrip. The boards are free from notable chips and marks through slightly bumped at the corners. This copy is free from inscriptions and is, overall, in very good (or better) condition.

London: Collins Crime Club, (1970). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is clean throughout, though typically sunned at the spine (casting this copy down from the fine grading). Handling marks are minimal. It has not been price clipped, showing the original 25s. net price. The boards are fine in the original publisher's red cloth. The internals are clean and free from inscriptions. The text blocks are very faintly foxed. Overall, this is a near fine copy.Published to commemorate Christie's 80th birthday.

London: Allan Wingate, (1953). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Cecil Beaton, has some light wear. It has not been price clipped, showing the original 21s net price. There are some tape repairs on the verso at the spine ends. The boards are free from notable chips and marks, with the silver tooling bright and clean. The text blocks are free from foxing and are overall bright. This copy is free from inscriptions and is, overall, in near fine condition. £115An anthology of unique human beings.

London: Elkin Mathews, (1923). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. Issued without a dust wrapper. The paper-covered boards are lightly bumped at the corners and slightly cracked at the back-strip, but are otherwise in tact and firm. The title label is with some handling marks, with an impressive border. The internals are lightly toned in places. Accompanied by an ALS from the author, on his headed paper, addressed "Dear Mr. Binyon", reading "I am sending you a copy of my last small collection of verses, written mostly, as a matter of fact, in the summer of 1921, when the eight-line octosyllabic seemed somehow to fit my needs. My wife and I still long to see you both here some day, in spite of that spite of (?) these Fates in the past. Yours sincerely, George R. Hamilton". This is a very good (or better) copy of a nice presentation copy.
The fourth published work by George Rostrevor Hamilton, a great man of letters known for, amongst other things, his First World War… Read More

London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1954). First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some slight bumping at the spine tips, with one minor tear at the top right-hand corner. There are slight handling marks to the rear panel. It has not been price clipped and shows the original 12s 6d net price. The boards are sharp with some slight surface wear. The text blocks are so slightly foxed throughout, but otherwise clean. This copy proudly dons the 'From the library of writer Henry Williamson and his family' label to the front pastedown and is overall in very good (or better) condition.
Personal recollections of Norman Douglas, Pino Orioli and Charles Prentice.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1940). First edition, first printing, second state binding. Without the dust wrapper. This is a near fine copy. The green cloth boards are toned at the spine, but remain sharp and free from notable chips and marks. The text blocks are free from foxing though slightly toned due to poor wartime paper stock. The internals are clean and free from any wear or inscriptions. Overall, this is a near fine copy marred only by the sunned spine.A collection of autobiographical stories set in the writer's native Swansea in South Wales. Written over a number of years, the often comic stories show glimpses of his life, from early childhood up to his teens as a young reporter for the South Wales Daily Post.

London: The Hogarth Press, (1953). Proof copy. This is a very good copy. Issued in limp brown wraps, it is presumably missing its proof wrapper. Due to the absence of additional pre-publication information, this is assumed to be a trial print. With the white label to the front panel, indicating the title which is underlined in red. The text blocks are immaculate and the internals free from inscriptions. There is a slight area of loss at the tail of the spine. A unique item, one which has not been seen on the market in recent times. In very good condition.Said to be the sequel to After the Deluge and is a study of communal psychology.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1955). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has some slight closed tears to the front panel, with some abrasion also present at the spine tips. The rear panel is markedly clean. It has not been price clipped, showing the 10s. 6d. net price. The boards are tight and free from notable wear though with some sparse blemishing. The gilt titling is bright. The internals are clean though the text blocks are foxed at the top edge. This is a near fine copy, scarce in this condition. Short stories and essays.

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1989). First edition, first printing. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has some slight foxing at the top and side edges and some slight surface marks. It has not been price clipped and shows the original £11.95 net price. The boards are tight and free from notable marks. The author's signature is present on the full title page, reading: "Every good wish to Nina and Austen, Francis King, 26/11/89". The text blocks are clean. Overall, this is a near fine presentation copy. On an exchange trip to Germany in 1968.