Search Results: death of a god and other by sitwell osbert

UsedGood. Mild fading/yellowing of pages, no dust jacket, otherwise tight spine, clean pages

Macmillan, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1949 Macmillan UK 1st edition, VG+/VG-minus DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has small piece missing at top edge, tiny nicks at head of spine & top corners, foxing/soiling on rear panel which is white, in new Mylar, name & date on endpaper is only marking found, light foxing on endpapers.

Macmillan, 1949. 1st edition hardback1949. No dustwrapper, red cloth. A little marking to preliminary pages, some wear. Good overall.. first edition. Hardcover. Good. Book.

London: Macmillan, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Some toning and foxing to endpapers. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked copy in lightly toned and edge-worn dust wrapper. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy..

Macmillan South Africa Publishers Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Ex-Library stamp. The dust jacket a little shelf rubbed, small tears, edge worn and scuffed in places. The pages are 'browned' due to the age. Now protected in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd. G: in Good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). viii, 247pp. .

London: Macmillan & Co, Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. [Harry] Cowdell. 8vo. Pp. vii, [1], 246. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine within a black title block. Two corners just slightly bumped, else quite bright. In the pictorial dust jacket that shows a hint of edge-wear, price of 8/6 intact on front flap. The pleasantly macabre dust jacket illustration by Harry Cowdell (1912-1987) offers a skeleton emerging from a crypt, scythe in hand, set amid a backdrop of spires and stormy sky. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

London, Macmillan & Co. 1949.. viii+248pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A near fine copy . First edition.

London: Macmillan & Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Endpapers lightly soiled with some offsetting, top corner with a tideline, bottom corner of boards stained, about very good in a spine-tanned about very good dust jacket with a few dampstains, slight toning and foxing, and modest edgwear. Nineteen short stories, including *A Place of One's Own*, originally issued as a separate book and later made into a film starring James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Dulcie Gray.

Macmillan,, 1949. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, neat inscription on front free endpaper else a fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed at extremities. Fitfoot, OA45

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1949. 247 pp. Light foxing on the endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Illustrated DJ, not price-clipped. Spine and edges yellowed, chip from front top edge, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG. First Edition.

London : Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Shadow staining to endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, [1], 246, [1] pages ; 20 cm. Contents; Death of a god -- Defeat -- The man who drove Strindberg mad -- Pompey and some peaches : a stereoscopic story in two parts -- Shadow play -- Lover's meeting -- Touching wood -- The woman who hated flowers -- Primavera -- Plague-cart before horse -- Champagne for the old lady -- True lovers' knot -- The messenger -- Dead heat -- Long journey -- Idyll through the looking-glass -- The glow-worm -- A place of one's own -- Staggered holiday. Subjects; Short stories, English. Stories ; 20th century. Yorkshire Author Short Stories.

London : Macmillan, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 247 pages. Contents; Includes 'A place of one's own'. Subjects; Short stories, English. Stories. Genre; Short story.

London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - Ex Libris Stamp Mark On Paste Down. Not Illustrated. Red Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine - Slight Edge Wear. Unclipped Jacket With Missing Portions On Top Rear And Top Spine - Small Missing Portion Bottom Spine..

Hardback. New.

London : Methuen, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. small octavo. 1st printing, pp vii, 246.top edge blue, end papers foxed and lightly marked else internally fine , dj shows slight wear to head of spine & damp marking to tail of lower cover.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1949. [Short Stories] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 247 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing on spine. Top edge black. With the dust-jacket illustrated by H. Cowdell, priced at 8/6. A little offsetting to endpapers, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Jacket a little toned to spine, with light rubbing and chipping to edges. Near fine. From the collection of entertainment specialist Adrian Cowdry.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Association copy, inscribed by Sitwell to his longtime housekeeper, Miss Noble [Miss Noble is discussed in Philip Ziegler's biography of Osbert]. Red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine. Some browning to endpapers, else interior is clean and crisp. Dust jacket illustrated by Harry Cowdell. Jacket has some small chipping at head of spine and a few short closed tears to the top edge of the front panel; rear panel rubbed; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 246, [2] pages.