Search Results: savrola by winston s churchill

Beacon Books, 1957. Paperback. Acceptable. 1957. First Edition Thus. 222 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding is shaky, dedication page to contents page detached but still present. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to first page. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Paper slightly worn away to spine. Light wear marks overall.

Paperback / softback. New.

UsedVeryGood. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Odhams P, 1957. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in.

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Cedric Chivers Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex-lib. 1973. First edition thus. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 260pp, xvi. .

London: Hodder & Soughton, Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. n.d. (1915), red, blind-stamped cloth, with publisher's device on front cover, spien lettering in black, 260 pages, [1] plate, (frontis.port.) front hinge partially cracked, one preliminary leaf partially separated, in protective mylar jacket, A volume in the publisher's 'Sevenpenny Library.' Size: 12mo, 17 Cm.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[Complete and unabridged.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - an approximate 1/5" split at foot of spine/backstrip's front vertical edge but no other major nicks,tears or loss present.Inevitable but sporadic,miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+foot of same with front lower corner with a small diagonal corner crease.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, internally text body appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII (22)… Read More

Mattituck: American House. NF. N.D.. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 241 pages. ONe of 300 copies in a Limited Edition. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. .

London: Beacon Books (Odhams Press Ltd.), 1957. Paperback. This is the second paperback edition of Churchill's third published book and only novel (the first paperback edition being published 49 years earlier in 1908). Condition is very good for a paperback of this vintage. The binding is square and tight. The illustrated covers are bright and clean, showing only light wear at the hinges and extremities. We note no vertical creasing to the spine, indicating that this copy is unread. The contents are inevitably age-toned, but otherwise fine with no spotting or previous ownership marks. When Savrola was first published in February 1900, a very young Churchill was exuberant. Even though Savrola was his third published book, it was actually the first book he undertook and the second he completed. His “Tale of the Revolution in Laurania” is a melodramatic tale of political intrigue in a fictional Mediterranean state. He later made deprecating comments about his novel and it is perhaps instructive… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus. [Complete and unabridged.Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edition appeared in 1900.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and the partial price removal of another price adhesive label overlaid on the original [2/6) price to front cover,slightly removing small portion of background yellow design and majority of the red numbered price.Bright,crisp,fairly clean and generally sharp-cornered - front lower corner with corner crease,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red, black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or loss present - and no discernible reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Sporadic,but miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/ backstrip and head+foot of same.Top +fore-edges toned/aged but clean - no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning -… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus. [Complete and unabridged.Re-published in Britain for the first time since the original edtion appeared in 1900.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal (2/6) to front cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered, glossy,colour pictorial artwork (in the style of 'bodice-rippers'/'pulps') illustrated front cover with red,black and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or loss present - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Sporadic,but miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to vertical edges of spine/backstrip and head+foot of same.Top+fore-edges toned/aged but clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with inevitable page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus,12-222pp [paginated] includes XXII (22) chapters; plus [unpaginated] a critic's review,title page,a dedication,a… Read More

New.

Random House, 1956. Hard cover. Very good/Good. First thus. Jacket is lightly worn along edges but wrapped in a protective Mylar dust jacket. Cover boards are in great condition, with no notable flaws apart from some wear along bottom edges. Spine is bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

First printing of this edition. A few holes, chips and creases to dust jacket. Some rubbing and light spotting to boards. Clean and unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1956. Second American Edition (first published NY: 1900), with a new Foreword by Churchill. Octavo; navy blue over red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 241pp. Neat ink ownership signature to front endpaper; some barely perceptible spotting to darker portions of cloth, else a tight, straight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap), lightly soiled with a few tiny nicks to extremities, Very Good. Reissue of Churchill's only novel, first pubished serially in Macmillan's Magazine, 1897.

Monaco: A La Voile LAtine, 1950. First limited. Very Good. French language version of this novel Presentation in the unusual form of floating sheets folded in half The story of the revolution in Laurania, capital of an imaginary country, is the only novel written by W Churchill The original version was in English and published in 1899 Illustrated by André Collot, French painter, engraver and illustrator (1897-1976), inspired by Mediterranean landscapes and types Beautiful illustrations engraved on wood, in 4 colors, by Bracons-Duplessis This work was produced on the presses of the J Dumoulin printing press, H Barthélemy being director, 950 copies were printed in total, namely: 1 copy on pure Arches vellum in the form , comprising the artist's sketches and studies as well as 12 original drawings and a series of illustrations in black; 12 copies on the same paper, numbered 2 to 13, each comprising two original drawings and a series of illustrations in black; 37 copies always on the same paper,… Read More

Hardback. New.