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Academy Chicago Pub, 1982. trade paperback. very good. 7x5x1. NOT an ex library book. 672 pages including the index. Pages darkening.

Macdonald, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cover worn..

Macdonald, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tan cloth, lettered and accented in red and blue. 1st edition, matching dates. Cloth is a bit soiled in a few areas, with spine panel cloth a bit tanned. Firm binding. [vii[,595 pp. One instance of underlining and an occasiona light mark in margin to denote a favorite passage, all in pencil..

New York: New Directions, 1960. Book. Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good+ HARDCOVER w/Good+ DJ. DJ has light wear and a cut corner. A protective sleeve has been placed to prevent further damage. Pages are unmarked but are slightly yellowed from age..

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

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

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. First edition. Lacking dust jacket. Owner's signature on front end paper. Frontispiece copy of drawing in toned red medium of Powys's profile. Light underlining and marginalia on a majority of the pages in graphite. Very light foxing on the edges of some pages and heavier foxing on the front pages and fly page. 652 pp. Top edge of pages is a light red color but has white spotting/discoloration. Cover boards with brown publisher's cloth and gilt lettering. There is a very small hole near the bottom of the spine and there is some very light rubbing along the edges of the cover. Overall very good condition. Full refund if not satisfied.

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

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. Acclaimed memoir, considered one of Powys' major works; in it, the author, lecturer & critic aims to be completely frank about himself & his eccentricities, though without discussing in any detail most of the women in his life. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first American edition, preceding the British by some months. Light wear to book; jacket rubbed with some foxing & chipping, all four corners evenly clipped with $3.50 price rubberstamped to upper rear flap, light crease & wrinkling to spine; some foxing internally, in the gutters. Text clean; [8], 595 pages + list of other Simon & Schuster publications; b/w frontispiece portrait, publisher's response card laid in. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Large Octavo.

NY: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth, red topstain. Hint of interior foxing, slight foxing to the cloth, spine faintly softened. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned to spine, with minor insecting/ edgewear. $3.50 price stamped to upper rear flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 595, pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First American edition. Fine copy in full beige cloth boards titled in red and blue with author's facsimile signature on front cover. Red top stain. Frontispiece portrait photo of Powys. 595 clean unmarked pages. In the very scarce dust jacket with tape mends on the reverse, now in a protective mylar cover. A nice copy. See photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Cordially inscribed for a fellow craftsman in the Hard Art of Letters - Arch. J. Wightman - by John Cowper Powys Feb. 1935". Association Copy, Archibald John Wightman (1884-1971) was a legendary British lepidopterist. Frontispiece from a drawing of the author by Ivan Opffer. Very Good, no jacket, 1/8" tear to cloth at head of spine, slight corner bumps, light soiling to cloth. Powys' "Autobiography", covering his first 60 years, is considered one of his most important works. In the Introduction to the London, Macdonald, 1967 edition of the book, J. B. Priestley said that even if Powys had not written a single novel "this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius." [ p. xi). "Although Thomas, Langridge and the New CBEL all assign priority to this American edition published by Simon and Schuster, Thomas himself giver the publication for the… Read More