The Horse\\'s Mouth

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First American Edition. A searing portrait of the artistic temperament, this novel served as the basis for 1958 Ronald Neame film starring Alec Guinness. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bumping to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is especially nice, with… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of Joyce Cary's humorous novel set in Britain in World War II. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The third novel in Joyce Cary's 'First Trilogy', following on from 'Herself Surprised' and 'To Be… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, (1944). First edition. The third volume in his trilogy (first two volumes were HERSELF SURPRISED, 1941, and TO BE A PILGRIM, 1942). HORSE'S MOUTH follows the adventures of Gulley Jimson, an artist who exploits his friends and acquaintances to earn a quid. Made into a 1958 movie with script by Cary and Alec Guinness, starring… Read more about this item

NYRB Classics, October 1999. Paperback. USED Good.

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is:… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1948. Mass Market Paperback. 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: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Black cloth, gilt spine. Faint spotting on endpapers, light foxing on topedge, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and creased tears, and a chip on the cover (affecting text). Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1944. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. 291. In publisher's orange cloth with silver titles to spine. With original brown dust jacket with green titles. Expected browning to text block; reading lean. Jacket browned to spine; chips to head and tail. Large closed tear to back cover. Front cover very presentable; good overall. The third book in the… Read more about this item

Plaistow: George Rainbird , 1957. Hardback. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". Joyce Cary. A beautiful, limited edition copy of Joyce Cary's novel The Horse's Mouth with stunning drawings by the author. A limited edition copy of this work by Joyce Cary, with only 1500 copies printed. This copy is numbered 335. This volume includes Cary's 1944 novel The… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A copy of this novel by Joyce Cary. Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888- 29 March 1957) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and artist. Cary undertook great works examining historical and social change in England during his own lifetime. The First Trilogy (1941)… Read more about this item

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, 1999. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1990. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Books, 1948. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NYRB Classics, 1999. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Like New. First Edition Thus, 3rd Printing. Not price-clipped ($14.95 price intact). Published by New York Review Books, 1999. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Previous owner's embossed (non-ink) stamp on flyleaf. 412 pages.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Front endpapers with modest offsetting from something previously laid in, spine ends lightly bumped, very good in a slightly rubbed very good dust jacket with chipping at the spine ends and along the rear flap fold, and some tanning. Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. This is the M-Y edition, generally considered 1st.. Hardcover. G++/no dj. Black cloth w/ gilt lettering on spine. Upper corners and spine ends lightly bumped, spine mildly faded; otherwise clean, solid.Unmarked. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Later printing. Gift inscription on front fly referencing the novel ("To my own Sara From her eternal Gulley"). A very good or better copy save for a 1¼" tear in the cloth at the foredge of the front cover (running nearly parallel to it), thus about very good in… Read more about this item

PERENNIAL LIBRARY. Mass Market Paperback. USED Good.

Plaistow: George Rainbird, Michael Joseph, 1957. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good. 10.5" by 7.5". Joyce Cary. A limited edition of Joyce Cary's novel with a slipcase, previously owned by Charles Pick, an important publisher and literary agent. 'The Horse's Mouth' was first published in 1944, and follows the tale of Gulley Jimson, a con artist.Written by Joyce Cary (1888-1957),… Read more about this item

Harper & Row Publishers, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.