The Hogarth Press, 1979. 8vo, gray cloth, gilt titles, 208pp. Fourth impression. Unclipped dust jacket (5.50 net) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Originally published 1946, a short work by the British novelist about the return of a convict from prison.....
The Hogarth Press, 1977. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt titles, 254pp. Third edition. Unclipped dust jacket (3.95 net) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The first published novel by the British writer, reissued by the Hogarth Press in 1978. Beautiful dust jacket.....
The Hogarth Press, 1978. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titles, 196pp. Eighth impression in total, reissue of the original 1943 edition. Unclipped dust jacket (4.95 net) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Very faint damp stain to top edge of rear board bleeding over to reverse of jacket.....
The Hogarth Press, 1978. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titles, 254pp. Fifth impression. Unclipped dust jacket (4.50 net) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Originally published 1948 and reissued by the Hogarth Press. A speculative satirical novel about a country school for.....
The Hogarth Press, 1952. 8vo, burgundy cloth, gilt titles, 246pp. Stated second impression. Price-clipped dust jacket moderately toned to panels, faint damp stain to top edge of rear panel. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The ‘interim autobiography’ and only non-novelistic work penned by the.....
The Viking Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, quarter black cloth over grey papered boards, gilt titles, 302pp. 1st American edition, so stated. Unclipped dust jacket (24). Jacket mildly rubbed, interior clean and crisp, binding sharp and tight. Uncollected writings, stories, sketches, and essays from four decades by the celebrated.....