Five Novels by Firbank, Ronald - 1949

New York: New Directions, 1981. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4269 shelf. #NDP518. Solid trade paperback, photo white covers. Faint sticker scar back cover. No names, clean text. Intro: Osbert Sitwell. The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Valmouth, The Artificial Princess, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli

Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. Reprinted. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

(Norfolk, Connecticut): New Directions, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Owner gift inscription on front fly, edge of boards and spine lightly toned with fraying at corners and spine ends, very good, lacking the dust jacket.

A New Directions Book, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 471 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Jacket fragile, front detached from spine.

Duckworth, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

A New Directions Book. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Literature, Fiction, Drama) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: New Directions. N.D.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj; A bit of fade on cover edge & dust jacket. .

(Norfolk, Connecticut): New Directions, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Tiny stains on topedge, lightly sunned spine with a tiny tear at the foot, very good in a toned and soiled, about very good dust jacket with small chips and tears at the edges, and tape shadows on the rear panel.

Norfolk: New Directions, (1961).. First US edition.. xxxi + 471 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with a chip and several creases around the crown. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Collects VALMOUTH, THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS, THE FLOWER BENEATH THE FOOT, PRANCING NIGGER, and THE ECCENTRICITIES OF CARDINAL PIRELLI. Young 1249 (1949 UK ed).