Search Results: Anthony Powell from Berthoff Books

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 214 pages. First American edition. Third of 12 in the roman-fleuve A Dance to the Music of Time. 8vo (5-1/2" x 8-1/4"), olive paper over boards with black cloth quarter, silver gilt lettering on spine, corners bumped, 1-1/2" separation of backstrip at rear of spine from top reglued, edges age-toned, bookstore price in pencil on ffep. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff and date Aug. 1957 written on ffep, his underscoring and/or marginalia in very light pencil on approximately 60 pages.

Penguin Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 204 pages. First Penguin edition of Powell's fourth novel, published 1936 by Duckworth. Cover art by Osbert Lancaster. Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear includes crease to rear bottom corner, two horizontal scratches to front cover, edges and pages brown from age, underscoring and/or marginalia observed on three pages.

Heinemann, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Second impression. Literary and intellectual biography by the English novelist. 335 pages, with index, bibliography, bibliographical notes, Appendix A - Aubrey's Works, Appendix B - Aubrey's Library, two fold-out family pedigree charts, illustrated with frontispiece reproduction of portrait by Lely, seven other illustrations - portraits, ms. images, A's paintings of the family home at Easton Pierse. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering, minimal shelf wear, edges and end papers age-toned, in unclipped (UK price) tattered/creased/sunned original DJ. Former owner's name written on ffep, marks observed in margins of three pages, note written on rfep.

Heinemann / Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. All four volumes of the British author's memoirs. Vol. I is UK first edition (Heinemann, 1976), Vols. II-IV are American first (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978, 1980, 1982). All 8vo, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to edges, in unclipped dust jackets with light foxing to flaps. Each book has an index and is illustrated with b&w photos on plates. Vol. 1 - 209 p., olive cloth boards sunned along top and bottom, pale blue end papers, includes family tree. Vol. II - 209 p., orange paper over boards with beige cloth quarter. One handwritten line on rfep erased. Vol. III - 230 p., raspberry paper over boards with beige cloth quarter. Tiny mark in pencil observed in margin of two pages. Vol. IV - 208 p., red cloth. Order will incur extra shipping charge for the four books because of combined weight.

Penguin Books, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 156 pages. First Penguin edition of Powell's second novel, published 1932 by Duckworth. Cover art by Osbert Lancaster. Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear, edges and pages brown from age, marginalia observed on two pages.