Search Results: Literature from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Germany: Die Gestalten Verlag 2005. Large 8vo. 200 pp. Hardback. New copy still in shrink-wrap. 3899550862 . As New. Hardcover. 2005.

London: Jonathan Cape 1984. 8vo. First Edition. 346 pp. Gilt-decorated and lettered boards and spine in pictorial jacket. Light mark to rear of jacket, otherwise jacket and book in near fine condition. Jacket is not price clipped. This work of Gray's was controversial with literary critics. . Near Fine. Gilt-decorated Boards. First Edition. 1984.

Taiwan: Serendib BV 1982. 8vo. Taiwanese Edition in English. xviii, 291, [2] pp. Red hardcover boards with gilt lettering to spine under an illustrated jacket. Sequel to the novel of Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which was written concurrently with the film by the author - one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, Arthur C. Clarke. Jacket is worn, rubbed and marked, but still intact. Boards and spine worn. Taipei bookshop plate on rear free endpaper. Foxing to early and late pages, and occasional creasing throughout. . Good. Hardcover. 1982.

London: ADAM International Review 1953. 8vo.Magazine / Journal. ii, 80, iv pp. Paper covers. Offsetting and slight spotting to covers; internally clean. Memorial issue of the long-running literary monthly magazine in English and French, ADAM (standing for Arts, Drama, Architecture and Music), after the death of poet Dylan Thomas. Includes some of his juvenalia, two chapters from his unfinished novel 'Adventures in the Skin Trade', as well as contributions from Igor Stravinsky, Edith Sitwell, Augustus John and many others paying tribute. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1953.

London: Collins 1939. 8vo. 416 pp. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust wrapper. Spotting to fore-edge. Clean copy. No ownership names. In a remainder binding. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1939.

London: Richard Bentley 1837. 8vo. In 3 volumes. vi, 318; 311; 307 pp. Paper-covered spines over marbled boards with title labels to spines. New endpapers. Faint marks to spines. All internally clean. Bindings firm. . Very Good. Boards. First Edition. 1837.

Oldham: W. E. Clegg 1896. 8vo. In 3 volumes complete. Subscribers' edition. xxxi, 272; viii, 293; viii, 294 pp. Publisher's original olive-green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Top edge gilt. Bookplate to front pastedowns. Spotting to fore-edges. Cloth clean. All internally clean. Frontis portrait. Illustrations by F. W. Jackson. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1896.

Windsor: The Windsor Press 1929. 8vo.Limited Edition. Signed Limited Edition. [ii], 24 pp. Decorated boards under a blue cloth spine with gilt lettering in original glassine, in a blue card slipcase. Slipcase is slightly marked and faded at edges. Glassine in very good condition, a remarkable survival. Minimal wear to board edges, slight offsetting to endpapers, and spots to fore-edge; otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright. Green, black and white in text illustrations. Number 105 of 225 copies, signed by the author in green ink. . Near Fine. Decorative Boards. Signed Limited Edition. 1929.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press n.d. pp. 255 with illustration by D.M. Law in full maroon leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt in a slipcase which has wear to edges and corners. Minor wear to head and foot of spine which has minor fading otherwise a very good copy. . Very Good. Full Leather.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1859. 8vo. In 3 volumes complete. 325, 16; 374; 333 pp. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Slight wear to spine ends. Front hinges to vols. 1 & 3 split. Vol. two with text-block loose in case. Sprung sections to each volume. 16-page adverts to rear of volume one. Edmonds & Remnants binder's ticket to rear pastedown of vol. one. Text clean. . Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 1859.

London: The Crime Club - Collins 1971. 8vo. 254 pp., Hardcover with pictorial jacket. Minor wear and faint mark to the jacket spine. Boards fresh and internally clean with minor mark to the top edge. 0002310090 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1971.

London: James Blackwood 1858. 8vo. Three parts in one. viii, 118, 108, 112 p. Contemporary full dark green morocco. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Original pictorial wrapper bound in at front. Illustrations throughout. Repair to a few leaves. Boards clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Full Morocco. Reprint. 1858.

London: Putnam 1955. 8vo. First Edition. 115 pp. Hardback in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Spotting to jacket panels and slight chipping to edges, with slight loss to head of spine. Minor marks to boards. Ink name to ffep., otherwise internally clean. Jacket design by Gross Andre. Published just after his death in 1953, Thomas's semi-autobiographical unfinished novel. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1955.

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. N. D.. 12mo. xxxvi, 567 pp. Reissue of the Chandos Classic edition. Red cloth with embossed 'Chandos Classics' device to board and gilt lettering to spine in an illustrated jacket. Top edge red. Tearing and foxing to jacket. Light wear, bumping and rubbing to book extremities, with fading to spine. Foxing to edges. Internally clean, save ownership marks to ffep. and illustrated endpapers. Includes insert from The Observer in 1979 of Anthony Burgess' review of 'Cervantes: A Biography'. . Good. Limp Cloth.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. N.d.. 12mo. A volume in The Popular Edition of the Complete Works. xii, 410 pp. Green cloth with blind stamped initials to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, though dulled. Illustrated endpapers, title page and frontis. Minor rubbing and bumping to extremities. Very occasional light foxing. . Very Good. Gilt Lettered Cloth. 1915.

Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co. 1844. 8vo. viii, 384 pp. Contemporary leather spine & corners over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with orange & blue title & author labels. Wear to spine joints & corners. Scattered spotting. Binding firm. . Good. Leather Spine. 1844.

London: The Gresham Publishing Company N.d. [c. 1900]. 8vo. xxiii, 355 pp. Contemporary quarter maroon straigt-grained leather over olive cloth. Gilt Arts & Crafts design to spine. Wear & chipping to spine ends. Early ink owner's name to front endpaper. Scattered spotting. Full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne. . Good. Leather Spine. 1900.

London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1875. Small 8vo. vii, 392 pp. Contemporary half tan calf over red boards with raised bands, black title label, gilt borders and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Marks to boards and leather, with rubbing to joints and corners. Occasional pencil annotations, otherwise internally clean. An early edition of this collection of six Wilkie Collins short stories - "The Traveller's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed", "The Lawyer's Story of a Stolen Letter", "The French Governess's Story of Sister Rose", "The Angler's Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange", "The Nun's Story of Gabriel's Marriage", and "The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask"- five of which were previously published in the 1850s in Household Words, the magazine edited by Charles Dickens. . Very Good. Half Calf. New Edition. 1900.

New York: The Modern Library 1930. 8vo. 352 pp. Limp plum cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and stamp to the front cover, in dustjacket.Top edge brunished red and endpapers illustrated. Loss to the foot of jacket spine alongside some fading to the exposed area of the binding. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1930.

France: Gallimard/Bibliotheque De La Pleiade 1997. 8vo. 479 pp., brown faux leather thin paper edition. FRENCH TEXT. Minor tanning to slipcase. 2070115194 . Near Fine. Limp Boards. 1997.