Two Serious Ladies

Book is in Good condition; boards show some soiling, corners bumped, endpapers are somewhat stained, no other defects noted. No other marks noted to interior. Binding is sturdy. No jacket. See photos. NOT EX-LIBRARY.

Peter Owen. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good-/Good+. Foxing on endpapers- DJ price-clipped- DJ soiled and rubbed

London: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Boards lightly rubbed at bottom edges. Price-clipped DJ has significant rubbing and edgewear; small chips missing at corners and edges of spine. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Octavo, 271pp. Marginal stain to two pages at the front of the book, coffee probably, head and tail of spine quite worn, dust jacket worn with internal tape mends. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page, and additionally INSCRIBED on the title-page: "For Bob and Jack, Jane". Both of… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen, 1965. First British Commonwealth Edition. Very good / Good. Octavo. Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt spine. 271,[3] pp. Dust speckled top edge, spine ever-so-slightly cocked, else a clean, bright, very good copy; pictorial dust jacket with minor rubbing, rear panel slightly soiled, else good and presents well. Scarce in this condition.  Two Serious… Read more about this item

Peter Owen . Collectible - Good. 1965, first British Commonwealth edition stated on cp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Foxing spots to all edges of text block, foxing to eps and front pastedown. Interior is clean and sound. Dust jacket is edgeworn and faded. Dj rear soiled. Price clipped.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Printing of Bowles's only novel, a modernist cult classic (Tennessee Williams named it his favorite book), written in singular, spare, elliptical prose. 8vo (197 x 135mm): [6],271,[1]pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered and decorated in red, top edge stained red, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Jane Bowles's only novel, one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth century. John Waters, describing this novel as well as anyone ever has, wrote: "Once I read it, I felt insanely grateful to have gone beyond the door of… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None . The first Commonwealth edition of this modernist novel by Jane Bowles. Originally published in 1943, this is the first British Commonwealth edition, first thus, less common on the market. A modernist novel following the story of Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield: two upper-class women… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition. 271 pp. Tan cloth lettered and decorated in red, top edge red, with the dust jacket. Usual slight darkening to the endsheets and edges, a bit of shelfwear at the lower edge, otherwise a very good or better copy in slightly tanned dust jacket with shallow chipping at the crown of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1943. Her only novel, an exceptional copy First edition, first printing, of the author's only novel. Octavo. Original brown cloth, decoration to boards and titles to spine in red, top edge red. With dust jacket. Spine slightly rolled, board edges a little rubbed; an exceptional copy in the bright jacket, spine a touch… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. A sharp example.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Bowles's only novel, finished in 1941, centered around the theme of women and their attempts at independence. One of her protagonists, Christina Goering, "tries to earn salvation by leaving her home and her female companion to challenge the hate outside world. There she takes up with a series of increasingly menacing… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5.5 x 8in. 271pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the extremities, topmost of spine somewhat rubbed, a very slight suggestion of toning, otherwise the binding is strong and… Read more about this item

London : Virago Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing paperback. 208 pp. Near Fine condition. No inscriptions

Paperback. Acceptable.

Virago Press, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. Slight rubbing to edges and creasing to spine otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

London: Sort of Books, 2010. First printing of this edition. Paperback. Very Good +. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in continental-style printed wrappers (with flaps).

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.