The Harp of Life by Saint Aubyn, Alan [Mrs Frances Bridges Marshall] - 1908

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy of this title! Author's first novel.

New York: Crown, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. First printing (no additional printings listed). Black paper-covered boards quarter bound in red cloth. The spine is slightly slanted. The top edge is dust-spotted. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light edgewear, with frayed spine ends. The rear panel is lightly soiled. The price, $4.95 (with an overprint stamp), is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Top corners bumped, jacket grubby and has . several chips, one small water spot to jacket at center of spine.. [1951]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Yellow boards with title stamped in various fonts in black on front. Black cloth spine with title stamped in yellow. A comic classic of modern Irish literature, first published in England in 1939. Though Graham Greene championed the novel (his Pantheon front jacket blurb trumpets "A book in a thousand...in the line of Ulysses and Tristram Shandy." ) , and later book blurbs quote Dylan Thomas' mini-book review: "This is just the book to give your sister if she's a loud, dirty, boozy girl." ) , it was initially not a hot seller. All of the unsold first edition copies were destroyed during World War II bombings. At Swim-Two-Birds appears on Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels list, The Modern Library Reader's List of 100 best novels, and The Guardian's list of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages; VG/None; quarter ecru cloth binding, boards in red and green decorated paper; spine unmarked; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; mild soiling to spine; upper edge dyed green; inscribed by Van Vechten at front free endpaper; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347982. Special Collections.

First Edition. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost & J. M. Conde. 8vo, publisher's illustrated tan cloth in chipped dust jacket. Hardcover Condition. Fine. Boards are bright, clean, and well preserved, tight, and square. DJ spine is missing approximately three-fourths. DJ front has a 1-3/4" tear originating from the spine. DJ has edgewear and chipping. 175 pp.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy of this title! Author's first novel.

New York: Crown, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. First printing (no additional printings listed). Black paper-covered boards quarter bound in red cloth. The spine is slightly slanted. The top edge is dust-spotted. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light edgewear, with frayed spine ends. The rear panel is lightly soiled. The price, $4.95 (with an overprint stamp), is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Top corners bumped, jacket grubby and has . several chips, one small water spot to jacket at center of spine.. [1951]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Yellow boards with title stamped in various fonts in black on front. Black cloth spine with title stamped in yellow. A comic classic of modern Irish literature, first published in England in 1939. Though Graham Greene championed the novel (his Pantheon front jacket blurb trumpets "A book in a thousand...in the line of Ulysses and Tristram Shandy." ) , and later book blurbs quote Dylan Thomas' mini-book review: "This is just the book to give your sister if she's a loud, dirty, boozy girl." ) , it was initially not a hot seller. All of the unsold first edition copies were destroyed during World War II bombings. At Swim-Two-Birds appears on Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels list, The Modern Library Reader's List of 100 best novels, and The Guardian's list of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 pages; VG/None; quarter ecru cloth binding, boards in red and green decorated paper; spine unmarked; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; mild soiling to spine; upper edge dyed green; inscribed by Van Vechten at front free endpaper; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347982. Special Collections.

First Edition. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost & J. M. Conde. 8vo, publisher's illustrated tan cloth in chipped dust jacket. Hardcover Condition. Fine. Boards are bright, clean, and well preserved, tight, and square. DJ spine is missing approximately three-fourths. DJ front has a 1-3/4" tear originating from the spine. DJ has edgewear and chipping. 175 pp.