Search Results: flaming terrapin by campbell roy

New York: Dial Press, 1924. A beautiful copy, about fine, of the poet's first book. Quarter cloth and marbleized paper boards. Apparent binding error causing a thin line of vertical creases to front pastedown.. 1ST U.S. ED.. Hardcover.

Jonathan Cape, 1930T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1930 fourth impression on half bound orange cloth with small tear to title pages

Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are worn, stained and cocked. book may have been damp marked. ownership inscription. thorough tanning, foxing and markings. unevenness on page ends. several poems pasted at the back of book. small chips on pages that do not affect text. a very poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 94 pages (complete). 'The Flaming Terrapin' was Campbell's first long poem and it was to earn him instant recognition and acclaim. This copy of the first edition of the first poem has been subjected to forgetful storage. The covers - board with cloth spine - are grubby. They have wear, scuffing, many marks. The spine is worn to the head and foot. Beyond all this the covers and the spine are firm, resolute and considerate. Inside, there is foxing throughout. The pages are generous, thick, firm, clear, eloquent and confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Jonathan Cape, 1924. 2nd impression. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-library. Rubber stamps. boards are shelf rubbed, marked and lightly edge worn.a couple of library marks.foxing.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First English edition. Frontispiece by John Austen. Small octavo. Orange papercovered boards, cloth spine with label. Offsetting and foxing on endpapers, darkened spine label, boards rubbed and toned with a bit of chipping at edges, about very good, lacking the dust jacket. South African poet's first book.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924.. 94pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards, minor insect damage, with paper label on spine, a little frayed. Bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. A very good copy.. First Edition.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1924. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first edition (first printing) of the author's first book. 8vo. 94pp. Decorated paper-covered cloth with a paper spine label. A little wear to the spine ends. Endpapers browned and with signs of bookplate removal from the front pastedown. A good copy. No dust wrapper..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 94 pp. The author's first book. Bound in orange paper over boards with orange cloth spine. Offsetting to endpapers, bookseller's label on front paste-down endpaper, edgeworn, corners bumped, covers lightly soiled, head and foot of spine bruised, spine label darkened and a bit frayed.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 94 p. 20 cm. Brown cloth spine with orange paper boards. In mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has light soiling and chipping to edges. Ink and pencil notations on front free endpaper as well as a small ink stamp. Often considered to have been one of the best poets of the interwar period, Roy Campbell is not so well known today. He persisted in defending unfashionable causes, both religious and political, and managed to make enemies of many of the influential people of his time.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924 pp 94 A firm copy with a little browning , spine slightly faded , pics available

New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, 1924. Hardcover. 83p., bookplate on front free endpaper and small shop label on rear pastedown, untrimmed fore-edge, very good first US edition in marbled boards with black cloth spine, gilt spine titles and red topstain as issued. Mylar protective jacket. South African poet's first book. He moved to England where and his wife Mary settled in with Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, becoming members of the Bloomsbury Group. However Mary became involved with Vita in a lesbian romance. He became a translator of Garcia Lorca.

London: Jonathan Cape. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth-backed decorative boards, label to spine. Slight toning and corner wear, some penciling to ffep. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is browned to spine, lightly chipped/toned with few spots of damp, few short edge tears. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 94 pages .

New York: Dial Press, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Black cloth spine with patterned papercovered boards. Small bookseller label (Boyveau & Chevillet, Paris) on front pastedown, chipping at board edges, small stain at the bottom of front endpapers, very good. South African poet's first book.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Author's first long poem won him immediate recognition, exalts the instinctive vital force that brings forth intelligent human effort out of apathy and disillusionment. CONDITION Orange papered bds with orange cloth spine with paper title, nice woodblock frontis illus, pp 94. Printed on nice rag paper, pages are untrimmed, covers are age toned to edge, bottom cnrs bumped a couple of small nick to cover at leading front edge, DJ toned with tears and some loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

FE. CAMPBELL, Roy. THE FLAMING TERRAPIN. London: Jonathan Cape, (1924). First edition of the author's first book. There is offsetting on both front and rear flyleaves. The boards and spine are soiled, and the edges are somewhat worn. In all, this is a very good copy.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1924. Second impression (same year as the first). Frontispiece illustration by John Austen, small octavo, pp 94, edges untrimmed, clean internally, orange boards with brown cloth spine, a bit marked and age-toned, the spine label browned. [With an inscription in the author's hand "To Juliette, Dec, 27 1924 {aeianos amorati ?}". This would be Lady Juliette Huxley, wife of Sir Julian Huxley and a friend of the author. The book came to me via her son, Anthony Huxley.]. Inscription from author. Second impression. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Illus. by John Austen.

London, England: Jonathan Cape Ltd.. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1924. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 94 pages: 5 x 7.5 in.: 0.8: KB#010260: No Jacket As Issued. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Many pages remain uncut. This is the author's first book and has a frontispiece drawing by John Austen. Boards are green spine cloth, with a green and brown pattern over white on the front and back covers. A paper label provides title and author on the spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (no marks, names or bookplates), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

Jonathan Cape,, [1924]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, mild offsetting to free endpapers, front free endpaper lightly creased; patterned paper boards in cream, green and brown, green cloth back, paper label, uncut, one or two leaves unopened, cover and label a little browned else a very good, clean copy of the author's first work. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST WORK IN VARIANT BINDING. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Richard Oskatel Latham on front paste-down, and a magazine clipping of the author's poem 'The Serf' loosely inserted. Epic poem by the South African catholic port and translator. This binding differs from the usual orange paper boards and cloth backstip; we have not seen this variant before.

New York: The Dial Press, 1924 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Slim octavo. Black cloth backed decorated boards. Spine slightly faded and very light rubbing to the extremities, else a fine copy. The author's first book of poetry..