Search Results: Anthony Powell and His Friends from The Book Shed

London: Maggs Brothers, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. New/new. Signed. Brand new, hard cover in dust jacket. "...a literary kaleidoscope with London and New York equally represented. It also reminds a later generation of the lasting rewards of letter writing." Published in an edition limited to 400 copies. Signed by Kooperstein on the title page. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London: Heinemann, 1952. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. light shelf wear to book; jacket spine lacking 2.5 cm at bottom, wear at tip and corners, price clipped. The first novel by Anthony Powell. It was first published by Duckworth's in 1931. Reissued by Heinemann in a format similiar to that used in A Dance to the Music of Time. Rather plain jacket in the style employed by Victor Gollancz at the time. Later Heinemann would use jackets in the style of those by Broom-Lynne for all the Powell novels. Uncommon thus. Lilley A.1(b) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Heinemann, 1955. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. Broom-Lynne (jacket). light wear to book in a price-clipped later jacket, top edge dusty. One of the "pre-war" novels of Anthony Powell, his earlier works re-published to complement those in A Dance to the Music of Time. Agents & Patients was Powell's fourth novel. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Heinemann, 1955. New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. Osbert Lancaster (jacket). light wear to book and jacket, top edge dusty. Agents & Patients was Powell's fourth novel originally published in 1936 by Duckworth. It is published here in a new editon after the success of the very first volumes of A Dance to the Music of Time. Lilley A5 (b) Published in this new edition in an edition of 3,000 copies on July 11, 1955. It has the Osbert Lancaster original jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. From the University of Chicago Press edition: "Written from a vantage point both high and necessarily narrow, Powell’s early novels nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and what makes people behave as they do. Filled with eccentric characters and piercing insights, Powell’s work is achingly hilarious, human, and true." Every effort is made to ship all books and… Read More

London: Heinemann , 1978. New Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Broom-Lynne, (jacket). Later printing of 1978. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket. price-clipped with a publisher's repricing label. Lilley A5 (b) "Reprinted 1962". Powell's fourth novel, first published in 1936. First published by Heinemann in an edition of 3,000 copies on July 11, 1955. Reprinted in January 1962 with a Broom-Lynne jacket uniform in style with the books in the Music of Time series.This supplanted the Osbert Lancaster original jacket depicting the escape artist street performer. Small 8vo. Hard Cover. From the University of Chicago Press edition: "Written from a vantage point both high and necessarily narrow, Powell’s early novels nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and what makes people behave as they do. Filled with eccentric characters and piercing insights, Powell’s work is achingly… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. wear to tips, edges and corners of book and jacket; jacket chipped, rubbed. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes is a satirical novel by Angus Wilson, published in 1956. It was Wilson's most popular book, and many consider it his best work. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. conference

Bern: Francke Verlag, 1980. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. Tape mark to the lower left corner and a couple of library markings. Looks to be unread. 191 pp. One of the scarce pieces of Powell criticism. Not in Lilley or Birns. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Peterborough UK: The Anthony Powell Society, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Lightest shelf wear to the book. An expanded edition of 43 articles published on the occasion of Powell's birth (December 21, 1905). Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to the book and jacket Not in Lilley. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Bern: Francke Verlag, 1980. First printing. Paperback. As New. unmarked, unread. 191 pp. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London & New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2004. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. remainder mark to bottom edge. The first full-length biography of the creator of A Dance to the Music of Time. 338 pp. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. front cover rubbed, corners bumped, covers sprung. Clean and unmarked. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Comprehensive bibliography of the printed works of Powell published over his long career. We specialize in the works of and about Anhtony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to book and jacket which is price-clipped and rubbed, previous owner's name and date else clean and unmarked. A critical study of Anthony Powell's five pre and nine post war novels, including the first nine volumes in A Dance to the Music of Time. "The fullest critical account of Powell's work to appear to date." 238 pages, notes, index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. First edition. Original Wraps. As New. As new in all respects. Catalogue for an Anthony Powell exhibition at The Grolier Club. One of fifteen hundred letter press copies printed at the Thornwillow Press. Not in Lilley. Out of print. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Second printing. Light shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and more so to jacket which is rubbed and soiled; offsetting to endpapers, previous owner inscriptions of 1964 to both front endpapers. First published in 1957. Second printing (1958) in the second state jacket. Fourth novel in The Dance to the Music of Time sequence. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Brill Academic Publishers, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, spine sunned, top page edges dusty. Anthony Powell among others, not in Lilley. First printing, no others noted. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Boston: Little Brown, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John Alcorn jacket. Light wear to the book and jacket, top edge dusty. The tenth title in the novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Lilley A.19 (c). We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-/Fine Facsimile Jacket. light wear to covers, professionally rebacked with the original spine laid on, new spine label. Interior clean and unmarked, in a fine facsimile dust jacket. A copy from the library of Cyril Ray of Albany, London with his signature and bookplate. Ray, a resident of the very literary Albany from WWII to the mid fifties was the editor of The Compleat Imbiber, a periodical of wine and spirits, to which Anthony Powell was an occasional contributor. First published in June 1952, this one dated February 1951. Lilley A.9. Lilley notes a reprint of 3000 copies in October 1956 but fails to note this one. The second novel in the Music of Time series with an association to the Dance and Powell milieu. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. The First American Edition. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket spine title illegible, open tear to the rear panel; top edge dusty, page edges stained. From British sheets in the Broom-Lynn jacket. Lilley A. 9 (c). Lilley reports that the jacket was "not seen." We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Good/Facsimile Jacket. First printing of 1952. Much wear to tips, corners and edges, top edge dusty, black and gilt label faded, new endpapers. In a bright, new facsimile dust jacket. The scarce second volume in Anthony Powell's magnificent twelve novel cycle, A Dance to the Music of Time. Published in June, 1952 in an edition of 7,500 copies. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!