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WEST, ANTHONY: : On a dark night

LONDON.EYRE & SPOTTISWODE,1949.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG+. Owner's ink name towards top,fore-edge corner of half-title page - front free endpaper removed with residual portion left at foot of same,but no price-clip (10s. 6d. net) to dw/dj.Strikingly bright,clean, a striking 4-colour block (b/w,red+light/pale khaki) pictorial artwork by John Piper, illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white-lettered title and black edged/bordered, capitalised,white-lettered author name to lower edge; spine/backstrip ubiquitously dulled/part faded with pink-lettered title,capitalised but dulled white-lettered author name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with 7 critics' black-lettered reviews for author NIGEL DENNIS - 'BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY.' Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – miniscule nicks to corner tips,rear gutter's foot with miniscule loss and no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges slightly aged/toned with less than a handful of foxing spots,fore-edges brighter and clearer but with a sporadic concentration of foxing spots towards foot of same; contents bright,tight,reasonably clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and lightly foxed/ spotted plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,7-324pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with and epigram to its reverse (St John of the Cross,The Ascent of Mount Carmel).                                    Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 70+ year-old age. It is only the described faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it is still an acceptable example for its overall appearnace and lack of major imperfections,and as a debut novel too. A UK author (1914-1987),who used his mother's pseudonym not her legal surname (Fairfield),son of H G Wells and Rebecca West.His parents never married,as Wells was already married to Amy Catherine Robbins,and remained so until after his intimate relationship with West ended (although they remained friends until his death in 1946). A critically lauded author,he wrote novels, essays,and nonfiction works,and reviewed books for The New Yorker from the 1950s until the late 1970s.Author's debut novel,(US title The Vintage, Boston,Mass.: Houghton Mifflin,1950) won the Houghton Mifflin Award,and is an Afterlife fantasy which describes a Suicide's quest through space and time for the meaning of life. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

WEST, ANTHONY: : On a dark night

LONDON.EYRE & SPOTTISWODE,1949.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Author's debut fiction.] VG/VG+. Owner's ink name towards top fore-edge corner of half-title page - front free endpaper removed with residual portion left at foot of same,but no price-clip (10s. 6d. net) to dw/dj.Strikingly bright,clean,a striking 4-colour block (b/w,red+light/pale khaki) pictorial artwork by John Piper,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white-lettered title and black edged/bordered,capitalised,white-lettered author name to lower edge; spine/backstrip ubiquitously dulled/part faded with pink-lettered title,capitalised but dulled white-lettered author name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with 7 critics' black-lettered reviews for author NIGEL DENNIS - 'BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY.' Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – miniscule nicks to corner tips,rear gutter's foot with miniscule loss and no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges slightly aged/toned with less than a handful of foxing spots,fore-edges brighter and clearer but with a sporadic concentration of foxing spots towards foot of same; contents bright,tight,reasonably clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and lightly foxed/ spotted plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,7-324pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with and epigram to its reverse (St John of the Cross,The Ascent of Mount Carmel).                                    Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 70+ year-old age. It is only the described faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it is still an acceptable example for its overall appearnace and lack of major imperfections,and as a debut novel too. A UK author (1914-1987),who used his mother's pseudonym not her legal surname (Fairfield),son of H G Wells and Rebecca West.His parents never married,as Wells was already married to Amy Catherine Robbins,and remained so until after his intimate relationship with West ended (although they remained friends until his death in 1946). A critically lauded author,he wrote novels, essays,and nonfiction works,and reviewed books for The New Yorker from the 1950s until the late 1970s.Author's debut novel,(US title The Vintage, Boston,Mass.: Houghton Mifflin,1950) won the Houghton Mifflin Award,and is an Afterlife fantasy which describes a Suicide's quest through space and time for the meaning of life. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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