Group of 18 books for readers and collectors, 1926-1974
Boston, London, NY: Michael Joseph, Little Brown, Macmillan, Jonathan Cape, 1926-1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Group of 18 books by H. E. Bates, including several first printings, good for both a reader or a collector of his work. In no particular order we have 1) The Tree. London, E. Lahr, ca. 1931. 11 pp. booklet, very good. 2) The Woman who had Imagination. Freeport NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1969. Cloth, no jacket, reprint of 1934 original. 3) The Jacaranda Tree. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. Cloth in dust jacket, light wear, very good first printing. 4) The Cruise of the Breadwinner. London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First printing. Cloth, no jacket, used copy, good. 5) The Country Heart. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First printing. Very good in dust jacket with moderate wear. 6) The Song of the Wren. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First printing. Very good in lightly used and toned dust jacket. 7) The Darling Buds of May. Boston: Little Brown, 1958. Stated First Edition. Yellow boards, no jacket, light wear. 8) The Fabulous Mrs. V. London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First printing. Very good in lightly used dust jacket. 9) The Scarlet Sword. London: Michael Joseph, 1950. First printing. Very good in shelfworn dust jacket. 10) The Golden Oriole. London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First printing. Very good in moderately shelfworn dust jacket. 11) A Crown of Wild Myrtle. London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First printing. Very good in dust jacket with light soil and toning. 12) Fair Stood the Wind for France. Boston: Little Brown, 1944. Cloth, no dust jacket, good, slightly dusty. 13) Charlotte's Row. London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. First printing. Very good, no jacket. 14) The Best of H. E. Bates. Freeport NY: Books for Libraries, 1971. Reprint. Very good, no jacket, light discoloration and darkening to cloth. 15) The Two Sisters. London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First printing. Good, no jacket, light spine wear especially to top, previous owner's names on pastedown, contents very good, a little tanned. Author's first novel. 16) The Poacher. NY: Macmillan, 1935. Good, no jacket, some discoloration to cloth, bookplate. 17) The Purple Plain. Boston: Little Brown, 1947. Very good, no jacket. 18) A Fountain of Flowers. London: Michael Joseph, 1974. First printing. Very good in dust jacket. A goodly selection, very far from complete, of the author's books. Very good / good. Item #h44178
Price: $150.00