Publicado por New Directions, New York, 1951
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. First American Edition. Xx, 425 Pp. Lime Green Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition, 1951, Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain, Dust Jacket Priced $5.00. Book Lightly Used, No Marks Or Fading, Tiny Fray At Lower Rear Tip, Gilt Strong. Dust Jacket With Wears, Tears And Losses, With Almost Half Of Rear Panel And 2/3 Of Rear Flap Completely Torn Away.
Publicado por Duckworth,, 1950
Librería: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, Reino Unido
First One-Volume Edition. Frontispiece portrait from a pastel by Charles Shannon Spine and covers somewhat darkened and lettering on spine very faint, but a good copy; end-papers spotted.
Publicado por A New Directions Book
Librería: Melanie Nelson Books, Livingston, NY, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. ---------Green cloth with gilt spine letters, book is near 9" tall. 426 pages.VERY GOOD CONDITION, tight solid binding, clean text, note cover edges are darkened from age- - dust jacket has picture of winged boy with bow and arrow/ black/white/pink, by Andrew Warhol, stated.the dust jacket is tattered and reassembled under clear mylar cover.
Publicado por New Directions, New York, 1951
Librería: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Andy Warhol Ilustrador. First American Edition. Firbank's first three novels, the second such collection published by New Directions. Inspired by fin-de-siècle aesthetes, particularly Oscar Wilde, Firbank's thinly-plotted novels consist of mostly dialogue, satirizing society, religion, & sexuality. Jones's introduction further compares him to Djuna Barnes, Joyce and Woolf; Sontag asserts his works are part of the 'canon of camp'; the jacket includes blurbs by Edmund Wilson, Auden, V. S. Pritchett. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured - jacket art by Andrew [Andy] Warhol. First American edition, bound from British sheets. Book shows light wear, but some foxing, both internal & external; jacket rubbed with creases to the spine, ½" by 1" chip to lower rear jacket panel, light edgewear, $5.00 price intact. Text clean; xx, [426] pages, b/w frontispiece portrait. Size: Octavo.
Publicado por New Directions, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1951
Librería: the good news resource, Park Forest, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Three Novels: Vainglory, Inclinations, Caprice. Pale-Green Cloth over board hardcover, sound, tight, with clean text. near fine condition. Shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket, priced $5.00.
Publicado por New Directions Books (James Laughlin), Norfolk, CT
Librería: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: RMABA
Hardcover. Condición: Near Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Very Good. Printing is not stated, hardcover in Warhol designed jacket, book is bound in turquoise colored cloth with gilt stamped titling the spine, and has bumps to the spine ends, some sunning to the spine and head, light soiling to the edges of the text block, and a few short closed tears to page edges. Overall, this is a solid, tight and bright, Near Very Good copy in a like, price-clipped dust jacket, which has bumps with creasing and shallow chips to the spine ends and corners, light sunning to the spine and edges, rubbing to the covers, slight wear to the edges, and a small chip to the rear hinge. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Publicado por New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1951
Librería: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Warhol, Andy (Jacket Design by) Ilustrador. 1st. Cloth, xx, 425 pages, portrait; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light chipping at extremities & clipped flaps, protected in a mylar book cover. First American Edition with an early jacket illustration by "Andrew Warhol" (Pop artist and superstar Andy Warhol). Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) was a gay writer much admired by aesthetes in England, following on the heels of Oscar Wilde, but never quite achieving Wilde's eminence, dying at an early age after a life of dissolution. Still, Firbank was much admired by contemporaries such as E. M. Forster and Evelyn Waugh, and later mentioned by Susan Sontag in her famous essay, Notes on Camp. It's appropriate that another openly gay man, Warhol, would be selected to design the jacket for this book. Size: 8vo. Collectible.