Frances towers (59 resultados)

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Condición: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

Paperback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Very good condition paperback with minimal wear. Content is clean.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Penguin Books 1952 1st Printing Near Fine/ Age toning or tanning to and near spine of bright cover o/w Fine. Pos penned inside cover, tight tanned pages.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. When these captivating and at times bizarre stories were published posthumously in 1949, Angus Wilson wrote: 'It appears no exaggeration to say that Frances Towers' death in 1948 may have robbed us of a figure of more than purely contemporary significance. At first glance one might be disposed to dismiss Miss Towers as an imitation Jane Austen, but it would be a mistaken judgment, for her cool detachment and ironic eye are directed more often than not against the sensible breeze that blasts and withers, the forthright candour that kills the soul. Miss Towers flashes and shines now this way, now that, like a darting sunfish.' 'At her best her prose style is a shimmering marvel,' wrote the "Independent on Sunday",' and few writers can so deftly and economically delineate not only the outside but the inside of a character.There's always more going on than you can possibly fathom.' Five of the stories were read on BBC Radio 4. A collection of magical, unsettling 1949 short stories, all beautifully written. Read on Radio 4 in 2003 and 2006. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 3-4 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Condición: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Tea with Mr. Rochester and Other Stories. Book.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: Good. 1952. Reprint. 205 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condición: Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 206 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 192 pages. 7.48x5.51x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Condición: New. 2003. Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1952. 1st Penguin edition. Soft cover. 205 p; author's photo on back cover; illustration from H Belloc's Selected Cautionary Verses on last page. Very Good +: crease on spine; very light surface wear; light tanning to inside edges and margins; owner's bookplate on ffep. A very clean, bright and neat copy. Frances Tower's subtle, perceptive and incisive short stories gained a growing reputation before her early death. Excellent reading.…

Condición: New. In English.

Paperback / softback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condición: New. 2003. Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Undated. 128pp, various black and white photographic plates. Royal blue cloth-covered boards, white titles on front and spine. 4to. Sun-faded to board edges and where there is dust jacket loss, rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edges tanning. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; bookplate on front pastedown; pages starting to tan, very occasional foxing. Otherwise, internally neat and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has significant loss, shelf wear, two 4cm closed tears, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Near Fine edition, reprint.small stain to fore edge, dj Fine & unclipped.accompanying bookmark laid in.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing . Octavo hardback. Blue cloth with silver titles 208 pp. Very Good condition No dust jacket Very minor foxing on end papers . No inscriptions.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition 882. Condición: vg+. vg+ 1st Penguin Books 882 1952 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Mint. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Mint. First Thus. This copy is in mint, seemingly unread condition in a mint unclipped dustwrapper. Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century writers. These books are intelligent, thought-provoking and beautifully written. Their list includes novels, short stories, diaries, memoirs and cookery books; each has an elegant uniform grey jacket and colourful endpapers with a matching bookmark, Each title has a new preface by writers such as Jilly Cooper, David Kynaston and Elaine Showalter. When these captivating and at times bizarre stories were published posthumously in 1949, Angus Wilson wrote: 'It appears no exaggeration to say that Frances Towers' death in 1948 may have robbed us of a figure of more than purely contemporary significance. At first glance one might be disposed to dismiss Miss Towers as an imitation Jane Austen, but it would be a mistaken judgment, for her cool detachment and ironic eye are directed more often than not against the sensible breeze that blasts and withers, the forthright candour that kills the soul. Miss Towers flashes and shines now this way, now that, like a darting sunfish.' 'At her best her prose style is a shimmering marvel,' wrote the "Independent on Sunday",' and few writers can so deftly and economically delineate not only the outside but the inside of a character.There's always more going on than you can possibly fathom.' Five of the stories were read on BBC Radio 4. Ref NNN 7. …