Introduction by raymond mortimer (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 160pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions, athough sml. (3"x1") bookplate attached to ffep. Strong binding. D/w is present & complete, but v. slt. edgewear. D/w will be supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

hardback, 8vo, 160pp, illustrated, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning, text clean and sound, blue cloth, Good condition in rubbed and frayed dustwrapper.

First collected edition and first edition in book form. Publisher's original red boards with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Title page and chapter heading illustrations from woodcuts. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is a little toned to the spine and panel edges and with a single short closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (15s 0d net to the lower front flap). A collection of essays by notable writers, assembled on the prompting of Ian Fleming, each offering a reflection on one of the Seven Deadly Sins. First published in the Sunday Times newspaper in January 1962, this first edition in book form followed in October the same year. (Bloomfield and Mendelson B78a). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…