Publicado por The Cygnet Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0907435130 ISBN 13: 9780907435136
Librería: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Emilio Coia Ilustrador. Hardback with dustjacket. No damage, internally clean. Very good condition.
Publicado por The Cygnet Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 0907435130 ISBN 13: 9780907435136
Hardback. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Emilio Coia Ilustrador. Limited to 750 copies, First Ed. Dust jacket stiff, sunned on spine, slight rubbing to edges, very minute staining on both panels; Quarter green cloth and illustrated blue paper boards, bumped in bottom corner of front board, gilt lettering bright; Pages clean, top-edge sprayed green, no ownership marks, two B&W frontis plates, title page prospectus laid in back; Binding tight. ; 5.75 x 8.75"; 108 pages.
Publicado por London: Montcalm and The Cygnet Press., 2000
Librería: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Reino Unido
Limited edition reissue of this notorious roman à clef, privately printed and circulated by Berners in 1935 under the pseudonym Adela Quebec. Publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and patterned paper covered boards, in dustwrapper. Frontispiece caricature of (and previously owned by) the author, after a painting by Emilio Coia, one further illustration of the front cover of the original edition. Top edge green. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents, with the pencilled name and date of James Booth (former Professor of English at the University of Hull and the biographer, editor and former colleague of Philip Larkin) on the front free endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. This reissue, with an introduction and postscript by John Byrne was printed in an edition of 750 copies, 250 of which copies were reserved for the American market. The present example is the UK issue. 'The Girls of Radcliff Hall' is a spoof of Radclyffe Hall's banned lesbian novel 'The Well of Loneliness' written in the style of an Angela Brazil girl's school story. Berners depicts himself as the headmistress Miss Carfax and (drawing on incidents at Faringdon) mocks the jealousies and intrigues of his homosexual circle as thinly disguised members of the Radcliff Hall girls' school. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Publicado por Elysium Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 1893450066 ISBN 13: 9781893450066
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Almost as new.Very short tear in dustwrapper edge at head of spine. One of 250 copies for the American market.
Publicado por Montcalm & The Cygnet Press., London., 2000
ISBN 10: 0907435130 ISBN 13: 9780907435136
Librería: Beaux Books, ABA, ILAB, Hartley Wintney, HAMPS, Reino Unido
Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Emilio Coia Ilustrador. Montcalm & The Cygnet Press. London. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934. Hardback; green cloth-backed patterned paper boards, dust jacket. viii, 102 pages. 2 illustrations. English. 220x145mm. 0.35kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight browning to spine, very slight knock to front lower forecorner. A reprint of Lord Berners' roman a clef, featuring many of the Faringdon circle. The Girls of Radcliff Hall was a direct parody of Radclyffe Hall's banned lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness, as well as being a spoof of the many school girl stories popular at the time. Lord Berners' characters are thinly disguised versions of his friends and set, and the book is a flawed but insightful record of the often complex relationships within his homosexual circle. Cyril Connelly's copy identifies figures inspired by Lord Berners, Cecil Beaton, Peter Watson, Oliver Messel, David Herbert, Robert Heber-Percy, Tchelitchew, Christian Berard, Doris Castlerosse and others. Despite publishing the book under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec, it was fairly obvious to those who knew Berners who the book was penned by and whom it was about. The book was frequently destroyed by those featured and copies are scarce. This welcome reprint brings the text to new audiences and benefits from the editor's introduction and postscript. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934.
Publicado por Asphodel Editions, [North Pomfret], 2000
Librería: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
New edition, one of 250 copies. New edition, one of 250 copies. Frontispiece caricature and an llustration of the title page of the original edition. vii, 99, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. New edition of the rare roman à clef, The Girls of Radcliff Hall, circulated privately by Berners in 1935 under the pseudonym Adela Quebec, depicting himself and a circle of friends, among them Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel, as lesbian schoolgirls at Radcliff Hall (in punning allusion to the author of The Well of Loneliness). Green cloth, decortive paper overboards. As New in sage green dust jacket Frontispiece caricature and an llustration of the title page of the original edition. vii, 99, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Publicado por Montcalm: Cygnet Press (2000)., 2000
Librería: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
First printing of this reissue. vii + 99 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by John Byrne, with his introduction. One of 500 (of 750) copies. Originally published in 1935 in a small edition under the pen name "Adela Quebec.".
Publicado por Montcalm and The Cygnet Press, LONDON., 2000
ISBN 10: 0907435130 ISBN 13: 9780907435136
Librería: Boulevard Bookshop and Thai Cafe, Hastings, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Emilio Coia Ilustrador. Dust wrapper is very good and unblemished. The book has no annotations and has no signs of usage.We will dispatch this item as soon as possible. Of 790mcopies designed by Simon Randall printed by BAS printers of Over Wallop & bound by The Green Street Bindery 250 copies are published in America by Asphodel Editions. This is the English edition.
Publicado por Cygnet Press, London, 2000
Librería: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hard Cover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Montcalm and the Cygnet Press 2000). First UK Edition. Limited to750 copies of which 500 copies are published in the UK with a further 250 copies simultaneously published by Asphodel Press for the US market. A fine copy in an almost fine D/W, slight fading to the spine with a touch of bruising to tips/corners and one or two faint marks to the front/rear panel. N.B: by far the author's scarcest work, originally published under a pseudonym for private circulation only. A highly erotic parody of the lesbian classic The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. Designed by Simon Rendall printed by BAS Printers of Over Wallop & bound by the Green Street Bindery. Publisher's patterned paper-covered boards with green cloth spine. Originally published in 1935 this is the first printing of this re-issue. A lovely production. ISBN: 0 907435 13 0. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Publicado por Montcalm & The Cygnet Press, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0907435130 ISBN 13: 9780907435136
Librería: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Emilio Coia Ilustrador. vii, 99p., frontis-portrait, frontis-photo of original publication cover, introduction, key to real personages at rear, fine first edition thus limited to 750 copies green cloth backstrip over decorative boards, gilt titles on spine, in fine, unclipped dj. Originally privately printed in 1934 by Lord Berners under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec. Most copies were destroyed. The "girls" of the humorous tale are actually real male personages such as Cecil Beaton, Oliver Messel, Pavel Tchelitchew, Peter Watson and the author himself (Miss Carfax!) Key to the characters at rear. Gay parody of "The Well of Loneliness".
Publicado por Asphodel, 2000
Librería: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Limited Edition. [99] pp. BERNERS, Lord Asphodel 2000 8.75" x 5.75" Limited edition of 250 copies Montcalm & The Cygnet Press. London. 2000. Reprint. Limited to 750 copies. First published in c.1934. Hardback; green cloth-backed patterned paper boards, dust jacket. A reprint of Lord Berners' roman a clef, featuring many of the Faringdon circle. The Girls of Radcliff Hall was a direct parody of Radclyffe Hall's banned lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness, as well as being a spoof of the many school girl stories popular at the time. Lord Berners' characters are thinly disguised versions of his friends and set, and the book is a flawed but insightful record of the often complex relationships within his homosexual circle. Cyril Connelly's copy identifies figures inspired by Lord Berners, Cecil Beaton, Peter Watson, Oliver Messel, David Herbert, Robert Heber-Percy, Tchelitchew, Christian Berard, Doris Castlerosse and others. Despite publishing the book under the pseudonym of Adela Quebec, it was fairly obvious to those who knew Berners who the book was penned by and whom it was about. The book was frequently destroyed by those featured and copies are scarce. This welcome reprint brings the text to new audiences and benefits from the editor's introduction and postscript.