Elizabeth Taylor: Davies (59 results)
Published by London : P. Davies, 1949
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 253 p.; 19 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English 1945 Texts; English fiction; Novels. 3 Kg.
Published by London : P. Davies, 1949
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- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 253 p.; 19 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English 1945 Texts; English fiction; Novels. 1 Kg.
Published by London, Peter Davies, 1954., 1954
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Add to basket8vo, vi + 216pp. Original cloth in yellow dustwrapper, significantly worn and chipped, with signifiant tearing towards bottom corner. Frots fly leaf displays a bookplate from the collection of Frederick May of Deakin University. A very good copy. First edition. Ex library.
Published by Peter Davies, 1957
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 251 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Slight cracking to… hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to front board.
Language: English
Published by Peter Davies, 1947
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Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Possum Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Ex-library copy, pocket and slip on rear endpapers, name of library written on title-page. Personal name on front paste-down. Cocked, spine faded, decent reading copy.
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback lacking dustjacket. Book in VG condition with no inscriptions, slightly uneven lightening to the spine (where Daily Mail Book of the Month sticker would have been placed on spine). Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available…on request.
Published by Peter Davies, 1957
- Hardcover
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor cracking… to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear, water and sticker marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1954
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Seller: Coach Books, Hutton Roof, United KingdomCoach Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Peter Davies, 1954 Fair FIRST Edition, HARDBACK.Bound brown ccloth; no DW; Copy ex-Boots library. Ref 2.
Published by Peter Davies, 1957
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Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United KingdomThe Guru Bookshop
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. 1957 Peter Davies first edition on robbed and faded blue cloth with split two spine side seam.
Published by London Peter Davies, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United KingdomChaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon
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Add to basketHardback, 184mm x 121mm brown cloth boards, black titles, first edition, v prelims, 216pp. Good/NoWrapper. Book is ex-Boots library. Stamp on front, eyelet hole at top of spine, sticker residue to rear inner board, exterior bumped, pages clean with isolated foxing. Short-story collection by under-rated 20th century English woman… novelist. Catalogue: Firsts and Collectables. Keywords: Hester, romance, spry, gravement.
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1st printing hardback lacking jacket. Book in VG+ condition with no inscriptions, small original bookseller's label to front pastedown. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Please request a scan if required.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1961,, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basket1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 251pp, slight browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, fawn cloth, red titles, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper.
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Published by Peter Davies, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift inscription written by the previous owner on the front free end paper page. Publication of 259 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, tears and faded marks. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using… tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJ. W. Mah
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st. (UK) Stated first publication 1954. Owner,s name and date to end paper, slight tonng of pages, the book cover had been hity with water at some point and has left a "tide mark" to the bottom edge of both front and back covers, with some discoloration to the… head and foot of spine, there is a small water stain to portions of the top edge of pages, and to the inside corerns of the hinges, the book is NOT slanted and there is no musty smell that I can detect, thus Acceptable in unclipped Acceptable dust jacket with spine panel darkened and the dust jacket wavy from water; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, 216pp. This was her first collection of 17 short stories. Taylor (d 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated". (1.33 JM HOJ 302/0 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1958
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Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United KingdomThe Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition, book society recommendation, first blank page removed, ex library, light age discolouration marks, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light edge wear, age discolouration marks, light wear & marks.
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies,, London:, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United KingdomC L Hawley (PBFA)
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Add to basketHardback. First Edition. Hardback. 250pp. First edition novel in an unclipped dust jacket. One of Taylor's more difficult to find novels in a dust jacket. Green cloth is very faded to the gaps in the dust jacket. Dust jacket is chipped and torn though the front panel is large unaffected. Some slight foxing to closed page edges a…nd upper edges of boards. Text is clean. Binding is sound. Good copy in chipped and torn dust jacket Good copy in chipped and torn dust jacket.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJ. W. Mah
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st. (UK) Stated first publication , 1961. No markings, slight toning of pages, the foot of the spine has been exposed to water at some point, discoloring small portions of the cover cloth at the foot of the spien and adjacent front and back covers just at the sp…ine, with some soiling to portions of the top edge of pages, thus Good (-) in unclipped Acceptable dust jacket with some discoloration to the dust jacket to the back, two chips to the lower edge of front panel and a chip to the head of spine panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Greenish grey cloth, 251pp. Taylor (d 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated". This , her 8th novel, is her most sex-infused work, telling the story of a rich woman who marries a man ten years her junior. (1.33 JM HOJ 302/0 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, CanadaJ. W. Mah
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st. (UK) Stated first publication 1958. No markings, slight toning of pages, the book cover had been hit with water at some point and has left a faint "tide mark" to the leading edge of both front and back covers, with some discoloration to portions of the top… edge of pages, and to the inside top areas of the hinges, small spot to leading edge of pages, the book is NOT slanted and there is no musty smell that I can detect, thus Acceptable in price-clipped Acceptable dust jacket with the panels wavy from water and water stains to the flaps; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth, 217pp. This was her second collection of 12 short stories. Taylor (d 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated". Her long correspondence with the critic Rober Liddell forms the subject of one of her short stories in this collection, "The Letter Writers" The stories show her superb sense of irony and the subtle open-endedness. (1.33 JM HOJ 302/0 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Published by Peter Davies, London, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mille Septante Books, Anderlecht, BRUSS, BelgiumMille Septante Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, original blue cloth with silver lettering and unclipped dust jacket, 251 pp.; nice copy, slight wear to boards, slight wear to jacket but very presentable, bookplate to first pastedown, light spotting to first 10 pages, binding a little slack. First edition copy of Elizabeth Tay…lor's 1957 novel Angel, one of Taylor's best-known works and admired for its sharp irony and vivid character study of a unique literary life. Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. In 2007, Angel was turned into a movie by French director François Ozon.
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies, London, 1958
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Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, CanadaRenaissance Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine But For Prev. Owner Inscription Dated 1959 On Front Endpaper, And Slightest Traces Of Wear To Extremities. Jacketis Split At Rear Flap Fold, With Wear To Extremities A Chip At Crown, And Missing The Bottom Inch Of The Spine.
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Published by Peter Davies, London, 1946
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Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United KingdomDodman Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. All in VG internal order, clean crisp and bright on economy stock. Inscription - title and name - in ink to fep. Tan boards faded to spine, but heavily worn and marked to rear. VG facsimile d/j. 12mo. 192pp.
Published by Peter Davies, London, 1946
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- First Edition
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United KingdomCaffrey Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher's original light mustard cloth boards, green titles to spine. Second printing in month of first publication. 192pp. VG no jacket.
Published by Peter Davies 1961, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketFIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red floral illus to front board, 251pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges).
Published by Peter Davies 1968, 1968
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Add to basketOctavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling).
Published by London Peter Davies, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon, United KingdomChaucer Head Bookshop, Stratford on Avon
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Add to basketHardback, 202mm x 130mm blue cloth boards, silver gilt titles, first edition, 252pp. plus advertisments,Good/NoWrapper. Exterior bumped and scuffed with staining and rippling to front, block edges worn from handling, differential fading to endpapers, ephemeral Observer page from 2008, pages clean. First edition of 1957 Taylor no…vel. Catalogue: Firsts and Collectables. Keywords: Romance, novel, school This book may attract a higher postage charge than automatically calculated on the website in order to ensure that it is fully covered for an appropriate amount of compensation in the event of loss in the post. If so we will make contact to agree any additional postal charges before completing any transaction.
Published by London, Peter Davies, 1954., 1954
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- First Edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, AustraliaGrant's Bookshop
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Add to basket216pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper that has tape repairs to head and foot of spine. A very good copy. First Edition.
Published by Peter Davies 1968, 1968
- Hardcover
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Add to basketOctavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 217pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap).
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies, London, 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United KingdomClearwater Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 191pp. Mustard-coloured cloth lettered in green at the spine. Contemporary former owner name and date neatly inked to the front free endpaper, alongside the name of a subsequent owner. The top edge slightly dust soiled, and with some sl…ight soiling and discolouration to the cloth at the backstrip. A very good copy of the author's uncommon second novel. No dust wrapper.
More imagesPublished by Peter Davies, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mungobooks, Poole, United KingdomMungobooks
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1st printing hardback in unclipped jacket. Book and jacket in VG condition with no inscriptions. Jacket bright with a couple of small areas of loss and small sticker ghost, top right front. Book with light vertical mark on front board. Not a book clu…b edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.
Published by Peter Davies, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United KingdomHunter Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Scarce thus. Her first novel. Has previous owner details to ffep, else a clean copy with a little softening at corners. No jacket.
