The Landslide by Gilbert Stephen - 1943

Valancourt Books, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Faber and Faber, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. First Edition. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Faber and Faber, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Grey jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with label to pastedown opposite. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Noticeable marks overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket. Light tanning to all surfaces, heaviest to spine and edges. Heavy edgewear, with visible rips and chipping, and heavy loss to spine.

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Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First U.S. edition. 8vo, 249, [1]pp. Publisher's drab cloth stamped in orange, top edge of page block stained orange, in illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins. Some toning to edges of boards else fine in like jacket with a few smudges to rear panel, and similar edge toning. A sharp copy. Very nice copy of this, the Scottish/Irish author Stephen Gilbert's (1912-2010) first book.  The Landslide is a parallel worlds story involving fantastical and benevolent prehistoric creatures that were discovered after a landslide.  Naturally, the locals think the creatures are hellspawn sent by the devil.  Uncommon in such a nice jacket. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy vol. II, Pg 81.   .

THE LANDSLIDE, Knopf, 1944, first American edition, near fine in near vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. The authors first book.

London: Faber & Faber, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An uncommon first edition of this intriguing novel set in a fishing village on the Irish coast, written by Stephen Gilbert. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.This intriguing novel is set during summer on the quiet Irish coast, when a landslide occurs, uncovering seeds, eggs and sleeping creatures of the primeval age. Under the blazing sun, these creatures and plants develop rapidly, later becoming discovered by a small boy called Wolfe. Despite the creatures being benevolent, they disrupt the order of the quiet fishing town. Written by Northern Irish novelist and activist, Stephen Gilbert, who was labelled by E. M. Forester as "a writer of distinction".With a gift inscription 'For George Sassoon' dated 1946, to the front endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very… Read More