Search Results: the sign of the fish by quennell peter

The Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue boards, yellow cloth spine. Spot on front endpaper and name in ink. Rear endpaper has notes in pencil. Tight. DJ is chipped on edges and corners.

Viking Adult, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Viking Adult, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Collins, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. First impression. 8vo. Pp 255 + 8pp monochrome plates. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket is chipped at the folds, has suffered loss at the head and tail of the spine and has a number of closed tears.

Publisher's original yellow cloth over dark blue boards, octavo, pp. 255. Black and white illustrations. Price-clipped dust jacket rubbed and chipped at spine ends and flap fold tips but protected now by a sheet of removable Brodart.

New York: Viking, 1960. hardcover. Book: Good/DJ: Good. 8vo.. 255 pp. 5 7/8 x 8 5/8. Blue boards with qtr yellow cloth, stamped in black on front and spine. Blue dj, rather scuffed.

Collins, 1960. First English Edition. Price-clipped. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket.

NY, NY: Viking Press / An Esalen Book, 1960. 255 pp., yellow cloth spine w/ blue marbled-look boards w/ black lettering & illustration to front board; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light bumping to ends of spine w/ faint foxing to edges of page block; foxing to endpapers; Jacket shows wear, short tears & small creases to ends of spine & folds; a few nicks to edges of spine; scrape to front panel near spine; minor spoil to rear panel; foxing to inside flaps / "An enchantingly original personal memoir in which the distinguished English man of letters - author of 'Hogarth's Progress' and 'Byron In Italy' - uses his recollections of writers he has known as a springboard for lively discussion of the literary life of our times." Illustrated with eight B&W plates. /. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. 8 vo; 255 pages. .

hardcover. Illus., 255pp. 8vo, cloth- backed bds. N.Y., (1960).<br/><br/>

New York: Viking, 1960. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 255 pp, index, b/w plates, 8vo, blue boards/yellow cloth. Near fine; dust jacket priced, edge wear, good.

New York: Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Corners lightly bumped, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with modest edgewear. Autobiography.

New York: Viking, 1960. Very Good. Later. Very good plus Clean text, previous owner's name on front inside panel, clean decorative cloth cover, lightly sunned spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Collins, 1960. 1st edn. 8vo, Original gilt lettered red cloth (page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (extrems a little chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 255 (previous owner's pencil inscription on front endpaper).

New York: The Viking Press, 1960 VG/G+. 8vo. original yellow cloth backed pictorial boards (a little rubbed & bumped, inscrip. to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, frayed & creased, closed tearing at headcap (tape repaired)); pp. 256 (last blank), with illustrations. A good copy in a worn wrapper.. First US. Hard Cover. VG/G+.

Collins, 1960,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 255pp, page edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper, wrapper edges scuffed, price-clipped. .

Viking, New York 1960. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good condition. First edition. Small chips in dustjacket. 8vo.*

Viking Adult. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Collins, 1960. [Literary essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Illustrated with plates. Publisher's red cloth, pictorial jacket. A fine book in a near fine, price-clipped jacket, with a few small nicks to extremities. The Sign of the Fish is a study of the art of writing, and a critical analysis of the creative and artistic character, from the respected writer and social historian Peter Quennell. His subjects within include Dame Edith Sitwell, T.S. Eliot and Augustus John, and he was part of the 'Fleming circle' of eminent literary figures which included Cyril Connolly, Cecil Beaton, Noel Coward, Evelyn Waugh and Stephen Spender. The text features the printed dedication "To my friends at Goldeneye", Ian Fleming's Jamaican home where the book came together, drawing on Quennell's writings in Horizon, Spectator and London Magazine. In the acknowledgements, thanks is given "to the directors of the Queen Anne Press" (owned and run by Ian Fleming). This copy is part of the… Read More