Private Angelo

Sir Allen Lane and Richard Lane. Very Good+. 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit faded; Beautiful endpapers by David Gentleman. Including original publisher's note laid in, dated Christmas 1957 - New Year 1958.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 235 pages .

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome Heron edition of Linklater's comic war novel, set in Italy during WW2. Brown faux-leather cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations. Foxing to top and fore edge. Small marks to free-endpapers (tape residue from a previous owner's protective jacket). Contents clean… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1958. Paperback. Good. 1958. First Edition Thus. 234 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. First Edition Thus. 271 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

Not Stated: Privately Printed, 1957. Hardback. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". David Gentleman. A nicely bound limited edition copy of Eric Linklater's war satire 'Private Angelo', with illustrated endpapers by David Gentleman. A limited edition work, limited to two thousand copies. 'Private Angelo' is a war satire novel. The novel follows the adventures of an… Read more about this item

London: Privately Printed McCorquodale & Co., 1957. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4 3/4" x 7 1/2. Gentleman, David. 234 Pages. No marks or stamps. Cover and spine show light wear and fading. Some interior text pages show very light wrinklin' to otherwise flawless pages. Dedicated to The Eighth Army in its new clothers: an entertainment… Read more about this item

London: Penguin Books, 1958. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Slight darkening to spine, bump to head of spine, light browning to pages. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of… Read more about this item

New York : Macmillan, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 267 p. ; 22 cm. Subject; English fiction — 20th century.

London: Jonathan Cape / The Book Society. G: in Good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 1946. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 272pp. .

MacMillan, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages show toning, binding tight/Illustrated dust jacket over clo. Stated first printingPages show toning, binding tight, cloth boards clean, original dust jacket with tatter to edges, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards

London: Penguin Books, 1958. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Faraday Penguin Collection label and number in ink to title page. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20.… Read more about this item

Great Britain: The Reprint Society, 1948. book clean and tight.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London : Privately printed, 1957. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 234 pp. Notes; ""Of this book, first published by Jonathan Cape in 1946, two thousand copies were printed at Christmas 1957 for… Read more about this item

The Reprint Society, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

London: The Reprint Society. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 1948. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 272pp. .

Panther, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. Reprinted. 255 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Jonathan Cape, 1946. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped at extrems - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 271 (pages a little musty; no inscriptions).

Canongate Uk, April 1999. Trade Paperback . Used Good. Light wear to cover and edges, slightly bumped corners. Binding intact, pages clean. Pages have minimal tanning along edges. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, 1946. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/P. 272pp, dustjacket rather chipped & worn with a 3 inch section missing from the base of the spine, a good copy. Picaresque novel about an Italian soldier.

London: Privately Printed, 1957. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 235pp., A nicely bound limited edition copy of Eric Linklater's war satire; the novel follows the adventures of an Italian soldier during World War II, beginning with the Italian armistice of 1943. Printed on fine India paper, with superg illustrated endpapers by… Read more about this item