Room At the Top

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First American Edition, First Printing. 8vo, publisher’s original red boards backed in gray cloth, lettered on the spine in red. In the original pictorially decorated dustjacket unclipped and remarkably fresh. 301pp. A fine copy in like dustjacket, only a bit of dusting along the top page edges… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. Burgess 99. First Impression. Octavo; hunter green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on… Read more about this item

1957. BRAINE, John. ROOM AT THE TOP. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. Small 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition. Signed presentation from Braine on the front endpaper: "John Braine. With my best wishes to Harold Downs." Downs is a teacher whose students spotted a grammatical error in the text. With a typed letter signed from… Read more about this item

Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1957 Stated First Printing. Red paper covered boards over gray cloth & red titled spine. Book has some rubbing to spine edges and extremities. Interior is clean. DJ has some rubbing to edges, some soiling on back panel and a pencil mark by price, which is intact. Protected in mylar.

Penguin Books, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. Reprinted. 235 pages. Orange penguin paperback. 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.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First Edition. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of Braine's first book, offered with the scarce uncorrected proof. Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm): 256pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gold, in the striking dust jacket (price-clipped) illustrated by John Minton. An excellent example (spine ends very lightly bruised), tightly bound and clean throughout (apparently unread).… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A bit of rubbing at the spine ends, else near fine in price-clipped good or better dustwrapper with age-toning, modest stains, and a chip at the crown. The author's first novel, about a young, ambitious and socially conscious working class lad. Basis for the film featuring… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Pp. 256. A true first printing with no statement of reprint to the copyright page. Original green boards, gilt lettering to spine dulled. Clean pages, small inscription to the front endpage. Jacket is a later state with 3rd impression… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1957. 8vo.Presentation from the Author. 256 pp. Hardback in pictorial dw. Presentation copy to film critic David Lewin. Inscribed on the title-page: "Best wishes to David Lewin - John Braine." Author's first book. The third impression, published one month after the first. Jacket design by John Minton. Dw slightly chipped at corners and head of spine.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First American Edition. 256 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth and red boards. Fine in slightly sunned, else fine, unclipped dj by Jacek von Henneberg. First American Edition. 256 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Burgess 99

VG+ / VG 1957 Houghton, Mifflin and Co., stated first printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Basis for the 1959 film starring Lawrence Harvey and Simone Signoret. Previous owner inscription in pencil on FFEP. Light edge wear to jacket + a bit of soiling to the rear cover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First American Edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red paper and blue-gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in red… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Octavo. 256pp. Binding a bit cocked, a bit of light offsetting on the endpapers, and one pair of conjugate leaves neatly tipped back in, about near fine in a near fine "2nd impression" dust jacket with a bit of soiling on the lower panel and a few… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition copy. Green cloth with gilt. Corners softened, light foxing, edges lightly sunned. Includes a laid-in card inscribed by author "To my friend Vicki Greenwell with love-John Braine 1977." The unclipped jacket is in a protective cover and… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition, second printing. This is a near fine copy. The John Minton dust wrapper has some light shelf wear, with one small closed tear present to the lower panel. Shows the eight 'puffs' on the lower panel', and is stated '2nd impression' to the front flap. It has not been price clipped (15s. net).… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); green spine over red boards with red stamped on spine; dustjacket; 301pp.; light foxing to right edge of textblock; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) Fine dustjacket. Author's first book. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret. (Oscar winner).

Eyre and Spottiswoode. First edition-9th impression. Hardcover. Very good/Good. VGC/GC.Eyre and Spottiswoode,1958.First edition-9th impression.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC, with Dj(very small tear on the edges of the Dj cover,some creases,nicks and foxing marks on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover) in GC.Nice… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Faint small tape shadows on fly leaves, probably from an old jacket protector, thus very good in very good dust jacket with small internal tape mends, and a bit of wear at the crown. The author's first novel, about a young, ambitious and socially conscious working… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Contemporary owner name else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with very slight toning to the white portions of the spine. A nice copy of the author's first novel, about a young, ambitious, and socially conscious working class lad. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. A little foxing to the front endpaper and pastedown. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Highly acclaimed first book made into a film.