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— Marcel Proust
See below our stock of Christopher Isherwood First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Methuen and Co., 1949. [Journal] LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.xxiv; 71 [1]. With six collotype plates including a frontispiece, and one line-drawn plate. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Internally bright and clean, one or two marks throughout. Small..... More
London, William Heinemann Ltd, Printed at the Shenval Press. 1959. [Literary magazine] Bound volume collecting twelve issues (the complete year, 1959), with the general index not included in the single issues. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Red buckram, lettered in gilt to spine, institutional blind-stamp to rear cover. Contents clean, one..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939. [Second Sino-Japanese War] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.301 [3]. With an illustrated frontispiece and a suite of 16 double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by Christopher Isherwood in black ink to the title page. Publisher's dark grey cloth..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Limited, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper designed by Don Bachardy, priced at 21s. Generally clean and fresh in like jacket. Through the marginal success of his first novel, All the Conspirators, Christopher Isherwood became something of a...... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1966. [Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[12] 254 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge grey. With the grey dust-jacket illustrated by Don Bachardy, priced at 30s. Light rubbing and chipping to jacket edges, with a closed tear and crease..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Limited, 1954. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.334; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper designed by Lynton Lamb. Owner name to flyleaf, contents clean and fresh, jacket is bright with one inoffensive chip at foot. Shows well. 'A compassionate, wise, and..... More
USA: Allied Artists, 1972. [Movie Memorabilia] A set of eight numbered lobby cards for the film 'Cabaret' directed by Bob Fosse starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York, based on stories by Christopher Isherwood. Colour printed stills on card stock measuring 8 x 10 inches (the less common size for US)..... More