Stacy Aumonier; J. D. Beresford; Algernon Blackwood; Phyllis Bottome; Ernest Bramah; A. E. Coppard; E. St. John Ervine; Cyril Falls; Aldous Huxley; Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; St. John Lucas; Denis Mackail; Orlo Williams; P.G. Wodehouse

Georgian Stories 1924

London, Chapman and Hall, 1924 . First edition. Cloth. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this anthology of short stories, in the original 1920s dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing of this very scarce work. The second work in this series, which began with 'Georgian Stories 1922&apos.In the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Copies of this series in dust wrappers are vanishingly scarce.An anthology of fourteen short stories from celebrated Georgian era writers, all of which had been previously published in periodicals.Present here are tales from: Stacy Aumonier; J. D. Beresford; Algernon Blackwood; Phyllis Bottome; Ernest Bramah; A. E. Coppard; E. St. John Ervine; Cyril Falls; Aldous Huxley; Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; St. John Lucas; Denis Mackail; Orlo Williams; P.G. Wodehouse.Tales include: 'The Purity of the Turf' by Wodehouse, 'The Gioconda Smile' by Huxley, and 'Tongues of Fire' by Blackwood. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned. Rear wrap detached but present. Major loss to back strip head. Wraps bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Good Only.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951F61

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: Georgian Stories Aldous Huxley p g wodehouse short stories Aldous Huxley None

ERNEST BRAMAH

English Farming and Why I Turned It Up.

The Leadenhall Press, London, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good .

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC92634

Ernest Bramah

English Farming and Why I Turned It Up

London, The Leadenhall Press, 1894 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of crime fiction author Ernest Bramah's humorous autobiographical account of his farming adventures in his youth. The first edition of the first published work from popular author of detective novels and occult mysteries, Ernest Bramah. A tongue in cheek account of his time farming in his youth, after leaving school aged sixteen.Bramah concludes his work "I can once more agree with the man in the train that farming is the most agreeable of all pursuits, to all except the farmer!".Best known for creating the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados, George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book 'What Might Have Been' influenced 'Nineteen Eighty-Four&apos.With sixteen pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with handling marks to boards. Significant ink stain to rear board. Rubbing to front joint. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned to perimeters due to paper type. The odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 822F14

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: farming Ernest Brama kai lung max carrados Ernest Brama None

Bramah, Ernest

The Eyes of Max Carrados

London, Grant Richards, 1923. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Very good in light blue cloth-covered boards with some darkening to the spine and dustiness to the top edge. VG.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 020793

BRAMAH, ERNEST

The Eyes of Max Carrados

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. 1941. Paperback. Used, Paperback in acceptable condition, includes comtemporary advertisement for Grey's Cigerettes at rear. Previous owner has penned half-title page. Book is notably shelfworn; cover has taped repair to lower spine, but adherence to textblock is fragile. Cover is tanned and creased, with wear to edges and corners. Marked tanning to pageblock, this leading into page edges, occasional foxing and blemishes noted. As mentioned, the integrity of the binding is fragile, but currently in place, content is complete. CN. Acceptable.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 613352

Catalogue: Literature

BRAMAH,ERNEST

KAI LUNG BENEATH THE MULBERRY-TREE

London 1951, 320 pp. C702

Moby DickProfessional seller

Book number: 265651

Catalogue: General

Bramah, Ernest & Belloc, Hilaire [introduction]

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

Penguin, 1949, 2nd impression. Paperback, G. 280pp+7pp publishers adverts, pages tanned, a good reading copy. Penguin 174. Paperback , no dustjacket.
¶ More tales in the inimitable mock Mandarin of Ernest Bramah. Bramah [ 1868 - 1942 ] found success with his Oriental teller of tales, Kai Lung, but the first book in the series was rejected several times before it found a publisher in 1900. This book contains 22 tales narrated by Kai Lung.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 55713

Keywords: fiction, china, humour, philosophy

BRAMAH ERNEST

KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT

Ballantine, 1974. 1st printing. Consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung, concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his lady love Hwa-Mei. Paperback. ISBN: 0345237870. near fine paperback, Ian Millar cover.

Fantastic LiteratureProfessional seller

Book number: FD19.059

Keywords: 0345237870

BRAMAH, ERNEST

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

NY: George H. Doran Company, 1923. Reprint. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's orange cloth with color plates on both cover and spine label, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. Some pages are still uncut. With an Introduction by Hillaire Belloc. Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed with some small chips at the head of the spine, spine label is rubbed and has a small chip, small split on bottom edge of rear cover hinge, endpapers are lightly foxed, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Plates on covers are bright and intact. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiii, 333 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 19473

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction and Literature Fables Humor Novels, Poetry & Literature Humor Fiction

BRAMAH, Ernest.

Kai Lung's Golden Hours.

New York: George H. Doran, 1923 1st American edition. Preface by Hilaire Belloc. xiii[iii], 17-333[1]pp. Original pictorial paper backed bds, ptd paper sp label, uncut and partly unopened, repaired d/w. General age browning.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 8857

BRAMAH, ERNEST

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

Oxford University Press. 1986. (ISBN: 9780195839760). Paperback, a5 white. Condition good. In a style reminiscent of The Arabian Nights , Bramah takes his readers on a delightful flight of imagination through China at the beginning of this century. Used: Acceptable.

Lady Lisa's BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 2304

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: 9780195839760

BRAMAH, ERNEST

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

London, The Richards Press Ltd. 1946, Fourth Printing. Yellow Cloth, 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover, Faint pencil erasure on ffep, else textblock is very clean and tight. Spine-sunned and lightly character-soiled binding, with minor edge and corner wear; 305p. Very Good+.

Clausen BooksProfessional seller

Book number: EW5959

Catalogue: Literary Collections & Poetry

Keywords: Fantasy, Fiction

BRAMAH, Ernest

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

New York, George H. Doran Company, 1923. Hardcover. Preface by Hilaire Beloc. 8vo. Orange cloth spine with paper label and pictorial paper over boards. xiii, 333pp. Very good. Boards edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Tight, quite nice early printing of this fantasy tale by ancient Chinese storyteller Kai Lung -- sequel to Braham's 1900 bestseller "The Wallet of Kai LUng." From the libraryof Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (b. 1930) of Illinois. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 45400

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature

Ernest Bramah:

Kai Lung unrolls his Mat.

London: The Richards Press, 1942. Reprint (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 344pp. Original yellow cloth, dustwrapper. Light spotting of the boards, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (edges chipped and torn with slight loss to the front panel). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Cornell Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 66067

Catalogue: 3

BRAMAH, ERNEST

Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1939. Reprint. Paperback. First published in Penguin Books in 1937, 249 pages plus publisher's catalogue at rear, tanning to page edges and spine, covers rubbed, (Penguin Books 108).. Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 165648