GERHARDI, WILLIAM

Anton Chehov: A Critical Study

London: Duckworth, 1928. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine.. Spine faded, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD.. The New Reader's Library Series. Vol. 32. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. 192, (7-adverts) pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 22445

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Literary Criticism; Chehov; Plays Theater Theatre & Performing Arts Novels, Poetry & Literature Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

Gerhardi, William; Kingsmill, Hugh

The Casanova Fable

London, Jarrolds. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. blue faux leather boards, 223 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good .

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 86199

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History. Sex. Erotica

GERHARDI,WILLIAM AND HUGH KINGSMILL

The Casanova Fable a Satirical Revaluation

London: Jarrolds, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. P Youngman Carter. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original blue and cream buckram cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with NO leaning to spine.There are NO previous names or inscriptions present.There is just one crease line to the front endpaper.Attractive illustrations are by Youngman Carter,8vo 223pp First Edition 1st Impression. Very Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 57232

Catalogue: Literature

GERHARDI, WILLIAM

Futility

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. 1942. Paperback. Used, Paperback in good condition for its age. Covers are marked and worn, particularly along the spine. Page block is notably tanned and blemished. Page edges are tanned and light foxing noted throughout. Pages remain bound and legible throughout. LW. Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 545413

Catalogue: Literature

GERHARDI, WILLIAM

Futility

Harmondsworth, Penguin Books. 1944. Paperback. Used, First Penguin edition paperback, in very good condition. Number 391 in the orange 'Fiction' series. Contains contemporaneous advertisements front and rear; Malteasers, Chilprufe Clothing and Jif Shaving Stick. Also contains a note at the end of the novel requesting readers deposit the book at a Post Office, so 'men and women of the Services may enjoy it'. General shelf and handling wear, including creasing, age-related discolouration and wear to cover, edges and corners. Staples exposed at hinge point. Page block tanned and lightly foxed, tanning leading into page edges. Pages are secure, content unmarked. This is an early Penguin edition, stored in a plastic wallet in our warehouse for internet sale, away from the level of handling that our London shop stock may experience. CN. Very Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 611975

Catalogue: Literature

William Gerhardi

Jazz and Jasper the Story of Adams and Eva

London, Duckworth, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Now almost entirely forgotten, Gerhardi was one of the most critically acclaimed English novelists of the 1920s. This is an excellent read, not least because it features a thinly-disguised Lord Beaverbrook as 'Lord Otterpool', proprietor of the 'Daily Runner'. In good order throughout. Browning to endpapers, but otherwise clean and bright. Purple boards, faded to spine just lightly worn to edges. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 001662

Catalogue: Fiction

William Gerhardi

Jazz and Jasper

London, Duckworth, 1928. Paperback. An advanced reading copy of this early and popular novel by William Gerhardie, one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the 1920s. An scarce to see advanced reading copy, without a dedication.This novel was also published variably under the titles 'Doom', 'Eva's Apples', and 'My Sinful Earth&apos.'Jazz and Jasper' follows an impoverished young novelist and his relationships with an eccentric family of Russian emigres, and a powerful newspaper magnate. By William Gerhardi, who later spelt his name as Gerhardie. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart. Very light edge wear, including creasing to the spine. Only a few very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 871P53

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Jazz and Jasper william gerhardi william gerhardie adams and eva william gerhardi None

William Gerhardi

Memoirs of a Polyglot

London, Duckworth, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Gerhardi's entertaining autobiography, written at the age of 35, and now hard to find. This copy in generally good internal order with pages lightly toned but clean and unmarked. Spotting to edge of block only occasionally intruding. Fep has been removed and c.2 inches of the internal binding is exposed, but all is tight and firm, without any looseness. Green boards are quite heavily marked, a little worn and faded. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. xiii, 382pp . Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 103753

Catalogue: Biography

Gerhardi, William

Of Mortal Love

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1936. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. blue cloth, silver lettering, no dust jacket, 302 pp bookstore stamp on the front endpaper spine sunned and a small tear on the bottom spine slightly cocked Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good .

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 83093

Catalogue: Literature

GERHARDI, WILLIAM

Of Mortal Love

London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 160mm (8" x 6"). 302pp.. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Spine darkened. Some foxing .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: r3718c

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

William Gerhardi

Of Mortal Love: A Novel

London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of romance novel from Anglo-Russian novelist William Gerhardi. First edition. An insightful novel and a simple love story concerned with fresh love-lore, eroticism, and imagination. It follows Dinah, who was not born to live alone, and Walter, Jim and Eric who loved her but proved unequal. Written by William Alexander Gerhardie, an Anglo-Russian novelist and playwright. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing resulting in minor fraying to the extremities and minor bumping. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 902T28

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Mortal Love Novel Gerhardi Love None

William Gerhardi

Of Mortal Love

London, Arthur Barker , 1936. First edition. Cloth. Excellent copy of the scarce first edition of William Gerardi's novel. A bright example of the scarce first edition of this work.Beautiful novel concerned with fresh love-lore, eroticism, and imagination. William Gerhardi was an Anglo-Russian novelist know for his novel Futility, which was based on the author's own experiences of fighting the Bolsheviks in pre-revolutionary Russia. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, back strip gently faded. Internally, firmly bound. Faint minor spotting scattered to endpapers only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 849A44

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: first editions superior copy scarce books modern fiction superior copy None

William Gerhardi

My Wife's the Least of It

London, Faber And Faber, 1938. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Being the inside history of the peregrinations and vicissitudes of a filmscript and of Mr. Baldridge, its unfortunate author, and of his eventual recovery, new start in life, marriage and rise to a position of unprecedented public esteem in the administration of charities.." In other words, a thoroughly entertaining satire of the film industry and the role of writers within it. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise all in good internal order bar a little minor spotting to endpapers. A couple of small marks to cloth, but reasonably smart. Second printing of first edition. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 544pp . Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9023

Catalogue: Fiction

WILLIAM GERHARDI

Perfectly Scandalous; Or "The Immorality Lady". A comedy in three acts. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)

Ernest Benn Ltd. 'The Yellow Books' series, London, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Very Good /Good.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BC14383

Catalogue: Plays

WILLIAM GERHARDI.

The Polyglots. A novel.

Richard Cobden-Sanderson, London, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good /No Jacket.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC93201