Sansom, William

The Face Of Innocence

The Hogarth Press, 1951, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/G. 246pp, a fair copy in an edge worn dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket.
¶ The author's second novel, a romance.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49821

Keywords: literature, fiction

Sansom, William

The Face of Innocence

London, Hogarth Press, 1951. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo. Hardcover. purple cloth boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 245 pp First edition unclipped edge wear on dj Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Good/good.

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 75035

Catalogue: Literature

WILLIAM SANSOM.

The Face of Innocence. A novel.

The Hogarth Press, London, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: KP90292

William Sansom

The Face of Innocence

World Books 1954 Hardback. Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1071855

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Fiction

SANSOM, WILLIAM

The Face of Innocence

The Hogarth Press. 1951-01-01, First Edition. Hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). The Hogarth Press edition. First Edition. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 232104

Catalogue: Fiction

William Sansom

The Face of Innocence; a Contest of Ladies; the Stories of William Sansom; Goodbye; the Marmalade Bird; a Young Wife&Apos;S Tale

London; Boston , The The Hogarth Press; Little, Brown and Company, 1951-1974 . First edition. Cloth. A terrific selection of first edition novels and short-story collections from highly descriptive writer, William Sansom. First edition.With the publisher's original dust wrappers, 'Goodbye' being price-clipped, with the rest of the volumes unclipped.William Sansom's work are best known for their impressively descriptive and vivid prose style, spanning across a variety of genres such as romance, comedy and supernatural horror. He was also once described as London's closest equivalent to Franz Kafka. This set includes the following of his works, comprising both his novels and short stories. The Face of Innocence (1951) - Tells the story of Eve, a beautiful girl who chooses to lose herself, and those around her, in fantasy, rather than face up to reality.A Contest of Ladies (1956) - A collection of short stories commencing with an amusing story of an elderly bachelor who is called upon to house six continental beauty queens who have come for the town beauty contest. The Stories of William Sansom (1963) - Sansom draws upon eight volumes of his stories in this collection, selecting thirty of the best.Goodbye (1966) - A man is struck with emotional lightning when his wife says she is going to leave him, refusing to give him a real reason as to why.The Marmalade Bird (1973) - Sixteen stories collected here, with characters ranging from a working-class boy to an old retired soldier, with plots including a hoax that involves a set of false teeth that bite back.A Young Wife's Tale (1974) - Julia, a happily married woman, must go home to London and leave her husband in Tuscany with an elegant patroness of the arts, who promises to make his dreams of composing electric music come true. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers, 'Goodbye' being price-clipped. Externally, very smart, with minor bumping to the extremities. Light rubbing of the spine head and tail to 'Stories&apos. Dust wrappers are smart, with edge wear and slight chipping to the spine heads of 'The Stories', 'The Face of Innocence' and 'Contest of Ladies&apos. Sunning to the spines of 'Contest' and Stories&apos. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 930Y50

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: William Sansom Modern Fiction Short Stories Novels Modern Fiction None

Sansom William

The Face of Innocence

VGC. The Reprint Society, 1954. Yellow hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small ink marks and light shelf wear on the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks, and small ink marks on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with some foxing marks on the outer edges, small nicks and foxing marks on the edges of the pages, two small tears inside the edges of the front and back cover. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear. 244pp. Very Good/Very Good.

Alpha 2 Omega BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5056

Catalogue: Rare & Collectable Books

Keywords: Fiction

SANSOM William

The Face of Innocence

The Reprint Society [&] Chatto & Windus, 1954. Book club edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered pale yellow cloth, top edge dark brown (fore-edge very slightly spotted, stained on part of upper board), dustwrapper (substantial losses on upper cover and at head and tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 244 (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front free endpaper). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 154318

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature