Verlag: PRION HUMOUR CLASSICS, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 1853754110 ISBN 13: 9781853754111
Anbieter: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Illustrated by jon gray dj design (illustrator). HARDCOVER. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(L8.99) DUST JACKET.dj has minor rubs, not torn up. ; purple dust jacket.Gold spine titles on dark blue textured hardcovers.Whit endpapers.DJ shows 2" cameo of standing man in casual pose. ; 231pg pages; Meet our memoirist, Augustus Carp, a self-proclaimed "good man" who relishes every opportunity to condemn the weaknesses of others while excusing his own failings. In this spoof autobiography, the pompous narrator enthusiastically recounts his mundane achievements with unwitting hilarity, making frequent asides to bemoan the sins of lesser mortals. Much of the story's ironic humor derives from his delivery; the more seriously Carp takes himself, the more ridiculous he appears.
Verlag: The Boydell Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0851152406 ISBN 13: 9780851152400
Anbieter: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.
Verlag: HEINEMANN, LONDON, 1966
Anbieter: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. NEW EDITION. Scarce. Wrapper rubbed and marked with closed tears to the folds of the wrapper. Boards lightly marked, spine slightly cocked, ink inscription on half title page, property of Roger Day, light foxing to prelims otherwise, clean throughout. Good. Book.
Verlag: The Boydell Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 0851152406 ISBN 13: 9780851152400
Anbieter: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Verlag: William Heinemann, London, 1924
Anbieter: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. With Illustrations by Robin (Miss Marjorie Blood, later Mother Catherine of the Order of the Sacred Heart) (illustrator). States "First published May 1924 / New Impression November 1924." So, the second printing of the first edition, in red boards, titled in black to spine, NO dust jacket. All eight B&W plates firmly mounted where they ought to be. Humorous fictional autobiography of a self-righteous prig, rediscovered by Anthony Burgess circa 1966 (when he wrote a new introduction for the next known Heinemann printing) and quite a hard book to find in any original, pre-war Heinemann binding. The real author, Sir Henry Howarth Bashford Kt., M.D., F.R.C.P., was reportedly Chief Medical Officer to the Post Office, Medical Adviser to the Treasury, and Honorary Physician to King George VI, while illustrator "Robin" -- who renders most of the characters here as chinless pinheads -- is reliably reported to have actually been Miss Marjorie Blood, a frequent contributor to "Punch," who subsequently joined the Order of the Sacred Heart and became Mother Catherine at Roehampton Convent. 274 pp. Reduced from $550.