Winston brebner (28 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Pictorial soft cover, rubbed, text solid. Novel.

Paperback. Zustand: VG. paperback.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Condition: Very Good / Good. 1956 Rinehart & Company American First Edition. Hardcover shows minor shelf wear to corners and a tiny puncture to the front board. Interior is clean and unmarked, with expected age toning and discoloration to the pages. Binding and spine remains sound, no loose pages. Price clipped dust jacket, Good, shows edge wear along the top and bottom edges, including the spine ends, and a tiny hole to the front panel; however, the jacket remains substantially complete with no significant loss. A fascinating and unconventional piece of mid century speculative fiction. Presents a computer ruled dystopian society in which its protagonist, a magistrate living under a centrally controlled state, secretly becomes a clown once each year during the State Holiday. Through this striking premise, Brebner combines dystopian science fiction with satire and an exploration of individuality and revelry within an authoritarian, technologically controlled world. This distinctive novel is a 1956 science fiction novel about a computer ruled dystopia, and should appeal to collectors of vintage science fiction, dystopian literature, mid century speculative fiction, technology themed fiction, and unusual or overlooked works from the 1950s.…

Paperback. first edition. 1011 reading copy, creases paperback.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. The pages have darkened with age. The DJ shows some rubbing.

Paperback. Zustand: Good+. First Signet printing. Uncreased spine. A little wear to the edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine/ Fine 1st Edition/ 1st Printing 1956 Dust Jacket wrapped in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Binded by the Boots Booklovers Library.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good -. 1951, 275pp, author's 1st novel, some soiling & edge wear to dj.

Paperback. first edition. 1011 very good -fine, , reading crease paperback.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First Edition. small closed tear to dj.

Zustand: Good. 1958. No Edition Stated. 182 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over and green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very Good dj. First Edition. [shelfwear and bumping to bottom corners, age-toning to edges of text block (typical of Rinehart books in this period), overall a clean and solidly bound book; jacket moderately edgeworn, light rubbing/soiling, small pull-tear in rear panel]. Novel -- sorry, "magical tale" -- about "a man in an unnamed city, holding down an unrewarding job in a wonderfully bureaucratic organization called simply The Agency, returning each evening to his dissatisfied and unsatisfying wife." His miserable existence is leavened only once a year, "at Holiday time, [when] he assumes his secret identity and becomes the most beloved man in the city" -- a clown. (That capital-H "Holiday," it turns out, is a bit of a clue, for in some circles -- although in no way pitched as such on the book jacket itself -- this is considered a science fiction novel, set (in the words of one source) in "a computer-ruled Dystopia," in which the protagonist's annual clowning "during the State Holiday" serves as a means for the author to explore "the metaphysical pathos of clowning in a world that disallows any element of Revel." All of which makes it sound a bit "1984"-ish, although I'm not quite sure it lives up the claim of the jacket blurb, namely that you should like this book "if you admire Franz Kafka and adore Cocteau." I suspect there's a reason that "Brebneresque" has not entered our lexicon.). Illustrated by (dj design) Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st. 210pp.; HB gray w/beige&blue; slight rub w/lt.tanning on pgs.,otherwise clean,&tight. DJ color pic.cover w/red (w/white on spine); some rub w/sml.chips&tears. "If you admire Franz Kafka and adore Cocteau, you should like this magical tale about the power of love and the meaning of truth.".…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Near Fine to Fine in pictorial wraps with yellow & white lettering & keyhole cover art picturing a couplein bathing suits by a lake as seen through a window in a stone wall. Novel about two lovers who meet by chance & share a brief & beautiful affair before they become separated by demands of the world. Fiction, Novel, Vintage Paperback.…

First Printing. Signet #1011. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Viking, 1951. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear/tears. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Paperback. first edition. 1011 near fine, unread paperback.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Pages a bit age-tanned. Dust jacket has a trace of edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 275 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Robert Hallock. His first novel. The story of an American GI who on the last day of the War in Italy almost loses his life and wants to stay with his Italian girl friend. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Hallock, Robert (illustrator).…

1st ed. Spine bumped at head, with dull gilt title; dust jacket worn & chipped. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. The Second Circle by Winston Brebner (FIrst Edition) Firm copy. Previous owner's name stamp to FFE. Not price clipped. A few closed tears to edges. Light soiling to back cover. First Edition, no later printings mentioned. Author's first book. BOOK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. The author's first novel. First edition. Near fine in a very good (some light shelf wear and aging) dust jacket.; 275 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine,squiggly blue line border and decorates spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. "First Published by The Viking Press in October 1951" on copyright page. 275 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), very slight age toning to rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. On what turned out to be the last day of war in italy, Pio, an American soldier, had the narrowest of escapes. Some of his comrades met a fate which he himself missed only by accident and which he blamed himself for not helping to prevent. The memory of their fate pursues him through the desperate chase which his story becomes. An intense romance with a girl helps him forget, and he falls in love, despite having a wife at home he married on the eve of his departure.…

Hardback. Zustand: NrVery Good. nrVG DW. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1958, here is the first hardback printing of Winston Brebner's Doubting Thomas. 182 pages, green cloth binding, silver lettering, the book is in good condition with some general brown spotting to the outside page edges, some minor staining to the cloth edges, plus some browning/ spotting to the end papers and at occasional instances throughout the book. The dust jacket is also good, with some minor dusty staining to the covers and moderate edge chipping, culminating in three small tears. The book was sourced from the home of a smoker and although the book is now safely stored in a clean air environment, a slight smoky hue may or may not be retained.…

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 232. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1956 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 232.…