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Galley P, 1962-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. 2.5381 in x 17.1270 in x 10.7818 in. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated. Usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding.
The Dark Monarch by Sven Berlin - 1962
by Sven Berlin
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The Dark Monarch
by Sven Berlin
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Galley Press. Galley Press, London, 1962. Book Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. Sven Berlin (illustrator). First. HB DJ 1st Ed. Red and black illustration + printed DJ not clipped. Yellow cloth boards. Gilt bird on red box front bottom right. Gilt titles on red block on spine. 22.3 x 15.2cm. 204 pages. b/w illustrations. Very rare first edition book, as it was withdrawn immediately after publication & destroyed, due to artists who believed themselves to be portrayed in the book taking libel action. There are only a couple of hundred copies of the original first edition in existence. Even more so as this copy is signed by the author to the front fep. After his war experiences reflected in 'I Am Lazarus', here in Dark Monarch, he shows the struggle to revive his sculptor & painter creativity. At this point in Cornwall, a phase of life, in which as he puts it, 'some of us seemed to be caught in the slip-stream of evil forces which often follow destruction'. Condition: DJ slight rub top/bottom spine + corners and very small tear to bottom right hand panel. End papers minor age freckles. Overall: clean, little wear, good colour, tight binding. VERY GOOD. rare signed copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1962.
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Very Good
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- Edition 1st Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Galley Press
- Date Published 1962
- Keywords Non fiction
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The dark monarch: A portrait from within
by Sven Berlin
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Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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The Dark Monarch
by Berlin, Sven
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Langlois, Oregon, United States
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London: The Galley Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 204 pp, bound in yellow cloth titled in gilt. Housed in the original dust jacket illustrated by the author. The scarce first edition of this roman a clef describing postwar life in the St. Ives artist commune after the war, a period in which "'some of us seemed to be caught in the slip-stream of evil forces which often follow destruction." The book was withdrawn shortly after publication due to four libel suits which followed, which didn't end up in court but did effectly shut down the publication of the book, which in 2009 became the basis of the 2009 Tate show of the same name. The book is a sequel of sorts to his earlier, superb novel I Am Lazarus - on of the great memoirs of the last century of war. A near fine example, with some light foxing to upper edge of text block and boards, and the previous ownership signature of Margaret Aldiss to first blank. The dust jacket has some faint staining to back panel, and a touch of rubbing and dust…
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The Dark Monarch
by BERLIN, SVEN
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- First Edition
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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London: The Galley Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Gilt lettered yellow cloth in a pictorial dust jacket. Front endpaper and half title lightly foxed, rear endpaper also lightly foxed. Book in great condition otherwise, illustrated with line drawings by the author. A very rare title in a good, slightly edge worn and price clipped jacket.
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