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Brand: Faber Faber, 0000-00-00. New Ed. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Brand: Faber Faber, 0000-00-00. New Ed. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Describes the author's attempt to make a film about how the outer Isles of Scotland were being de-populated. The book reveals that the islanders plight was mirrored in the obstacles the film crew themselves had to overcome.

E.P. Dutton & co., inc, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

E. P. Dutton, 1938 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition is stated on the copyright page. There is a name written in and glue darkening on the endpapers. Otherwise the book is clean and tight with no significant wear. The jacket has moderate wear, a 1" tear at the top of the back panel, and 1/4" cipat the bottom corner of the spine..

Faber & Faber. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

1938. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Some splitting, eps browned, covers a little faded in areas, gilt faded at spine, else content very clean and bright. Very good.. 4to. pp xii, 334. Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering at front an spine.

A very good copy of this first edition. The front panel of the dust jacket is present,

E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. A clean copy; stated First Edition. Includes numerous black and white plates, with leading edge deckled. Bound in brown cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. Dustjacket has chips and tears, with a one inch closed tear to the rear. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.

NY: DUTTON. 1938. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. A very good+ copy in a worn priceclipped dj. (Faint damping & discoloration at crest of spine. Small skinned spot at edge of rear cover. Red top edge lightly faded. Dj. has several interior tape mends, and is chipped along the upper edge of the rear panel of the dj. Top inch of spine on the dj. is chipped, alongwith more shallow chipping at the base. Chipping also at head of front cover of dj. Numerous tears & traces of shelfwear to dj.) Powell's most elusive book. .

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. Tall 8vo., 334pp. Sharp Stated First Edition bound in brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout. Some light off-setting to gutters. A touch of bumping to spine ends and minor edge-wear. Solid unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), has some chipping and edge-wear. Light soiling. Still fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Dutton, 1938. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In A Near Fine jacket.Lightly Rubbed at Crown & Heel.Beautiful Fresh Well Preserved Copy.First Edition Stated.$3.50 on Flap. Filmed as "The Edge of the World.".

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of the author and film director's first book. An unusual story about a group of people deliberately and willingly marooned on an isolated island. A very good copy in brown cloth. Slight lean to spine and geneal light wear, but a very clean copy overall. The scarce dustwrapper is present. $3.50 price to lower front flap. Some chips, creasing and wear particularly to lower front panel, but a solid example nonetheless.

[New York]: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1938]. Tall 8vo. xii, 334 pp. Frntsp. map, 32 photo plates, maps. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry mnr edgewear & creasng to hd of spine & uppr fore-edge, mnr dustsoilng at fore-edges), NF/VG copy, w/ bkplate of David Williams on frnt pstdn. First edition of this scarce and fascinating travelogue/saga of making the movie, The Edge of the World, which chronicled the depopulation of the Scottish Shetland Islands in the 1930s. The movie starred John Laurie, Belle Chrystal, Eric Berry, Finlay Currie, Niall MacGinnis, and others, and offered a gripping and picturesque look of life on Foula Island during the Great Depression. In 1978, Michael Powell, and some of the surviving cast and crew returned to the island and made Return to the Edge of the World.

NY: DUTTON.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Near fine in price clipped otherwise very good example of the scarce DJ. (Couple corner tips lightly nudged. Mild spot of soiling at top edge. Small chips at spine ends, resulting in no loss to titles. Edge tears & shelf wear to DJ. But pleasing overall) Director Powell's FIRST book. An account of the making of the film "Edge Of The World" in 1937. .

New York: Dutton, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. A couple of tiny spots on the front board, still fine in a nice, very good plus, price-clipped dustwrapper with two old internal repairs. Esteemed filmmaker Michael Powell's first book, an account of the making of his 1937 film, The Edge of the World, about the evacuation of a Scottish fishing port. Powell went on to make many films that are now considered masterpieces including The Red Shoes, Peeping Tom, The Life and Times of Colonel Blimp, and Black Narcissus. Scarce in dustjacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1938. First Edition. First Edition. ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed by the author: "For Roy Plomley / who knows all about desert islands / Michael Powell / 1942." The book was inscribed on the occasion of Powell's appearance on the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs, where he was interviewed by Plomley, the show's founder. Michael Powell began making public appearances again in the 1980s and 1990s, and inscribed books from that period turn up with some regularity. We have, however, only seen one other example of a contemporary inscription on this title, Powell's first book. A diary-like account of the making of Powell's classic 1937 film, "The Edge of the World," the director's first film to be shot on his beloved Scottish Isles. The story was inspired by the evacuation of St. Kilda, and won the director an introduction to the great British producer Alexander Korda, followed, of course, by a decades-long teaming with Emeric Pressburger. Photo illustrated throughout. Near… Read More