Search Results: Titles starting with N from Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable

London: William Heinemann, 1892. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 20th-century burgundy calf by Bayntun, Bath, five raised bands to spine, titles to black and green spine labels, gilt tooling in compartments, covers bordered with a double gilt fillet, elaborate decoration to board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Small sticker to front endpaper. Cover minor rubbed. A near fine copy..

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1944. Book. Illus. by Stuart Tresilian. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. First impression, 'FIrst published 1944' on copyright page. Original red cloth, black title to the spine, pictorial endpapers in blue/black/white. Illustrated throughout the text. Not price clipped dust jacket in near fine condition, minor soiling on cover and spine slightly sunned. Previously owner's bookplate. Edges slightly tanned and foxed. A handsome copy. .

Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1964. Book. Illus. by Piotr Borowy. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. (180 x 110 mm). First edition, first impression on the copyright page. Original creamy cloth, black title to the spine and front cover. Pictorial brown and white dustjacket, spine sunned, slightly wear along edges, spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed. Else very good book, contains 'Niezwyciezony' (ang. "The Invicible') and five different stories. In his book, Lem proves that he is a master of science fiction stories, especially in the hard science fiction. This dynamic novel, written with great panache, shows the clash of the human world with the world of inanimate, non-protein forms. Rare in this condition..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped (10s. net), generally rubbed and toned, a few small chips, creases and closed tears throughout. Green buckram, faded at the spine and edges and with a ghost mark of the text from the jacket on the front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's information on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. One of the best dystopian novels of all-time, it is the story of Winston Smith and his rebellion against the totalitarian state in which he finds himself..

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1934. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. First US edition. Original yellow cloth, titles to spine and front cover. Dust-jacket price-clipped with a few chips. Frontispiece and illustrations in black/white printed on glossy paper. Including map in fine condition. Provenance: John Ruyle. Exceptionally clean and nice copy. .