Present Indicative

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards and slipcase lightly soiled and . rubbed, dedication page creased.. 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 301 signed and numbered copies. Coward’s signature on colophon page. Cream linen binding with gilt-stamped black leather spine label. Top edges gilt. Housed in red cardboard… Read more about this item

The First UK printing published by Heinemann, London in 1937. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a few light markings to the boards and light pushing to the spine ends. The gilt titling remains bright and the blue top-stain is still present. The usually encountered darkening to the cheap paper quality endpapers. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Stated first edition after the printing of 301 deluxe copies. The witty English playwright, composer, director and actor Noel Coward's autobiography. With b&w photos scattered throughout, including author frontispiece photo. --- In full orange-red cloth covers with titling and … Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd 1937. 8vo. 431 pp. Scarlet half calf over cloth. Spine gilt. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's gilt initials to lower corner of front board. Bookplate to front pastedown. Frontis portrait. Photographs. Bound for Sotheran's. . Very Good. Half Calf. First Edition. 1937.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1938. First American edition, first printing. First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles over black to the spine, in the Gladys Calthrop illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge red. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and tight,… Read more about this item

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. . First U.S. edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; photographic illustrations, publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt on a black ground, illustrated, near-fine; handwritten letter by the same loosely inserted. The author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'For Maurice [Chevalier] With profound admiration and affection… Read more about this item

[NOEL COWARD]. PRESENT INDICTATIVE. Doubleday, Doran, and Co., New York, 1937. Second Edition. Second Edition stated on first inner flap of dust jacket. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. With publisher's original orange cloth covered boards, author's initials blind stamped on front cover with black and gilt title to spine. Appears unread, light shelf wear, trivial light soiling to cloth… Read more about this item

Red cloth cover shows minimal wear for its 75+ years. A couple of light spots on the rear cover and slight wear along the edges and at the corners. Pages are clean, tight and intact, with no notes or underlining observed. No dust jacket. Over 30 black and white photographs included. Originally published in 1937.

London: William Heinemann, 1937. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue boards grubby and faded, gilt spine titling clear; gutters a little loose but text block firm; pages unmarked and crisp, including 31 b/w photos; endpapers foxed, with owners' inscriptions on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). "I was photographed naked on a cushion… Read more about this item

GARDEN CITY & NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY , 1937. 1st trade edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 371 pages. Red buckram. condition of the book is very good; spine slightly faded, previous owners name on ffep, dated April 1937, Otherwise excellent, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Memoirs RGR

London: William Heinemann. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Quite heavy spots of foxing to edges and margins of leaves. Front hinge broken with spine mull visible at half title page. Previous owner's label on front endpaper. One plate leaf becoming detached. 35mm fading at head of spine. Dust-jacket rubbed and dust stained, with… Read more about this item

London: William Heineman, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition. Some light foxing, darkening to the cheap and highly-acidic endpapers, and a little sunning to the spine, a very good copy in very good, slightly spine-tanned dustwrapper with spine-tanned wraparound band with an internal repair.

William Heinemann, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. Reprinted. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Reprint. 431 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Plates are bright. Binding is firm. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Boards have light shelf-wear, with minor corner bumping… Read more about this item

Garden City & New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 8 inches. 371 pages. Condition is Very Good; Spine lightly faded, covers lightly soiled, previous owner's name on ffep, endpapers lightly toned, small bookseller's label (The Personal Book Shop, Boston Mass.) on ffep, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1937 cloth boards fading, spine sun faded, inscription to fep dated 1938, 431pp + plates, autobiographical memoir. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1937 Copy in navy cloth on boards with gilttitle on spine. Spine rubbed at head/foot. Spine is sunned. Boards have a few small liquid splash marks. Light crack in front hinge. Front and rear end papers are tanned. Sporadic light foxing to folio edges. Previous owners bookplate and inscription on… Read more about this item

First edition in edge worn dj with mylar covering front and rear boards but alas, jacket spine is only white mylar backing. Front dj flap is also missing, rear flap is present. Prev.owner stamped on upper corner of fep, with a return address label on pastedown. Portrait frontis, b/w photos and index among 371 clean and moderately toned pages.

London: William Heinemann. Very Good; Some shelf and edge wear, light creases and two cup rings to . front cover, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy. Possibly first . paperback edition. Heavy book and priced accordingly.. 1940. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; Evergreen Books; Vol. 19; 512 pages; The first installment of Coward's autobiography… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1937 cloth boards fading, spine sun faded, small name to fep, 431pp + plates, autobiographical memoir. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.