A Modern Comedy

London: Heinemann, 1934/5. Grove. hardback. Good 3-volume set, no d/j, in green clothbound boards, gilt titling on cover & spine bright (some fading on II & III), pages clean and unmarked, tightly bound.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The sequel to the Forsyte Saga , with 3 novels and 2 'interludes' made up A Modern… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Ex-Library with usual markings, pockets and stamps; Blue cloth covers decorated in gilt lettering; front cover is rubbed, and has a black and gilt decorative block with title and author's last name in gilt; spine of cover has been blacked out by library and… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His sequel to "The Forsyte Saga." Vellum-like covers lightly soiled… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Original green cloth/gilt, green topstain. First edition, first impression, with "beed" for "been" page 141 line 2. Slightly shaken, block edge has minor bump that creased a few page edges, crown/points slightly bumped. Folding genealogical plate. In custom box. ; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item

Hardcover. 798 pp. Charles Scribner's Sons, Philadelphia PA (1930). Later reprint of first edition. Clean, unmarked copy with lightly aged block and leaves. Green leatherette cover with gilt lettering. Front hinge loose but hinge gauze intact. No DJ. Good to Very Good condition otherwise. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a bubble wrap media mailer, with a… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), green cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover, foldout Forsyte genealogical tree at front, Mylar-protected light green lettered dust jacket (unclipped), top edge stained green for dust protection, xvii + 1088 pages. Sequel to The Forsyte Saga. Contents include: The… Read more about this item

This is a near-perfect copy of A Modern Comedy, by the British Nobel Laureate John Galsworthy. It is the continuation of his famous Forsyte Saga, following the younger branch of the family. It is three separate novels: The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon and Swan Song, all contained here. There is some wear to the edges of the dust jacket, which… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Reprinted. 735 pages. No dust jacket. 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 889pp.+adverts; HB blue w/blk.&gilt; rubbed w/wear on corners&edges; foredge&endpapers darkened; clean,tight pgs. Second part of The Forsyte Chronicles

This is the second trilogy in Galsworthy's 9-violume Forsyte Chronicles. This book contains the novels The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon and The Swan Song. These novels were originally published in 1924, 1925 and 1928. The dust jacket is no more, but one flap has been preserved inside the front cover (see photo #3). A fairly… Read more about this item

London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, the first edition, xvii,1088p., folding frontis chart, in contemporary full dark green crushed morocco grain calf, raised bands, elaborated gilt and blind stamped borders and decorations and gilt titles on the spine and upper cover, repeated in blind on the bottom board, t.e.g., fine signed binding by Banks of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1929. First collected edition, 8vo, pp. xxvii, [1], 1088; folding Forsyth family tree; contemporary brown goatskin, the title and author stamped in red and black on upper cover and spine in an arts and crafts style, t.e.g.; spine a little rubbed, else good and sound, or better. The Forsyth sequels, including The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon,… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. Reprint. 735 pages. Green dust jacket over 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light… Read more about this item

heron books. octavo faux leather boards with gilt embossing (near new); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt to front and spine, deckle edges. Points gently bumped else tight and square. PO stamp to rear endpage of Carl Pforzheimer, who was a founder of the American Stock Exchange and rare book collector. The DJ in mylar has… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. xv, 722pp. Light foxing on the topedge fine in a rubbed, very good dust jacket with modest edgewear.

London:: William Heinemann,, no date.. First edition; No. 270 of 1030 copies signed by John Galsworthy, to which Galsworthy has added a two-line quotation on prayer.. publisher's flexible vellum, t.e.g. in clear mylar wrapper. . Very slight use at edges; mylar wrapper chipped; otherwise fine.. 8vo,.

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First edition. 8vo., 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. xviii, 1088. Quarter-bound in dark-green morocco over light green-on-tan marbled boards, single-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands (six panels) to spine, with gilt lettering: Title, Author, Date. Fold-out genealogy chart of Forsyte… Read more about this item