Men In Darkness by HANLEY, James - 1932

Knopf , NY , 1932 First Edition Stated 298 page Hardcover Lacking the dust Jacket Good only copy with soiling to the covers, lightly bumped at corners, small stain in the top edge of the top margin of the first 75 pages. Lacking the jacket. See Photos clphE

Nicholson & Watson, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. Reprinted. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Sunning to spine and boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd.. Very Good-. (1931). Hardcover. 323 pages, 7 1/2" x 5", black cloth with gilt printing to the spine. Slight bump down the middle of the spine, spine ends and corners are scuffed and rubbed. Previous owner signed the front endpages and the title page. The covers are just slightly scuffed, otherwise contents are complete and nice. Near Very Good. .

London,, 1948. Reprint. Hardback. No Dust Jacket.. Very good. Decent copy. . 8vo. pp 128. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered black on spine.

Bodley Head, 1931. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited/Numbered. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies.Smaller version of dust jacket tipped-in by publisher. Couple corners lightly bumped. Single library bookplate to front paste down, with no other markings..

NY: Knopf,, 1932.. First edition.. xi + 287 pp. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine and a tear to the top edge of the rear flap fold. Preface by John Cowper Powys.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 323 pages. Preface by John Cowper Powys. Limited to 105 copies on specially made rag paper. Gibbs, James Hanley: A Bibliography A5a. First edition (first printing). Minor edge wear and light toning to end papers thus a fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Fine, tipped in wrapper of the trade edition designed by Alan Odle; with additional spine label tipped in at the rear. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy number 70.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. [beautiful copy with just a touch of fading to cloth along edges of covers, minor bumping to bottom rear corner; jacket shows a bit of wear at spine ends, but is generally just as nice as the book itself]. The first book by this British writer (born in Liverpool to Irish parents) to be published in the United States; its stories, like much of his early fiction, are centered around either the sea or the Irish Catholic working class of Liverpool. In his Preface, John Cowper Powys writes that he has "never read anything in fiction that brings the abominable suffering that goes on all the time among the exploited of the earth so savagely and unsparingly home." Hanley also wrote many novels with a Welsh background (he lived mostly in Wales from 1931 until 1963), and supported himself by writing plays for radio, television, and the stage during the 1960s, before returning to the novel in… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Faint spotting else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight fading on the spine.

London, John Lane The Bodley Head [1931]., 1931. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Preface by John Cowper Powys. Jacket illustration by Alan Odle. Original gilt stamped black cloth, top edge stained red. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks, 2 short tears). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.. F. Hardcover.