The Painted King by Davies Rhys

NF / VG+ 1954 doubleday. Stated first edition. Author's 2nd novel. Just a couple of small blemishes to front cover of dj.

Doubleday, 1954. Hardcover. Good Plus. Daniel Schwartz (Jacket). Nice copy, generally. FFEP shows library clutter. Tape echos. Jacket has lightly faded spine, but is unclipped, unstickered, and bright in fresh brodart.

William Heinemann Ltd., 1954T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. FIRST US DOUBLEDAY EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

London: Heinemann, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bumping, ink name, browning/G, Edgewear, chips, tears, staining, abrasion, foxing. Drama, set in the world of musical comedy. Jacket by Biro. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request..

William Heinemann Melbourne 1954. first edition, red cloth, 250pp, VG+(v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w G+(wear tears & sl chipping to extrems, sl rubbed & soiled, v sl sunned)

Heinemann, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12692. .

London: William Heinemann, 1954 F-/F-. 12mo. original red cloth gilt (a little marked) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a trifle rubbed); pp. [vi (last blank)], 250. A near fine copy. From the library of actress Mercy Haystead, with her ownership signature and blindstamp to early leaves.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

London: Heinemann, (1954).. First edition.. 250 pp. Previous owner’s initials and date, “O.H.L. 5-28-77” penned to the first leaf, and “50-” to the front flap, else near fine in very good dust jacket with five tears and overall edgewear. INSCRIBED by Davies on the title page, “To Oscar Lichtenberg / with best wishes / Rhys Davies / March 22nd 1954.”

London: Heinemann, 1954. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST British EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp.250. Original red cloth, spine lettered in slightly dulled gilt. Lean to spine, pushing to spine ends, edges a little dusty. Inscribed in blue pen to title page: "To George/ from Rhys". Bookseller's invoice laid in (for PK and two David Garnett titles). Else, clean and tight. In Biro's theatrical dust jacket: spine ends chipped, rubbed at joints, corners worn, rear panel grubby. Very good/ good Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, who chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales, as well as featuring lesbian relationships, moving into crime writing later in his career, with an "emphasis on punitive surveillance and policing of homosexuality." As Biro's dust jacket suggests, The Painted King is set in the world of mid-century British musical comedy; indeed, Davies' play No Escape, which starred Dame Flora Robson, was being… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1954. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST US EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 250, [2]. Original black cloth, spine lettered in green and orange. Top edge orange (? faded). Pushing and gentle wear to spine ends, corners bumped. edges toned. Inscribed in slightly fuzzy blue pen to ffep: "Red and Louise/ affectionately/ from Rhys/ June 11th 1955". In the wonderful wraparound, mirror-image dust jacket by Daniel Schwartz: spine sunned, creasing and chipping to spine ends, edgewear. An important presentation copy to two key figures in the mid-period of Davies' life, as well as a material trace of the dispersed web of twentieth century queer relations and wealth transmission, with Davies, ultimately, the unofficial heir (at one remove) of Toklas. Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, over whose long career chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales, as well as featuring lesbian relationships,… Read More