Prater Violet

First Edition, third printing

First Edition, Second Printing

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. USA hardback first edition, first impression. Precedes the UK edition. A VG+ book in unclipped dust jacket. The book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps etc, tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth. The dustwrapper shows some very sahallow chips to edges and some minor shelf… Read more about this item

London Methuen, 1946, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- Ownership of Mona Gordon dated June 1946, and with her classic bookplate designed and engraved by her husband Stephen Gordon. -- Hardcover, bright purple, 102 pages. Condition: very good minus (spine tips faded; cover edges lightly bumped) with very good minus dust jacket (bright front-panel design by Jean… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 130 mm), 127, [1] pages, in gray cloth, in an illustrated dust jacket by Baldwin Hawes. Christopher Isherwood's novel about the making of a film, based on his experiences as a screen writer. But it's much more than that: it's a meditation… Read more about this item

London: Methuen and Co. Limited, 1946. 8vo. Publisher's violet cloth, slightly rubbed, neat name to fly leaf. Dustwrapper with one small chip to upper, spine a little browned. Near fine. FIRST EDITION.

New York, NY Random House, 1945. Hardcover First Edition (1945). First Printing stated. This is the true first edition; the U.K. edition followed in 1946. First Edition (1945). First Printing stated. This is the true first edition; the U.K. edition followed in 1946.SIGNED POSTCARD from the author depicting the Spanish Inn on Hamstead Heath sent to Rollo Peters laid… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine/Very good. Small 8vo, 7 1/4 x 5 inches (183 x 126 mm); 128 pp. Blue-grey cloth binding with violet and cream printing on front cover and spine. Top edge stained grey-violet. Dust jacket with price ($2.00) intact on front flap and small signs of wear on corners… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. John Cheever's copy--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. First edition, 1945. Cloth hardcover, 127 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, age-toning to the outer pages and the covers, a bit of rubbing to the tips of the covers, no… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1946. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Ocavo (19cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in green on spine; dustjacket; [iv],102,[2]pp. Light wear to spine ends, small rubbed spot to rear cover, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some faint foxing to text edges and endpapers; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 5s. net),… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated First Printing). Light gray cloth binding with yellow and violet printing. Clean text; 128 pages. Just a hint of a lean and tiny sun to the upper reaches of the binding, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped, with just a bit of… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co., 1984. Second edition . Very Good/fine. First appearing in 1946, this is the second English edition of an early novel, part satire and part autobiography, a formula which would become Isherwood's own. At once a comic portrait of the new film industry and a serious examination of the difference between art and life,… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co., 1946. First British edition. Good. 19 cm; 103 pages. Original purple cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Owner's name on front blank. Dust jacket a little chipped at spine ends and sunned along spine. A well read copy, still in better-than-good condition in original dress.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition of Isherwood's novel, based on his experience on a film set. Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English novelist. While living in Hollywood, California, Isherwood befriended Truman Capote, an up-and-coming young writer who… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, very good+ copy in very good dust jacket, minor discoloration to the cloth covers, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, light edgewear to the dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated Second Printing. Gray cloth with tiles in violet. Small octavo. 127 pages. A bright and clean copy in a very good dust jacket which is price-clipped and has some edgewear. Jacket is in a mylar protector.

London: Methuen, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. (iv), 104.

Bard Book; Avon Books, 1983. Very good mass market paperback. Mass Market Paper Back. Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1945. Hardcover. 128p., very good first US edition in gray cloth and price-clipped, edgeworn dj. Young 1975*.

NY: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing hardcover with slight sunning to cloth, slight toning to pages. The DJ in mylar is sunned and lightly worn/soiled, short closed edge tear front panel. Flap price $2.00. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .