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MACLEAN, A. D - [Edited by?] : WINTER'S TALES 3

LONDON.MACMILLAN & CO LTD.,1957.

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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. VG+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but handwritten ink number 20 to top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,grey wrap-around background with b/w flora illustrated wreath with white lettered authors' names within red ribbons/sashes interwoven in the wreath (artist initialled H.C.) illustrated design repeated to each panel of dw/dj and other white lettered titles,spine/backstrip sunned/faded - author's name imperceptible within supposed red ribbons/sashes; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – some nicks/closed tears to top edges,corners' tips minisculely rubbed,chipped with reciprocal loss and chipping and minimal loss to both head+foot of soine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges with inevitable but very light ageing/toning and generally clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain RAF blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers - noted inked number (20) excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vpp+1-295pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,12 stories each with a separate individual artist's single b/w illustration; plus [unpaginated] blank, half-title and title page. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book's age,and even internally,the book is in a particularly exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior dw/dj faults described that prevent a better grading. 'Winter's Tales 3' offers for many readers who find enjoyment in the long-short story, a further exciting and varied collection by a particularly interesting assembly of authors - some well-known, others "up and coming". 'Something Special' is the ONLY published short story by Iris Murdoch and this is it's FIRST appearance in print,and in this title.After inclusion in other anthologies in Japan (1971, 1972),England (1979) and Finland (1990) it was republished separately by Chatto & Windus in 1999. 'Poltergeist' is the first appearance in print in this anthology. 'The Black Madonna' by Doris Lessing is also this story's first appearance in print.It precedes the (UK) Michael Joseph Ltd,1964,as part of the collection 'African Stories'.The story's title was given to the collection of African stories later published in 1966 by (UK) Panther p/back. With its political content make it one of Lessing's best African stories.It offers a biting sociopolitical and cultural commentary on the social structure and British colonial attitudes in Zambesia,once part of Southern Rhodesia,now the independent nation of Zimbabwe. Amongst the contributors are: Noel Blakiston, Brigid Brophy, Kathleen Farrell, C. D. Heriot, John Hodgson, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Doris Lessing, Walter machen, Iris Murdoch, William Sansom, Laura Talbot and Frank Tuohy. Accompanying illustrators are: David Knight, Stuart Tresilian, Lola Fielding, Fred Exell, Victor Reinganum, Janet Pullan, John Robinson, Prudence Seward, James Farmer, Fritz Wegner, Stewart Irwin and Virginia Smith. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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