Something to Answer for by Newby (81 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. New item in gift quality condition. 99% of orders arrive in 4-10 days. Discounted shipping on multiple books.

Condition: Good. More than average wear and tear, but item is usable.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Winner of the inaugural Booker Prize in 1969.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Library accoutrements in the usual locales; interior pages absent any extraneous marks. Dust jacket adhered to the boards by the enlightened librarians. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Condition: Good. 1st ed. Good condition. Minimal wear to boards. Content is clean and has mild toning. There are tape marks to front and rear end paper. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear, small scuff to spine and light toning. Faint pen mark to rear.

Octavo, 286pp, original cloth-backed boards (a bit browned) in slightly worn dustwrapper, a very good copy. First US edition. The first Booker Prize winner in 1969.

1st edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original blue lettered orange cloth (top page edges dust stained and fore-edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and creasing at extrems - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 285 (front pastedown and endpaper lightly spotted and faint crease at top corners from front free endpaper to p. 8; no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First impression of the first Booker Prize winner in VG, clean and bright internal order. Light dust spotting to top of block. No inscriptions. Smart orange cloth with crisp black titling to spine, lightly shelfworn. Rear board is bumped to bottom corner. Unclipped d/j a little toned, but otherwise in VG order. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.10999831). 8vo. 285pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. D-j lightly soiled. Writing on FFEP. Spots on top edge. Mark on bottom of front board. Wear to tail. Wear to bottom right corner.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards really bright and clean, corners with just a hint of bruising. No inscriptions. Very minor foxing to the top edge. Overall a nice VG++ copy. The VG+ dustwrapper has no fading whatsoever to the fugitive red spine lettering. but has just a hint of creasing at the head and tail of the spine and to the top of the rear panel. Winner of the 1969 Booker Prize. Photographs/scans available upon receipt.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine, well preserved copy of the book that won the first Booker Prize in 1969. The bright orange cloth-bound boards look perfect: no scratches, dents or bumps; all edges straight, all corners sharp; no marks apart from the faint shadow of a stain on the back board. The black title lettering on the spine remains clear and strong. The text block is square and tightly bound; there is some light spotting on the top edge but none on the fore or bottom edges. Internally the pages are clean and unmarked apart from a note written in pencil at the top of the ffep to the effect that the book is a Booker Prizewinner. The dust jacket is unmarked and its colours are bright and unfaded. See five photos of this book and please ask for more if that would help.

Hard Back. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Orange cloth boards with black blocked lettering to spine, 205 x 140 mm approx. 286 pp. First Edition 1st printing 1968. Winner of the inaugural Booker Prize in collectible condition. VG+/Fine (Book - negligible shelf wear to cloth, no soiling.Ink gift inscription to front paste down obscured by flap fold. Book would be graded as near fine but for the inscription. Dust Jacket- bright and clean, non price clipped - cover 30s. £1.50 net, light almost imperceptible crease to rear flap fold, in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Cloth Bound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. The winner of the first Booker Prize. Original orange cloth, lettered black on spine. 8vo. 285pp. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. The d/w has one very slight crease, a little light shelf wear at top edge and a trace of dust marking to rear panel but is in very bright, unfaded, crisp condition. It is not price clipped and displays the original price of 30s £1.50 on inner front flap. Although bearing no ownership markings of any kind, this copy was from the personal library of Peter du Sautoy, the chairman of Faber & Faber. This intelligent thriller, set against the backdrop of war-torn Port Said in 1956 was the inaugural winner of the Booker Prize in 1969. It is scarce and arguably the rarest of all the Booker winners.

1st edition. Hardcover. Very near fine in orange boards, in like dustjacket, unfaded at the spine, uncreased, not price-clipped. The author's fourth novel, winner of the inaugural Booker Prize, and in very nice condition.

A first edition, first printing by Faber & Faber in 1968. A near fine copy + with slight spotting to the rear board and front/end paste downs. Clean internally. One neat gift inscription on front board. In a like wrapper with slight spotting to the reverse edges. Winner of the 1969 Booker Prize and Newby's 17th novel.

First edition, first printing. Winner of the first Booker Prize. Near fine with small bump to bottom rear corner in near fine dustjacket with small tears to top and bottom of flap creases.

First edition, first impression, signature of the author loosely inserted; 8vo; publisher's orange cloth, dust-jacket, original Booker Prize wraparound. A very good first edition of the first Booker Prize winner, with the scarce promotional wraparound stating 'Winner of the £5,000 Booker Prize 1969'. One of the most sought-after, and difficult to find, of the Booker Prize winning novels, especially in such condition.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with black spine lettering. A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down otherwise a fine copy in a near fine D/W with a faint crease at the top of the back panel. A very nice copy indeed. The D/W is UN-FADED. With the scarce promotional wrap-around band stating 'Winner of the £5,000 Booker Prize 1969'. One of the most sought-after, and scarce of the Booker Prize-winning novels. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Booker Prize winner (in 1969). Inscribed by the author to radio producer and fellow author Geoffrey Bridson on front endpaper: "For Geoffrey / with kind regards / Howard / Jan. 1969". With Bridson's bookplate on front pastedown. Bruise to head of spine, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper. Inscribed by Author(s).