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Paperback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1954. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Foreword by Edith Sitwell. Plaintext paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. After I had run away from school, no one knew what to do with me ...Â’ Born in Shanghai in 1915, son of a wealthy rubber merchant, Denton Welch was dispatched to an English boarding school after his motherÂ’s death. There he suffered, and soon absconded, forcing his father to bring him back to Shanghai where further travels and adventures ensued. Maiden Voyage (1943) is WelchÂ’s semi-novelistic, beautifully observed account of these formative experiences. Creasing of the book corners with a little chipping to the back strip corners. The book is slightly cocked with stains and foxing to the book covers; with browning and foxing of the text block edges and pages. Previous owners… Leer más

Hammondsworth, UK: Penguin Travel Library, 1983. (reprint). Trade Paperback. GOOD. Ex-library with expected markings and protective cover. Faint age toning of pages. From running away from school in England to "his impressions of the Temple of Heaven in Peking…he reveals his unique gift for observation coupled with a brilliantly idiosyncratic appreciation..." of the world around him.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 'After I had run away from school, no one knew what to do with me...'Born in Shanghai in 1915, son of a wealthy rubber merchant, Denton Welch was dispatched to an English boarding school after his mother's death.

Cambridge, MA: Exact Change, 1999. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Fine. 274pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Account of the author's sixteenth year, when he ran away from English public school and was then sent to Shanghai to live with his father. Originally published in 1943. Foreword by Edith Sitwell.

NY: L.B. Fischer. 1945. The first American edition. Foreword by Edith Sitwell. Front hinge starting; beige cloth dust-darkened; a good copy, lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1945. WELCH, Denton. MAIDEN VOYAGE. New York: L.B. Fischer, (1945). First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., light brown cloth lettered in red. Endpapers and dust jacket illustrated with designs by the author. A very good copy that shows some light soiling at the cloth; dust jacket shows light soiling and edgewear, chip at the crown.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Near fine in wrappers. Re-issue of the author and painter's first book, originally published in 1943, an imaginative novel set in an English prep school.

New York: L.B. Fischer, MCMXLV [1945]. 303pp. Octavo. Publisher's cloth binding. Near fine in a very good dust jacket that has some edge-chips and light soil; not price-clipped. First American edition, first printing. The author's first book and with a foreword by Edith Sitwell.

Hamish Hamilton , 1973 . 0241023769 Hardback in clipped jacket. Spine lightly sunned, outer edge of page-block foxed. A previous owner has loosely inserted photocopies of Welch's artwork from the original edition.

1973. Hamish Hamilton Library, London. 1973. First edition thus. Hardback with DW. Wrapper is price clipped and a little bumped and spine is sunned. Otherwise a nice clean copy.

London: Routledge, 1943. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good condition. From the collection of poet Gavin Ewart, with his name penned on F.E.P.. Penned inscription of Raymond Lawford dated 1945. on page after copyright page. Covers shelf worn, and corners and spine bumped, with discolouration to spine. Pages and text fine. RB. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Exact Change, 2013-03-30. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

CollectibleGood. 1968 Faber and Faber. With orignal Jacket. 2nd edition. Good hardcover copy with jacket, solid binding, mild to moderate reading/age wear, jacket has some mild edge wear, may have ex owner inscription and/or some light markings. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Faber, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.9977 in x 20.7842 in x 13.9894 in. Ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

L. B. Fischer. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1945. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Beige cloth cover is toned at extremities and on backstrip with light soiling along back hinge but in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is heavily tattered and chipped but clean and bright. Publisher's price of $2.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) ; 303 pages .