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The Exploits of Engelbrecht: Available Copies

1950. hardcover. Good clothbound copy showing light age and shelfwear. Creasing along top of half title. Gift inscription to ffep. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

1950. hardcover. Good clothbound copy showing light age and shelfwear. Creasing along top of half title. Gift inscription to ffep. . . . .

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 128. With 8 illustrations by James Boswell. Fiction- tales of the surealist boxer including 'The Night of the Big Witch Shoot', 'The Day We Played Mars', and 'Dirty Work at the Dog's Opera.' Bookplate on front pastedown. Front panel of d.j. laid on to rear pastedown. Small coloured illustration of Engelbrecht neatly laid on to copyright page, without obscuring text. Spine slightly dulled. VG.

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1

The Exploits of Engelbrecht: Abstracted from the Chronicles of the Surrealist Sportsman's Club 'Fifteen stories that relate the activities of the Surrealist Sportsman's Club, a society with very dubious morals that spends the time it has left between the collapse of the moon and the end of the universe taking the concept of the 'game' to its logical limit.' 'The Exploits of Engelbrecht is English surrealism at its greatest. Witty and fantastical, Maurice Richardson was light years ahead of his time. Unmissable.' - J.G. Ballard London: Phoenix House Limited, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 128pp. Illustrated by James Boswell. Light wear to jacket with some loss to the rear and the edges, corners rubbed, text clean, a very good copy.

Hilarious short stories telling the sporting adventures of Engelbrecht the Dwarf. Includes "The Night of the Big Witch Shoot" and "The Man Hunt Ball". Blue cloth cover with impressed Gilt illus. of Engelbrecht standing on a rugby ball. Dull Gilt lettering to spine. Title page has vignette illus.of Engelbrecht with boxing gloves. 128 pages, 260g, 7 1/2" Tall. From the Library of Prof. Charles Thomas, Cornish Historian & Author. His illustrated Bookplate & note are on the endpaper. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Spine tanned and leaning a bit. Jacket id missing almost half of the spine and has some closed tears at fore edges. Onlaid carefully onto white paper now (see photos). Unclipped, original price 8/6. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ has lose to top 1 inch of spine, also faded to spine. Chipped to corners. Foxed to reverese. Slight foxing to endpapers otehrwise internally clean. Slight fading to blue board edges. Good condition.

London, Phoenix House, 1950. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Publisher's compliments slip laid in. There's a pencil note stating 'signed copy', though I can find no signature anywhere! Large tear to the top of the spine, just a little handling wear here and there. A nice copy. [11033, Hyraxia Books].

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Signed by the author on the front free endpaper with a dedication to his friend Archie Lyall. Archie Lyall was an interesting character who had both a writing and acting career among other exploits and is currently best remembered as a travel writer. The boards have yellowing along the top edges of the front and rear panels and at the top and bottom of the spine. Light browning to the page edges. Endpapers have quite a bit of yellow spotting with the front free endpaper the most badly affected. A few small creases to the top corners of the pages which are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a quarter inch piece missing at the top of the spine where there is a half inch closed tear next to the front panel. Light chipping to the corners, a small surface tear to the left edge of the rear panel and a half inch closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Heavy yellow spotting to the front flap where the dedication date has left a little ink mark. Illustrated by James Boswell. First printing