Apples Be Ripe, Llewelyn Powys — 1st Edition

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Apples Be Ripe, Llewelyn Powys — 1st Edition

Name: Apples Be Ripe, Llewelyn Powys — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6817
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Publication: London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1930

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 301.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original green cloth binding remains structurally sound, though it exhibits standard shelf-wear typical with age, including mild rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and board corners. The gilt lettering to the front board and spine remains reasonably bright and unoxidised, while the boards show minor scuffing and slight bowing. The text block edges are tanned with moderate foxing, a condition that extends intermittently into the preliminary leaves. The copy is free from major structural defects, though it is offered without its original dust jacket.

Catalogue Note: This is a true first UK edition of Powys's debut novel, as indicated by the London title page details. The American edition (published by Harcourt, Brace) actually preceded this UK release by several months, making this the first British appearance of the text.

As an unjacketed copy, it represents an accessible entry point for collectors of the Powys family's literary output.

While copies retaining their original dust wrappers or bearing authorial signatures command a significant premium and are increasingly scarce on the open market, standard unjacketed first editions such as this are moderately available and provide an excellent reading or placeholder copy.

Apples Be Ripe is the lyrical and provocative debut novel by English essayist Llewelyn Powys. The narrative follows the life and escapades of Chris Holbech, a wandering farm labourer who casts off the rigid social and moral conventions of middle-class marriage to pursue a life of vagabond freedom and natural simplicity. Infused with Powys’s characteristic pagan philosophy and deep appreciation for the rural landscape, the story challenges the oppressive societal norms of its era, celebrating instead a spontaneous, earth-bound existence.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Llewelyn Powys

Book Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 301

Book Publication Year: 1930

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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