FIRST EDITION. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Black cloth cover is slightly soiled, has very slight bumping to the tips of the boards, spine shows some wear and has minor crushing on the tops and bottoms. Interior pages show a minor amount of discoloration due to age, have a very small amount of foxing on the deckled edge in a couple of places but are clean, unmarked, and firmly attached to the spine. This book is in fine condition.
Size: 8x5x1; An early printing of the first edition with $2.75 on jacket flap. Binding shows light soiling to cloth and softening to ends of spine. Corners are sharp. Spotting and an area of heavy foxing to top edge of text block. Isolated creasing and small tears to the bottom of two pages. Toning to endpapers; gift inscription on FFEP. Text is unmarked. The shelf worn dust jacket shows light soiling and foxing, several small edge tears and chips with loss to ends of spine, in a mylar cover. 258pp.
Publisher: Clipper Books, The Continental Book Co., Stockholm
Date published: 1944
Format: Hardcover
No jacket. Brown paper covered boards with cream cloth spine and corners. Spine is tanned and marked. Some rubbing to covers. Front end paper missing. 343 pages. A few marks to fore-edge.
Copyright page does not state edition or printing. Likely 1st edition judging from date. Slight warp to cover boards. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Otherwise in great condition for the year. No writing or noteworthy blemishes.; 343 pages.
FIRST EDITION. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Black cloth cover is slightly soiled, has very slight bumping to the tips of the boards, spine shows some wear and has minor crushing on the tops and bottoms. Interior pages show a minor amount of discoloration due to age, have a very small amount of foxing on the deckled edge in a couple of places but are clean, unmarked, and firmly attached to the spine. This book is in fine condition.
Size: 8x5x1; An early printing of the first edition with $2.75 on jacket flap. Binding shows light soiling to cloth and softening to ends of spine. Corners are sharp. Spotting and an area of heavy foxing to top edge of text block. Isolated creasing and small tears to the bottom of two pages. Toning to endpapers; gift inscription on FFEP. Text is unmarked. The shelf worn dust jacket shows light soiling and foxing, several small edge tears and chips with loss to ends of spine, in a mylar cover. 258pp.
Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Trade. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Edition after the printing of a limited edition of 750 copies. Ex camp lib, no exterior lib marks but spine had had tape on it and is now whitish w/o any lettering. Innards are clean & tight. Light wear on cvrs, some water stains.
First Edition. 1944. First edition (after initial limited edition of 750). Hardcover. Clean text, no markings. Binding is still solid, no loose or missing pages. Boards show only light rubbing. Dust jacket shows heavy edgewear, several small tears along the edges. Tulsa's best used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
Copyright page does not state edition or printing. Likely 1st edition judging from date. Slight warp to cover boards. Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Otherwise in great condition for the year. No writing or noteworthy blemishes.; 343 pages.
Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Trade. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Edition after the printing of a limited edition of 750 copies. Ex camp lib, no exterior lib marks but spine had had tape on it and is now whitish w/o any lettering. Innards are clean & tight. Light wear on cvrs, some water stains.
First Edition. 1944. First edition (after initial limited edition of 750). Hardcover. Clean text, no markings. Binding is still solid, no loose or missing pages. Boards show only light rubbing. Dust jacket shows heavy edgewear, several small tears along the edges. Tulsa's best used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
First Edition, First Printing. D/J heavily chipped and rubbed with a few tears and small amount of loss to head and foot. Book slightly cocked with foxing to closed edges, else in very good condition, pp clean and bright. Size: 8vo 0.0
284pp. 8vo. Original cloth, faded at top edge in defective dustwrapper. Off-setting to endpapers and name on ffe. Sticker marks from dustwrapper on front and rear paste down. Foxing on top edge. A very good copy. First Australian edition.
Former Waterbury, CT withdrawn libary copy. New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. First American Trade Edition. 20.5cm x 14.5cm. 343 pages. Original Hardcover without dustjacket Black Cloth HC-blindstamped. No Jacket
FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE CORRECT FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET WITH BLANK REVERSE TO JACKET, JACKET HAS NOT BEEN PRICE CLIPPED, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 284 PAGES. DUST JACKET HAS SOME ABRASIONS WITH LOSS TO SURFACE ON FRONT OF JACKET, SOME MINOR CREASING & A FEW SMALL CLOSED TEARS TO JACKET, MINOR MARKS TO FRONT BOARD WITH SMALL DENT TO OUTER EDGE OF FRONT BOARD, INSCRIPTION DATED 1944 TO FRONT ENDPAPER, LIGHT FOXING TO PAGE FORE-EDGES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS SOME REFLECTIONS PRESENT IN IMAGES FROM A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY IN A GOOD-VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1944 (first UK edition). Octavo, [iv], 284 pages. Cloth a little rubbed; slightly canted; contemporary gift inscription to the half title; war economy standard paper a little tanned (as often); a few a very good copy with the price-clipped dustwrapper a little worn, tanned and creased, with small chips chipped at the head and foot of the spine. Shortly preceded by the limited and trade issues of the American edition. Toole-Stott A63c.
284pp. 8vo. Original cloth in chipped and tape-repaired dustwrapper, rubbed, lightly stained on lower panel, backstrip sunned. Name on ffe, minor spotting to edges. A very good copy. First Australian edition.
Size: 8x5x1; 1944 Doubleday, Doran and Co. First Edition, First Printing, stated. Previous owner's name written on endpaper, "Bertha W. Mitchell, July 25, 1944, C.B.J." Original $2.75 price on well-worn and torn dustjacket with small pieces missing on top and bottom of spine, but looks very nice in protective mylar sleeve. Writing on spine is patially worn off, some soiling of page edges, otherwise very nice with No Writing in text. Not Ex-Library or remaindered. Pictures available on request. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
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