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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light age toning to folds, faint moister mark near mid-spine and front cover woodcut. A lovely copy!

Doubleday, Doran. Hardcover. B000NB7YI2 SIGNED by author. Limited to 150 copies. Heavy beige cloth with beveled edges, lightly soiled. Gilt spine title and front illustration. Bookplate. Paper toned, some light marginal finger smudging. . Very Good.

Garden City:: Doubleday, Doran & Company,, 1931.. First edition; No. 77 of 150 copies, signed by Edna Ferber.. publisher's wheat-colored buckram.. Some light soiling to the cloth, especially the spine; gold lettering on spine rubbed; tight and sound. . 8vo,. Woodcut Decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka..

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. One of a first edition limited to 150 copies, this being #120. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Woodcut Decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. One of a first edition limited to 150 copies, this being #120. Signed by the author. Numerous b/w illustrations. Illustrated by Woodcut Decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. 313 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan buckram. Gilt lettering to spine & gilt decorative device to front board. Lightly bumped and rubbed to head & heel; darkening to spine. Very good+/No dust jacket.

NY 1931 First edition (stated) Doubleday Doran. Hardcover. Octavo, 313pp., woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka, cloth. **Signed by Edna Ferber. Owner bookplate. Good, two closed quarter-inch tears at head of spine, no DJ. In later removable glassine jacket. .

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First trade edition. Woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine, in About Fine dust jacket. First trade edition. Woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. First edition. With woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. 8vo, original red cloth with gilt vignette, in the publisher’s dustjacket. A nice copy of a hard to find title, the dustjacket rather worn and chipped but still attractive. Pulitzer prize winning author Edna Ferber’s account of Polish Americans in Connecticut. Farber’s best know work is SHOW BOAT, the bases of the extraordinarily popular operetta.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. Edge wear and soiling. First Edition stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers, with small tasteful custom-printed bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 313 pages. Dustjacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), age-toning, chip at upper left spine corner (v-shaped, depth 1"), small nicks and short closed edge tears, age-toning. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1959. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Doubleday. with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardbound. Good++/NO DJ .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Illustrated with woodcuts by Rudolph Ruzicka. Red cloth edges lightly worn, else very good in a good only dustwrapper with flaps glued on pastedowns, large chip at bottom of front panel, and small chips to the extremities, clear tape on rear joint.

New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1931. A faded spine.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City: 1931. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Fair condition. A story of a family of circus performers and the personal lives of each of them.

This is the softcover only stated Fawcett Edition from May 1974. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe.Like New

Amereon Ltd, 1977-06. Hardcover. Good.

CLEVELAND, OHIO: World Publishing Company, 1931. hard cover with dj. very good with dj.

Liepzig, Germany: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1932. Paperback. Item: Tauchnitz Edition Vol. 5048 In A Collection of British and American Authors done by this publisher. Size: 6 and 1/2 by 4 and 3/4 inches Pages: 287 plus a 32 page publishers catalog Condition: This scarce vintage volume has a repaired tear to front cover {the repair was done by me with Archival document tape} Also the front cover is loose from the spine for 2 inches with edge wear, Small Chips and tears to spine with rubbing and soiling to covers and to page edges. The text is clean except for the very informative Tauchnitz catalogue at the end of the book is toned. The last few pages of the catalogue have chipping along the bottom edge. This collected volume is scarce and hard to find in any condition. All of our items are carefully packaged to withstand the rigors of being transported by the USPS; This a very collected Publisher as well as Author. These vintage Tauchnitz editions are becoming scarcer all the time. A great series to collect , the 32 page publishers catalog will give the owner much useful information on what edition were published. In this series as well as a number of others such as series for the young, collection of German Euthors, the students series and a number of other items. This catalog itself is worth the price for any book collector. This book was published for the European market and states on the front cover that it was not to be introduced to the British Empire or the USA .

Avon. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities.

Avon. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Rudolph Ruzicka. 8vo, 313 pp., chapter head decorations from woodcuts by Ruzicka. Spine cocked and slightly pulled at head, page edges tanned. Jacket sunned, soiled, stained, worn, chipped and torn.

The Book League Of America. Hardcover. B00DIOAHM6 Hardcover; Very Good; No Dust Jacket; 313 Unmarked But Browned Pages. Ex-Libris Stamp Inside Front Cover. A Rust Stain At Top Decoration On Spine. . Very Good.

Avon Books, 1931. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday, Doran & Gundy, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Ruzicka, Rudolph. Wear tears & chips along edges of DJ

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. 1st Ed. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo, First Edition, red cloth binding, DJ has small tears at corners, illustrated with woodcuts, a novel, 313 pages

P. F. Collier and Son Corporation, 1931. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth hardcover with black and gold on spine; black decoration on front; no jacket--probably as issued; reprint. Very good plus condition : name penned inside; endpapers and outer edges of pages are toned, otherwise fine. .

New York: P. F. Collier, 1931. uniform . hard. Near Fine. Clean text. Crisp & attractive. near fine, no dj, gold & black-stamped textured blue cloth 313 pgs

avon g series, , (first PB 1964), . G-1246, almost near fine, (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

G K Hall & Co, 1997-06. Hardcover. Good.

World Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Fawcett, 1980-09-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Co., 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Size=5.5"x7.5". (full book description) The World Publishing Co., Cleveland, OH, 1946. REPRINT Edition VG-/Good-, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket. Size=5.5"x7.5", 313pgs. 3" DJ tear bottom front fore-edge corner & bottom fore-edge, 1-1/2" one foot of spine, bottom rear spine edge coffee? stain, DJ nicked top & bottom edges, pages age toned, o.w. clean & tight. No ink names, bookplates, etc. [Fiction; Novels] SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!

Thorndike Press, 1997. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Heinemann, 1931. Hardcover. Good. 1931. 349 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Fair. 1931 - Hardcover. Author: Edna Ferber. Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. NO dust jacket. Spine is heavily tanned and peeling - lettering on spine cannot be read. Spine torn at top, bottom and on both sides. Boards very worn. Gilt picture on front board fair. Prior owner's name on title page. Edges heavily tanned. Top edge also heavily dust-smudged. Text in amazingly good condition. This book is a worn copy that was much loved in the past (rightfully so). - We ship immediately. Excellent customer service. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931 First edition. Woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Covers rubbed, spine faded and spine ends heavily worn. A very good copy.. Illus. by Ruzicka, Rudolph.

World Publishing / Tower Books, 1947, second printing,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1947. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 313pp, pages browned throughout, otherwise clean and tight, no inscription, Good / Very Good dustwrapper .

pony book, , (first PB 1946), . 62, very good mystery novel, paperback,

flagship book, , (ORIGINAL 1967), first edition. 724, very good -fine, , reading crease mystery novel, paperback,

Fawcett Crest, 1974. Paperback. Good. Scuffing and creasing to cvrs., label removal mark on cvr. Fawcett Crest, 1974. PB. 192 pp.

P. F. Collier, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1935. Early. HB. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Rudolf Ruzicka. Red cloth with gilt design on cover and gilt titles on spine. Red topstain, lightly bumped upper and lower spine. Clean, tight copy with woodcut decorations by Rudolf Ruzicka. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not modern print-on-demand. Pages lightly toned; no marks. DW chipped and torn at top and bottom. DW protected by mylar cover. Kept in smoke-free environment. Shipped in a box, not a loose plastic envelope and always shipped with confirmation/tracking..

P.F. Collier and Son. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

New York: Avon Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Paperback. Oi. .

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1959. Wraps rubbed with edgewear. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: P. F. Collier and Son Company, 1931. Blue boards rubbed with edgewear. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Ex-libris bookplate. Dampstain on top sheet edges. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.