A Corner of the World by Shaplen, Robert - 1949

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 246p. Inscribed by the author to Harold, signed "Bob"

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Binding firm, inscription on ffep. Remaining pages clean and unmarked. Good in tattered dj. Five fictional stories set in China, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines just after WWII. *** 246pp. *** 2nd ptg.

New York: Knopf, 1949. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated 1st Edition. Text block and boards are clean, straight and tight. Boards straight and tips pointed. Cinnamon cloth boards with gold text and graphics. Yellow topstain. Unclipped dust jacket has edgewear and two striations on the front cover. It has some tanning around the top but looks spectacular in plastic dust jacket protector. Comes packed in wrappable box. .

1949. SHAPLEN, Robert. A CORNER OF THE WORLD. NY: Knopf, 1949. First edition. 8vo., brown cloth. Touch of dampstain, edgewear to cloth. Very good, in a rather worn dust jacket, with shallow dampstain to top edge of rear panel.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1949. Book. Illus. by D.j. Design By Warren Chappell. Very Good. Rust, Blind Stamped Cl.. First Edition. pp., 246, light chipping to top edge of front panel and spine ends of d.j. d.j. is price clipped , Stories from the Far East in the Maugham tradition. Dust jacket design by the well known American typographer Warren Chappell. In protective mylar d.j. Size: Sm.8 vo..

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1949., 1949. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Original terra-cotta cloth stamped in gilt and blind, top edge stained yellow. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by Warren Chappell (unclipped). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 246 pages. Printed by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn. Author's first book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012-04-28. Paperback. Good.

E-265: A. A. Knopf. Very Good. 1949. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1949. 246 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Robert Shaplen on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the DJ extremities; esp at the spine ends; front panel of the DJ is neatly detached from the spine and front flap is neatly detached from the front panel). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set in the aftermath of war, these interconnected stories by the noted reporter on Southeast Asia and correspondent for THE NEW YORKER portray lost men tempted into various underworlds of several "forgotten corners of the Orient". EB; 246 pages; Signed by Author .

Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Alfred A. Knopf. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes First edition. Inscribed presentation copy, signed by author and dated July '49. Pages tanned with some smudges, light damp stain to bottom corner. Dust jacket in poor condition. Damp stain to cover.