FORTUNE'S FOOL by Sabatini, Rafael

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923 First printing in Fair condition lacking a Dust Jacket. Black boards with orange lettering.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Hardcover.

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1923 First printing in Good condition lacking a Dust Jacket. Black boards with orange lettering.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover.

McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1923. 304 browning edged pages, red embossed cloth, soiled gilt ltrs and decorative design on spine, pictured frontiespiece is present, edges are shelf dust soiled, corners/edges/ and head-heel of spine are bumped/worn/and frayed, name embossed on upper ffep, paper on inside front cover is torn at spine, hinge broken at back inside cover, brown stain on lower edges of last, white marks on covers .. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ.

Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover, no jacket, in Good condition, previous owners name and stamp inside the cover, paper is tanning with age, a little edge wear, color along the spine is darkened, clean unmarked text, good shape for an older book, . Good. Hardcover. 1923.

Cover is faded and slightly soiled. The cover corners are bumped and worn. Inside pages are in good condition.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. In black cloth with red titling, 8vo, 304pp. (light toning to edges, name to inside cover).

Pan Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Pan Edition. 284 pages. Illustrated paper cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Price sticker to front cover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Second impression of First Edition 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with orange title on spine and front cover; 304 pages. From first page: "The times were full of trouble; but Martha Quinn was unperturbed. Hers was a mind that confined itself to the essentials of life: its sustenance and reproduction. Not for her to plague herself with the complexities of existence, with consideration of the hereafter of disputation upon the various creeds by which its happiness may be ensured..." Rafael Sabatini (1875 - 1950) was the author of more than 30 novels. He also wrote several non fiction books, plays and short stories. Bumped back corners, worn front covers, slightly cocked spine. Pages are lightly tanned. Owner's name, original book seller's sticker and stray pencil mark on fep. Small foxed spot on bottom of title page, opposite blank page and in the interior margins of pages 220/221. Dusty top, crease on top of half title page, first page… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923,, 1923. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 mo., hardcover, VG in black boards with orange lettering. No dj. First Edition, Second impression, 1923. From the author of The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood, Scaramouche. 304 pp. the Hostess of the Paul's Head; Albemarle's Antechamber; his grace of Albemarle; Cherry blosssoms; The Mercenary; Mr. Etheredge Prescribes; the Prude; mr. etheredge advises; albemarle proposes; buckingham disposes; a woman scorned; buckingham's heroics; buckingham's grattitude; despair; the shadow of the gallows;