Is a Ship Burning (First Edition) by Richard Sale - 1938

Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st. hardcover. FINE in FINE bright dj.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. (orange cloth; no dust jacket) [review copy with publisher's slip affixed to ffep; exceptionally clean copy, minimal wear, spine cloth a little faded, faint crescent mark (beverage ring?) stain at top edge of front cover]. Novel of a shipboard disaster in the Caribbean, by the author of "Not Too Narrow, Not Too Deep," who later went on to a notable career as a Hollywood screenwriter and sometime producer/director. .

Dodd Mead, 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dodd, Mead & Company, January 1938. Paperback. Good - Cash. 'Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company<br>Date of Publication: 1938<br>Binding: Hard Cover<br>Edition: 1st Printing<br>Condition: Good/Fair<br>Description: 12mo - over 6?'' - 7?'' tall Orange and black illustrated dust jacket, gold background for black lettering on face and spine. Heavy rubbing and chipping to the spine ends, corners and edges. Several tears. Orange book cover has minor wear, some soiling to the ends and corners. Text unmarked. Secure binding. P/O name label on first pastedown. Ex-library book with usual name stamps. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

DoDD MEAD, 1938. Book. Hardcover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN SCARCE DUST JACKET.

NY: Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. AUTHOR"S COPY. Signed on the ffe "My own copy. Richard Sale" Lacking dustjacket, very good, some threading to cloth at spine head.

UK: Cassell, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Is A Ship Burning? by Richard Sale First Edition Cassell 1937. No inscriptions, no foxing or browning. A near fine copy in a VG dust jacket priced 7/6.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited,, 1937. Presentation copy of the rare true first edition First edition, first impression. Presentation copy of the author's second novel, inscribed "For my mother, with gratitude and love, Richard Sale, Sept. 1937" on the title page. Uncommon, with only ten institutional copies traced world-wide, and especially rare on the market in this condition, the first US edition, published the following year, being much frequently encountered. In the 1940s made a successful career change from writing pulp fiction novels to Hollywood screenplays. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. With dust jacket. Upper outer corners very slightly bumped, old tape-markings to free endpapers, contents toned. An excellent copy in the dust jacket with slightly rubbed extremities, a chipped spine to no loss of lettering, and two short closed tears to the front panel, of which one with old tape-repair.