Man of the World: My Life on Five Continents by Vanderbilt, Jr. Cornelius - 1959

Hutchinson & Co., 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. First Edition. 342 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece and plates. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Minor loss to front free endpaper. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning to interior flaps, panels and spine. Price sticker to panel.

London: Hutchinson, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 342pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper is present, but with various wear, tear & slt. loss. D/w will be improved where possible & supplied in protective sleeve. Will appear smart when work completed. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

Book nice and clean, Boards a bit faded at top of spine.DJ has several tears and a little bit missing, please see photos

New York: Crown, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Illustrated with photogravure. Binding is cloth boards.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, good. 24 cm, 342, illus., facsimiles, index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition, no further printings listed. Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. on FFEP. Hardcover has some age toning/fading along board edges and spine. Small amount of tape residue to rear board where it came into contact with DJ tape repair. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket has tape repair to rear panel tear in jacket - outside and inside. A few chips along edges and spine and wear to extremities.

Crown Publishing, 1959. first edition. hardcover. very good: discoloration, toning on pastedowns and endpapers, some toning on text. text clean, binding tight./good: rubbed and chipped, small closed tear at top of front spine, NOT price clipped ($5.00). Octavo 342pp. Autobiography of Vanderbilt scion and publisher, including his work with FDR, his infamous encounter with Mussolini, his anti-Nazi film, WWII service, and publishing ventures. Out of print. #00218.

Hardcover with price clipped and tattered dust jacket. Published by Crown 1959, First Edition. Inscribed by Vanderbilt to Arthur Sylvester, Assistant Secy of Defense, 1961. Cornelius,(Neil) traveled broadly as a reporter with his unlimited access to movers and shakers around the world. FDR benefited from his written reports. With index and b/w photos among 342 clean pages.

1959. VANDERBILT Jr., Cornelius. MAN OF THE WORLD: MY LIFE ON FIVE CONTINENTS. NY: Crown Publishers Inc., [1959]. Small 4to, cloth in dust jacket. Signed presentation from Vanderbilt on front endpaper: "To Mrs. Pruden- the charming and very attractive Mother-in-law of my old friend Frank Luther- With high regard-Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. 12/20/59." Vanderbilt's personal account of his role as Presidential Agent for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Aslo contains a Christmas card with a note from Luther. Very Good; some edgewear (interior tape mend base of spine) d/j. $75.00.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. Good/fair. 24 cm, 342 pages. Illus., facsimiles, index, DJ worn and soiled: small edge tears & small pieces missing. Signed by the author.