New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket is discolored and lightly soiled. Chip missing from the top of the front flap. Previous owner's embossed stamp is on the front endpage.. First Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good-. Mylared.
Germany: Langen Muller, 1976. 320pp. Original yellow cloth covered boards. Text in German. Pages are clean (unmarked) but slightly age-toned. Text block is pulling away from boards but pages are still very secure. Boards have light bumping to head/heel of spine, llight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/lightly finger soiled with bumping/nicking to head of spine, rubbing to extremities. Looks nice in added protective mylar covering. Nice reading copy. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
Luchterhand, 1972. 780pp. Original cloth covered boards. Text in German. Pages are clean (unmarked) but slightly age-toned. Hinges are creased (and text block is pulling away from boards) but pages are still very secure. Boards have light bumping to head/heel of spine, slight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/lightly finger soiled with bumping/nicking to head of spine, rubbing to extremities. Looks nice in added protective mylar covering. Nice reading copy. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
Germany: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1951. 320pp. Original marron cloth covered boards with gilt lettering/decorations. Text in German. Previous owner's name on FEP; neat and unobtrusive. Pages are clean (unmarked) but age-toned. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have light bumping to head/heel of spine, llight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is scuffed with rubbing to extremities. Looks nice in added protective mylar covering. Nice reading copy. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1953. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book shows some shelfwear. No jacket, green cloth boards that are faded and worn. Ex-Library. Markings on the spine and copyright page. Inside the back board is the remains of the card holder.. Ex-library. Hard Cover. Fair.
Delacorte Press, 1973. Stated Second Printing - 1973. With drawings by the author. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowing with age. Binding is slightly creased (and text block is pulling away from boards) but pages are still very secure. Boards are dust soile dwith bumping to head/heel of spine, slight rubbing to extremities. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/slightly finger soiled with denting/nicking to head/heel of spine, fraying/'chipping to corners, rubbing to extremities. Nice reading copy of this increasingly scarce early printing. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1933. 314pp. Original cloth covered boards. Published July, 1933. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Outer page edges have some spotting, staining, dust soiling. Front hinge is cracked and webbing is showing (rear hinge creased but still attached). Inner text block is tight and sound (possibly reglued). Boards are scuffed/slightly ink-rubbed with rubbing to extremities (a few spots frayed). Nice reading copy. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House 431pp. Original boards. Translated from the Russian by L. Navrozov. Edited by H. Perham. Illustrated by I. Ilyina. Designed by S. Pozharsky. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowing with age. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have slight denting to head/heel of spine, slight scuffing to decorative panels. First few pages of text block have bumping/slight creasing to lower corner. DJ is sunned/dust soiled with heavy rubbing to all extremities, head/heel of spine and corners chipped an frayed, several small nicks/tears to edges, heavy rubbing to extremities. Never theless, looks nice in adde dprotective mylar covering. Nice reading copy of this increasingly scarce title. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1959. 439pp. ORiginal cloth covered boards, FEP has the remnants of an ex-libris sticker still present. Inner page sare clena (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Binding is creased (and text block is pulling away from boards) but pages are still secure. Outer page edges are soiled. Boards are sunned with dust/finger soiling, light fraying to head/heel of spine and corners. Nice reading copy. . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Italia, 1999. pages clean. binding tight. edge wear. corners dented, creased slightly and starting to split. covers worn, scratched, scuffed, ink rubbed, dulled, ect. bottom spine edge dented. general shelf wear. a good reading copy. . First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good.
William Heinemann, 1921. 644pp. Original cloth coevred boards. Embossed stamp from previous owner on title page. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Binding is creased (and text block is pulling away from boards) but pages are still secure. Ex-libris sticker and library discard stamp to inside front cover. Covers are slightly scuffed, head of spine slightly frayed with rubbing to extremities. Nice reading copy. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
New York, NY: Scribner, 1949. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front endpage. Jacket is chipped, worn and torn with heavy foxing. Glue discoloration inside the boards. Boards are bumped and yellowed.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fair/Poor. Mylared.
New York, NY: Knopf, 1982. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket is rubbed and lightly soiled on the front. There is tearing and chipping at the foot of the jacket spine. Two small closed tears at the bottom edge on the front of the jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared.
New York, NY: Collier Books, 1992. 480pp. Original stiff wraps. Stated First Collier Books Edition 1992. 1st Printing (with complete number line). Introduction by Mary Gordon. Pages are clean (unmarked). Binding is tight and secure. Covers are slightly scuffed , with slight bumping to head of spine, rubbing to extremities. Outer page edges are slightly finger soiled. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
New York, NY: Random House, 1946. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean but dull with age. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Previous owner's name is on the front endpage. Blue cloth boards are faded. Spine is discolored. Head and foot of the spine are frayed. Finger soiling on the page edges.. Hard Cover. Fair.
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. 410pp. Original cloth covered boards. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are slightly creased (and text block is pulling away from boards when opned) but pages are still very secure. Boards are sunned (especially spine) and have soiling (what looks like small white paint specks to rear panel). Wear to boards (slight denting to head/heel of spine, rubbing to edges). Outer page edges are dust soiled. Nice reading copy. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1854. 316pp. Original cloth covered boards. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are creased (and text block is pulling away from boards when opened) but pages are still attached). Text block is warped/stiff possibly from moisture. Outer page edges are dust soiled. Cloth is scuffed/sunned/soiled. Title pastedown on spine is nicked/chipped but still present. Fraying to head/heel of spine and corners as well as rear cover outer edge, rubbing to extremities. Reading copy. . Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1933. 414pp. Original cloth covered boards; pictorial endpapers. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Inner text block is pulling away from boards when opened but pages are still very sound. Cloth slightly scuffed/slight finger soiled. Boards have bumping & light nicking to head/heel of spine, rubbing to extremities. Nice reading copy. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1914. 531pp. Original cloth covered decorative boards. With drawings by W. Graham Robertson. Ex-libris stickers to inside front cover and previous owner address in ink to FEP. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are split (and webbing is showing) but still attached (although delicate). Inner text block is pulling away from boards when opened but pages are still attached (but delicate). Cloth is scuffed/ink-rubbed with a few wrinkles; gilt to spine faded. Fraying to head/heel of spine and corners, rubbing to extremities. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1950. 315pp. Original red cloth covered boards. Small piece of tape to copyright page. Inner pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Binding is tight and secure. Boards have bumping to head/heel of spine, sunning/rubbing to edges. Outer page edges are slightly dust soiled. Unclipped pictorial DJ is sunned/finger soiled. Moderate wear to DJ (1/2" tip of spine missing, chipping/fraying to corners, several small closed tears/rubbing/nicking to edges). Nevertheless, looks nice in added protective mylar covering. Nice reading copy. . Unknown Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mylared.
