Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. xvii, 444. Black boards with gold gilt type on spine. With 8 pp. ads to rear of text. FIRST EDITION. By English novelist of the 19th century, here the author recounts 50 years of life in London, from his childhood through to his years as a writer. Moderate rubbing to extremities with corners rubbed through to cardboard. Front hinge cracked, but binding holding. Light spine lean. Tearing to much of length of front hinge, hinge just starting. Former bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Writing in pen to dedication page, and on upper edge of free facing end page.

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 26. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Age-tanning. Date written in pen incorrectly, August 11, on upper edge of front cover. Short wrinkle/crease along bottom corner of back cover. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 26. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 30. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers reading that there were 45 issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F."

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 26. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Age-tanning, foxing, slight bit of moisture staining on fore edge of a couple of pages. Color cartoon front cover, black and white cartoon to rear. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. First appearance of John Cheever's "A Sutton Place Story". Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 20. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers reading that there were 45 of these special reprints issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F./ to the Navy by The Bureau of Naval Personnel."

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 25. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Age-tanning. Page 11/12 has vertical crease and some wrinkling Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 28. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 30. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers readingthat there were 45 issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F."

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 26. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Vertical crease along whole of magazine. Age-tanning, foxing. A couple of pages have a larger spot - moisture? Color cartoon front cover, black and white cartoon to rear. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 18. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers reading that there were 45 of these special reprints issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F."

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 26. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Age-tanning. Short tear along rear fore edge and bottom corner of spine. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Notable articles include Edmund Wilson's review of George Orwell's Animal Farm, and an update of the Nuremberg Trials by Rebecca West. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 30. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 30. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers reading that there were 45 issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service… Read More

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 26. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Tears at spine on either side of the staples. Age-tanning. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 19. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 19. A reliable bookselling colleague thinks there were 45 issued per year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F., and the Navy by the Bureau of Naval Personnel"

New York: F.R. Publishing Corporation, 1946. Overseas Edition for Armed Forces. Staplebound. Good. New York: F. R. Publishing Corporation,1946. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 25. Illustrated paper cover. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. 3 1/2" X 1/2" chip from front leaf. Smaller chip on upper edge of front cover at date and on upper edge and fore edge of back cover. Cover is detaching at spine. Age-tanning. Contains Talk of The Town, portraits, fiction, poetry, the current cinema, "newsbreaks" (humorous snafus from sundry local newspapers or periodicals), and lots of cartoons. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 44. Armed Forces edition, with all the editorial content, but without advertising. Reprinted from Vol. 3, No. 30. A reliable bookselling colleague remembers reading that there were 45 issued each year, during certain years encompassing World War II. Below title logo, reads: "Distributed to the army by Special Service Division A.S.F."