Happy Families Are All Alike

NY: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 8vo. 305 pp. Original green cloth, silver-stamped title on spine, printed dust jacket. Very good copy. First edition. Inscribed by the author to his biographer Stuart Wright. The dust jacket is a trial issue not mentioned in Wright's bibliography; it is a quarter inch taller than the book and only the front and spine panels… Read more

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. First edition. A rare proof of Taylor's third collection of short stories. Long galley sheets trimmed and bound with a plastic comb into blue printed wrappers. Some stains to cover; very good condition. Preserved in a cloth case with leather labels.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Cloth. Lower edge of cloth slightly discolored, otherwise a very good, sound copy in lightly nicked and rubbed dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author: "for Dave my old friend with affection and very respectful Peter New York August 2, 1960." David McDowell began his career in publishing as a sales manager and… Read more

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Cloth. Cloth very slightly faded, otherwise a very good or better copy, in moderately chipped and torn price-clipped dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "for Uncle Don with love from Pete Columbus December 21, 1959. I recently met the author of 'When It's Spring time in… Read more

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Faint spotting on the boards, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears. This copy is from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's own library, with his ownership Signature. An important collection of short stories.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a nice, near fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing, and a couple of tiny tears. An important collection of short stories.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. An important collection of short stories.

New York:: McDowell, Obolensky,, [1959].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Jacket price-clipped and slightly worn at edges with small chips at extremities.. 8vo,.

NY: MCDOWELL, OBOLENSKY.. Fine. 1959. First Edition. About fine in a near fine dj. (A few tiny edge nicks at spine ends. Couple tiny specks of foxing at top edge) An exceptionally nice copy. Author's THIRD collection of stories. .

New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1959. Hardback. Very Good/Fair. Pulitzer Prize-winning author's important third collection of stories. One of them, "Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time" was the first prize winner in the 1959 O. Henry Memorial Awards and was first published in the Kenyon Review. In Very Good condition in a very good dust jacket that has some small… Read more

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1959). First edition. Very good or better in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with very minor wear on corners and spine ends and few tears.

New York:: McDowell, Obolensky,, [1959].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Just about fine in a jacket with a touch of sunning to the spine and some slight use to edges.. 8vo,.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, [1959]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in bright unfaded dust jacket with a few minor professional repairs at edges (primarily of a one-inch closed tear at bottom of rear panel). Collection of 10 short stories.

New York: Mcdowell, Obolensky, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); sea green cloth titled in silver on the spine; dustjacket; 305pp. Faint offsetting from the dustjacket onto the spine; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with small nicks and short tears mostly to the upper edges and crown; small chip to the upper rear panel; light… Read more

NY: McDowell, Obolensky. (1959). A collection of short stories that takes its title from the opening lines of Anna Karenina -- "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" -- which aptly describes one of the major themes of Taylor's writing. Pencilled owner name on pastedown under front flap; else fine in a very… Read more

OBOLENSKY Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A NEAR first edition in d.j. PRICE CLIPPED.

New York, NY.: Mcdowell, Obolensky. Very Good. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First edition bound in green cloth measuring 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches complete in 305 bright pages. A few inner tape repairs and wear to the dust jacket and light soil to rear panel. - From the American First Editions … Read more

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McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Couple small chips, few short tears to jacket. Soiling to page edges and jacket. Hardcover..

NY:: McDowell, Obolensky,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. First printing. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear), price clipped dust jacket. .

NY 1959 first edition, first printing (stated) McDowell. 305p. Hardcover octavo. Near Fine (some uneven fading of end papers) hinges not cracked; text clean; no owner marks. in Good DJ, dj somewhat worn but no major faults,no tears, no chips. price clipped. .

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 1959 First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. DJ. Dust jacket poor- split, now kept in mylar. Bumped corners. Edgeworn. 305p.

Astor-Honor Inc, 1959-06. Hardcover. Good.

Good. Mcdowell, Obolensky 1959 first edition (stated) hardcover. Cover and contents clean, with owner's name on front flyleaf. Binding tight. Dust jacket only fair.

J. P. Lippincott Company. Used - Good. Good condition. (families short stories)