The Troubled Air

Jonathan Cape, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 460 pages. Grey dust jacket over red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Slight toning on the top edge and spotting to the page edges, else near fine in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper with tape repairs, a large tear along the spine fold and short tears on the edges. Inscribed by the author.

New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Louise, gratefully, Irwin Shaw." Hinge just starting to separate at top of half-title page, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket with minor wear and one tiny chip.

U.S.A.: Random House, 1951. Presentation Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Presentation Edition. This is copy #726 of a limited edition. Signed by Shaw on the title page and dated in 1957. A fine copy in the original clear acetate wrap--a clean unmarked copy The subject of this novel is McCarthyism and communism in the 50's--Shaw was blacklisted… Read more about this item

1951. SHAW, Irwin. THE TROUBLED AIR. NY: Random House, [1951]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Shaw on the half-title page. Very Good (little wear & soil covers, contents clean & tight); few nicks & tiny tears (price-clipped) d/j. $175.00.

New York: Random House, 1951. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: Random House, 1951. Stated First printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. "First Printing" stated on copyright page, in orginal dustjacket. Clean beige cloth boards with black, pink and silver boxes and lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition. Owner's name, some toning on the pages, very good or better in very good dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Beige cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped onto upper board and spine, top edge stained black, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. 418, black endpapers, stated first printing. Price-clipped DJ is lightly soiled with edge wear and chips, small creases and tears. Shaw's second novel, preceded… Read more about this item

New York: Random, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus/hardcover. Hinge cracked. Pages light brown. Missing rear endpaper. Some writing on black endpaper and inside covers. Corners slightly bent. Minor little tears on edges of spine. Spine and cover brown. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might… Read more about this item

Cape, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 460 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Insert to front pastedown. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. Dustjacket has light edge wear and is price-clipped. .

Random House. Very Good. 1941. Hardcover. 1135257078 . Presentation edition, being number 608 for booksellers, with clear acetate cover with some loss and tears top spine. Also inscribed and signed to a non book seller with best wishes on half title. Very good copy. Paper toned. ; 7.8 X 5.4 X 1.3 inches; 418 pages; Signed by… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Cover rubbed. 1951. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 460pp. .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. "The Troubled Air is far more than a novel that crystallizes and clarifies the perplexities all of us know and have lived with so long; it is a movingly human story of man's undiscourageable search for rectitude." Ships same or… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1951. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. good in good dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; tiny chips/cracking/rubbing to jacket edges, some soiling to boards/pageblock edges, owner name on ffep else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket

Chicago: Sears Readers Club. 1951. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket. Stain on bottom/side text block edge. 1 inch open tear at spine crown and top of rear panel. Chipping at spine heel. .

LOND: Jonathan Cape, 1951. in VG dustwrapper that shows one nickel sized chip to top of rear panel and wear to spine ends. The first U.K. edition of this early novel by Irwin Shaw.. VG+.

New York: Random House, 1951. First printing stated. Unmarked but for signature on half-title of former owner, tight and square. Price clipped jacket has tape repair on front panel and 3 small chipswith some creasing. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jonathan Cape, 1952 Unusual to find this scarce British hardback in a jacket. There are a few chips and tears, and the turnarounds are a bit discoloured, but all is now safe inside a mylar sleeve. Clean and still tight copy, and the text block has no tanning. Cape were obviously using a decent paper at the time. Superb book… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1951. Presentation edition number 707 of a limited edition specially made for the booksellers of America. First printing stated on copyright page. Sharp, crisp copy. Acetate jacket (clear). . First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.