Fawley wilbur (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Fair dj. First Edition. (price-clipped) [decent copy, fading to cloth at top/bottom edges, bottom corners a bit frayed (boards exposed), previous owner's signature and address on front pastedown; jacket is only Fair, well-worn, missing several pieces (2-inch triangular piece at lower right corner of front panel, jagged piece about 1-1/2" deep at top of spine, various smaller bits here and there), although the front jacket panel illustration of a bunch of well-dressed swells is not too badly compromised]. Slightly trashy novel with a sophisticated air, in the best Macaulay manner, a "romantic-realistic novel of earth and sky. Out of the drab humdrum of modern life the author creates a colorful type of swashbuckler, a professional aviator, whose astonishing adventures in love rival those of the swaggering musketeers of the romantic age. Surcharged with the magic of the sky, Don Cameron, daredevil sky rider, was a rascal among women. A sweetheart in every airport. A series of women, enticing or immoral, leads him through a maze of passion. Then a cold and haughty New York heiress [one of the two major types of NY heiresses, the other being "madcap"], whose creed it is to take all and give nothing, falls in love with him against her will." Isn't that always the way? The disclaimer at the front is one of my favorites: "No character in this novel is anyone you know." Like most Macaulay novels, fairly uncommon in non-ex-lending library condition.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Romance fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

First Edition. A cold and haughty New York heiress falls in love with an aviator. First edition in the atteractive and lurid jacket . Unfortunately damp stained (see scans) but this does not affect the jacket illustration externally. A Fair copy in a Good jacket.\n\nScarce in the jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. Faint touch of shelfware, Near Fine in V Good lightly shelfworn pictorial dj with tiny corner chips and a light touch of sunfade at spine, and a touch of soiling to rear panel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Some spotting to the boards, a very good copy in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with a few tiny nicks and modest tears. Fantasy set around radio and short wave broadcasting when radio contact is made with Mars. Martian visitors set up shop in the castle of an eccentric Long Island scientist, and romance blooms between the niece of the scientist and a young newspaperman. *OCLC* finds no copies of this edition.…