Jim tully william gropper (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Reprint edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. William Gropper (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Fairly tight binding (spine a bit loose), clean interior. Brown boards with bright yellow decoration; spine cocked forward slightly, mild wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffs and smudges. Specks on top page edges near spine and rear board. Text is unmarked, light soiling throughout. 1" crack to paper on rear hinge. "None of the characters in this book are completely imaginary." 330 pages. Gropper, William (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 280 pages. 7.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest wear to extremities, tiny tears and very slight fraying at spine ends, vintage bookplate on front pastedown, remnant of removed sticker on front endpaper]. (pen & ink drawings, illustrated endpapers) Episodic narrative of a hobo who gets tossed into a small-town jail which happens to be populated with an amazingly diverse gallery of crooks and lowlifes, individual chapter-portraits of whom comprise the bulk of the book. Tully, referred to by the New York Times as the (self-appointed) "high priest of the present-day cult of the underworld," was by 1930 firmly ensconced in Hollywood as a journalist and sometime screenwiter, but would continue to reach back to his vagabond early-life experiences for story material for many years thereafter. Illustrated by William Gropper (illustrator).…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Decorative end pages and illustrations by William Gropper. Jim Tully left his hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company of hoboes. Drifting across the country as a "road kid," he spent those years scrambling into boxcars, sleeping in hobo jungles, avoiding railroad cops, begging meals from back doors, and haunting public libraries. Square binding. The writer that H.L. Mencken called America's Dostoevsky.Orange cloth. Clean text block with deckled fore edge. 330 pages. illustrated by William Gropper (illustrator). …

First Edition. First Edition. Fictional stories of life on the bum, based on the author's own experiences. Very Good plus, lacking the dust jacket, with a slight lean, bookplate on the front pastedown, and faint splashes on the spine.

Reprint. Octavo (20.75cm); dark red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [viii],280pp; illus. Slight forward lean, spine ends gently nudged, with a handful of small stains to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is edgeworn, spine-sunned, with a few small chips at spine ends, several short tears and attendant creases; Very Good. "Despite its cheery-sounding title, Circus Parade is light years away from Toby Tylerland, presenting a dark, violent and thoroughly unromanticized portrait of life on the road with a traveling show -- described by Tully as "generally a canvas nest of petty thieves and criminals among the lower gentry." The book's depictions of casual brutality -- including a shocking account of the troupe's exploitation of a young black girl's sexual favors -- got it banned in Boston and caused an uproar with circus fans (and, unsurprisingly, circus owners), which helped to put the kibosh on a proposed film adaptation by James Cruze" (PROUTY 4).…

1927. New York The Literary Guild of America 1927 - Cartonné 14 5 cm x 21 cm 280 pages - Texte en anglais de Jim Tully ills in-texte de William Gropper - Dos restauré état correct. Bon état.