Riddell john corey ford (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition. .8vo, 177 pages, clothbacked boards, shelfworn. Chapters include, "Bridge of San Thornton Wilder", "The Man Who Knew Lewis", "Do Fishes Perspire?", and "Dead Novelists Are Good Novelists". With cover illustrations, and portraits by Covarrubias of Eugene O'Neill, Theodore Dreiser, Martin Johnson, Sinclair Lewis, Carl Van Vechten, William Beebe. This is the third printing of the book, but also a Special Edition of Two Hundred and Fifty Numbered Copies (this is no. 48) prepared for Mr. A. Kroch for his friends' delectation." Signed by A[dolph]. Kroch. He was the founder of Kroch's Book Store chain in Chicago. Miguel COVARRUBIAS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. Faint stains on a couple pages, small stains on boards, lightly toned spine, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Wonderful literary parody.

Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by John Day Company, New York, 1929. 177 pgs. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in 1/2 black cloth and illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Meaning No Offense is a satirical 1928 book by Corey Ford, written under his famous Vanity Fair pseudonym, John Riddell. The work is a hilarious, mocking parody of prominent 1920s authors and their best-selling literary works.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). First. Illustrated by Covarrubias. 8vo, mottled yellow boards; corners lightly worn. New York: Scribner's, 1930. First Edition. Internally fine, and with the "Sporting Offer" sheet included. covarrubias (illustrator).

Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Small 8vo. Yellow leather-textured paper over boards with black spine lettering and front board graphic. viii, 318pp. Frontispiece, 10 full-page plates, floor plan. Good plus overall. While text block is super tight and bright and near fine, front and rear boards are age toned and spine is intact and stable but quite rough -- darkened, heavily chipped at head and tail, and homely. A tight and decent first edition of this scarce tongue-in-cheek satire in which (to cite title page) "Victim died of acute boredom in his own library. Body discovered surrounded by the past year's Best Sellers" and the suspects include "Theodore Dreiser, Jim Tully, Sherwood Anderson, Will Rogers, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Calvin Coolidge, Katherine Brush, Richard Halliburton, Will Durant, Rudy Vallee, W.R. Burnett, and other contemporary authors found on the scene of the crime." What makes this copy is special is a choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is an Autograph Note Signed from author Riddell (Corey Ford), 1p, 7" X 10", Freedom, NH, n.y. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Very good. Faint original horizontal folds. Gracious note to an admirer "for your friendly birthday wishes and thoughtfulness. and for the nice things you said. I've been dabbling in the Hollywood flesh-bois too long, but I hope I'm back at work at last." Boldly penned in black ink in Ford's interesting script. What makes this copy extra special is that the salmon-colored "Sporting Offer" sheet that wraps around the rear flyleaf and final text page remains UNBROKEN. This invariably-opened sheet, which reveals the murderer, promises that "We make this sporting offer. Return this book with the seal intact -- and you are out $2.50. Break it -- and the mystery is over. Either way, you lose." Ford (1902-69), a.k.a. John Riddell, was a prolific American humorist and outdoorsy writer.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias. Fine in nice, near fine Covarrubias-illustrated dustwrapper with a couple of tiny nicks and tears, and very faint stains on front panel. Wonderful literary parody.