Robison robert s (5 Ergebnisse)

Pictorial Cover. Zustand: Good +. Edition Not Stated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Spine is split on front except for about two inches at the bottom, bumps and shelf wear; text is clean. Abridged by Mary W. Cushing and Antonia Stone. Robert S. Robison (illustrator).

hardcover. Zustand: Good. cover shows minor wear, rubbing, some loss at the corners. minor writing on the front pastedown. pages tanned with some minor scribbles.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards with green lettering on front cover and spine. Cover appears to have some slight fading and rubbing to cloth, especially along edges and on spine. Some bumping to corners as well as head and foot of spine. Lettering remains clear and bright. Rough cut page edges; fore edge has some foxing. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1948. 192 pages. Pages are toned; the front free endpaper and half-title page have some light markings, but pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrations by Robert S. Robison throughout. Binding is strong.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition, first printing, 171 pp., hardcover, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown else very good in a chipped and worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [moderately worn copy, spine turned, spine cloth faded and white spine lettering rubbed; attractive small label (like a miniature bookplate) on front pastedown]. (line drawings) One of this writing team's scarcer works, a satirical novel about a young Englishman who falls in with a group of down-and-out White Russian emigres in Paris, who have banded together in a kind of anti-socialist social club known as the White Elephants. Its philosophy is explained by one of its members: "We serve no useful purpose. We have no place in the struggle for existence. We refuse to contribute to the evolution of the Superman. We are here on this earth entirely as spectators. It is unfortunate that in order to watch we have to eat. It is thus impossible for us to attain one hundred per cent efficiency in indolence. But we do our best. We live untidily and straggle through our days." Filmed in England in 1944 as "Give Us the Moon.". Illustrated by Robert Robison (illustrator).…