william grew (8 Ergebnisse)

Stapled. Zustand: Fair-Good. No Jacket. Earl Christy (cover), Norman Price (The Girl Who Was the Life of the Party), Mead Schaeffer (The Almost Perfect Alibi), Arthur william Brown ("They've All Got Something Wrong with 'Em."), W B King (When the Children Grew Up), and others (illustrator). First Edition. The December 1923 issue of The American Magazine. Contains What is Success, an article by H G Wells, The Girl Who Was the Life of the Party, a story by Fannie Kilbourne (Fannie Kilbourne Schubart), The Almost Perfect Alibi, a story by Alice Louise Lee, "They've All Got Something Wrong with 'Em.", a story by Mary Land May, a story by When the Children Grew Up, a story by Bess Streeter Aldrich, The Image of the Loved, a story by Theodore Seixas Solomons, Hearts and Fists, a serial installment by Clarence Budington Kelland and numerous vintage articles and ads. Condition issues include light stiffness and waviness throughout due to moisture exposure, light damp stain to the fore edge of the back cover and pages 1 - 20 that gradually fades out, rubbing in spots to the front cover, .5" closed tear to the fore edge of the front cover, spine wear with loss at the top and bottom, a small chip to the top corner of the pages that fades out by page 30, a small chip to the fore edge of pages 1 - 4, and loss at the top left of pages 1 - 4. No cutouts or missing pages. A fair copy of a vintage magazine.

Very Good. # (25c. cover).

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Three books in one. (mystery, crime, 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: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint. Small octavo. 124pp. Ink owner name and spotting at the edges of the text block, near fine in very good dust jacket with spine sunned, a bit of rubbing and corner wear, including nicks and tears.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Foxing to prelims and edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a slightly darkened and rubbed jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good only. First Edition, First Printing. Green boards with title stamped in black onto spine, small 8vo 7-3/4" tall, pp. 190, "FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page. Volume with light tap to bottom corner of upper board, spot of fade to head of spine matching DJ chip, text edges toned, a few stray pencil marks to one page and p.o. name ffep. Unclipped DJ is faded and toned with rubs, short closed tears and chips to spine ends. Author's only Crime Club entry under this pseudonym (three other titles under his real name) and published in C.C.'s 25th anniversary year with the DJ art work by Robert Cato. Ref. Nehr, p. 338; Carty, p. 90.

Stated 'Published 1953,' presumably first edition. Last few pages slightly wrinkled at corners. Tiny stains at edge of copyright page. Binding tight. Board corners slightly bumped; thin black ink stain at lower edge of and faint stain at upper corner of front board. Spine has a few tiny marks; brown lettering. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Grey hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Very Good. [First Edition]. VG : in very good condition without dust jackets. Light shelfwear. Occasional foxing within. 260mm x 180mm (10" x 7"). x, 238pp; x, 256pp; x, 279pp; x, 272pp; x, 263pp; viii, 361pp. 232 plates (70 in colour). Published 1914 to 1920. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.