five days von hatch eric (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good dj. Illustrated by (dj and title page) Francis W. Swain (illustrator). First Edition. [nice tight copy, minor soiling to top edge and fore-edge, previous owner's name stamped on front pastedown, otherwise unmarked; jacket moderately edgeworn, some minor shallow chipping at edges and corners, light dampstain on front panel, a few small tears, spine a little darkened]. A guy on the skids -- "his money was gone and Madelaine had broken their engagement" -- teams up with a burglar to steal a yacht. (Because, well, why not?) "Here is an uproarious novel of high adventure, a mad tale, cheerfully improbable, but amusing from beginning to end; a story which has the substance and effect of the bubbles that rise from the bottom of a hollow-stemmed glass." Early novel by the author/playwright, whose (mostly) light fiction served as the basis for several movies, most memorably MY MAN GODFREY. Like most of his early work, hard to find in a jacketed first. (Reprinted in paperback under the title "Five Nights.").

Hardback in dust jacket. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. This book is hard-bound in red cloth with black stamping on the upper cover and spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. --- From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!