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Published by Right Book Club, 1944
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1944. This Edition. 200 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Stamp to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Bubbling to front board. Dents to edges. Textblock is shaky.
Published by The Right Book Club N.D.
Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Book Club Edition. Ripple creasing to some edges and part of surface, dulled spine, wear to spine ends and corners, previous owner's signature to ffep, reading copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages.
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Owner's address label on front endpage. (Washington D.C., Diplomats, International Relations).
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Inscribed by author. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding. Light stain to cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* A view from the US consular corps during the 1930s. Signed.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Red w/blue lettering. Mild bumping to head and heel of spine. Previous owner bookplate and mailing label pasted neatly to front pastedown, Lombard's announcement of marriage to Constantine Brown from newspaper pasted to front endpaper, article about this book dated 1941 pasted to reverse, three other Lombard clippings pasted to second front endpaper, pages 102-103 darkened due to clipping laid in, text is otherwise clean and bright, no marks. Unclipped DJ shows rubbing to edges, tiny chips head and heel, spine slightly darkened, protected in mylar. "Contains scores of entertaining anecdotes about stiff aristocrats trying to adapt themselves to American ways, about the ludicrous complexities of protocol, about plots that backfired and schemes that over shot the mark." (from the jacket blurb).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfections commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.95. signed and inscribed by author.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, stated. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and design on the spine, and the Borzoi colophon in blue on the back board; blue top page edges. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $2.50 net); edgewear at spine ends and corners; spine is a little age-darkened; Brodart protected.
Published by A. A. Knopf, 1941
Seller: Autumn Leaves, Allentown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; Third Printing. Clean and tight, with only slight toning of the pages. There is an attractive vintage bookplate at the front. The jacket is intact, with very little wear and slight fading. It is protected by a mylar Brodart cover. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 5 pages.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale red cloth with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 271pp, vi, (1p ad). Very good/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn and rubbed, lacking front flap. A tight and decent first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "witty, entertaining, and at the same time highly significant 'inside story' of foreign diplomats in Washington during the past ten years.".
Published by Robert Hale, 1942
Seller: Cotswold Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First UK edition. Publishers original file copy.
Published by New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Hardback in dust wrapper ). Physically 8" x 5¾" (0.55 kg); 271 (vi)pp; Index; 2nd impression, first published the same year. || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #104558|| Condition: Good in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper worn at the edges, a little loss to the spine ends and corners. The contents lightly toned with age.
Published by Right Book Club, 1944
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback volume in Good condition. No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1947 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 344 Language: English Pages: 344.
Published by Scribner's, 1947
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good copy in hardcover with very good jacket. Dust-staining to top edge of page block. Jacket has rubbing and edge-wear a few small tears and an L-shaped tear on spine. Now in mylar.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; New York, 1947
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ. Red cloth covered boards with gold stamping. DJ is a little faded and worn at the spine, but is protected in a Brodart sleeve. Title and copyright pages are dated 1947. 322 pages. Inscribed by author Helen Lombard on front free endpaper; "For Warren Hall with the warm regards of the author Helen Lombard, May, 1947." Very good condition. Sparse foxing to fore edge. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Bristol University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1529229987ISBN 13: 9781529229981
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new.
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1941
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. 271, vi, [2] p. Includes index. The author was a syndicated newspaper columnist under a pseudonym. She was the wite of Emmanuel Lonbard, the Frendh military attache at Washington until November, 1940. Coming from a venerable Washington family, the author was the great-granddaughter of Commodore Casin and the daughter of Cahrles F. Carusy, president of Washngton's Board of Education. She became a prominant opponent of the Vichy regime. Good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. Endpages discolored by newprint. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing.