Published by Books Abridged, Inc., 1955
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Type: Hardback Hard Back Book Club Abridged novels of these mid-20th century works of fiction by four different authors. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Black half-cloth with red titles and decoration on spine, decorative paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked. Corners are gently bumped. Binding is tight & solid. Internals are clean and free from any markings, no creasing. Quite nice volume. Dust jacket is also clean and unmarked with light wear to extremities. Same pattern on jacket as on boards, with orange title block, white titles. 448 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1955, Books Abridged, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
Published by Books Abridged, Inc., New York, 1955
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
White paper-covered boards with all over repeating pattern in red and black, black backstrip with red lettering and decorations. Light rubbing to all edges, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Text is clean and bright, no marks, lightly tanned. DJ shows light edgewear, chips and rubbing to all edges, minor uneven darkening. Adams rells stories he heard as a boy from his grandfather, an aging dignitary whose memories were vigorous, if mellow. The anecdotes, spanning the towns and hamlets of the old Erie Canal, range from the racy atmosphere of archaic saloons to the homes of the gentry. In So Help Me God, to prove the danger and injustice that can result from anonymous accusation, a young attorney stakes his career and reputation on the outcome of an investigation. Willard Price is at his best, writing a lively narrative of travel among the South Pacific islands of Stevenson, Gauguin, Maugham and Nordhoff and Hall. The Stepmother gracefully tells of the dilemma of the second wife.