Cerf George (8 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. front cover art by George Salter (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Omnibook Inc.1945. First edition Vintage Magazine. Authorized abridgements of four current best-selling books: BLACK BOY by Richard Wright + DESERT ISLAND DECAMERON selected by H. Allen Smith + DAN SICKLES by Edgcumb Pinchon + COMING HOME by Lester Cohen. The rear cover [and continuing inside] features a "Back of the Book" column by Bennett Cerf. Pictorial wrappers, 160+ pages, illustrated. A very good copy with light dust soiling and edge wear, text paper tanning. A nice copy of this vintage Richard Wright collectible. See Photos whbx 8E.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Van H. Cartmell(Compiler) Bennett Cerf(Compiler) (illustrator). First Edition. Famous Plays of Crime and Detection by Van H. Cartmell (First Edition) A sharp, tight, square copy, considering its age. Minor shelfwear. Minor name stamp to front pastedown. Price clipped. Moderate tearing. First Edition (stated). Collects 13 plays of crime and detection from playwrights such as John Chapman, Bayard Veiller, George M. Cohan, Elmer Rice, and many others. BOOK.

secticide-resistant Houseflies. , Dep. of Entom. Univ. of Cal. , Vol. 239, 1972, 401-402 S. , m. 1 Fig. , 2 Tab. , (St)br-2).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Phyllis Cerf (Author photo); George Salter (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, stated first printing in original unrestored dust jacket. Bottom spine cloth overlay slightly crimped, light toning along gutter of endpapers, back pages slightly moister rippled, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with slight toning to spine and folds, moderate wear to extremities, and a closed tear to bottom front spine fold and bottom front flap fold, else fine.

1950 cartonné vert éditeur à plaques spéciales monochromes pour le dos et les plats in-quarto (editor green hard-back percale with specials covers editor for the spine and the cover in-quarto), toutes tranches lisses (all smooth edges), pages de garde en papier marrons clairs (brown endpapers), page de faux-titre (half title page), abondamment illustré (plentifully illustrated), 303 pages, 1950 à Paris Fernand Nathan Editeur, Collection "Grandes Encyclopédies Nathan" - Contient (contents) : la femme et la mode, l'élégance et la mode, l'organisation de la maison, l'entretien de la maison et les travaux ménagers, la cuisine pratique et l'art culinaire, la mère et l'enfant, la femme et la vie sociale - la femme et ses droits, nos loisirs et ceux de nos enfants, le monde et ses usages, la femme et le sport - la femme dans l'art, la femme dans l'histoire - la femme dans la littéraure - reliure très légèrement défraîchie (binding very lightly faded).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Seeberger (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 22 pages. Text in French. Features: Les Belles Pensees font les beaux visages (with colour photos); faites des claquettes (photo-illustrated tap dancing article); Le puzzle de Venus (with colour photos); ma jupe porte culotte (colour fashion illustrations); Mises en Plis (pleats); Imprimees Non Censurees (two pages of lovely colour dress illustrations; Intermede Indien (fiction); L'Aventure A Hollywood; Moussaillon; Nice illustrated ads. Underlining and other ink writing on Hollywood page, otherwise unmarked. Front cover loose but present. Covers loose but present. Paper moderately tanned with age. A worthy vintage copy of this charming 1947 French fashion reference.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. SIGNED BY BENNETT CERF ON FFEP ON EACH VOLUME without personalization. From the library of Bennett Cerf (May 25, 1898-August 27, 1971). Cerf was one of the founders of Random House publishing and the author and publisher of a number of humor books. Several hundred illustrations by Cruikshank including foldout frontispiece in series two. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration spines and front covers. Mild scattered foxing, mostly to preliminaries. A very handsome set with one corner bumped on series one. 388 pp. 428 pp. + 32 pp publisher's catalog rear.

First edition. 24p total, many photos. During the 1978 New York newspaper strike, Christopher Cerf, Tony Hendra, and others created this parody issue, with "All the News Not Fit to Print." Many writers contributed under various transparent pseudonyms such as R.W. Papple Jr., Murray Class, and Chris Lehmann-Hoot. Wiki has a detailed entry on its history and content. Here are all three sections: the main news section, "The Having Section," and "Sprots Monday." Very good (age browned but neatly folded as issued; apparently rarely if ever opened) Unbound folded newsprint sheets.