John Gerstine (8 results)

Condition: Fair. 1964. First Edition. 378 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Grey dust jacket over red cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Marks to front board. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a UK first edition hardcover published by Barrie & Rockliff in 1964. The jacket is in Fine overall condition and unclipped (21s net). It is bright and unfaded beyond minimal rubbing to the front panel. To be aware of are two tape bleeds to the inside flaps front and back where the previous owner taped the dust jacket protected to the jacket. This hasn't damaged the jacket other than to leave the bleed marks - see last picture. The book is Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The pages are lightly toned and there is similar tape marks to the boards for the above reason. The copyright page confirms the first UK publication in 1964. A really attractive copy all told of this scarce UK first edition.

Condition: Fair. 1964. First Edition. 378 pages. Grey dust jacket over red cloth. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to rear free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Pen inscription and sticker to front panel and flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Jacket is very shelf worn with closed tears small chips and stains, but it remains whole overall. The boards are shelf rubbed, but remains tidy and strong. Binding is cracked internally, exposing netting in the front, but all the pages remain secure. Small sticker on the front paste down. Ink inscription from previous owner on the front end page. Pencil markings on the front end page and next page. The rest of the pages remain neat with no other inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 378pp. (grey spine) 8vo. 1964. First edition. A very good copy in like wrapper of this rare first edition. Some foxing - largely to the endpapers and the fore-edges. The dust wrapper has been price-clipped but with no other loss. The wrapper has a little edge-wear. Slight dust-soiling to the wrapper. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Red cloth boards with three thin black vertical stripes near the front edge. Black lettering on spine, with the three stripe pattern. Only the slightest hint of wear at the corners. Inside cover has sticker from bookstore at the bottom right. Title page has the sticker of the the previous owner. Text itself is immaculate. Clipped dust jacket is red, with white lettering for title, with a yellow band underneath that houses the subtitle. Black illustration of businessmen meeting around a table with a city scene in the background on the upper right corner. Spine has faded considerably. Tears near top and bottom of spine. Some light scuffing. Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at a time.