Original Cloth. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Book has wear to bottom edge. Dj has chips, wear. Book.
Published by John H. Hopkins & Son, Inc., New York, 1937
Seller: Augustine Funnell Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: About Good. Dust Jacket Condition: About Good. C.L. Wrenn (dust jacket illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. A popular skater catches the eye of the manager of a glamorous concert singer who becomes jealous of the skater's continuing popularity and her manager's increasing devotion, and "determines to break up this affection." (No mention is made of tire irons to kneecaps, but we know she's thinking about it.) Grey cloth w/red lettering/Hopkins colophon to front cover, red lettering to spine, red top edge, 256 pages. A bit cocked, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, edgewear, small bumps/scrapes to top cover edges, a bit of dampstaining to top edge, small bookseller's stamp/ink number to front pastedown, small piece torn from corner of pages 127/8 (does not affect text), light internal soil, in price-clipped dust jacket w/sunned (legible) spine, edgewear, edge tears, chipping, light soil. Uncommon in a dust jacket. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve, which spruces it up a bit. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Julian Messner, New York, 1935
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Gift inscription, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with light soiling, one large chip to the crown of the spine, and light wear to the foot of the spine and edges of the panels. Bobsledding fiction.