Smith James Thorne (34 results)

Paperback; First Printing. Condition: Good. Nice, clean pages. Sound, but has some average cover wear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 312 pages.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. This is a mass market paperback book. Pocket Book number 428 with no price on the book covers, but a date of April 1947 on the list of Pocket Books available at the rear of the book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a tiny crease to the top front corner of the book cover, and a small nick to the laminate at the top rear cover. "James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. " (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 306 pages with illustrations. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover. First edition. Is Quintus a man or a skeleton? After this photographer attempts to perfect X-ray film, something went terribly awry . he transforms from flesh to bone and back again without warning. Will he escape unharmed, or end up a pile of bones? Another satire blending charm and imagination. Condition: Corners bumped, spine faded, slightly cocked else good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Roese (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st US edition, later printing. 310pp illustrated with line drawings in text. In blue cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration, top edge sprayed red, fore-edge has deckled edges. (cloth lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, spine a little faded, tiny crack at spine heel). Pencil inscription on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. James Thorne Smith (born 1892), was an American writer of humorous, supernatural, fantasy fiction, is perhaps most celebrated for his Topper novels. His comic fantasy fiction (mostly involving sex, alcohol and supernatural transformations and often accompanied by risqué? and racy illustrations) sold in its millions in the 1930s - 1950s. This is one of his few comic novels devoid of any element of the supernatural.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Very Good- condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. There are several spots of discoloration to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is an occasional spot of foxing. The endpapers (both front and rear) have large patches of foxing. The dust jacket has numerous edge tears, chips missing, wrinkles and overall wear and tear. "James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. " (from Wikipedia).

Condition: NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fifth Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tenth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Jacket and illustrations by Roese (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Edge wear, chipping short closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of jacket, 2" loss to botom of spine, corners rubbed with loss, some slight overall browning and time staining, some browning to page fore edges. Price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg copy for its age. 311pp. A coffee importer, Peter Van Dyke, is caught in a scandal. Depressed and indifferent heir of a vast coffee import fortune, Peter Van Dyke finds his life and high society engagement turn upside down when his secretary, Josephine Duval, determines that she will rescue him from his horrible fate by ruining him morally. After an amusing scandal involving a nude Peter Van Dyke, Miss Duval and an ill starred burglar in a coat closet, he finds himself cast adrift in a fog with a motley crew that includes a Bishop Waller of the Episcopal Church and a former nude model named Aspirin Liz. The enterprising party lands unceremoniously on the shores of one of New York's sauciest nudist colonies, and thus is the liberation of the coffee importer set in motion. One of Smith's few comic novels in which no element of the supernatural is featured. Smith assumes the reader will know that 'Jaegers' refers to a union suit or underwear. James Thorne Smith Jr. (1892-1934), was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. Quite a scarce book.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vi+265 pages with illustrations by Herbert Roese. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in red cloth with cream lettering to spine and pictorial ribald picture and lettering to front cover. First edition. The Passionate Witch (1941, published posthumously and completed by Norman H. Matson). Produced in 1942 as the movie I Married a Witch, one of the inspirations along with Bell, Book and Candle for the long-running TV series Bewitched. A sequel to the novel, Bats in the Belfry (1942), is entirely by Matson, though sometimes attributed to Smith. Condition: Some light rubbing to points and spine heal, former owner's book plate to front pastedown. Jacket with some edge wear and small chips and closed tears, some light soiling else a very good copy in like jacket.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 1184 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 312 pages with illustrations. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with front board and spine stamped in turquoise in original publisher's pictorial jacket. First edition. Though Thorne Smith's most popular works involve elements of fantasy and science fiction, the clever novel Turnabout takes his penchant for incorporating supernatural and magical themes in his work and puts one such plot twist to use as a comedic tool. An ancient Egyptian idol grows weary of the seemingly never-ending spats between the Willows, a young married couple, and forces them to switch bodies. As you might expect, hilarious hijinks ensue. Sally Willows envied her adman husband his glamorous work; Tim Willows felt Sally lived in ease and luxury while he was sweating to pay the bills. So an ill-tempered minor god, tired of their bickering, worked a modest miracle, and Sally Willows, now occupying her husband's body, experienced the full horrors of the Nationwide Advertising Agency, while Tim, now outwardly Sally, dealt with the amorous advances of a local Lothario. It was a toss-up whether Sally/Tim's well-earned dismissal or Tim/Sally's bizarre attempt at murder was more spectacular - but both seemed insignificant when Tim found he was pregnant! Turnabout was made into a 1940 comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James. It was also a an American television situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1979, based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Thorne Smith. The plot was about a husband and wife who found themselves inhabiting each other's bodies, similar to the plot of Freaky Friday. The series. Condition: Corners bumped, small dent to cover, previous owner's gift inscription to front end paper. Jacket with chips to edges and spine, spine age toned else very good in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. XXV, 1156 S., Abbildungen, Gr. 4° (Groß-Quart, 35 bis 40 cm). Orig.- Kunstleder (Hardcover). Sprache: Englisch, Sehr gut, nahezu tadellos/neuwertig. - As new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+87 pages with frontispiece and illustrations by Richard Dorgan. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial pasteboard in original pictorial jacket. With an unjacketed reading copy. First edition. Originally published in 1918, 'Biltmore Oswald' is a work by the American writer of supernatural fantasy fiction, Thorne Smith. This book contains a series of comic stories that were written for Naval Reservist journal 'The Broadside' while Smith was serving in the Navy. Condition: Some discoloration at spine head, spine heal and heal edges bruised, corners gently bumped, previous owner's name on front end paper. Jacket corners and edges chipped, Loss of 1" x 1/4" at front spine affecting the "B" in Biltmore, 1/2" x 1/2" triangle loss at back head edge else about very good copy in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Play script for an unproduced musical based on the novel RAIN IN THE DOORWAY by Thorne Smith, adaptation by James Leasor and Gib Dennigan with music by Jordan Ramin and lyrics by Frank Stanton and Murray Semos. Ex-library with a few neat ink stamps and a due by label inside the rear cover. Book.

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-x [xi-xii] 1-240 [241-242: blank], illustrations by George Shanks, publisher's pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow, top edge stained yellow, pictorial endpapers. First edition. A scarce juvenile fantasy by the creator of Topper. Bleiler (1948), p. 253. Reginald 13387. Cloth a bit spotted, spine a bit darkened, a very good copy. (#173212).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Thorne, Diana (cover); Holmgren, John; Thorne, Diana; Clymer, John F.; Watson, Emmett; Smith, Ralph C.; Phillips, John (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by George Shanks (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is a Doubleday file copy with an ink stamped " Return to: Junior Books Doubleday, Doran & Co." on the front endpaper. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, along with some beginning spots of fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright, weith some light generalized toning throughout. The illustrated endpapers are clean and bright. "James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. " (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Roese (illustrator). 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This is a stated First Edition. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping - including a small, but noticeable bump to the bottom front corner. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear endpapers are noticeably toned and there are thin strips of further darkening (they look like tape shadows -though there is NO tape present) The gilt lettering on the spine of the book has turned a bit greenish in color and has dulled. The dust jacket has noticeable generalized toning, with darker towning to the spine and book edges. There are a couple of smallish semi-closed tears to the dust jacket edges, and some light chipping to the spine ends and top flap joints. "James Thorne Smith, Jr. (March 27, 1892 June 20, 1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking and ghosts. With racy illustrations, these sold millions of copies in the 1930s and were equally popular in paperbacks of the 1950s. " (from Wikipedia).

Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-306 [307-308: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrations by Herbert Roese, original pictorial black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed. First edition. An X-ray accident causes protagonist to appear unpredictably as a skeleton. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-326. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1500. Bleiler (1978), p. 182. Reginald 13390. A couple of mild scuffs to cloth on front panel, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. A stunning copy. (#156227).

Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-304 [305-308] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], illustrations by Herbert Roese, original pictorial salmon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained light orange, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. "RAIN IN THE DOORWAY is Smith's other masterwork. Snatched into an adjacent dimension where all women are willing, work is a joke, and booze flows like water, Mr. Hector Owen finds himself partner in a firm reminiscent of the establishment run by the Marx Brothers in The Big Store (1941). Accidentally forced to return to our own sorrowful, rain-drenched world, Mr. Owen manages to retain the company of his new girlfriend, who promises to brighten even this vale of tears." - Paul Di Filippo in Pringle, ed., St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, pp. 532-33. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 5-277. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-325. Bleiler (1978), p. 182. Reginald 13389. A fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket. A stunning copy. (#156226).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 312 pages with illustrations. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with front board and spine stamped in turquoise in original publisher's pictorial jacket. Signed by the author on the front free end paper. First edition. Though Thorne Smith's most popular works involve elements of fantasy and science fiction, the clever novel Turnabout takes his penchant for incorporating supernatural and magical themes in his work and puts one such plot twist to use as a comedic tool. An ancient Egyptian idol grows weary of the seemingly never-ending spats between the Willows, a young married couple, and forces them to switch bodies. As you might expect, hilarious hijinks ensue. Sally Willows envied her adman husband his glamorous work; Tim Willows felt Sally lived in ease and luxury while he was sweating to pay the bills. So an ill-tempered minor god, tired of their bickering, worked a modest miracle, and Sally Willows, now occupying her husband's body, experienced the full horrors of the Nationwide Advertising Agency, while Tim, now outwardly Sally, dealt with the amorous advances of a local Lothario. It was a toss-up whether Sally/Tim's well-earned dismissal or Tim/Sally's bizarre attempt at murder was more spectacular - but both seemed insignificant when Tim found he was pregnant! Turnabout was made into a 1940 comedy film directed by Hal Roach and starring Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James. It was also a an American television situation comedy that first aired on NBC in 1979, based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Thorne Smith. The plot was about a husband and wife who found themselves inhabiting each other's bodies, similar to the plot of Freaky Friday. The series. Condition: Signed on front free end paper, lightly rubbed and soiled. Jacket restored and repaired at edges, jack spine lightly sunned, some rubbing and thumb soiling to jacket still a near fine copy in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 342 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with front board and spine lettered in gilt in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. Meandering labyrinth of a story about a New York advertising executive who leaves his job in the city to write poetry in a hut by the sea. Although entranced by the ocean and the miles of sand and the salt marshes, David finds himself caught in the coils of his attraction to two women: Hilda, "the mate to his flame, the answering spark," but despairing and fragile (and married), and Scarlet, seductive and available (but morally rotten). Hilda's husband is a sadistic libertine whose subtle cruelties are slowly killing his wife; a situation that so unsettles the poet's wits that he falls prey to a heavily symbolic dream obsession. Smith successfully establishes a surreal voice and includes wonderful passages describing the mad moods of the sea and notes and observations about life and the hereafter, all waiting to be discovered sparkling in the sand throughout the story. The ax of a sharp and discerning editor might have turned Smith's efforts into a compelling Gothic romance, but, alas, the story gets lost in a shifting fog of dreams and fantasies, and never emerges fully formed. Dream's End is a radical departure from Thorne Smith's humorous novels, and was, in fact, Smith's first book rejected by publishers until his Topper novels became successful. Fans of Thorne Smith are likely to be intrigued by this book for its Gothic nature and for an unexpected glimpse at a more serious side of the author. Condition: Inscribed on the front flyleaf, in ink, "There are only a few of us and you're one. Thorne Smith." Beneath that, at an angle, is the date in pencil, apparently in Smith's hand, "March 25, 1927." Faint stain to front cover. Jacket spine toned, jacket worn with chips and tears, some thumb-soiling to jacket, price clipped else a very good to fine copy in a better than very good jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [iv]+139 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial design to cover in original jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. Inscribed "Greetings from J. Thorne Smith, Jr." on front free endpapers. Smith's third book, his name on the title page as he signs it, to be replaced as simply Thorne Smith on his next book, the famous Topper. An unusual collection illustrating the complex soul of an author who usually sheltered behind laughter, satire and farce. Here are verses about the sea, of romance, and unexpectedly of the horrors of the Great War. Not all the poems here are equally worthy - some are a little labored for modern tastes - but they capture a range of emotions which demonstrate Thorne Smith was never just a comic writer. Condition: rubberstamp in the shape of a heart around music, from a former owner, on front pastedown; blindstamp of Carol Sten to front flyleaf. Jacket a bit darkened, chipped along the top edge, corners and at spine head, smaller chips at spine foot and lower corners; faint stain to top portion of rear cover; light stains to endpapers else very good in like jacket. Scarce in jacket and especially so inscribed. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 304 pages with frontispiece and illustrations by Herbert Roese. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "For John D. Stern, from Thorne Smith and his" with a sketch of his characteristic galloping horse below. Looking to spice up your bedtime reading material? Rain in the Doorway, a raucous, raunchy romp from renowned writer Thorne Smith, is just the ticket. The story follows the boozy shenanigans of Hector Owen. Betrayed by his wife, Owen finds himself wrapped up in a business deal that involves a purveyor of pornographic books. Though seldom sober, Owen and his madcap crew slosh their way through a series of hilarious -- and often naughty -- misadventures. Condition: Foxing to volume covers, spine a bit faded, hinges beginning at end-papers. Jacket rear panel with some soiling, a few edge tears, price clipped else very good like jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).