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Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1953
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1953. First Printed. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Later Printing, 1964. (Literature, Drama, Plays) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1953
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1953. First Printing. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Michie. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Published by Samuel French Inc., United States, 1940
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. Withdrawn from the library collection. THE SCRIPT! Acting edition. Some library marking, stamp and card pocket. A library script is useful because the text flows clearly. Enjoy this reliable Acting Script.
Published by Random House New York, 1939
Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover vg in good jacket, in mylar cover; lite staining/wear to jacket edges, minor toning/soiling to board edges and to topstain else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; stated first printing.
Grosset & Dunlap: NY (1936). 7.5 x 5", cloth, 253pp, good in torn & creased dw.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1953
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED and beautifully inscribed in fine-point pen by the author ("For Liza and Mel--With all the best, from Bill") . Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped jacket has light soiling and a few chips. 12mo. 192 pp. In protective Mylar. ; Signed by Author.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953
Seller: Broadwater Books, Southampton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Michie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Prce clipped D/w snags, tears, pieces missing, spine slightly dirty and well handled. Blue boards have a bumped corner and slightly turned spine. Apart from browning to eps where there was no d/w the contents are clean, firm and vg. no insc. Covid 19 - Please see "More Information" for current shipping terms.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1953
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 192 pages A near very good copy with no previous ownership markings in a price clipped edge worn dust jacket.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1954 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 232 Language: English Pages: 232.
Published by Editions Gautier-Languereau., Paris,, 1960
Seller: Libreria Lopez de Araujo, RIVAS VACIAMADRID, MADRI, Spain
18 x 12 cm., 123 pag. LEA LAS CONDICIONES DE ENVIO DE LA LIBRERÍA. Tapa dura, muy buen estado de conservacion.
Published by Longmans, Green And Co, New York, 1954
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper, both rubbed at spine ends and corners, book pages browned with soiled foredges, dustwrapper soiled and worn and lightly browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In red cloth with light rubbing. Small name stamp. No jacket. A nice copy.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1936
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo in black cloth, spine title in red. Modest shelf wear, glue residue offsetting, p.o. name in ink. The dustjacket has very light rubbing at the coners and spine ends.
Published by Longmans Green & Co., New York, 1954
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Stated. shelf wear, edge wear on dj but no chipping. S1 1.
Published by Random House (1939), New York, 1939
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition
First edition. Faint damp stain on front endpapers near hinge, otherwise near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with light edgewear and slightly tanned spine. Starred Judith Anderson on Broadway.
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R160118769: 1957. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 124 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc. Dos consolidé avec du scotch. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française.
Published by New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1936., 1936
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Contains publisher's 1936 date printed to the title page. Adapted for the 1937 Van Dyke directed film starring Spencer Tracy, Franchot Tone, Rose Duffy, Cliff Edwards and Charles Trowbridge. Cyril Hume is credited with the majority of the screenplay, however many others had their talented pens involved including the author W.J. Cowen, and James M. Cain. A tough guy gangster novel depicting a boy becoming a man who went bad, loved guns, was a soldier, a gangster, in jail, and out for revenge on an old friend. Scarce, especially in the first edition. Mild damp-stain to upper rear cover, two-inch long tan stain to fore-edge of front cover, age-toning to the spine, else good and sound in brown-beige linen with burgundy embossed illustration depicting a rifle, a gun, and automatic weapon, and a helmet to the front cover, and with burgundy titles and rules titles to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. A books-into-film collectible. Octavo; 275 pages.
Published by Gautier-Languereau, 1960
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO30348031: 1960. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 123 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleurs, dans et hors texte. Nombreux bandeaux en noir et blanc. Rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.
Published by Longmans, Green And Company, 1955
Seller: Saul54, Lynn, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. New York: Longmans, Green And Company, 2d printing (1955). 214 pages. NearFine Hardcover in a VeryGood DJ. SteelBlue cloth, Yellow spine title. No Wear. Free of marks, inscriptions,etc. throughout, Excellent binding and Hinges, The DJ got little edge wear. 7.7"x5.25"x1.2". be21678.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition (with 'FR' emblem on copyright page). Crimson cloth boards with black lettering on front cover and spine. Small spot of wear to top edge of front board. Rear inner hinge has a small bit of biopredation. Light tide mark at foot of inner gutter. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. Illustrated by Lynd Ward (title page vignette, five illustrations including a two-page spread, and dust jacket design). p. 277. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends; small holes along fore-edge folds; spine is toned and has some water spots; general fading of color and a bit of soiling and surface wear; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. A swift-moving mystery inflected with suspense and horror. Lauded by the New York Times, Man With Four Lives is a novel about a Canadian soldier in World War I, who mysteriously kills the same German officer three times, causing varying degrees of mental issues. Several years after the conclusion of the war he runs into him yet again while skiing in Switzerland. William Joyce Cowen (1885-1964), was a native of New York City. During the First World War, he served in the Canadian Cavalry Brigade and was decorated by King George for his actions at Cambrai in 1917. Following the war, in 1920, he was arrested and imprisoned in Russian Central Asia by the Bolsheviks under the suspicion of being a spy. After his release and return to the United States, he lived and worked as a writer in Los Angeles.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, New York, 1934
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Old lending library stamp, a good only copy with the dustwrapper adhered onto the endpapers. Although not marked as such, from the library of Steven Heller, renowned art director as well as author of *Jackets Required: An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design.*.
Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1936
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Photoplay Edition with plug for the MGM gangster film starring Spencer Tracey and Gladys George at front panel of dustjacket. Great dustjacket art by Henry Anderson of the protagonist as a World War One soldier and then as a gangster. Near Fine with mild cocking in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and creasing to edges. Uncommon.
Published by N.p., N.p., 1981
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee, which debuted at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion, as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 17, 1981, with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, lightly soiled overall, bound internally with three gold brads.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1934
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover -. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ward, Lynd (illustrator). First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printing. Author's first book. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Lynd Ward. Very good in good dust jacket. Book : light wear at top & bottom of spine, slight darkening to endpapers. Jacket : 3/4 inch deep chip missing at bottom of rear spine hinge, 1/2 inch deep chip missing at bottom of front spine hinge, uneven slight chipping at top of spine, 1/2 deep chip missing at top of front spine hinge, slight chipping at corners, 3/4 inch tear on top of front panel, 2 short tears on bottom of rear panel, moderate darkening to spine, slight darkening to front & rear panels. 14.5 x 20cm. hard cover. 277pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.
Original Cloth. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lynn Ward (illustrator). First Edition. Book has foxed endpapers, light soiling. Dj has edgewear, rear cover soiling. Book.
Published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1111
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good overall condition. Signed with message. Undated reprint., Boards have some surface marks, some surface stains, corners are scuffed/bumped. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.
Published by Smith Haas, New York, 1936
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1936). First US Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Publisher's beige cloth with scarlet stamping to the front board and spine. Pink top stain. A bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down, several minor marks to the top edge and offsetting to both sets of end-papers still overall a VG++ copy. In the RARE D/W priced $2 to the inside flap. The D/W has a slither of loss at the spine ends but is otherwise bright and attractive. Inscribed by the Author in the year of publication. The basis for the gangster film of the same name directed by W S Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George and Franchot Tone (in one of his better roles) about the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to the American dream. Superb period D/W artwork. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.
Published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, 1936
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. Fine in a very attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with small nicks at the corners. Nicely Inscribed by the author to his daughter: "To Antonia Joyce Cowen, My Toni - with love from Father Jan. 27, 1936." Hardboiled novel about a man who learns to kill in World War I, and utilizes his skills in civilian life. Vivid jacket art juxtaposing the protagonist as trench soldier, and then as a Prohibition-era gangster. Basis for the 1937 gangster film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and featuring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone.