Bumps by Albert Payson Terhune (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1927. 1st Edition. Very Good hardback book. No dust jacket. Copy is square, tight and clean except for owner's name and date (1928) on front facing endpaper. Minor chipping to title label on spine. Small amount of newspaper offsetting (browning) on two pages, and small tape repair on another. A stated first edition without the slipcase. 187pp. Sm 8vo. (AT).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Absolutely gorgeous copy. Book has brown and green boards with a paper label on the spine, which has minor wear. All four corners are a bit bumped. 8vo. 7½" - 8". 187 pages. Missing the slipcase! Tight, clean copy! Selling quality books for over 35 years.…

Hardcover. Small 8vo. 187pp. Black cloth spine with paper label and green/red patterned paper over boards, slipcase with paper labels. Near fine/good plus. Front pastedown ownership signature; while slipcase is complete, strong and fairly attractive, it has been expertly and archivally restored and strengthened. The usually-absent slipcase is present and nice -- and the first edition it holds is exceptionally tight and bright. Quite scarce in such superb condition. "Delightful informal essays by the writer who knows dogs so well that he has a peculiar insight into the humorous and misguided activities of the human animal," notes the slipcase labels -- although this male disagrees vehemently with the last of these six essays, titled "Men Hate Cats -- Why?".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, very good, tight binding. Previous owner's name and address stamp-pressed on first 2 pages. In poor slipcase, top flap partly unhinged. Paste down on slipcase reads "Delightful informal essays by the writer who knows dogs so well that he has a peculiar insight into the humorous and misguided activities of the human animal".…