Devils Booth by Wilde Percival (4 results)
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Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 156.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Black cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs unevenly toned with small erasure to corner of front… end sheet. Pages are clean and very good. Dust jacket is heavily soiled with light wear to the extremities but in good condition. DJ flap is price clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).
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Published by Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.Circle City Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 160.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 368 pages; There is a folded, typed letter signed by Wilde tipped in after the the contents page. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Wilde had also signed the bookplate. Price clipped jacket with some soiling, rubbing and wear…. ; Signed by Author.
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Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 305.70
US$ 25.62 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this thrilling work of fiction by American author, Percival Wilde. This is a first edition of the work, in original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. This was the first novel of American writer, Perciv…al Wilde, who was best known for his one-act plays. Wilde studied and lived in New York in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century.This particular work follows the story of an ambitious young woman named Molly May, who stops at nothing to get what she wants. Wilde explores the lengths his character will go to in order to escape her poor upbringing. Set partly in New York in the late Nineteenth Century, and partly in a small Connecticut town in the Twentieth Century. In original publisher's black cloth binding with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Slight marks to boards, mainly to the front. Age toning and the odd mark to endpapers. Dust wrapper in good condition, with chipping to the extremities and the odd closed tear. Tape to the reverse of the wrap. Slight age toning and sunning to the wrap. The odd mark to the wrap, with a small price clip on each corner of the inner flaps. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light age toning. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.
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Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1930
- First Edition
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. Novel of a woman "born in the slums, but decides to lead the social procession. Her first real lover likes her respectability. Her husband thought she was deep, mysterious. There were people who remarked on her lack of culture, of polish, but no one cared to risk her displeasure." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustj…acket.
