Devils Stocking by Algren Nelson, Used (31 results)

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

paperback. Condition: Good. Arbor House January 1983.

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Condition: like_new. This book is in Like New condition. It is unused, but has a remainder mark on the edge of the pages. Otherwise it is a new book.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Devil's Stocking This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Arbor House, 1983. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($8.95 price intact). Published by Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana, 1983. Octavo. Book is like new with light edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 2nd printing. Clean interior. Tight binding. Brown cloth with gold gilt title on spine. 308 pages. A very handsome copy of the author's last book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Foreword by Herbert Mitgang. 8vo. Stiff orange printed wrappers. (10pp), 283pp. Very good. Quite minor wear, with spine slightly cocked; half dozen small notes inked by reviewer on rear flyleaf. Tight and nice uncorrected proof copy of the novelist's posthumous last novel, a volume in this publisher's "Library of Contemporary Americana" series.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Algren's last novel, previously unpublished in the Unites States, of a boxer in "society's underside: a world of pimps, prostitutes, prisoners.a place where Blacks, Sicilians, cops, con artists stalk one another with ferocity and brutal purpose." Second printing, with number line ending in 2. Hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt titling. light wear to book, spine ends bumped; jacket shows light edgewear, minor creasing around head of spine. Text clean. Size: Octavo.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ: Very Good. 2d ptg. 308 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Tan cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Beige glossy dj. No damage or markings noted.

STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. Condition: VERY GOOD CONDITION. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. 308 PAGES. UNCOMMON PRINTING ERROR ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER THAT WAS CORRECTED ON LATER PRINTINGS OF THIS BOOK, ALGREN'S LAST NOVEL. THE ERROR IS BENEATH THE PHOTO OF ALGREN ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER.THE TEXT ERROR READS " NELSON ALGREN'S WORKS INCLUDE PUSS IN BOOTS" ETC, INSTEAD OF THE CORRECT TITLE OF HIS FIRST NOVEL "SOMBODY IN BOOTS". THE ERROR WAS ALSO PRINTED ON THE DUST JACKET OF THE HARDCOVER VERSION THAT WAS ALSO CORRECTED ON LATER PRINTINGS OF THE DUST JACKET. NOT COMMONLY RECOGNIZED IN OFFERINGS OF THIS BOOK. ALL PRINTINGS HAVE THE SAME ISBN NUMBER. THERE IS A FOLD OF THE REAR COVER OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE A FINE UNREAD COPY. Size: 6" x 9". NOVEL.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps, simultaneous paperback of Algren's last novel. Bruccoli A14.2.a The inside cover of the first paperback printing--corrected in later printings--credits Algren with writing Puss in Boots instead of Somebody in Boots. Near fine but for light foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall (5 x 9" or 13.5 x 22.5cm); 308 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition first printing hardcover in fine jacket. Tan textured boards, gold lettering. Jacket has no edge wear, not price-clipped, not faded. Foreword by Herbert Mitgang, the Last Interview by W.J. Weatherby. 308 pages. M05490.

Paperback. Foreword by Herbert Mitgang. 8vo. Stiff orange printed wrappers. (10pp), 283pp. Near fine. Pristine uncorrected proof copy of the novelist's posthumous last novel, a volume in this publisher's "Library of Contemporary Americana" series. This unusual copy wears an oversize (small 4to, 5/8" taller than proof copy's trim size) glossy heavy stock wraparound proof copy showing the printed front wrapper. Very good. Laid in is an 8½" X 11" Typed Letter Signed from the publisher's publicity manager to a Yale historian introducing this novel. Most unusual.

STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 308 PAGES. UNCOMMON PRINTING ERROR ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER THAT WAS CORRECTED ON LATER PRINTINGS OF THIS BOOK, ALGREN'S LAST NOVEL. THE ERROR IS BENEATH THE PHOTO OF ALGREN ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER.THE TEXT ERROR READS " NELSON ALGREN'S WORKS INCLUDE PUSS IN BOOTS" ETC, INSTEAD OF THE CORRECT TITLE OF HIS FIRST NOVEL "SOMBODY IN BOOTS". THE ERROR WAS ALSO PRINTED ON THE DUST JACKET OF THE HARDCOVER VERSION THAT WAS ALSO CORRECTED ON LATER PRINTINGS OF THE DUST JACKET. NOT COMMONLY RECOGNIZED IN OFFERINGS OF THIS BOOK. ALL PRINTINGS HAVE THE SAME ISBN NUMBER. THERE IS A FOLD OF THE REAR COVER OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE A FINE UNREAD COPY. Size: 6" x 9".

Paperback. Foreword by Herbert Mitgang. 8vo. Stiff orange printed wrappers. (10pp), 283pp. Near fine. Pristine uncorrected proof copy of the novelist's posthumous last novel, a volume in this publisher's "Library of Contemporary Americana" series. This unusual copy wears an oversize (small 4to, 5/8" taller than proof copy's trim size) glossy heavy stock wraparound proof copy showing the printed front wrapper. Very good. Laid in is an Autograph Note Signed from foreword writer Herbert Mitgang: 1p, 8½" X 7", New York, NY, n.y. Addressed to Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Near fine. On "New York Times" letterhead, Mitgang chats with an old friend. In part: "Thanks for your fine letter. Your book sounds intriguing -- look forward to it when published." Boldly penned in blue ballpoint and signed at the close. In original envelope addressed and signed again by Mitgang, postally cancelled on 7 April 1982. Mitgang (1920-2013) was a noted writer, playwright, television producer and long-time "New York Times" editor; he had reviewed Algren's workprior to this book in his capacity as a journalist.