Triplets by Smith Thorne (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Omnibus collection of "Topper Takes a Trip, The Night Life of the Gods and The Bishop's Jaegers." There is NO dust jacket. The book has some wear around the edges and corners; previous owner wrote on the inside front and back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red cloth hardcover. Some wear and signs of age. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Covers show general wear -- rubbing and soiling. A good reading copy. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 311 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. First Thus, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in red cloth w/black dec and titles. Very Good/No DJ. Cloth stained, front endpaper missing, else Fine and unmarked. 758pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Jacket has most of the wear on the spine - a small chip at top of spine (not affecting lettering) and closed and repaired tears. Jacket has light soiling overall, due to it's cheap wartime quality. It depicts a nurse carrying the three titles of the book in a baby carriage: Topper Takes A Trip, The Night Life of the Gods, & The Bishop's Jaegers. The book itself is crisp and clean with a blank bookplate. Herbert Roese (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Viii, 325; (Iii), 311; (Iii), 311 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt And Silver. First Combined Edition, With 1942 Date On Copyright Page. Light Usage; Former Owner's Name Under Front Flap. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Wear, Some Fading To Spine, Small Losses At Edges.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD HARDBACK. CLEAN & UNMARKED. Minor edge wear. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, 1944. Reset and printed from new plates in July 1944, this mid-century omnibus edition collects three of Thorne Smith's most iconic comic fantasies including Topper Takes a Trip, The Night Life of the Gods, and The Bishop's Jaegers. Illustrated throughout by Roese, the volume captures Smith's signature blend of the risqué, the supernatural, and the joyously absurd. The Sun Dial Press reissues of Smith's work were widely read during the wartime and postwar years and helped solidify his reputation as one of America's great comic stylists. Condition: Very Good. Red cloth boards remain bright with strong black line art across the front panel and spine; light rubbing, faint spots, and minor corner wear. Binding is sound and hinges secure. Interior pages are clean, lightly toned, and free of markings aside from a small owner name ('Margaret') on the front free endpaper. Notably, the book retains unique period ephemera, laid loosely inside: a handwritten address slip for S. M. Bindell, 2531 Bollean Rd., Wolfe 10766, on the outside of a Guardian Service cookware purchase receipt from 1947 listing multiple household items. These artifacts provide an appealing snapshot of mid-century American domestic culture and materially enhance the book's provenance interest. Edition/Printing: 1944 Sun Dial Press reprint, newly reset from fresh plates (as stated). Copyright pages reflect original publication dates of 1931 and 1932 for the novels included. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was an American humorist best known for his comic novels featuring alcohol-soaked supernatural misadventures, including the Topper series, The Night Life of the Gods, and Skin and Bones. His playful irreverence, breezy dialogue, and surreal fantasy sequences made him a favorite of 1930s readers and later influenced television comedies such as I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched. Smith's work remains notable for its blend of satire, romance, and the absurd. Roese was a house illustrator for The Sun Dial Press during the 1930s and 1940s, known for a lively, cartoon-inflected style that complemented the imprint's humorous and light fiction reissues. His line drawings, often brisk, exaggerated, and full of motion, became a recognizable visual signature in Sun Dial's editions of authors like Thorne Smith, whose comic and slightly risqué narratives paired naturally with Roese's playful touch. Roese (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Reprint. Binding gently shaken but strong. Light soiling to red cloth. Tinted top edge somewhat faded and worn. Light toning to endpapers. Text and images unmarked. The illustrated dust jacket (in a mylar cover) shows moderate edge wear with chips, creases, tears, and loss. Jacket spine is faded. 758pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Trade Edition. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The front top corner has a crease to the cloth (to both front and pastedown page. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The dust jacket has several tears, large chips and edge wear, rubbing and wear. The reverse of all edges of the dust jacket have a previous owner's tape repairs. "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, frequent 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). Illustrated by Herbert Roese (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing of this omnibus made up of 'Topper Takes A trip', 'Night Life of the Gods' & 'The Bishop Jaegers'. Bound in red cloth. Contents unmarked except for owner's signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1944 printing. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edge rubbed. Short gift inscription, else unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Three novels in one, "Topper Takes a Trip", "The Night Life of the Gods" and "The Bishop's Jaegers" Some blue color crayon markings inside back cover and on a few pages toward the end of the book. Roese (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Sun dial Press first edition on Red cloth illustrated by Roese.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. English Contents: Topper takes a trip; The night life of the Gods; The bishop's Jaegers.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Three novel omnibus. (Fiction, Literature Collections).