Try Stop Me, First Edition (14 results)

Paperback. first PB. 596, reading copy, damp marks (COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 596, very good , creases (COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 596, very good -fine, , reading crease (COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES), paperback,

NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1945), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. No. R-31 in this important series, humorous anecdotes and stories populated by the likes of Gertrude Stein, Bernard Shaw, Jimmy Durante, etc., illustrated by Carl Rose, issued by the Council on Books in Wartime, designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI. Good.

Paperback. first PB. 596, almost near fine, (COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES), paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a small corner crease on the front cover and the covers show light wear. There is a light damp stain on the top corner of the inside pages by the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by DAN COATES PHOTO VERSO 1/2Page (illustrator). First Edition?. VERY GOOD CONDITION; .PIANO MUSIC. LYRICS,WORDS.; Sheet Music; Cover song covers montage collage; 56PG pages; NICE PHOTO OF DAN COATES. .MUSIC & LYRICS. PIANO, VOCAL, White BACK cover with CONTENTS LIST . front cover shows PHOTOS & CRACKED EARTH BACKGROUND.

Condition: Good. 1949. First edition thus. 310 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by Carl Rose. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Carl Rose (illustrator). 1st Edition. Try and Stop Me is a best-selling book written by American writer Bennett Cerf (1898-1971), the founder of Random House. It sold one million copies in its first two years--no mean feat in wartime. It is a compilation of anecdotes, urban legends, jokes, ghost stories, what Cerf called "shaggy dog stories", and profiles of celebrities. It includes excellent illustrations by the artist Carl Rose. This copy is in very good shape. 380 pages, plain beige boards with gold and red on the spine. Published by Simon & Schuster, 1945, in accordance with the Wartime Production Rules. No dust jacket. There is the odd spot on the cover and the spine has darkened somewhat. Inside, the original owner wrote her name on the front end-paper, but the signature is small and unobtrusive. Inside, the book is fine and in great shape.

Paperback. first PB. 596, near fine, unread (COLLECTION OF 15 STORIES), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very good Condition/No Dj. Carl Rose (illustrator). 1st Print. 8vo no stamps or names present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good PLUS. H. M. Bateman and George Belcher (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback 1933. 1st edition. 19.5x13cm. xv+303 pages. Black & white frontispiece of James Ferguson. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Some foxing. Jacket has edge wear. JACKET SPINE TOP HAS SOME LOSS. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref DMYD. The Table in a Roar, Or, if You've Heard it, Try to Stop Me. Compiled by James Ferguson (Fergy). Introduction by E. V. Lucas. Illustrated by H. M. Bateman and George Belcher. Published by Methuen, London.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Methuen & Co, London 1933. First edition. 1st ed. Good condition. In brown boards with black lettering and design to spine and front cover. Corners bumped. Rough cut pages. Pages tanned, some foxing. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions. B/w cartoon illustrations by H.M. Bateman and George Belcher.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1947 Denis Dobson Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good clean tight binding in very good dustjacket, with illustrations by Carl Rose.