Uncle Dudley by Morris Wright, First Edition (23 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. [8]pp. Stapled wrappers. Light age-toning on wrappers, near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vg light wear to spine label, soiling, lacks dj. 1st edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ; (8) pp.; ; Fine; Designed by Lawton Kennedy, bound in quarter-leather and marbled boards. . . [kwA_ 1st Ed. ].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1942. Octavo. Tan cloth boards with paper spine label. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners, binding tight and pages crisp. Slight spine lean. No dust jacket. Dust jacket is like new. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A very good copy of Wright Morris' first novel. 210 pages. 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 Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Condition: Good. 8vo. 210 pp. Very Good, Beige Cloth with sun-fading, minor staining, rubbing & edge wear on covers; minor staining on end papers & edges of text block; page 150 well creased to the gutter; shelf wear. Signed by prominent literary critic Lewis Mumford on FFEP, apparently previous owner of this copy. Dust Jacket. First Edition.

First edition. 210 pp. A few droplet marks to top edge, book plate inside front cover. In all, very good plus in full cloth with printed spine label. Lacks dust jacket. Dated (Sept 28, '89 / Stockton) and INSCRIBED by Morris to fellow Nebraskans Shirley and Marvin Malone, "Dear Shirley + Marvin / I consider this meeting / an exceptional occasion, / what a happy coinci / dence for both of us.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo., FFEP, blank, half-tp, title page, copyright, dedication, Contents, [2], 3-210pp. First edition. Very good book in very good minus dust jacket. Oatmeal texture cloth covered boards with red and tan paper label on spine. Page edges are peach-tinted. Board extremities and spine are sunned. Shadow transfers and glue residue stains on end papers. Previous owner's bookplate on FFEP, newspaper clipping attached to the back free end paper. Text pages are age-toned else internally clean. Text block is snug. Dust jacket is lightly sunned overall and heavily on the spine and folds. Back jacket panel is lightly soiled, more apparent against the white background. Jacket spine has several stains. Loss of up to 3/8" across head and corners of jacket spine; tail of jacket spine has numbers chips and several closed vertical tear of up to 3/8". Open tear of 3/4" by 1/4" on back fold of jacket spine. All fore-edge corners are rubbed and with loss of up to 1/4"; lower front fore-edge corner has a vertical closed tear of 3/8" along the fold. Upper edge of front panel has a 1/2" closed vertical tear to the right of center with an adjacent 3/4" diagonal crease and a further adjacent 1/8" vertical closed tear on the upper edge. Upper edge of back jacket panel has several tiny chips and closed tears of 1/8" or less. Front and back fore-edge folds are creased; both have horizontal closed tears of 3/8". All inside flap corners are uniformly clipped; price of $2.50 is intact in upper corner of front inside flap. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Covers shelfworn, with some foxing along edges and spine.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket, red top edge. Good dust jacket, some ink notes at front and rear panel, light wear to spine ends, near fine overall, previous owner's signature at front free end paper, pages slightly agetoned.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Beige cloth with paper label to spine, red topstain. Stated first edition. Spine title label is very faintly creased; top block edge slightly spotted. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly nicked to spine ends/points, rubbed, toned, faintly soiled. Flap price $2.50. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in very good dust jacket with slight sunning on the spine, and a few small hips and tears. A nice copy of the author's elusive first book. Morris traveled cross-country by car several times in the 1920s and '30s, experiences which inspired this humorous novel of eight men and a boy who ride east from Los Angeles with no money and no certain purpose.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Slight age-toning on boards, near fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a small chip near the crown and a few small tears. A solid copy of the author's elusive first book. Morris traveled cross-country by car several times in the 1920s and '30s, experiences which inspired this humorous novel of eight men and a boy who ride east from Los Angeles with no money and no certain purpose.

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. Stated first edition. Signed by Morris in pencil at top of front endpaper, inscibed by him below on same page in red pencil "For Harry- who likes the old bastard. Wright" BOOK HAS SLIGHT LIGHT STAINING TO REAR BOARD AND SPINE, SLIGHT SOILING TO ENDPAPERS, OTHERWISE A CLEAN, TIGHT COPY WITH NO OTHER WRITING OR MARKS. GOOD DUST JACKET HAS ORIGINAL $2.50 PRICE, SEVERAL EDGE CHIPS AND RUBBING AT FLAP FOLDS. Uncommon signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Top corner very slightly bumped, else fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with slight soiling and nominal sunning at the spine. Inscribed by Wright Morris to a noted bookman, utilizing the printed title on the half-title page: "For Frank Sciosca [My Uncle Dudley] and yours. Wright Morris." A very nice copy of the author's uncommon first book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A bit of staining on topedge else very good or better in very good, attractive dust jacket with light wear at the spinal extremities. A nice copy of the author's elusive first book. Morris traveled cross-country by car several times in the 1920s and '30s, experiences which inspired this humorous novel of eight men and a boy who ride east from Los Angeles with no money and no certain purpose.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 210pn octavo Spine label faintly tanned else just about fine in modestly worn, near fine dust jacket with a short tear on the upper flap. Wright Mrris's copy with his ownership signature on the front fly leaf. Addiyionally inscribed by Morris in 1952 presenting his copy to a friend: "For Pat My Uncle and yours- In the hope come hell or high water that we make the trips together. Wright. The Home Place 2-26-52: A handsome copy with an excellent association.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. This copy is signed to his wife Mary Ellen Finfrock. Comes with a facsimile dust jacket as well as the remnants of the original. This book has several very interesting items included with it. A signed photo of Morris Wright in Acapulco, Mexico from December 1954. A signed postcard from 1964 written to Magdalene Schindelin. A letter written to Wright and his wife Mary Ellen presumably from Magdalene Schindelin with commentary on his writing and upcoming books. Another postcard written to Magdalene Schindelin from Mary Ellen. There is a graphic design for My Uncle Dudley from Stanley Rice. There are a couple newspaper articles one has a picture of Wright with Dorothy Parker, Saul Bellow and the critic Leslie Fiedler. The dust jacket is in poor condition. It's missing the lower part of the spine, there is tape repair, splitting and chipping. Book Titles The World in the Attic. Charles Scribner s Sons (New York), 1949. First edition with A on the copyright page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed/inscribed by author on front endpaper. Inscription reads: For Kitty- who is part gimme*. Wright Morris. 11-14-71. *World in the attic, that is, sweetie. Dust jacket has wear and soiling to edges and surface with some chips and edge tears. Yellowing and light foxing to endpapers. Penciled dates written on colophon next to corresponding titles. Inside pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The Man Who Was There. Charles Scribner s Sons (New York), 1945. First edition with A on the copyright page. Hardcover with dust jacket. Signed/inscribed by author to longtime friend, Magdalene Schindelin, on the front endpaper. This is Morris second novel. Inscription reads: For Schindelin- who was there, and there- and there- and there. Wright. Oct. 8, 1953. Dust jacket has wear and soiling to edges and surface with some chips and edge tears. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The Huge Season. Wright Morris. The Viking Press (New York), 1954. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Mylar protective wrapper. Signed/inscribed by author to longtime friend, Magdalene Schindelin on front endpaper. Jacket design by Bill England. This is Morris ninth book. Inscription reads: To commemorate the great twenty years of Schindelin-Morris. A huge season of changes in the hopes of more seasonal reunions. Wright. Dust jacket has light wear to edges and surface with a couple small chips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The Huge Season. Wright Morris. Secker & Warburg (London), 1955. First British edition. Hardcover with jacket. Dust jacket shows wear and soiling to edges and surface with some chips and tears. Not for Sale sticker (sample complete copy) affixed to front endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The Deep Sleep. Wright Morris. Charles Scribner s Sons (New York), 1953. First edition with A on the copyright page. Hardcover (missing jacket). Signed/inscribed by author on front endpaper. Inscription reads: For Kitty- no deep sleeper. Wright. Sept. 30, 1956. The late sleeper 11-13-71. Gray cloth show wear and soiling to edges and surface, with more significant stains to back cover and rear endpaper. Owner s name in pencil on front endpaper. Some yellowing and light foxing to endpaper with water stains to rear endpaper. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Ephemera Uncle Dudley graphic with penciled notes on back by Wright Morris. New York Times Book Review clipping (dated November 9, 1958) of photograph featuring Saul Bellow, Dorothy Parke. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First US Edition. Light tan fine-grained canvas cloth, with red and white spine label, in tan and red D/W. A bump to the top edge, browning to the edge of both the front and back boards and evidence of a book-plate having been lifted from the front paste-down, probably only a good plus copy. The D/W is VG with some neat but un-necessary tape repairs on the verso of the D/W. Inscribed by the Author on the FFEP: "For Jim Higson --/ who is now one year/ closer to my Uncle Dudley/ and one year farther (as/ is the author)/ from the/ Kid still inchored in the/ Land of Milk & Honey, seated/ on Sunset watching the/ cars, full of good-looking/ women go by./ Wright Morris/ June 13, 1970". Signed by Author.

210 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition; advance copy with slip tipped to front free endpaper. Some browning to endsheets from binder's adhesive; else a near fine copy in a brioght, sharp, unchipped jacket. Signed by Wright Morris on the front free endpaper. Author's first book.

1st edition (stated) Very good plus/no dj (a clean tight copy of his first book).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition of the author's first book. The tale of a mid-1920s cross-country trip narrated by "The Kid," who recalls the mechanical breakdowns, inclement weather, and unfriendly local law enforcement along the way. Very good with minor crease to lower corner front board and the usual darkening along inner hinges (due to binding materials); in a bright, very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to corners and spine ends, red portions of spine toned to pink, and few stains on verso of spine which faintly show through.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Review copy with publisher's stamp with publication date on front free endpaper, price of $2.50. [10], 210 pp. Original buckram with printed spine label. Near Fine with slight toning to buckram, in unclipped dust jacket with long pen mark with erasure to front panel, fairly light edge wear, not much sunning to spine panel, basically Very Good. The author and photographer's uncommon first book, a road novel.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige buckram, with printed title label applied to spine; reddish-brown topstain; dustjacket; [10],210pp. Hint of sunning to spine, else Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with light wear to extremities, some faint creasing along front panel edges, and a sharp vertical fold slightly left of the front joint; still an attractive, Near Fine example. Attractive copy of the National Book Award-winning author's first book, a novel based on a roadtrip Morris took with his father from the midwest to the west coast.