Value by Robert Ruark: First Edition (27 results)
Published by cardinal book, 1957
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. GC-753, very good , creases paperback.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.Twinwillow Books
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US$ 47.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Safari Press edition with complete number line. 6 x 8 3/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($39.95) has mild lengthy fold to spine. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quali…ty mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Manitou Gallery Historic, Cheyenne, WY, U.S.A.Manitou Gallery Historic
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Presumed First Edition. Very Good Condition. Dust jacket has some minor tears and chipping. Book cover shows some wear with bumped edges. Pages appear free of any markings or annotating. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator).
Published by Doubleday, Garden City 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Sensible Magpie, Creswell, OR, U.S.A.The Sensible Magpie
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 32.00
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover, Very good/Good Plus. STATED FIRST EDITION on copyright page. Light age-tanning to inside of jacket. Small-ish chips and two tape repairs to edges of jacket. Mild wear to book edges and corners but not bumped,… spinecaps lightly folded, binding is just a bit loose but still solid. Light acid transfer to FFEP from DJ. Black title to DJ. Yellow and orange lettering of author. DJ illustrated with blades of grass. White lettering and orangeish illustration on black cloth-covered spine. No markings. Clean. 566 pp. Set in Africa, this novel is based on the old Basuto proverb, "If a man throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.".
Published by Garden City Doubleday & Company 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, RMABA
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US$ 35.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 566 pages. Some fraying to corners. Rubbing to bottom cover edges with about an inch area of fraying. Rubbing to covers. Cup indentations to front cover. Missing front flyleaf. Else, good condition on good jacket that has chipping, rubbing and s…everal tears along spine edges and several old tape repairs. (R4).
Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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US$ 36.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Spine has been repaired. Small stamp mark and name of the previous owner. Publication of 549 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There are light marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is strong. *R 2023/06/09 GK. Ou…r orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Doubleday & Co, U.S.A. 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ABOXABOOKS, Bristol, VT, U.S.A.ABOXABOOKS
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US$ 40.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Covers faded, edges worn and corners bumped. Especially worn top and bottom of spine. Spine is a bit loose. Owner's name inside. Text pages in good condition. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, New York 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER
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US$ 75.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is like new in a bright jacket with one small closed tear and minor wear to top of spine, otherwise fine, with $5.00 price on flap and painted author's portrait on rear panel. The book itself is excellent, with the usual hinge browning and red tops…tain. A tremendous and compelling novel of Africa. Daniel Schwartz (jacket) (illustrator).
Published by Hamish Hamilton 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.The Groaning Board
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US$ 40.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition hardcover, blue boards, silver lettering. Front endpaper thinned from old erasure. Jacket very good at best, some chipping and edge wear, not price-clipped. Jacket designed by Fritz Wegner. The author's description of life in…the wild on safari is fascinating, but unseen evil is moving in. 549 pages. M06614.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA
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US$ 50.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. Octavo, 566pp. A good copy only in the publisher's reddish cloth with black cloth spine. Marginal stains to top edge and the base, and the spine mildly cocked and cupped. Bookplate (uncredited, but clearly designed by Rockwell Kent) to front paste-down. Smal…l piece of tape on the bookplate. In a good dust jacket, creased and chipped. Doubleday books form this period were constructed cheaply, and this heavy tome is hard to find in pleasing condition. This is just an OK copy, priced accordingly.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB
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US$ 40.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black and brown cloth, in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Unfaded, but with small area of pale residue to top rear panel. 566pp. Novel set in Africa. Q21149.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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US$ 38.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing, small chips and browning along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front paste down. No other ink inscriptions or a…nnotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*16/04/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Copperfield's Used and Rare Books, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.Copperfield's Used and Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Coll - U7 - Good. Hardcover, Good. First Edition stated, Doubleday, 1955. Some chipping and tears to jacket. Solid binding. Jacket wrapped in mylar cover.
More imagesPublished by Hamish Hamilton, London 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Pulp Fiction Murwillumbah, Murwillumbah, NSW, AustraliaPulp Fiction Murwillumbah
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
US$ 43.23
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Endpaper is inscribed by a previous owner, dust jacket is clipped and chipped particularly at the spine extremes, endpapers are foxed.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City NY 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.Trophy Room Books
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US$ 250.00
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stated 1st ed. A compelling novel about Africa. If a man throws away his good customs, he'd better have something of value with which to replace them. An important story of black and white people of the time. 1955 NY 566 pp. Considered Ruark's best Afric…a novel. Vg+ in near fine dj.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday & Company, Garden City 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.Bad Animal
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US$ 80.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday: 1955. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Black and light red boards. Bottom corners of the boards bumped. Unclipped jacket has chipping and a couple of internal tape repairs. Book is very good, jacket is on the upper end of go…od condition.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Prandi, Reggio Emilia, RE, ItalyLibreria Antiquaria Prandi
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US$ 47.08
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8° picc.; pp. 549, ril. t.tela edit. con titoli al dorso, manca sovraccoperta. Prima edizione inglese dell'opera. Dal romanzo fu tratto un noto film, nel 1957, protagonisti Rock Hudson e Sidney Poitier.Num. catalogo: 263.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1955
- First Edition
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.Timothy Norlen Bookseller
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US$ 60.00
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Hardccover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Minus. First U.K. Edition. Blue textured cloth with silver lettering on spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Clearly been read. Crimped spine ends. Scarce on market. Hunting in Kenya amidst Mau Mau uprising. Basis for film which starred Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier. Price intact jacket… has fairly large chip at head of spine up to 1" in height and up to 2 in width. Wear at front fold, some creasing. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by DOUBLEDAY & CO, NY 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.Gian Luigi Fine Books
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US$ 95.00
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. clean, unmarked copy.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, , United KingdomTobo Books
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US$ 81.87
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce title. Book is VERY GOOD, with some some page mellowing, but bright clean and tidy. The wrapper is GOOD, with some nicks, rubbing and closed tears, but still on the better side of GOOD. Book.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United KingdomHall of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 95.44
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. First edition hardback, 1955, with unclipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket worn and chipped (now protected0; boards rubbed to spine head and tail. Binding…tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator).
Published by Doubleday 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, U.S.A.Indian Hills Books
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US$ 150.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First. Hinges are fine with sharp corners. Spine is slightly concave from reading. A former owners name on rear free endpaper. Jacket with photographic portrait by Ralph A. Brooks (much less common than the the drawing by Monahan) on the rear panel. $5.00…price intact on flap. Some tanning to the spine of the dust jacket. 1/16" of paper missing at head of spine for about 1/3 the width near the front hinge. 1/2" closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel of the jacket.
Published by Doubleday & Company
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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US$ 170.99
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Condition: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 566pp. Illustrations. Very Good book Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and slight toning to spine. (Kikuyu, Kenya, Hunters, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Doubleday & Company., New York 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaAlexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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US$ 175.00
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Edition : First Edition., Publisher?s full orange cloth backed in black. Spine with silver lettering and red pictorial stamp. Front edges uncut. No dust jacket., Robert Ruark (1915 - 1965) was an American author. The present volume is a novel about the Mau Mau Uprising by Kenyan rebels against British rule. The novel drew from t…he author's personal knowledge and experiences on safari in Africa. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1957., Size : 8vo.(207x142 mm). , With drawings by Daniel Schwartz., Ex-Libris Denis J. Chretien; handwritten ownership on front paste-down and embossed stamp on title. A very good example of Ruark?s first bestselling novel. Slight toning. Interior clean and crisp.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Earl The Pearls, Edmond, OK, U.S.A.Earl The Pearls
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US$ 208.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1st Edition. Mylar covered DJ. Unclipped $5.00 price. Drawing of Ruark by Monahan on back of DJ. Binding tight and square. Name on front paste down, some tape shadows to end papers else Pages clean and free of writing or marks. Daniel Scwartz…(illustrator).
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.rarefirsts
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US$ 279.95
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition stated, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp, with small cloth tear on bottom. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped with light soili…ng and edge wear. This collectible, " VERY GOOD" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Doubleday & Company, New York 1955
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name inked on FEP. Open tears on spine crown and heel and rear panel side edge. Small open tears on panel corners. Closed tears on front panel side edge and top and bottom front and rear panels. 5 inch closed tear on spine side edge.
