Value by Robert Ruark, First Edition (27 results)

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (kenya, fiction).

Paperback. first PB. GC-753, very good , creases paperback,

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 quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

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.".

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 several tears along spine edges and several old tape repairs. (R4).

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. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Doubleday and Co. in 1955. Spine is slightly cocked. Bottom corner of back cover is bumped and bent, and corners have some rubbing. Book is in very good minus condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and has some scraping along back and front edges of spine, has some scuffing and is price-clipped. DJ is in good condition. 8vo, 566 pages, 1.6 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 566 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Daniel Schwartz (jacket) (illustrator). 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 topstain. A tremendous and compelling novel of Africa.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. M21.

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 annotations. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Coll - U7 - Good. Hardcover, Good. First Edition stated, Doubleday, 1955. Some chipping and tears to jacket. Solid binding. Jacket wrapped in mylar cover.

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.

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 Africa novel. Vg+ in near fine dj.

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 good condition.

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.

Hardccover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: 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.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator). 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.

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.

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 the 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Daniel Scwartz (illustrator). 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.

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 soiling 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.

Hardcover. 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.