Pocket Books; News of the World 1952. Paperback. Acceptable. 1952. First Pocket Book Ed. 180 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Neat clean with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to front hinge. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Book is slightly warped. Pocket Books; News of the World paperback
Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1897. Popular edition. Hardcover. Good condition. 541p. 12 p. of ads <br/><br/>Facsimile of author's letter authorizing Little Brown as his U.S. publishers on verso of title page. Little, Brown & Co. hardcover
Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1897. Popular edition. Hardcover. Good condition. 541p. 12 p. of ads <br/><br/>Facsimile of author's letter authorizing Little Brown as his U.S. publishers on verso of title page. Little, Brown & Co. hardcover
Dover Publications February 2011. Trade Paperback . 2015 & Older. Between the Covers Bookshop sells gently used books at 55-85% off original retail price. Dover Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 57694 ISBN : 0486476863 9780486476865
Limited Editions Club 1959. Limited edition. near fine/good. Quarto. 594pp. This is copy #956 of a total edition of 1500 copies. Signed by both the illustrator and the printer Giovanni Mardersteig and Salvatore Fiume. A lovely copy in a "tanned" dust jacket. Jacket has some large pieces out at spine. In slipcase. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown
Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2012. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo 24cm/9.5inches full fancy gilt-embossed cordovan-coloured calf sans dust jacket pp. 536. Illustrated with frontis by Salvatore Fiume. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote the novel Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero 1895 which in turn has been made into motion pictures several times including a 1951 version that was nominated for eight Academy Awards. For this and other novels Sienkiewicz received the 1905 Nobel Prize for Literature. In a season four episode of MASH entitled "Quo Vadis Captain Chandler" the reference pertains to Jesus Christ. A shellshocked officer arrives at the Hospital believing he is the Christ. He has numerous conversations with the characters including Father Mulcahy. He ultimately leaves the MASH unit for an evacuation hospital still unrecovered and leaving the audience wanting for resolution. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover
London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1900. Rubbed chipped and bumped spine dulled shaken gutters cracked sticker remnants with date to ffep some foxing pp clean and bright. First Edition. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo. George Routledge and Sons, Limited Hardcover
GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND 1951. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. Near fine in a Vg. dust jacket. With the uncommon pictorial wraparound band present. Slim 1"-inch damp stain at edge of rear end-paper. Mild bump to head of spine on cloth. 1"-inch chip at head of spine on DJ. Affects half the "Q" in "Quo." The wraparound band is fine but for a trivial chip which does not affect the pictorial content The band has four separate scenes depicted from the MGM film production starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr. Pale green card SIGNED by actor Robert Taylor mounted on plain white index card laid-in loosely. Accompanying the book is a near fine booklet titled "The Story behind Quo Vadis" in stapled pictorial printed wrappers which is illustrated with photos from the MGM technicolor epic film. A splendid medley of related material. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 422 pages . GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND (1951) hardcover
Hurst & Co. January 1897. Hardcover. Good - Cash/No Jacket. Dark red linen hardboards with dark red leather backstrip gold lettering on spine. Some scuffing and light soiling. Rubbing along edges ends and corners. Corner and edge borders exposed. P/O name on pastedown. Front hinge starting. Torn page. Pages have some light soiling and marks. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Hurst & Co. hardcover
Greg. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Greg unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP102639001 ISBN : 8373271791 9788373271791
George Routledge And Sons 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth with a colour illustrated plate to the rear of book. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and moderate tanning to text block edges with rough cut edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. and there is noticeable cracks to guttering with exposed netting. Boards have light rubbing and sunning with moderate bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible tanning to spine as well. George Routledge And Sons hardcover
The Limited Editions Club / Officina Bodoni 1959. Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO fading. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. 1959. First Limited Editions Club Edition. Limited to 1500 numbered copies this being #838. Signed by Salvatore Fiume and Giovanni Mardersteig. 35 tipped-in plates after paintings by Salvatore Fiume. Printed in Verona Italy at the Officina Bodoni by Giovanni Mardersteig. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an Introduction by Harold Lamb. Bound in the original blue and white decorative cloth stamped in bright gold over a red label on the spine. Includes original red paper-covered board slipcase. Oversize Hardcover. 7.25" wide by 11" tall. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. Newman 302. . Signed by the illustrator and printer. First Limited Editions Club Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good slipcase. Illus. by Fiume Salvatore signed. 608 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Limited Editions Club / Officina Bodoni Hardcover
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