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1928réf. 008870New York: Covici Friede 1928. Dust jacket with tears and chips at edges and tears at flap folds. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Covici Friede Hardcover
1928réf. 35573New York: Covici Friede 1928. FIRST LIMITED EDITION of 275 copies. This is No. 161/275. Signed by Joseph Moncure March on the limitation page. Original tan linen cloth backstrip over bright red black and yellow art-deco style patterned paper boards. Yellow printed paper spine label and yellow endpapers. With the illustrations of Alexander King. Fine very bright and fresh copy. No name bookplate or other markings. Housed in a worn publisher's slipcase. By the author of The Wild Party. Scarce in the limited printing. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Alexander King. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Covici Friede Hardcover
1928réf. 001852New York: Covici-Friede 1928. March 1899-1971 had an early career at "The New Yorker" magazine then worked as a screenwriter. This epic poem about an ageing African-American boxer was the basis for the 1949 film directed by Robert Wise the book is dedicated to Sue Wise. Many books have been made into films but Quercus believes few of them were from poetry! The film eliminated the racial issues and March himself rewrote it 4 decades later to purge it of anti-Semitism. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing the 5th of the First Trade Edition there is a signed and limited edition as well. Interestingly it took only two months to go to 5 printings. Yellow cloth binding with chocolate-brown stylized figure of the boxer. Clean text; 184 pages. Light bumping; very mild soil. Lacking the dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Covici-Friede Hardcover
1928réf. 208380New York: Covici-Friede 1928. Second printing. Hardcover. A single long poem about a boxer. The basis for the Robert Wise directed movie with Robert Ryan Audrey Totter and George Tobias. A very good copy in cloth boards that are lightly soiled and with some fraying to the spine ends. No dust jacket. Covici-Friede unknown books
1928réf. 11060New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 275 copies signed by March on the limitation page. Illustrated by Alexander King. Very Good in a Fair slipcase rubbed at the edges split at the bottom joint. Quarter beige cloth with patterned paper on the boards paste-down label on the spine. Square and firmly bound scar inside the front board from a removed bookplate clean otherwise. March's novel-length poem about race and corruption in early 20th-century boxing. Adapted into the 1949 Robert Wise-directed film of the same title. Covici-Friede hardcover books
1928réf. 012420New York: Covici Friede 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tall 8vo. 184pp Sharp First Trade Edition of this classic poem about an African American boxer made into the 1949 Film Noir of the same title starring Robert Ryan. Also published in a signed limited edition. Square tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild page edge toning. A touch of softness at the spine ends but quite minor. Solid unclipped dust-jacket $2.00 has a few chips to top edges and toning to edges and spine. Still solid and complete with no tears or creases. An attractive collectable copy at a great price. Covici Friede hardcover books
1928réf. 82799New York: Covici-Friede 1928. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 275 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.231. Octavo 25cm; patterned paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip with printed title label mounted to spine; viii23-1842pp; illus. Vintage bookplate to front pastedown some sunning and soil to backstrip edges worn upper right corner of front board bumped with a faint semi-circular stain to upper margins of first 36pp; Very Good lacking the publisher's slipcase. March's long poem about a washed-up African-American boxer written after the publication of his best-known poem The Wild Party. Basis for Robert Wise's 1949 film noir of the same name starring Robert Ryan Audrey Totter and George Tobias. The Dark Page Vol.I pp.186-187.n 82799. Covici-Friede unknown books
1928réf. 017074New York: Covici Friede 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Tall 8vo. 184pp Sharp Limited Edition #57 of only 275 published of this classic poem about an African American boxer made into the 1949 Film Noir of the same title starring Robert Ryan. Bound quarter tan cloth over decorated paper-covered boards. Titles on paper spine label. Beautifully illustrated by Alexander King. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of page edge toning. Minor wear to edges and tips. Spine label missing. Spine cloth toned and a bit scuffed. Signed by the author on the limitation page. A solid collectable copy of an uncommon title and at a great price. Covici Friede hardcover books
1936réf. 033395Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc. 1936. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First American Edition. Blue cloth binding. The pages are tanned with only a very few light scattered soil spots. There is a name written and a name label on the front end paper. There is some soiling and a few numbers stamped on the end papers. The spine has a light lean and light fading on the spots where the dust jacket portions are missing. The dust jacket has edge tears some tape repairs on the edges some surface tears on the back and a large portion missing on the bottom spine end and a smaller portion missing on the top spine end area. 293 pages. This was originally published serially in England under the title The Devil and Her Son. Maxwell March was a pseudonym for Margery Allingham. . Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. Hardcover
1938réf. 26370New York NY: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1938. Light edge wear crease to upper right front corner small chip to right edge large chip to lower right front corner slight loss at head of spine a good to very good copy. 26370. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Golden Pagoda" by Maxwell Grant. Also includes short fiction by Steve Fisher and Norman Daniels. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 486-491. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 570-573. Street & Smith Publications, Inc. unknown
1940réf. 23786New York NY: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1940. Clear tape to spine small chip at upper left at spine edge a very good copy. 23786. Octavo single issue cover by Graves Gladney pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Veiled Prophet" by Maxwell Grant. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 486-491. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 570-573. Street & Smith Publications, Inc. unknown
1934réf. 10829New York: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1934. An about very good copy page lightly tanned supple some edge wear small tears and creases small tear to front cover spine complete. 10829. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Title novel "The Circle of Death" by Maxwell Grant. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 486-491. Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 570-573. Street & Smith Publications, Inc. unknown
réf. 1527793737.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1994pp. xii, 515. Illustrated with maps. Sm. 4to. Original cloth spine over paper boards. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. As new. The last part of a Civil War trilogy. "The battles around Chattanooga in the late fall of 1863 were among the most decisive of the Civil War, opening the Deep South to the Union and setting the stage for the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. After Chattanooga, the principal Confederate army in the West fought without spirit or hope of victory. Cozzen"s comprehensive account details movements of individual regiments, even as it reveals the larger impact of the campaign on the outcome of the war." SHELF W21
1995detailed route descriptions for 21 day walks in and around the Shropshire Hills. The routes range in length from 2 to 11 miles and are suitable for most abilities. The region covered includes Ludlow, Stiperstones including the famous Ironbridge and the gorge, the Long Mynd and the River Severn. Offa's Dyke Path is also sampled in the routes on the Welsh border. Most of the walks are circular and suited to family outings, some make use of the popular Severn Valley Railway for the return trip: a complete day out175p. Illus. plates maps Book
réf. 0243063350.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1987réf. ZB1292605London: Academic 1987. 385 pp. hardcover ex library else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London: Academic hardcover
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1988réf. 244902New York: St Martins 1988. Softcover. Good. Unc. Proof. Good in wrappers a paperback. Uncorrected proof. Corners slightly flared. Crease on top corner on rear cover. Publishing info glued inside front cover. St Martins unknown books
1963réf. 1164843Midwood-Tower 1963. Midwood-Tower F240. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Book. Midwood-Tower Paperback
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