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réf. 1527793737.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1934réf. 30826New York NY: Street & Smith Publications Inc. 1934. Text paper bright tiny nicks and tears to yapp edges a couple tiny rub marks to upper front cover a bright fine copy. 30826. Octavo pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "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
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
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
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
1929réf. 30413London: Martin Secker 1929. Hardcover. First Edition First Impression. 5.5 x 8.75in. 199pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the spine ever so slightly tanned and with a closed puncture of the cloth endpapers with the slightest hint of toning otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. Martin Secker hardcover
1928réf. 008397Covici Friede 1928. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in near fine jacket first Edition.$2.00 on flap.Small loss at Crown & Heel of jacket.Epic Poem on Boxing.Very Scarce. Covici Friede Hardcover
1928réf. 008397Covici Friede 1928. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in near fine jacket first Edition.$2.00 on flap.Small loss at Crown & Heel of jacket.Epic Poem on Boxing.Very Scarce. Covici Friede Hardcover books
1928réf. 162501New York: Covici Friede 1928. Pansy had the stuff but his skin was brown;/ And he never got a chance at the middleweight crown First trade edition. March 1899-1977 followed the success of The Wild Party with this verse tale of an African-American boxer "his best years in the ring lost to jail who wins a long-fixed bout instead of throwing it and pays for his last victory with his life" ANB. It was the basis for the acclaimed 1949 noir adaptation directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. Octavo. Original grey cloth spine lettered in brown debossed brown silhouette to front cover top edge brown. With dust jacket artwork by Alexander King. Striking bookplate printed on orange paper of Stanley H. Brams 1910-1999 writer on the automotive industry known to Detroit colleagues as the "dean of auto writers"; he contributed to the New York Times and New Yorker. Brentano's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine slightly cocked; unclipped jacket spine and head of back panel sunned a little tattered at top and bottom edges rubbed at folds; an excellent copy in a good jacket. hardcover
réf. 1025977130.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928réf. y0749New York: Covici Friede 1928. Breezy staccato verse account of a doomed African-American boxer in the jaunty and racist vernacular of the day. The book inspired a 1949 film of the same name. Hardcover as pictured; first trade edition with same date on title & copyright pages no later printings noted - there was a signed limited edition that year as well. Light wear but missing the jacket; minor bumps & smudges; attractive bookplate of one W. F. Cahill inside front cover. Text clean; 4 184 pages. . First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo. 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
1928réf. 124887Covici-Friede New York 1928. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Signed by Author. 1928 Covici-Friede New York signed limited 244/275 cloth over patterned boards. No slipcase and very light wear to bottom right corner. Tight and unmarked illustrated. Please email for photos. Covici-Friede, New York hardcover
1928réf. blb02099New York: Covici & Friede 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition 4th printing as stated. Grey cloth on boards with dramatic black boxer on cover and black titling on spine. Top edge stained black. Book is tight square and free of markings or flaws other than prior owners signature on FFEP along with date - ""George Pottle 12 December 1929."" The author had a career at the ""The New Yorker"" and wokred as a screenwriter before writing this epic poem/novel about an African-American prize fighter named Pansy Jones who gets ""set-up"" for a loss with a younger boxer. Heavy on the race relations the book was made into an important 1949 film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Wise and Audrey Totter. The book was very popular resulting in many subsequent printings this 4th printing came out just a few months after the 1st printing stated as October 1928 on copyright page. While the film had the same dramatic and ominus mood as the poem it literally and figuratively white-washed out the deep racial issues that the book discussed. March rewrote the screenplay years after the movie premiered. Covici & Friede hardcover
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
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
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
1928réf. 162503New York: Covici Friede 1928. Signed limited edition number 91 of 275 copies signed by the author illustrated by Alexander King and bound in quarter cloth. March's story of an African-American prize fighter perhaps inspired by the real-life example of Jack Johnson is an acute portrayal of race relations during the Roaring Twenties. A trade edition was also published in 1928. The 1949 film noir adaptation directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter controversially changed the protagonist to a white man and moved away from the poem's tragic ending. "The sense of bleak poetry however. remains intact" Field. Octavo. Frontispiece and 3 plates all by Alexander King. Original decorative boards brown cloth backstrip spine label lettered in red yellow endpapers edges untrimmed. A little staining on spine boards bright plates fresh a few gatherings unopened closed tears to title page and next leaf losses at head of p. 156 just touching text and final blank: a very good copy. Amanda J. Field Sucker Punch: Boxing Films of the 1930s 40s and 50s 2023. hardcover
1928réf. 88041New York:: Covici Friede 1928. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in red and black decorative paper covered boards with a beige cloth spine paper label on spine - a bit of wear to the edges of the boards inscription on first blank page but a tight and sturdy copy. . Limited signed first edition. A story in verse set in the seamy and brutal boxing underworld of an an aging Black boxer and ex-con Pansy Jones who is supposed to throw a fight but when he realizes he has been double-crossed by his manager he revolts and wins the fight only to be chased to a grisly end. "Pansy had the stuff but his skin was brown; And he never got a chance at the middleweight crown." An immediate bestseller when it was first published this was also the basis of the award winning 1949 Robert Wise noir film in fact this book was dedicated to Sue Wise although the impact of the film was weakened by removing the racial element and making the boxer - played by Robert Ryan - white. This limited edition #119 of only 275 copies is numbered and SIGNED by the author and illustrated by Alexander King. 184 pp. Covici Friede, hardcover
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
1928réf. 022978New York: Covici Fried 1928. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 275 copies numbered and signed by the author. The present copy is number 146. unopened 184pp. illustrated by Alexander King. A poem about a black boxer who had just been released from prison. This book was made into a movie. Bound in 1/4 beige cloth over decorative paper covered boards paper spine label printed in red yellow endpapers corners worn spine finger soiled pine label darkened most likely from the glue. A very good copy. Covici Fried unknown
1928réf. 001822NY: Covici Friede 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed limited edition of this quintessential Jazz Age narrative poem by an early New Yorker editor and author of another of the era's signature poems The Wild Party 1926. Written in terse rhyming couplets The Set-Up concerns an aging Black boxer Pansy Jones who is coerced into throwing a fight against a lesser opponent. Double-crossed by his manager Jones revolts and wins the fight only to be chased to his presumed death on the New York subway tracks. March was reportedly inspired to write the poem after a viewing of Negro Boxer a 1927 painting by James Chapin. The Set-Up became a best- seller on publication going through numerous early printings and was later adapted into the 1949 Robert Wise film noir of the same name although Wise chose to eliminate the poem's racial commentary by making the main character white. This limited first edition handsomely illustrated by Alexander King is signed and hand-numbered by March on a limitation page at front. First edition. Limited to 275 signed and hand-numbered copies of which this is No. 156. Octavo 6.5 x 10 in.; 184pp.; patterned paper boards backed with tan cloth; paper spine label printed in red. About near fine with mild bumping to the top corners and moderate shelfwear resulting in some splitting and loss of paper at the tips and along the bottoms of the boards. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking the original publisher's slipcase. Covici Friede hardcover