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2003Q-0375719202Vintage 2003-07-08. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
1988504425Pennsylvania: Book of the Month Club 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. Introduction by John Updike. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning. Book of the Month Club facsimile edition of the 1934 first edition together with: 'Appointment in Samarra. A New Introduction' by John Updike eight-page pamphlet laid into the book. Book of the Month Club hardcover
193446623New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First edition. Very good plus. First edition scarce advance "presentation" copy of O'Hara's acclaimed novel in the original pictorial wrappers. "To me O'Hara is the real Fitzgerald" Fran Lebowitz once said; underrated "because every single person who knew him hated him." Untrue; unkind; but fair enough. This is O'Hara's best known book a sexually frank Hemingway-endorsed narrative of Pennsylvania miseries enacted in the person of Julian English who magnifies his troubles with bitterness alcohol and finally carbon monoxide. The title of APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA taken from a parable retold by Maugham and used as the book's epigraph serves to signal its inevitable end: fate and death come for us all even unto the car dealerships of Gibbsville. A great American novel. 8'' x 5.5''. Original pictorial wrappers with flaps. Front fly leaf stamped with "TO BE PUBLISHED" and "PRICE" completed in pen with "Aug. 16" and "probably 2.50". 301 1 pages. Housed in custom green cloth clamshell box. Wrappers with expert reinforcement along front fold some small attendant areas of restoration; spine and rear panel toned faint spine creasing. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
19342656New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First State. Very Good in a Good second state jacket unclipped $2.50 generally rubbed with some creases chipped at the corners and at the front gutter. Black buckram boards some rubbing with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean to the spine clean internally. O'Hara's acclaimed novel of Julian English and his car dealership in a fictionalized Pennslyvania. Named to Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover
1961005896Harcourt Brace and Company. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition. Facsimile of the First Edition. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1934109228New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original cloth. Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter in the first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A very nice example. One of the great novels of small-town American life Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement. In December 1930 just before Christmas the Gibbsville Pennsylvania social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction. Brimming with wealth and privilege jealousy and infidelity O’Hara’s iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dream—and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence if a major American writer. “O'Hara is the only American writer to whom America presents itself as a social scene in the way it once presented itself to Henry James or France to Proust" Lionel Trilling The New York Times. "If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well read Appointment in Samarra" Ernest Hemingway. Chosen by Modern Library as one of 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and was placed by Time Magazine's list of top 100 novels written in English since 1923. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
193471388New York:: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Tiny ms. ink date 10/25/34 on the upper corner of the front free endpaper; a few of the usual light marks to the black cloth; else very good or better. The dust jacket has a few tiny chips and some light overall tanning. . 8vo. Harcourt Brace and Company, hardcover
193450365New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1934. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo. Hardcover. Good/fair. brick-red cloth green lettering top edge green dust jacket unclipped 301 pp dj chipped especially at top of spine. Duell, Sloan, & Pearce hardcover
193416508New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. 1934. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Facsimile DJ with 'Recent Fiction' list to rear but no price to front flap. Spine slightly cocked. Front hinge well started showing webbing. Wear to extremities with bottom corners bumped. Binding could be tighter ; Includes publisher's errata slip regarding Maugham's 'Sheppey.' ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
193407081APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA Harcourt Brace 1934 first edition some minor professional repair to the front inner hinge else a vg copy in wraps. The advance reading copy of the authors first book. From the library of fellow writer and two time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Horgan with his bookplate. A most desirable copy of this title. Housed in a custom made tray-case. Along with a good copy of the first edition of the book in an as new First Editions Club dust-wrapper. For both items--- Harcourt, Brace & Company paperback
193407080APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA Harcourt Brace 1934 first edition a near good copy in fine facsimile dust-wrapper of the authors first trade book publication. A first edition that looks nice sitting on the shelf but unable to hide its flaws under the dust-wrapper even upon modest inspection. A major bestseller and the catalyst for a long and most prolific writing career. Harcourt, Brace & Company unknown
1934JC10729New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 301. First printing with tipped-in errata slip. Second issue dust jacket by Maurer with reviews on rear panel. Spine tips and lettering rubbed; waterspots on the cloth; ownership signature and faint erased remains of an inscription on FFEP. Dust jacket a bit chipped and torn along the edges; spine somewhat sunned; price-clipped. The author's first novel. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
193463038New York:: Harcourt Brace 1934. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Slightly cocked; some effacement and oxidation of gold on spine; else a very good copy in a good to very good jacket with some light chipping creasing and general use and wear; there are several clear tape reinforcements on the jacket verso. . 8vo. Harcourt Brace, hardcover
1934403645New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Errata slip tipped-in. A good copy with the paper over the front hinge slightly repaired and some of the usual smudging or light stains on the glazed front board a sound good or a little better copy lacking the dust jacket. Ownership signature of Anthony Soma "A. Soma" on front pastedown. Soma was the proprietor of a speakeasy in downtown Manhattan during the Depression and the father-in-law of John Houston who married Soma's daughter Enrecca and thus was also the grandfather of Angelica Houston. O'Hara no stranger to speakeasies has Inscribed the book on the front fly: "To Tony Soma. John O'Hara. Sept. 10 1934." O’Hara’s famous first book realistically detailing the three-day disintegration of Julian English in O’Hara’s invented city of Gibbsville Pennsylvania. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
19345829New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears contemporary bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A very nice example. One of the great novels of small-town American life Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement. In December 1930 just before Christmas the Gibbsville Pennsylvania social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction. Brimming with wealth and privilege jealousy and infidelity O’Hara’s iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dream—and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence if a major American writer. “O'Hara is the only American writer to whom America presents itself as a social scene in the way it once presented itself to Henry James or France to Proust" Lionel Trilling The New York Times. Chosen by Modern Library as one of 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and was placed by Time Magazine's list of top 100 novels written in English since 1923. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1994DADAX0679601104Brand: Modern Library 1994-05-17. 1st Modern Library Edition. hardcover. New. 5.00x0.75x7.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Modern Library hardcover
RENO 14First Edition Library Book. New. Hardcover. FIRST. IN SHRINKWRAP Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful facsimile duplicate of the original FIRST EDITION hardcover book and Dust Jacket in a slipcase. Book in AS NEW FINE condition Slipcase in new fine condition.DJ is Fine. . First Edition Library Hardcover
193486667New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1934. First edition first printing. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery titles and decoration to spine gilt raised bands single rule to boards twin rule to turn ins burgundy endpapers gilt edges. An excellent copy in a fine binding. hardcover
193412468APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA Harcourt Brace & Company 1934 first edition vg in like second issue dust-wrapper with chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and some other wear and tear. The authors first book. Most definitely a collectable copy. Harcourt, Brace & Company unknown
1934002630NY: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1934. This is the true first edition stated with the errata slip present. Bound in Black cloth. Slight gilt fading to stamping on spine. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. Overall a very nice copy of O'Hara's first book. Included with the book is a laid in author-signed slip of paper 1 1/4" X 3" Also included is a fine facsimile dustwrapper that fits the book perfectly. . AUTHOR-SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Fine Facsimile DW. Harcourt Brace & Co. Hardcover
41365Shelton:: First Edition Library. Fine in Fine dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. A nearly exact facsimile of the first printing of the 1934 Harcourt Brace and Company edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a near fine bumped along one of the open edges slipcase. An attractive and well executed replica of this collectible modern classic. . First Edition Library, hardcover
1935554683New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A little cocked some rubbing and a tiny tear at the crown a near very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's rubberstamp on front fly. Author and literary critic Malcolm Cowley's copy with his ownership Signature: "Malcolm Cowley Oct 1935. Who Steals this book steals trash!" The author's third book and second novel and basis for the 1960 film with Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey Eddie Fisher and Dina Merrill. One of the author's best known novels despite what Cowley apparently thought. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1935557919New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1935. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Binding cocked with modest loss at the corners and spine ends spine gilt rubbed away and a long strip of loss on the upper shoulder mirrored by a tear on the front pastedown neatly strengthened there lower hinge starting but stabilized sound but good only lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed on the front fly: "To John and Jean with love John O'Hara 6 May 1949." The author's third book and second novel and basis for the 1960 film with Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey Eddie Fisher and Dina Merrill. One of the author's best known novels. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
20131-0143124684Penguin Group USA 2013. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 274 pages. 8.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Penguin Group USA hardcover
19356792New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1935. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First impression. Original glossy black cloth lettering to spine in gilt. With dust-jacket. A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is clean fresh and appears unread. Dust jacket has been folded showing faint crease lines. Minor wear at the spine ends and extremities some foxing to the lower flap fold. <br /> <br /> The author's second novel a realist roman a clef based on the life of murdered socialite Starr Faithfull was filmed in 1960 to wild acclaim. Starring Elizabeth Taylor who would win her first Oscar for the role the film adaptation follows the tragic affair of Manhattanite Gloria Wandrous with a wealthy married man. Both the novel and film emphasize Wandrous' family background sexual history circle of friends and the ensuing economic struggles that might lead a woman into the dangerous world which ultimately brought her to her end. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Harcourt Brace and Company unknown
