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194810047EHanover NH: Dartmouth College Library 1948. First Edition. Fine without dust jacket as issued. A finely printed description of the Stephen Crane collection donated to Dartmouth College in 1945 by collector George Matthew Adams including duplicate copies of Maggie and The Red Badge of Courage among others holograph etters periodicals collections etc. Dartmouth College Library unknown books
194222574New York: Random House 1942. First edition second printing different jacket art than the first printing; 8vo pp. 8 383; dust-jacket slightly creased at bottom of spine with cellotape repair on verso and with minor loss very slight cracking at the top of the spine corners rubbed with slight loss and with two small gouges at rear hinge but jacket is otherwise bright and clean; orig. black cloth gilt on spine rubbed. Contains The Bear. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
19519017571London: Chatto & Windus 1951. 1st. Hardcover. near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Blue topstain. Dust jacket is worn and chipped at extremities particularly at the head and heel an top edge. Previous owners name and date in ink on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
014809New York; 1955: Random House. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 198pp. 14pp. narrative of "the old hunter said" bound in green cloth stamped in gilt and black spine lettering gilt over black. previous owner's name otherwise near fine in very good clipped dust jacket. Random House unknown books
1936107420Random House 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rare in dust jacket a first edition of an important early collection of short stories long before many of these writers achieved their fame. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original $3 price still on the front flap of the dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
197547001Charlottesville Virginia: University Printing Office 1975. 1st Edition. #87 of 100 hardback copies. SIGNED by the compiler with her corrections throughout. With a PRESENTATION card laid-in. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. General wear & soiling. Bit of foxing to text-block edges. A VG copy. 6 142 2 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6" <br/><br/>Crane was the UVa curator of the library's American literature collections. In laid-in presentation note to one 'Clay' written on a UVa card for their 1977 "In Their Time 1920 - 1940" exhibit she modestly terms this catalogue a "frivolous potpourri of stuff some of it good - some not so." University Printing Office hardcover books
192927362New York. J.H. Sears and Co. 1929. Black cloth with pictorial pastedown to front cover. 8vo. Illustrated with delightful full page colour plates by Frederick Richardson and monochrome drawings by Charlotte Becker. Spine titles faded else A Very Good tight and crisp copy. J.H. Sears and Co. hardcover books
1954WRCLIT57863New York: Random House 1954. Plum cloth. First edition trade issue. Fine in very good dust jacket light wear and creases at spine extremities and a short snag at one fore-tip. Random House hardcover books
1950010476Random House 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Published in New York by Random House in 1950. First Printing stated on copyright page. First issue blue on title page and top edge of pages and "The" on the spine of the books. Book very good spine slightly sun-faded bottom corners of both boards very slightly bumped middle of back board fore edge is slightly dented. No DJ. Random House hardcover books
19626029Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. <br/><br/> Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
195551400London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. First Impression one of 5000 copies. Octavo 20.5cm; green cloth blocked and titled in brown and gilt on spine; dustjacket; viii4942pp. Upper edge of textblock lightly dust-soiled else a fresh Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 15s net with "FILE COPY" sticker mounted at base of spine panel; light wear to extremities some dust-soil particularly at spine panel with several tiny tears and two tape-mended ones on verso; Very Good. A title for which there was no American equivalent gathering material from a variety of previously-published titles including Faulkner's Nobel Prize address and selections from As I Lay Dying Go Down Moses The Hamlet Light In August and Requiem For A Nun. SERENDIPITY A40.1 William Faulkner: The Carl Petersen Collection. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1942D11886New York: Random House 1942. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Good/Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 383. Faint waterspots on the cloth; spine rubbed and wrinkled at tips; corners bumped. Backcopy perhaps from a different dust jacket flap affixed to front paste-down; some light foxing along edges of text block not infringing into the margins or text itself; discreet ownership signature on FFEP. Dust jacket scuffed torn sunned; now in mylar. A good reading copy -- internally clean. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1948158926New York: Random House 1948. Octavo cloth. First edition. A powerful novel about Southern racial prejudice centered around the trial of a black farmer accused of murdering a white man. Basis for a well-regarded 1949 film directed by Clarence Brown. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Petersen A26.2. Lower corner tips bruised gold flaked from several letters of author's name and publisher's imprint on the spine panel a solid very good copy in a good dust jacket with $3.00 price printed on front flap with wear at spine ends and corner tips and dust soiling to rear panel. #158926 Random House unknown books
19513306London: Chatto & Windus 1951. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Much less common than the U.S. edition with typically attractive British edition jacket art. Nice copy in pictorial wrapper which is unusually bright; spine not faded only very minor edgewear. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1955263820Paris: Gallimard 1955. Limited. hardcover. fine. Small 8vo black cloth printed in red & green. Paris: Gallimard 1955. Limited Edition. Fine<br/><br/> Gallimard unknown books
1964WRCLIT60392London: Chatto & Windus 1964. Gilt cloth boards. First British edition. Fine in bright dust jacket with minor wear at tips. PETERSON A4M. MASSEY 165. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1935160347New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas 1935. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-315 316: blank original two-part blue and black cloth front and spine panels printed in gold top edge stained black. First edition. Filmed as "The Tarnished Angels" in 1958. Petersen A16b. Gold lettering mostly perished from spine panel mild tanning to endpapers along gutter margins a very copy in poor dust jacket priced $2.50 on the front flap with wear and chipping some tanning and damp stains to spine panel. #160347 Harrison Smith and Robert Haas unknown books
195118576ENew York: Random House 1951. First Edition. Very good plus copy with a hint of edge wear in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some slight fading at the spine and a few very small chips. Random House unknown books
001492Jonathan Cape. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6th printing book in very good condition previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down very slightly leaning whitish soiling on back cover . DJ is missing the back cover part of the spine some at bottom and top small piece missing at top of front cover. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1931D4527New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly foxed; light creasing and scuffing along the edges; two small water-spots on front panel. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Grosset and Dunlap hardcover books
19261401152Liveright Publishing Corporation 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. 319 pp. "New Edition" as stated on the front flap of the dust jacket along with the original price of $3.00. Jacket shows slight chipping at the spine ends and at corners; slight darkening on back panel. Book is near fine with some rubbing on the ends and slight bending at the spine ends. Liveright Publishing Corporation hardcover books
195127083New York: liveright Publishing Corporation 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. 8vo. 319 pp. A handsome very good copy in blue boards with yeloow print and design element on the front panel. This is the Liveright reprint edition from 1951 although the copyright page still indicates 1926. Book comes with price intact dustwrapper $3.00 which states New Edition at the top of the front flap. Very nice example of this reprint edition. liveright Publishing Corporation hardcover books
1954101198NY: Random House 1954. First edition first prnt. First state with maroon cloth and blue & blindstamped crosses on the front board silver & tan lettering on spine blue-gray endpapers "First Printing" on the copyright page and apparent faint topstain in gray. First issue dustjacket with "8/54" on front flap. The book is a bright clean copy with just-beginning foxing on the fore and top edges; the dustjacket is price-clipped with beginning toning to the flap upper edges and spine minimal edgewear mostly at the spine head and a small stain on the rear flap. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. Random House hardcover books
196217830New York: Random House 1962. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; red cloth with titling and rule stamped in gilt and orange on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 305pp. Subtle fading to topstain else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed with subtle sunning to spine and creasing to the extremities and flap edges; Very Good. Faulkner's final novel winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963 and basis for the 1969 Mark Rydell film starring Steve McQueen. PETERSEN A37d. Random House unknown books
1931WRCLIT80055London: Chatto & Windus 1931. Mustard-brown cloth printed in red. First UK edition 2nd binding of 3. Spine cocked cloth somewhat soiled and rubbed pencil ownership inscription. A sound copy internally very good. Chatto & Windus hardcover books