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193410829New 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
1928008397Covici 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
1928162503New 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
192811060New 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
192882799New 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
1928124887Covici-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
1928blb02099<p>New 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.</p> Covici & Friede hardcover
1928017074New 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
1928208380New 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
1928y0749New 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
1025977130.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928008507New York: Covici-Friede 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good plus. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket $2.00 price intact with minor wear at the corners and a repaired closed tear at the top of the spine. An excellent copy of this scarce title. <br/> <br/> Covici-Friede hardcover
1928022978New 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
1928001822NY: 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. <br/> <br/> Covici Friede hardcover
1928012420New 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
1928008870New 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
192968374London: Martin Secker 1929. Limited edition of 2000. Spine heavily sunned board edges mottled top edge gilt small bookplate to front pastedown content clean and firm. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Martin Secker Hardcover
192835573New 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
1928001852New 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
19290018916London: Martin Secker. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine this dated 1919 hardcover Limted Edition 2000copies is Good. 199pp with 183 vernacular poems concerning skid-row bar-rooms and boxing rings. Boards and spine are dirty wear to corners and top/tail of spine. Light foxing to FFEP with two small marks. Binding tight and sound gilt titles bright: general condition Good . Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1929. Martin Secker hardcover
1876biblio2501<p>Harper & Brothers Publishers 1876. 250 pages 8 pages Ads. NearFine Hardcover Brown cloth Gilt title on the spine no dj. Practically no Wear just minimal rubbing to the cover. "Latin Department Wellersley College" stamped inside front cover and on the titl page. Otherwise clean unmarked throughout It bis not exlibrary book. Strong tight binding perfect hinges. 7.6"x5.2"x0.9". be20120</p> Harper & Brothers, Publishers hardcover
0266567207.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0323884423.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0243438583.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1025968883.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
