Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Purple cloth cover has wear to corners and spine caps with some modest discoloration but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs toned and lightly soiled. Top page edge with red dye is splotched. Lacking half title page. Pages are toned but clean and very good. Dust jacket is tattered at extremities but clean and bright. Publisher's price of $3.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 8.1 X 5.7 X 1.7 inches; 565 pages.
Published by Macdonald, 1951
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
US$ 5.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition. Heavy, extra postage may be required if posted outside South Africa. The boards are edge worn, sunned, a bit chipped, cocked and marked. Tanning, previous ownership rubber stamp, small sticker and inscription on front end page. Tanning, minor marks within the book. Aside from this, it is still in fair condition, excellent binding and intact. Pages remains clear and crisp. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Les editions mondiales, 1951
Seller: Démons & Merveilles, Joinville, France
First Edition
US$ 11.94
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Add to basketBon état -. quelques marques de lecture et/ou de stodckage sur couverture et coins mais du reste en bon état - envoi rapide et soigné dans enveloppe à bulles depuis france. 1951. Bon état.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1952
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Readers of novels know him as the author of the great novel of ecclesiastical power, "The Cardinal"; literary scholars know him as the co-author with Joseph Campbell of "A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake"; students remember him fondly as a teacher. In this book, "The Enchanted Grindstone and Other Poems", readers can enjoy Henry Morton Robinson for his excellence as a fine American poet. Containing sonnets and lyric poetry celebrating beauty, art, and the human spirit, as well as verse pieces that reflect a wry humor (there is what looks to be a comic masque). Here is a book of poetry to enjoy and treasure. This is the 1952 First Edition, First Printing. ********************************* TITLE : The Enchanted Grindstone / AUTHOR : Henry Morton Robinson (1898 - 1961) / IMPRINT : Simon and Schuster / PLACE : New York / DATE : 1952 / EDITION : First Edition, First Printing / PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Trade hardcover; 107 + [i] pages + one page with biographical sketch of author; approximately 6" x 9"; quarter bound black cloth spine and terra-cotta colored paper-covered boards with title, etc. lettered in gilt on spine and front board; tope edge of text-block dyed terra-cotta; pale gray end-papers; printed dust-jacket of the same terra-cotta color. The rear panel of the dust-jacket has a brief biographical sketch of the author. CONDITION _ VERY GOOD - Clean and presentable with the following imperfections noted: BOARDS : Soft bumps to corner tips (most noticeably the bottom front fore-edge tip); edge wear is modest; slight fading at top edges; else clean and presentable / SPINE : Modest rub to gilt, else clean / TEXT : BLOCK EDGES Top edge somewhat faded, else clean / BINDING : Solid / END-PAPERS : Clean and unmarked / INTERIOR : Clean and presentable throughout DUST-JACKET : - GOOD - Ragged along the top edge with chipping, tears and loss; spine panel faded; moderate surface rub. (The paper used for the jacket is prone to great fragility) The whole looks decent under an archival mylar cover.
US$ 19.11
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Bon état. Sans date. Good.
Published by MacDonald, London, 1951
Language: English
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
First Edition
US$ 30.35
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book has lightly rolled corners else fine. Dust jacket is price clipped. It has small closed tears and very, very minor chipping.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950
Language: English
Seller: Beaver Bridge Books, Holiday Island, AR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition with no number line. Mylar protected dust jacket is moderately worn with edge wear and previously repaired closed tears. Boards are clean, spine is tight with mild separation at spine head. No internal cracks. Corners are square with light scuffing. Previous owner's pastedown discreetly hidden under front flap. Age toned text is clean and unmarked. Not price clipped, remaindered or library withdrawn. Shipped padded in a box with tracking number provided on domestic shipping.
1st Edition. Basis of the 1963 movie directed by Otto Preminger and nominated for six Academy Awards. weight: 1.6 lb. Very good, bookplate to pastedown, light spotting to top edge, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. 22x14.5 cm. 579 pp. Purple cloth, gilt spine title, gilt signature on cover, top edge stained red.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/FR. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. New York NY: Simon & Schuster. G/FR. 1950. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 579pp., Dj tears, chipped; lightly shaken, bookplate, bottom margins bumped with some faint browning .
Published by MacDonald & Co., London, 1951
Seller: Collectible Books Ireland, Portarlington, OFFAL, Ireland
First Edition
US$ 53.75
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition first printing hardcover in orange cloth with gilt lettering to well sunned spine. Plenty of edge wear and corners bumped. Internally this book is clean and bright with no pen marks or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. Binding strong. Unclipped dust jacket has plenty of tears cuts and chips. Please examine all seller photos.