Alexander woollcott editor (21 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. New York, 1944; tan cloth covered boards; finger smudges on covers; edge and corner wear; no jacket; 16mo - over 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 657 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Later Printing. 256 pp. Orange boards lettered in black on the spine; headband. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: Introduction by Gerald Durrell; Can I Be Your Dog by Eric Parker; Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry; Tricki Woo by James Herriot; Having No Hearts by Sir Hugh Walpole; Comet by Samuel A. Derieux; For the Love of a Man by Jack London; The Coming of Riquet by Anatole France; Jimmy, the Dog in My Life by Sir Arthur Bryant; Teem: A Treasure Hunter by Rudyard Kipling; Gone Wrong by P. G. Wodehouse; The Great Lad by Joyce Stranger; Bunch by James Douglas; Dogs in a Big Way by Kenneth and Anna Roberts; Montmorency by Jerome K. Jerome; Some Sunnybank Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune; Let Us Have a Mongrel Dog Show by Cecil Aldin; Dandy, the Story of a Dog by W. H. Hudson; Verdun Belle by Alexander Woollcott; The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton; The Bitch by Colette; Intelligent and Loyal by Jilly Cooper; and The End by Virginia Woolf. Size: 8vo. William Geldart; (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Third Printing. Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner name; Collection of stories and novels by JM Barrie, Thornton Wilder, Evelyn Waugh, Clarence Day and Lytton Stachey. ; 1010 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Later Printing. 256 pp. Orange boards lettered in black on the spine; headband. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: Introduction by Gerald Durrell; Teem: A Treasure Hunter by Rudyard Kipling; Gone Wrong by P. G. Wodehouse; Some Sunnybank Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune; The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton; The Bitch by Colette; Intelligent and Loyal by Jilly Cooper; Can I Be Your Dog? by Eric Parker; Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry; Tricki Woo by James Herriot; Having No Hearts by Sir Hugh Walpole; Comet by Samuel A. Derieux; For the Love of a Man by Jack London; The Coming of Riquet by Anatole France; Jimmy, the Dog in My Life by Sir Arthur Bryant; The Great Lad by Joyce Stranger; Bunch by James Douglas; Dogs in a Big Way by Kenneth and Anna Roberts; Montmorency by Jerome K. Jerome; Let Us Have a Mongrel Dog Show by Cecil Aldin; Dandy, the Story of a Dog by W. H. Hudson; Verdun Belle by Alexander Woollcott; and The End by Virginia Woolf. Size: 8vo. William Geldart; (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 1st Edition. Dark red-orange linen-like covers and spine, front cover with blind stamped title and a bit of scroll-work, back cover is blank, spine with a wide black band with gilt lettering of the title and the publishing company, covers and spine show a tract of soiling, end pages are moderately foxed, inner pages are tight and clean, 17 stories, dust jacket is brown paper (or originally cream/white and badly browned) with title in black lettering and red accepnts behind the W and horizontal lines above and below the main wording, spine ihas orange lines at top and bottom and black lettering for title, editor and publisher, back cover has ad for 4 outstanding biographies, front flap is another ad for a book, back flap is add for the publisher, folds of the flap have rough edges with missing pieces and missing pieces on top and bottom of the spine. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

VGD. 50 SHORT STORIES.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Later Printing. (xi) 490 pp. Pocket Book 108. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Writing by: P. F. Wodehouse; Saki; W. Somerset Maugham; Alexander Woollcott; Henry David Thoreau; Thomas De Quincey; Dorothy Parker; Henry James; John Steinbeck; Walt Whitman; James Thurber; Jan Struther; Clarence Day; Archibald MacLeish; A E. Housman; and many others. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Hardcover has red cloth with gold lettering on black fields on spine, but no DJ. Great anthology. Good+ 16 novels selected by Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (B.January 19, 1887 ¿ D.January 23, 1943), He was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 52 pages. (M18).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Viking Portable Library, 6th printing, DJ has a few small holes at fold line, spine slightly faded, front cover is bright, owner's bookplate, book is tight and straight, 655 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Second Printing. (xviii) 570 pp. Green boards lettered in silver on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. This collection contains: Evidence by Entrapment - Rachel Nickell 1992 by Brian Masters; The Short Sweet Martyrdom of Jake Lingle - Jake Lingle 1930 by Kenneth Allsop; Mistress and Maid - Eliza Fenning 1815 by George A. Birmingham; The Real Marie Roget - Mary Rogers 1841 by Irving Wallace; Checkmate - Julia Wallace 1931 by F. Tennyson Jesse; A Case That Rocked the World - Sacco and Vanzetti 1920 by Louis Stark; The A6 Murder - James Hanratty 1961 by Paul Foot; Florence Maybrick - James Maybrick 1889 by Edgar Lustgarten; The Mystery of the Poisoned Partridges - Hubert Chevis 1931 by C. J. S. Thompson; The Obsession with the Black Dahlia - Elizabeth Short 1947 by Russell Miller; True Lies - Hilda Murrell 1984 by Judith Cook; Who Killed Joe Elwell - Joseph Bowne Elwell 1920 by Morris Markey; Dor John Bodkin Adams - Mrs Morrell and Mrs Hullett 1957 by Eric Ambler; A Sort of Genius - Rev Hall and Mrs Mills 1922 by James Thurber; What Became of Martin Guerre - Martin Guerre 1560 by Elliott O'Donnell; The Case of the Salmon Sandwiches - Annie Hearn 1930 by Daniel Farson; Death of a Millionaire - Sir Harry Oakes 1943 by Julian Symons; The Mystery of the Hansom Cab - Nan Patterson 1904 by Alexander Woollcott; A Coincidence of Corpses - Brighton Trunk Murder 1934 by Jonathan Goodman; The Secret of Ireland's Eye - William Burke Kirwan 1852 by William Roughead; The Mystery of Merstham Tunnell - Robert Money 1905 by Sir Edward Parry; The Dumb Blond Who Knew Too Much - Marilyn Monroe 1962 by Kirk Wilson; Temptation and the Elder - William Gardiner 1902 by Jack Smith-Hughes; The Hoop-La Murder Trial - Jessie Costello 1933 by Sydney Horler; Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders 1888 by Philip Sugden; The Murder of Margery Wren - Margery Wren 1930 by Douglas G. Browne and E. V. Tullett; The Zodiac Killer - Zodiac Killings 1968 by Colin Wilson; And To Hell with Burgundy - Florence Bravo 1876 by Dorothy Dunbar; Fools and Horses - Shergar 1983 by John Edwards; California's Worst Crime - Mabel Mayer 1927 by Guy B. H. Logan; The Camden Town Murder - Robert Wood 1907 by Nina Warner Hooke and Gil Thomas; Arnold Rothstein's Final Payoff - Arnold Rothstein 1929 by Damon Runyon; The Death of Bella Wright - Bella Wright 1919 by Edmund Pearson; Murder Hath Charms - Edwin Bartlett 1875 by Christianna Brand; The Man Who Contracted Out of Humanity - Stanley Setty 1949 by Rebecca West; and A Kent Murder Mystery - Caroline Luard 1908 by T. C. H. Jacobs. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint. Exterior boards are like new, and rest of book is crisp and clean. Covered in a bright, gently worn (shallow chips at spine ends) photographic jacket depicting Woollcott himself. Anthology of novels and short stories. A terrific copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. (USA) SIGNED BY EDITOR, no other markings but the front endpaper is missing, slight darkening to spine, with the spine extremities rubbed, the top edge of the pages are slightly wavy but I do not think this is from moisture but possibly from the application of the top-edge gilt to the very thin onion-skin paper, Good used copy; no Dj. 8vo., white vellum with octagonal leather label stamped in gold, title label in octagonal leather to spine, embossed Viking logo to back cover, chamfered edges, ribbon marker, Top Edge Gilt, 1,011 pp. An autographed edition limited to 1500 copies for subscribers in advance of publication. This, number 885, autographed on a special page by Woolcott. A personal selection of works by Woolcott including MARGARET OGILVY by J.M. Barrie, THE DOLLY DIALOGUES by Anthony Hope, THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AN D CAMDEN by Thorton Wilder, A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL by Ian MacClaren, MY LITTLE BOY by Carl Ewarld, MR. FORTURE'S MAGGOT by sylvia Townsend Warner, THE SCHARTZ-METTERKLUME METHOD by Saki, A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh, etc. (2.8 JM HOQ 102/a4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Copy #236 of 1500 numbered copies signed by editor. A very good copy in full parchment, brown leather spine label, green leather label on front cover, top edge gilt (minor darkening and wear, blank label on front pastedown).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 8vo, illustrated by John Tenniel. Orange bevelled boards with gilt to faded spine, minimal wear, sod binding, , mild foxing to eps, very good page condition. John Tenniel (illustratore).

Single issue magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Avon Mysteries inc. 1946 1st ed. 166pages Rex Stout (editor), with stories by Dashiell Hammett, Mignon G. Eberhart, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L. Sayers, H. P. Lovecraft, Jack Boyle, William Irish, Alexander Woollcott, Bennet Copplestone. Good condition with rubbing and wear to covers and spine, foxing inside covers, toning to pages. See photos whb13E.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Copy #414 of 1500 numbered copies signed by editor. A very good copy in full parchment, black leather spine label, black leather label on front cover, top edge gilt (minor darkening and wear, blank label on front pastedown).

Condizione: As New. New York: Wings Books - Random House, , 1991. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift Inscriptions on flyleafs otherwise clean and unmarked. William Geldart; (illustrator). Later Printing. 256 pp. Orange boards lettered in black on the spine; headband. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: Introduction by Gerald Durrell; Can I Be Your Dog by Eric Parker; Memoirs of a Yellow Dog by O. Henry; Tricki Woo by James Herriot; Having No Hearts by Sir Hugh Walpole; Comet by Samuel A. Derieux; For the Love of a Man by Jack London; The Coming of Riquet by Anatole France; Jimmy the Dog in My Life by Sir Arthur Bryant; Teem: A Treasure Hunter by Rudyard Kipling; Gone Wrong by P. G. Wodehouse; The Great Lad by Joyce Stranger; Bunch by James Douglas; Dogs in a Big Way by Kenneth and Anna Roberts; Montmorency by Jerome K. Jerome; Some Sunnybank Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune; Let Us Have a Mongrel Dog Show by Cecil Aldin; Dandy the Story of a Dog by W. H. Hudson; Verdun Belle by Alexander Woollcott; The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton; The Bitch by Colette; Intelligent and Loyal by Jilly Cooper; and The End by Virginia Woolf. 256 pp.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. First Edition - Same Date. Octavo. Brown cloth covered boards and spine with a black letterbox and shiny gilt lettering on the spine and impression lettering on the front board. Cream colored endpapers. Previous owner's name on the free front endpaper in blue pen. Binding is straight and tight. Theres a darkening across the very tips of the lower outside corner of the textblock where it (we assume) rubbed on the bookshelf and a couple very faint smudges on the outside edge of the textblock, but the pages inside are clean, white, and crisp. What looks like it was once a yellow topstain is now darkened by dust contact. 1,010 pages. Dust Jakcet - Paper jacket is surprisingly intact given the book's age, but still has rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the four outside corners. The spine area has darkened some - looks more like the result of handling than sun, or possibly the combination of the two - lettering is all still clear and easy to read. There are a couple tiny closed tears in the upper edge and some faint evidence of handling on both the front and rear covers. Upper corner of the front inside flap has been price clipped. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. Uncommon.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Signed by Woollcott on fep. No inscription or other markings. Book itself in very good condition - cover shows some fading and shelf wear. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).