George carlson dj (3 risultati)

Condizione: VG. New York 1935 first edition. Macmillan. Hardcover octavo. 339p. VG PLUS, no owner marks. in attractive VG dj (dj designed by George Carlson.) Dj is frayed and slightly chipped along top edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. [good solid copy, light soiling to top edge, one-time owner's pencil signature at top of ffep; jacket is moderately edgeworn, with a few small tears and associated minor creasing, shallow chip at base of spine]. The first novel by the least-known of "The Boys in the Back Room," so dubbed by critic Edmund Wilson in his 1940 book of the same name, subtitled "Notes on California Novelists." Although linking Storm with John Steinbeck as practitioners of "more ambitious writing" (in comparison to James M. Cain, John O'Hara and William Saroyan, all of whom he somewhat disses), Wilson managed to overlook this novel entirely, referring to Storm's 1937 novel "Pity the Tyrant" as his first book. (Although to be fair to Wilson, neither did Storm's publishers make any allusion to it in the blurbs for his later books; apparently everybody had just decided that it was an early "failure" and thus best left unmentioned.) Storm, a radio engineer by profession, used his deep knowledge of the early days of that industry -- when the emphasis was entirely on engineering and utilitarian communication and not at all on entertainment -- as the background for the "tragedies and comedies of men and women caught in the whirling wheels of the business machine." The book's fictional corporation, "American National Telegraphs," is headquartered in Pittsburgh, but its enterprises propel the book's protagonists all over the place; major episodes are set in Central America, California (including Los Angeles) and China. Storm had his most productive literary spurt a little later on, turning out three books (and catching Wilson's attention) between 1937 and 1940, but his career was cut short by his untimely, accidental, and somewhat ironic death in late 1941: he had continued to work in the radio industry, and was electrocuted while working on an Army Signal Corps transmitter in San Francisco. Terrific wrap-around dust jacket art by George Carlson. Illustrated by (dj design) George Carlson (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. B/W & Green, Yellow & Blue Illustrated Endpapers of woodsy scene has FORMER OWNER NAME Date, HBDJ, 1938, EARLY EDITION, NF/VG-, AS-IS, Green & Black Illustrated Cloth Book with Lil Hannibal on front carrying a Basket is in very good condition. The binding is tight and the illustrations are bright. The pages are crisp. , The dustjacket has a crease that runs down the entire front of cover. Jacket has small tear at base of spine. There is a .75cent price on dustjacket, 8 1/2 X 6 1/2. DJ Protected in Clear Mylar cover,UNPAGINATED, TINY CHIPS TEARS EXTREMITIES DJ, Back DJ light wear Fox Lists thru Nature Quiz book has Tiny chips tears edges, Back Inner DJ Flap Lists Thru My Picture Story book , in Color Dustjacket OF Little Black Boy in Blue coveralls with brown Strap holding them & Green Patch on knee holding Yellow straw Hat talking to Br'er Possum wearing white hat & green Coat resting on a Cane on Roadside, Set in the deep South, a little Black boy becomes tired of always having to do chores for his grand-mammy, so he runs away. Well-drawn illustrations in color and b&w illuminate this tale told in Southern dialect. A country boy runs away and has adventures with Bt'er Possum, Br'er Rabbit, and other woods folk.…