A Portrait Andre Gide by O'Brien, Justin - 1st edition

New York: Alfred A Knopf. Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has some chipping, yellowing, and wear around the edges. .

Mcgraw-Hill, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1St Mcgraw Paperback Edition. Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy. Lamiation Starting To Peel. Tanning To Covers And Spine..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 1/2 h x 6 1/2w. A real nice clean 405 page first edition (stated) hardcover dated 1953. Has a little aging but still nice. Dust jacket has some moderate general wear but looks nice with Mylar cover. André Paul Guillaume Gide November 22, 1869 - February 19, 195,) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight". Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anti-colonialism between the two World Wars. Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide exposes to public view the conflict and eventual reconciliation of the two sides of his personality, split apart by a straitlaced education and a narrow social moralism..

Secker & Warburg, 1953. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. xiv+390+xiv pp, b/w frontis, 5 b/w plates, index, cloth marked & grubby, edges rubbed, asolid reading copy. Biography of the French author André Gide [ 1869 - 1951 ] who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

Secker & Warburg, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 390 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Water staining to rear board with jacket stick to cloth. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Rubbed marking to surfaces.

NY: Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Large 8vo, pp. 390, xiv. Includes references, list of Gide's works, index. Illustrated with photographs. Ex library, with pocket and bookplate removed. Cover and endpapers somewhat soiled and worn, o/ VG.

NY: Knopf, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8vo. (xii) 390 pp. Reference works by Gide + (xiv) index, few b/w plates, blue cloth backed boards. Name front pastedown, small number back pastedown, very good; dust jacket light edgewear, small piece missing bottom spine, good+..

Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1953 Alfred A. Knopf. SIGNED by author on half-title page (signature only). First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Deckle fore edges. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine and edges of front cover lightly sun-faded. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Publisher's blind-stamped running dog logo on back cover. A Borzoi Book. Pages clean and unmarked. 390 pages + index. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Name inside front cover. Light faded to boards and spine. Solid. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Secker and Warburg. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards with a little light wear on the corners and at the top and base of the spine. No jacket, very small old inscription inside. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1953.