The Red Pavilion by Gunther, John - 1926

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Gunther's first book, a novel set in Chicago. An about very good copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine with some wear to the corners and spine. No dust jacket. A solid copy of the debut book from the author of the classic memoir about the death of his son "Death Be Not Proud.

Harper, 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. Reprint. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. White marks overall.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Book is slightly cocked. Spine is faded. Private owner's name and the date written on the front free endpaper. .

Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Out of print and scarce.

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1926.. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Jacket chipped at edges (total loss less than one square inch); book shows minor wear at extremities.. 8vo,.

Martin Secker, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. First Edition Thus. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Light foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning with visible tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in near very good dust jacket with a shallow chip at crown and some tears at the edge of the spine. Author's first book.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips, jacket spine toned. Pencil note on rear free endpaper recto. 1926 Hard Cover. 269 pp. A book which probes the psychology of marriage among the intellectuals living in the shadows of the University of Chicago during the 1920s, The Red Pavilion is the story of Richard and Shirley Northway, whose love thwarts individual creativity, forcing them to live apart. Somewhat ordinary in character and plot choice, Gunther's first novel nevertheless shows his superior stylistic talents at an early age.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. good . 12mo, 269 pages,red cloth, patterned boards, inked notes on endpaper, one leaf partially creased at fore-edge Author's first book and novel. The 'Inside" story of a week in the lives of several Chicagoans [CHICAGO IN FICTION, p. 183]

New York: Harper & Bros., 1926. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition [stated, and with "L-A" on the copyright page] Octavo, 269 pp. Orange, green and black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in orange and black checker-design jacket. Volume corners just touched, else a fine book in a very good plus jacket showing tanning at the front fold and trace peripheral wear, NOT price-clipped. Certainly one of the best preserved copies you'll see of John Gunther's first novel. A book which probes the psychology of marriage among the intellectuals living in the shadows of the University of Chicago during the 1920s, The Red Pavilion is the story of Richard and Shirley Northway, whose love thwarts individual creativity, forcing them to live apart. Somewhat ordinary in character and plot choice, Gunther's first novel nevertheless shows his superior stylistic talents at… Read More