The Way Some People Live by Cheever, John - 1943

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UsedGood. 1943 Random House, first printing, hardcover. No dustjacket, cover has moderate wear, binding solid, text unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York: Random House, 1943. Very Good hard cover/No dust jacket, Red cloth boards have light sparodic soiling, Slight fade to spine, Well bound, Snug hinges, Text is unmarked. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's Rare First Book Fine Copy Stated First Edition.Without Jacket.Signed on Front Paste Down. Very scarce Signed.Excellent Fresh Copy..

New York: Random House, 1943. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. Fine in a near fine neatly price-clipped dust jacket with a hint of dust soiling with some fine restoration work by an expert paper conservationist.

Random House, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful Fine Copy In Like Jacket As Nice As This is Seen $2.00 on Flap.Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Author's First Book.

New York: Random House, 1943. First Edition. A sharp copy of Cheever's first book, a collection of 30 short stories written between 1930-1942, with several of them previously published in the pages of Collier's, The New Yorker, Story Magazine, Yale Review, and Harper's Bazaar. While the book was critically well-received, it was a poor seller. Cheever (and later, his family) was persistently resistant to allowing the stories here to be included in subsequent collections of his work. First Printing, one of 2,750 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements in navy blue on spine and front cover; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],256,[2]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.00), with a hint of sunning to spine, and a few very tiny tears.

New York: Random House, 1943. First Edition, First Printing of his first book, a collection of 30 stories. A Review Copy, with laid in 5" x 7" b & w photograph of Cheever in US Army uniform, with review editor's notations verso, an indication this copy was reviewed. A Fine book in original red buckram, original dust jacket. In Very Good Plus dust jacket, old internal tape mend, 1" closed tear bottom edge rear panel, and light rubbing at spine ends. A collection of 30 stories, most which did not appear in later collections. In a Fine quarter morocco over linen custom clamshell case. . First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.

Random House, New York, 1943. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition - never reprinted. This copy inscribed by the author on the half-title and dated 1980. 8vo. 256pp. Red cloth, lettered, blocked and ornately bordered in blue at the spine, and with the publisher's imprint blue-stamped to the base of the upper board. Top edge dust soiled, and with just a trace of toning to the leaf margins. The cloth a little marked and rubbed in places, with a little bruising and a hint of wear to the backstrip ends. Family names of former owner (not the recipient of Cheever's inscription) inked to the front pastedown, and almost entirely obscured by the wrapper flap, and a small Chicago dealer plate to the base of the front free endpaper. An almost very good copy in non-price-clipped ($2.00) dust wrapper, lightly toned at the rear panel, and with some edgewear, creasing, and several small fractions of edge-loss, and one slightly smaller area of triangular loss from the base… Read More

New York: Random House, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to the spine head; otherwise, the book is fine and bright without any of the gutter darkening typical to this title. The spine of the dustwrapper has minor wear to the heel with chipping to the head just extending to "The" on the spine and to the edges of both panels. The rear panel is soiled, as usual, and the front panel is very attractive. The dustwrapper retains the original printed price. All in all, a nice example. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper without any restoration whatsoever. Cheever's superb first book, a collection of short stories. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper and is fairly scarce as such.