AS YOU WERE by Woollcott, Alexander - 1943

NY, Viking, 1943. Hard Cover. xiv, 655 p., illus. (facsim.); 17 cm. Title continues: "and the Merchant Marine. Edited by Alexander Woollcott." Three sections: American Fiction (19 short stories by Poe, Twain, Cather, etc.); American Verse (42 poems including Ogden Nash's scathing "The Japanese"); American Fact (27 documents). Stock#46495. Vg / no dj.

The Viking Press, 1943. 3d Ptg. . Cloth. Fair. Smaller book, brown cloth with dark blue eagle holding book at top front, dark blue lettering and borders very fine on spine, blue color to exterior page edges, slightly browned and lightly soiled end papers, 657 lightly browned pages of prose and poetry. Very slight separation at spine between title page and frontispiece page, 1/2" tear at top of latter. Some lighter small spots to front and back. Fair.

NY: Viking. VG. 1945. Built like a jeep, compact collection of entertaining stories: humor, melodrama, suspense and romance. DJ edge wear, owner name .

Viking Press, 1943. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Protected by mylar cover. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Viking, 1944. Literary Classics Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 657 pages. Subjects; American Prose. American Poetry. Military fiction.