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Penguin Books. NY: Penguin Books, Inc. , 1947 . 622 very good -fine, reading crease Cover art by Strobel. paperback,

armed services Edition Paperback ASE #749 CONDITION: good.

armed services Edition Paperback paperback #749 CONDITION: vg.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1948. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: F. Strobel. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by F. Strobel. Blue and white coloured paperback binding blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. The reminiscences of the author, who as a young man, left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to become a musician upon a passenger liner trading in the Red Sea. Here is the back room story of what it is like on a passenger liner and of the eccentric personalities, both passenger and crew, that the author met. It is also an invocation of a time and of Europe that no longer exists. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels with quite notable rubbing either side of the back strip. Light browning of the book panels and dark of sunning to the back strip. The book has been stored improperly and it feels somewhat "bumpy". Tanning of the text… Read More

14-3: Penguin Books. Fair with no dust jacket. 1947. Paperback.

Penguin Books, 1948. Paperback. Good. 1948. First edition thus. 220 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1948T. paperback. Good. Blue Penguin PB

Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1945. LOOKING FOR A BLUEBIRD- Joseph Wechsberg- Illustrated by F. Strobel- Houghton-Mifflin, Boston- 1945- 1st Edition Thus (Magazine articles in the New Yorker where he was contributor)- Hardcover:-12mo-VG/ no jacket- original beige cloth over boards, title in black with red trim- Book is square, tight and clean- 210pp no tears or writing- SEE PHOTOS- Illustrated with numerous b&w drawings which appeared in the New Yorker- a handyman travels through Europe- Non-fiction-travel-handyman-anecdotes-humor-illustrated (3803) . 1st Edition Thus. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by F. Strobel. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Houghton Mifflin Company. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1945. Hard Cover. (T71) .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1948.. Complete Unabridged. Joseph Wechsberg, a contributor to The New Yorker, "has been secretary to a Czech M.P., a ship's musician, a croupier, a beer salesman and - oddest trade of all - a professional 'claquer' at the Vienna State Opera." Pp.220, occasional illustrations by F.Strobel, pages toned, owner's name to front free endpaper. Paperback, rubbed with wear to spine. Good.

The Sun Dial Press, Garden City NY, 1946, Hardcover, . Near Fine book very Good jacket F Strbel

Hassell Street Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Paperback / softback. New.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1948. First edition in Penguin. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1948. Paperback. 220 pages + publisher's ads. V. sl. rubbing to extremities; former owner's name to inside front cover. A nice copy.

Hardback. New.

HOUGHTON Mifflin Boston, 1945. HBDJ, 1945, 1st edition,VG+/GOOD+, DJ light Rub, Wear Scuff & Small Chips extremities & Spine Ends , Small Mended Tears DJ, Beige decorated Cloth with Black & Read Cover light Wear FOX, Interior nice tight clean light Wear FOX, 210 pgs,. Wechberg was a popular writer for Esquire and the New YOrker (some of the sketches in this book are taken from these magazines).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

1948. Penguin Books. 1948. First Edition, Thus. Blue Penguin Paperback. Covers are lightly foxed, spine a little dulled and page margins browned o/w contents very clean and tight.

1948. Penguin Books Limited. London. 1948. First edition in Penguin, number 673. Triband paperback. Covers rippled as seems to be the case with all copies of this title. Corners creased and edges worn. Pages very browned to margins otherwise a sound copy. SCARCE.