Search Results: Titles starting with V from Quiet Friends

NY: Scribner. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Bkplt. Bright book & DJ.. 1974. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

Toronto.: Dominion Bureau Circulation.. VG book, no DJ. SIGNED & inscribed by AUTHOR & publ, dated 1929.. 1929.. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no D/J. Issued w/o DJ. Low brow humor of salesmen & salesmanship. Cream colored paper covered boards, red spine. .

Paris: Librairie Fischbacher. VG book. Marbled boards & eps. Some pencilled underlining.. (1916) 1893cp. 28th thousand. Hardcover. VG book. IN FRENCH. TEG. Half brown morocco. Gilt spine lettering. Extrems lightly worn. Text pages lightly age browned. . Small 8vo, 281pp. .

NY Chicago: Bedford Clarke.. GOOD book. Colorful cover. Spine, edges, extrems with minor wear. 1884. 1st or early.. Hardcover. GOOD book. Paper covered boards. Color litho wraparound design by Central Litho & Eng Co, Chicago. Square 8vo, viii, 9-314pp. . Spine & front cover with author/title publisher & litho info. Front a geometric/palm design with inset vignette of camels on river bank. Rear of colorfully dressed Indian women. FEP w neatly inked note & name dated 1888. Front inner hinge cracked. Rear sound. Text age browned but no soiling, foxing, dampstaining, etc. Several signatures starting but not yet loose. Illustration index is double columned on two pages. .

London: Hutchison. VG book, GOOD DJ. SIGNED "LAURA" & inscribed on fep.. 1954. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD D/J(in Brodart). Clean, tight, VG+ inside. Slight spine slant. DJ drab; clean but, rubbed & edgeworn, sunned spine .

NY: Dutton. VG book, GOOD DJ. A "Gilt Edged Mystery" novel, Spillane's 3rd.. 1950. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). FINE inside. "First edition" stated. Attractive DJ front panel. $2.50 on lower front flap. . Bright book, in & out. Text block top edge lightly foxed, one small stain on fore & bottom edges. Book extrems rubbed but not worn. All four tips square and flat. Spine ends with only a hint of rounding. FINE inside. ZERO aging, foxing, soiling, marginalia, etc. Tight binding, book stays closed when stood on its spine, a sign of having been read with care. Attractive but worn DJ. DJ corners & tips with 1/4" to 1/2" chips and comparable closed tears. Bottom 2/3 of front flap fold line torn. Rear panel rubbed. .

France, UK & US: Michelin. VG book, no DJ. Inked owners name dated 1921 on all tps.. (1919). 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. 8vo, 111pp. NEAR FINE inside. .

NY: Random House. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Bright & tight.. 1957. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

Garden City: Garden City. VG book, no DJ. SIGNED. VG+ inside. teg. SPINE faded/illegible.. nd 1937cp. Hardcover.

New York: Doubleday. VG book, VG DJ()in Brodart). SIGNED & INSCRIBED to Mary McGrory.. 1977. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ. Bright book & DJ. Mary MaGrory was a noted DC columist for the Washington Post & the Washington Star. .

London: John C Nimmo. GOOD to VG book. Gray cloth with lettering in gilt & brown.. 1889. REPRINT.. Hardcover. GOOD to VG book. AEG. 4to, xvi,291pp. Saintsbury preface. 114 color Poirson ilustrations. Spine & cover vignettes in brown. . Bevelled cloth covers. Browned pastedowns & eps. Covers with minor wear and soiling. Few pages loosening. Scattered light foxing, more so on 1st & last 20+ pages. All illustrations quite bright so still an attractive copy. .

Markham.: Viking Penguin. FINE book, FINE D/J. SIGNED on tp, in year 1st publ.. 1988. 1st Canada edn. Hardcover. FINE book, FINE DJ. Engel also puts this note on tp, above his signature: "for Darryl with best wishes from Benny & the Author". . Spine ends of book & DJ with trivial creasing. Few soiled spots on text block top & bottom. .

NY: Dodd Mead. VG+ book, no DJ. SIGNED on fep.. 1977. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Dodd Mead. VG+ book, no DJ. SIGNED on fep.. 1977. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

London: Hamish Hamilton. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). FINE inside. Bright book/DJ. Tight.. 1963. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Folio, About 150pp. DJ rubbed & edgeworn, many 1/4" chips. .

London: George Allen & Unwin. (1915). 1st edition.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. 1/8" spine end tears & name dated 1918. Gilt lettered green cloth. Top edge tinted light gray green. . Flawless book but for spine end tears & name. No aging, foxing, marginalia, etc. Tight. Both hinges sound. All 3 text block edges clean. Book stays closed when stood on its spine. Read with care, if at all. .

NY: Halycon House. NEAR FINE book, VG DJ. Bright book & DJ. Tight. Bkplt.. nd c1940. Reprint. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, VG D/J. 4to. xvi, 240pp, followed by the 61 b/w plates. 7 col illus w 61 b/w. Worn DJ. Inked name over bkplt. .

NY: Knopf. FINE book, VG DJ. SIGNED.. 1965. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book, VG D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED half tp, dated 1965. DJ w edgewear. 8vo, 497pp. .

NP: Flemming. GOOD book. VG+ text. 3/4 red morocco. Marbled boards & eps.. nd c 1860. Hardcover. GOOD book. Folio. 47 pages of descriptions for the 48 plates which follow. Plates printed on one side only. . The plates are of entrances, windows, towers etc. None of buildings as a whole. Clean, bright book, but worn. Text & plates all quite nice, light margin aging, an occasional spot of foxing or soiling. Hinges are weak & cover is worn. .

NP: Flemming. GOOD book. VG+ text. 3/4 red morocco. Marbled boards & eps.. nd c 1860. Hardcover. GOOD book. Folio, 18"X12". 43 pages of descriptions for the 48 plates which follow. Plates printed one side only. . The plates are of entrances, windows, towers etc. None of buildings as a whole. Clean but worn. Text & plates all quite nice, light margin aging, an occasional spot of foxing or soiling. Hinges are weak & cover is worn. Front cover attached only by threads. .