Short Takes

London: Constable & Company, 1948. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good++. Small Octavo. 278 pp. Bound in green cloth, spine lettering silver, light foxing endpapers otherwise nearly fine in unclipped dust jacket printed in red and dark blue small spot near front bottom corner, spine a bit toned, without any tears. A very… Read more about this item

NY: Whittlesey House. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine toned, boards rubbed, bookstore label . on front free endpaper.. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth binding. A collection of Damon Runyon's newspaper columns giving real flavor of the 1940s. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages .

London : Constable & Co., (1948). First British edition. A selection of over seventy of the best of the short stories and articles arranged under various headings. Includes "Tripping over Trivia", "Horse Sense", "Larcenous Ladies", "A Dog's Best Friend", "Smoking Ladies", etc. Crown 8vo (20cm). 278,[ii]pp. Frontispiece. Original dark green cloth, lettered in silver; a very good and bright copy… Read more about this item

Constable and Co., 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Edition. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light… Read more about this item

London:: Constable,, [1948].. First UK edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. A few spots of foxing to endsheets; else a sharp copy in an unchipped jacket with some foxing, particularly to the front panel.. 8vo,.

London : Constable, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Bright and clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 278 pages ; 19cm. Subjects: American wit and humour.

Somerset Books, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. 1946 Reprint. 435 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with white lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Corners are creased in places. Boards have been moderately rub worn, with noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and… Read more about this item

SHORT TAKES, Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill, 1946, first edition, fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. "A readers choice of the best columns of America's favorite newspaperman.

SHORT TAKES, Somerset Books, Inc., 1946, vg+/near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and some dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. "A readers choice of the best columns of America's favorite newspaperman.

Whittlesey House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original grey cloth and $3.00 flap price. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a small 1/*"" horizontal chip at the top spine edge not affecting text, and is otherwise whole, clean and bright in a Brodart jacket cover.

Whittlesey House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Small chips to top edge and bottom outer corner of jacket. Otherwise a very good jacket with price intact, clean and unfaded, protected by a Mylar cover. Book is tight and unmarked. Scarce in the dust jacket.

Whittlesey House, 1946. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. contents are clean, clear and presentable. boards are rubbed, chipped on spine. light marks. small sticker. binding may have been repaired. reprint.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Constable, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Mainly a reading copy - soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

GB: Constable, 1948. With a Memoir of the author by Don Idden. Spine of DW is spotted.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG DW.

New York: Somerset Books, Inc., 1946. Hardcover. USED Good/Poor Jacket. Pages clean, but oxidizing. Jacket has fallen apart and is missing pieces but is being held together with a brodart.

Whittlesey House, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.