The Town

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 4-433, [5] pp. Red cloth with blue lettering and grey decorations on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket designed by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An exceptional copy… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Some browning to the front endpaper with little effect on the inscription. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor chipping to the heel of the spine. The concluding volume in Richter's THE AWAKENING LAND trilogy about the Ohio frontier and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED… Read more about this item

STATED FIRST EDITION.NOT EX-LIBRARY.NO OWNERS MARKS BUT DID SPOT LIGHT PENCIL MARKS IN MARGINS ON A FEW PAGES,ERASED A FEW AND THEY CAME OUT. LIGHT SOILING TO THE SPINE,A TOUCH OF BRUISING NOT BUMPING TO SPINE ENDS,A TOUCH OF BROWNING TO THE GUTTER INSIDE FRT COVER,MAYBE A TOUCH OF AGE TONING TO THE PAGE ENDS.I nickpick this book for the… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Sm 8vo. sm 8vo. Knopf 1950, first edition stated. Inscribed by auth on ffep. Newspaper clipping of Richter's Pulitzer Prize announcement is affixed below inscription, while prev owner's small ex-libris affixed above inscription. Red cloth with blue and black decoration in pictorial dj. Good (foot of spine bumped; edges… Read more about this item

STATED "FIRST EDITION",NOT EX-LIBRARY,NO MARKINGS,TOUCH OF FADE TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE SPINE ENDS,SPINE ENDS BRUISED NOT BUMPED,TOP EDGE STAIN IS FADING,MINOR SHELFWEAR,A TOUCH OF BROWNING INSIDE THE COVERS AND PAGE ENDS,UNREAD TIGHTNESS,AND VERY SQUARE...DJ: LIGHT SOILING WITH A TOUCH OF FOXING TO THE BACK,LIGHT RUBBING TO THE EDGES OF THE BOOK OUTLINE,MED WEAR TO THE SPINE ENDS,AND VERY… Read more about this item

STATED FIRST EDITION,COVERS HAVE LIGHT SOILING,LIGHT SHELFWEAR,BRUISED SPINE ENDS,LIGHTLY BUMPED TOP CORNERS,LIGHT FOXING TO THE INSIDE COVERS AND NEXT LEAF AND PAGE ENDS.TOP PAGE END IS BLACK STAINED BUT FADING. A LOT BETTER THAN IT SOUNDS,TIGHT,SQUARE. I bought this book with Dustjacket 25 years ago, but the Dustjacket is wrapped around a better copy

The Town, Conrad Richter. Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1978. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 362pp., illustrated by Conrad Hack. Full dark brown leather with gilt titles to banded spine and gilt design front and rear; all edges gilt; moire endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints; printed on archival paper. Limited… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in grey and black on spine and front cover; grey topstain; dustjacket; [x],433,[5]pp. Vintage, decorative bookplate to front pastedown, gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, else clean throughout; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), spine-sunned, with… Read more about this item

Shakespeare Head, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 424 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Notable scuffing and soiling to boards. Two small areas of loss near top of front… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. Second Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth titled/decorated in black and gray, dark topstain. Second printing inscribed by Richter to ffep. Flap price $3.50. Covers bright and solid. Light toning to bottom edge of cover and to ffep. Jacket worn at edges and hinges. Solid, square copy. ; 8vo… Read more about this item

first edition first printing hardcover; no dust jacket; some offsetting present front end paper, text unmarked with minimal age tone; sound binding; cloth cover has a stray mark lower front panel, some fade along spine, rubbing and color loss along front panel fore-edge, little rub and bump to corners and spine ends; titling remains vivid; no dust jacket HC24

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good+ in Good dust jacket; Spine slighlty canted. Jacket spine faded, . jacket shelfwear, tears and creasing on back, damp-stained top front . corner.. 1950. Hardcover. 8vo; 433 pages .

Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Hardcover. Fine brown full leather boards with gilt decorations and four raised bands to spine, all edges gilt and a gift quality copy of this Pulitzer prize winning novel. ; MCF04401; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pp .

Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Good. 1978. Limited Edition. 362 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations by Conrad Hack. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Textblock edges dyed gilt. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering… Read more about this item

UsedAcceptable. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting,… Read more about this item

Franklin Center.: The Franklin Library., 1978.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover, full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. . Fine, no dust jacket as issued.. 8vo.. Illustrated by Conrad Hack.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1978. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, elaborate gilt decoration and borders on covers, a.e.g., moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in.… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Reissue. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Hack, Conrad. Endpaper edges slightly faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 1978 Full-Leather. 362 pp. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Two-panel illustration preceding title page and full-page illustrations in text by Conrad Hack. The… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Franklin Library… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition [Pulitzer Prize . Hardcover. Fine. Conrad Hack. LIMITED EDITION. Pulitzer Prize 1951. Hardcover. Full brown leather binding. Gilt text and decoration. Gilt page edges. Hubbed spine. Brown silk moire end sheets, and brown silk ribbon bookmark. Frontispiece. 362pp. This attractive copy would be a fine addition to any collection.… Read more about this item