Buckner Robert 1906 1989 (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. (21 cm.) [8]1-246p. Top edge blue, fore-edge untrimmed. Salmon colored cloth with black letters on the spine. Jacket design by Carl Rose. Spine may show just a hint of fading, else near fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket spine slightly darkened, rear panel somewhat soiled, else very good and better. Robert Buckner [1906-1989] was born in Virginia and educated at the University of Virginia and University of Edinburgh. He worked as a journalist, as well as in advertising and book publishing. He contributed to THE NEW YORKER, SATURDAY REVIEW, COSMOPOLITAN, ESQUIRE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, COLLIER'S and othr popular magazines. In 1936 he began writing and producing in Hollywood for Columbia, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and 20th Century Fox. The idea for SIGRID AND THE SERGEANT evolved through a period of several years spent in Europe observing the U.S. Army in Germany. This humorous novel appears to be Bruckner's first novel. Carl Rose (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original coral cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 246 printed pages of text. Some mottling to the cloth covers, spine ends creased. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with nicks and chips to the spine ends and corners, shallow rubs to the gutters and fore edges, not price clipped $3.75. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…