Published by Harcourt, Brace, 1960
Seller: Crotchety Rancher's Books, Dalton Gardens, ID, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ivory cloth boards with an orange and a pink jester on face and silver lettering on spine. Gold end papers. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. The dust jacket has been clipped and is within a protective mylar sleeve. An anthology. This collection of parodies of major twentieth century writers takes the reader on a witty excursion into an art that is one of the most difficult to execute, and, when done well, is truly memorable.
304pp, (5.5 x 8.5 inches), errata slip tipped in at title page. Near Fine/Very Good, hardcover with dust jacket. Book is crisp and tight, corners sharp, no markings. The DJ is rubbed, lightly soiled. edgewear with chipping to corners and ends of DJ spine. Nothing deeper than 1/4 inch. Parodies of Twentieth century authors, over 50 examples.
Published by Harcount, Brace & Co., 1960
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ dj. Book is in VG- to G+ condition with slight darkening to the spine. DJ is rubbed along the spine with light chipping.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1960
Seller: Odd Volume Bookstore, JACKSON, TN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Good/Good Dj. 1st Edition. 8vo Errata Slip tipped in at title page.
Language: English
Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, NY, 1960
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Raskin, Ellen (illustrator). 1st Edition. 304 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Ellen Raskin. With an introduction by Nathaniel Benchley. Errata slip attached to the title page correcting the authorship of a Mel Brooks piece. Parodies of fiction and non-fiction, dramas, and literary criticism by Max Beerbohm, Robert Benchley, Cyril Connolly, Peter De Vries, John Updike, Woolcott Gibbs, S.J. Perelman, Edmond Wilson, Frank Sullivan, Richard Mallett, John Updike and James Thurber. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Published by Harcourt Brace, New York, 1960
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. | Very good+ in a lightly soiled VG+ dustjacket (mylar-protected), with errata slip bound in. Includes Updike's Kerouac On The Road parody, Cyril Connolly's Aldous Huxley, Mel Brooks' Death of a Salesman, etc.