Devries Peter Vries (40 results)

No jacket. Condition: Bon. Traces d'usure sur la couverture. Salissures sur la tranche. Tampon ou marque sur la face intérieure de la couverture. Sans jaquette. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Signs of wear on the cover. Stains on the edge. Stamp or mark on the inside cover page. No dust jacket. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 244pp. Blue cloth w gilt title to spine in a complete dust-jacket. Clean, tight and bright, a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. (name only.no inscription) Dust jacket is price-clipped, shows significant edge wear, small tears, a chip from the top of the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. A very nice review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust. First Edition. Name on the endpaper. The jacket has wear and tear and fading. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 276 pages.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by BACON, PAUL DJ DESIGN (illustrator). first edition". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT (S13.95)DUST JACKET.BOOK & DJ ARE VERY NICE, CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT.; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BLACK SPINE STRIP.LITE BLUE CLOTH HARD COVERS.Author Photo 5X8" Back DJ back Panel.BLACK & BLUE TITLES ON GLOSSY WHITE DJ.showing man with 1" gold halo. ; 241pg pages; great American humorist Peter De Vries looks with laughter upon its lawns, its cocktails, and its slightly unreal feeling of comfort. De Vries's classic situation comedyinteractions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by WOODS, MIRIAM DJ DESIGN (illustrator). Book Club Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT (NOPR ICE)DUST JACKET.Book & DJ are VERY nice, CLEAN, solid,bright.; RED SPINE TITLES ON BLACK TITLE BOX, ALL ON RED CLOTH HARD COVERS.Author Photo 5X6" Back DJ back Panel.WHITE TITLES ON ORANGE & YELLOW DJ,no tint to text block edges. ; 246pg pages; great American humorist Peter De Vries looks with laughter upon its lawns, its cocktails, and its slightly unreal feeling of comfort. De Vries's classic situation comedyinteractions of a socially insecure, pun-loving family man, an officious lady caseworker from an adoption agency, and a chauvinist pig all suburban neighbors who know far too much about one another's private lives in this goofy and gently hilarious tale of marital quibbles.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by LEYDENFROST, ROBERT DJ DESIGN (illustrator). first edition,3p"; Third printing". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN QUITE GOOD UNCLIPT(S3.95) DUST JACKET.Book & DJ are quite nice, solid,bright.Personal bookplate "Bernard J.Pollock"to ep.else nice hardcover in DJ showing bit tea stain & 1" chips to back panel ; RED & TAN SPINE TITLES ON light vanella CLOTH HARD COVERS.Author Photo 3x4" Back DJ back Panel.WHITE TITLES ON ORANGE & RED DJ, Showing woman in ORANGE DRESS.BOOK OF POEMS in hand, looking out window dj setting. no tint to text block edges. ; 276pg pages; .Romance novel in good humor. Charles Swallow fancies himself a Marquand sort of hero, but the flashback touched off by the reappearance of an old girl friend turns out to be pure Faulkner. It concerns a childhood incident in a coalbin, too obvious for words, but related with hilarious obscurity.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by ALCORN, JOHN DJ DESIGN (illustrator). Book Club Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(BOOK CLUB EDITION) DUST JACKET.Book quite nice, clean, solid,bright.DJ has minor wear head spine. back panel dj minor signs of use at flap fold. ; BLUE & RED SPINE TITLES ON YELLOW CLOTH HARD COVERS.Author 3X4" Photo Back Dj.YELLOW TITLES ON Colorful RED DJ, Showing man & woman on white lader, plucking white petals from large flower. green tint top edge text block.; 307pg pages; 9th title by this author.Romance novel in good humor."peace dove" cover art.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FIRST PUBLISHED". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S5.95) DUST JACKET.short edgetear to dj.Clean, solid bright book ; Gold spine titles on bright red cloth hardcovers. WHITE ENDPAPERS.Red titles on violet dust jacket showing early man & woman in amourous embrace. ; 228pg pages; Adroit sex by a variety of authors. mostly given to made up names appropriate to their times.and annonymous writers.Many old title pages and graphic full page illustrations.many from eras 200 years ago.or more. Ribald writing.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 303 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear, some rubbing. Price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book club edition. Foxing on page edges, edges of boards lightly sunned, price sticker on front flap, very good in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket with short tears. A novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Foxing on page edges, light dampstain on bottom half of spine, a good only copy in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with corresponding dampstain, spine sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book club edition. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with some chipping to the joint of spine and front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First English edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- dust. First Edition. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable mylar sleeve. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 435 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Foxing on page edges, very good in a very good dustwrapper with light internal foxing, short tear on top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gift inscription on front fly, else fine in fine dustwrapper with some light wear to the spinal extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with some light wear to the spinal extremities.

hardcover. Condition: Good. first edition Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Uncorrected proof. Near fine in wrappers with a few small spots, edge chips, and a crease on the rear wrap.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Fading to jacket color at spine. A few small chips and tears to jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Recipient's ownership signature, one corner a little bumped, a very good plus copy in a good only, but presentable dustwrapper with some skinning to the bottom portion of the rear panel. Author's fifth book, amusingly inscribed: "To the Browns with affectionate blessings from the Rev. Peter De Vries." De Vries, a longtime *New Yorker* contributor, was possessed of a subtle sense of humor that pleased his audience but was perhaps not quite overt enough to attract a wider readership. Here's your chance to change that.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Some soiling else very good, lacking the dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Bottom corners bumped and slight wear to the spinal extremities else fine, in a near fine dustwrapper with the upper edge a bit crumpled and the spine gently tanned. Inscribed to the wife of the author Hamilton Basso and Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a bit of edgewear and the spine sunned, but the front panel clean and bright. One of De Vries' early efforts, in which the offbeat Marvel clan celebrates a fortieth wedding anniversary in a small Massachusetts town. Inscribed by De Vries to author Hamilton Basso and his wife.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Near fine with a stain to the rear cover, in good dustwrapper with the usual fading to the pink portions of the jacket, some edgewear and a tear to the front panel internally repaired with cellophane tape, and small holes along the folds. The author's first book, illustrated by Charles Addams.