Fern Mosk (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated first printing. The book has minor shelfwear to the edges and corners of the covers most notable at the bottom of the covers, a former owner's signature on the front endpage, light smudging and toning to the interior of the covers, and an overall gentle aging to the pages, otherwise the book is in very good condition with crisp, unmarked pages, a tight binding, and a strong, clean cover. The dustjacket has a tear approx 3 inches and loose at the bottom of the spine, significant shelfwear to the edges and corners of the jacket including chipping, creasing, and multiple tears, uneven toning to the covers, smudging to both covers most heavily at the back cover, and a taped tear approx 1 1/2 inches at the bottom edge of the jacket, otherwise the dustjacket is in fair condition, intact and attractive, and is now in an archival protective mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine in Very Good Plus jacket with some rubbing to back.1st Edition.A Novel about sports car people.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing (so stated). New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. A handsome copy. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. No fading. No chips. No tears. No creases. Not price clipped ($2.95). Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Humorous novel about the life and adventures of a young woman, Prudence, who sells Aston Martins, Porsches, and MGs at Thoroughbred Motors, an upscale sports cars showroom (picture the Museum of Modern Art with the partitions knocked out). To impress her boss, Prudence spends her spare time building a homemade sports car in her bed room. Bound in the original black pictorial boards, with an orange cloth spine lettered in black. The rear panel of the dust jacket features a photo of the authors sitting in a 1933 MG K3 Magnette Super Charged 1087 CC. First Printing (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Bacon, Paul (jacket design, and interior drawings). 8vo. (vi), 117pp. Bacon, Paul (jacket design, and interior drawings) (illustrator). …

1/4 Red Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Lioght Edge Wear. Lightly Chipped. First Edition. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER TO MORT SAHL. :For Mort Sahl.one of our favorite humorists. Connie Taylor, Fern Mosh". Some brown spotting at folds of the dust jacket, spine extremities chipped. Drawings by Paul Bacon. "A novel about sports car people". Mort Sahl (1927--) is a Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist who was greatly influenced by Will Rogers. An unusual association copy. 115pp. Size: Thin Octavo. Signed by Author. …