Gerling Curt (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jackethaw worn edges, some small creases and tears, clipped. Blue cloth cover is clean and square. Pages are bright, no marks, solid binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unmarked, clean and solid copy in clean, not price clipped dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 1/4 inch jacket chip and a couple tiny closed tears, jacket lightly toned. 1974 Hard Cover. xiii, 322 pp. A collection of short writings by the author of Smugtown, U.S.A. and Good Enough for Grandpa. Deirdre Lindquist jacket art.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Webster, NY: Plaza Publishers, 1974. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 322 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket has small scrape near base of spine, two small closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Travel.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed by Gerling on ffep. 1958 stated first edition. Gift inscription above the signature. Ffep has discoloration, probably from a newspaper clipping placed there that is now gone. Text unmarked. Po name stamped along outside edge of top and bottom pages, and in front. Foxing on all three edges. Dj shows signs of wear including a few 1/2-inch chips and tears along edges. Moderate wear on boards. Price-clipped. 1h.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Al Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1958, Hardcover with the dust jacket, 237 page book. Author has signed this copy " HI Curt Gerling " on the first blank page. Condition : Book is complete with shelf rubs , dust jacket is edge rubbed and chipped . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Front and back hinges well connected. Dented cover. DJ chipped, torn, missing pieces. Signed by Author. Text Body has no inscription in fine condition. Sold as is. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj in mylar; 237 clean, unmarked pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition. First ediiton. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed by the author on the half title. 322 pp. The author's third book, a collection of his essays, editorials and letters recalling his adventuresome life in remote places of the world, featuring his unihibited views, caustic observations and free-flowing style. A fine, fresh example in bright. crisp dust jacket with short closed tear to the rear gutter and a touch of foxing to the upper rear panel edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Al Wilson (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, 1958 , Dark red cloth hardcover in the dust jacket, 237 page book .Signed " With Warm Regards Curt Gerling " , signed on the first blank page . Condition : Fine Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

first edition. near fine book very good - fine jacket.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: VG/NO DUSTJACKET. No Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Webster, NY: Plaza Publishing. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. (c1958). First Edition. Cloth(Hrdcvr). 12mo., 237 pp. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Maroon cloth w/gilt lettering. Light wear head and heel. Text clean and bright, no marks. Unclipped DJ shows tiny chips and tears along upper edge, small closed tear at heel of rear cover. "The writer reveals some little-known facts about Rochester's gaudier eras and for the enlightenment (and amusement) of the reader dissects and examines the social body politic." (from the jacket).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Association copy - signed and inscribed by Gerling to friends of his, with a postcard and a short typed letter to the same laid in, both referring to a shared interest in music. Front hinge weakening, a few jacket tears repaired with tape on reverse, jacket lightly toned. 1974 Hard Cover. xiii, 322 pp. A collection of short writings by the author of Smugtown, U.S.A. and Good Enough for Grandpa. Deirdre Lindquist jacket art. Signed by author.

first edition. near fine book with small name plate near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Webster, New York: Plaza Publishers, 1958. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded burgundy boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Signed by author on front free endpaper: "Best regards - Curt Gerling." 237 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has one tiny chip at top front panel edge near corner (smaller than a pea), a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A laughing good look into the history and culture of Rochester, New York - by the author of "Smugtown, U.S.A. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. A humorous, lightly satirical look at Rochester, NY, by one of its native sons, the author of "Smugtown, USA." Signed by Gerling on the front end page; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor wear at edges and spine ends, corners of inside flaps have been trimmed but price is still present. Collectable. Signed by the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Deirdre Lindquist (unclipped). Very good. 322 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Curt Gerling to author Patrick McGilligan on the front free endpaper: "For the Enlightenment and Entertainment of Pat McGilligan Boswell to so many - Warm regards, Curt Gerling." Provenance: from the estate of Charles Williamson. Inscribed by Author(s).

Inscribed by author, first edition stated. Price unclipped. Dark brown boards in very good condition. Dust jacket with tiny piece missing from back bottom near spine and small piece missing from front on the ING of the authors last name. See photos.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Gerling on front end flap. Jacket good with a couple small edge tears and it is protected in plastic. Book is very good inside and out with a touch of perimeter wear. See pictures for further details, description. Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood copy with clean pages. Dust jacket in poor condition. First edition. 8vo. Published in Webster, 1958. 237 pages.

Al Wilson (illustrator). Clean and solid copy. Book is in very good condition. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Previous owners name and address stamp on front endpaper and inside of rear cover. Dust jacket in very good condition. Price on DJ, $2.95. Mild to moderate shelf wear with small chips along edges.

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, VG in green boards. No dj. 201 pp. "In the easy, readable and unique Gerling style the author has put together an amusing caustic and wholly entertaining book on the Rochester (NY) scene in the 1950's. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd. Signed by the author. Used copy. Pages look free of notations. Wear to the exterior. Dust jacket shows wear with rubbing, staining, and bumping. DJ has been custom fitted with an archival wrap. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover in poor, torn dust jacket. Clean pages. Missing front dust jacket flap. Published in Webster, NY. 1957. 8vo. 201 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First edition. Very good in fair jacket with split down front flap and loss from corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1957 Hard Cover. 203 pp. "In the easy, readable and unique Gerling style the author has put together an amusing caustic and wholly entertaining book on the Rochester (NY) scene. Smugtown U.S.A. It is the inside story on Rochester - society, business, newspapers, millionaires, politics, all appraised with the detachment and knowledge of a journalist but with the humor so characteristic of the author. Six or seven hundred Rochesterians are the principal characters and as Mr. Gerling says - 'The names are not changed to protect the innocent.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. There are 203 pages to this book of Rochester, NY personalities. This is the Second Edition of the title and has green cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. The interior is clean and bright and is with out marks. The edges are toned and have a spot or so of soiling. The book is good plus condition. The dust has several tears along the edges and the fold for rear flap, and shows some soiling. The dust jacket also shows some small areas of paper loss and is good minus condition. The dust wrapper is currently protected by a clear removable cover. The dust jacket and title page were done by Al Wilson.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Second edition. Signed by author ('Hi! Curt Gerling') on front endpaper. Near fine in good jacket. 1 inch chip from jacket spine head, two tiny chips from rear jacket edge, light 1 inch stain to jacket spine base. 1957 Hard Cover. 203 pp. "In the easy, readable and unique Gerling style the author has put together an amusing caustic and wholly entertaining book on the Rochester (NY) scene. Smugtown U.S.A. It is the inside story on Rochester - society, business, newspapers, millionaires, politics, all appraised with the detachment and knowledge of a journalist but with the humor so characteristic of the author. Six or seven hundred Rochesterians are the principal characters and as Mr. Gerling says - 'The names are not changed to protect the innocent.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Edition. Second edition. Very good in fair jacket. Chips along jacket edges, tape repairs on reverse of spine and rear panel, jacket lightly stained along base. 1957 Hard Cover. 203 pp. "In the easy, readable and unique Gerling style the author has put together an amusing caustic and wholly entertaining book on the Rochester (NY) scene. Smugtown U.S.A. It is the inside story on Rochester - society, business, newspapers, millionaires, politics, all appraised with the detachment and knowledge of a journalist but with the humor so characteristic of the author. Six or seven hundred Rochesterians are the principal characters and as Mr. Gerling says - 'The names are not changed to protect the innocent.