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Published by Grosset & Dunlap
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.
Published by Waking Lion Press 8/25/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1434105032ISBN 13: 9781434105035
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Nadejen, Theodore (illustrator). Porgy 0.38. Book.
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Published by George H. Doran and Company, New York, 1925
Seller: Persephone's Books, Gastonia, NC, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). Reprint. 196 pp. Second printing. The hinges are cracked, but holding well. The spine is faded from being shelved in the sunlight, and the fore-corners of the covers are slightly bumped. The binding is tight and the text is clean.
Published by New York,N.Y.: George H. Doran, 1925, 1925
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Minus. Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition, Second Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Interior lightly browning,ink name and date on front endpaper, rear inner-hinge separating but still holding, spine heavily sunned, corners and extremities of spine rubbed.Good reading copy.196 pages.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). 196pp. Black cloth boards with pink title on spine and front board. Pink top edges. Du Bose Heyward 1885-1940. Hardcover.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap 1925, 1925
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by George H. Doran, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1925
Seller: The Book Lady Bookstore, Savannah, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pink boards with black lettering. Hinges broken. A first edition, but does not have issue points of a First Printing.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). Second Edition. Blk cloth with pink letttering; spine; No marks or writing, clean tight binding;; Signed and dated by Mary Mace Spradling, a notable Kentucky Afro American who authored In Black & White, Africo American in Print ; book is basis for Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess; ; Signed by Associated Very Good- edges and corners repaired.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1925
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). First Thus Edition. Sleek black ribbed cloth with pink titling and decal to front board and spine has pale blue/grey titling, Grosset & Dunlap publisher colophon, title page says "by arrangement with George H. Doran" two tone title with Porgy in Pink, illustrations by Theodore Nadejen. Insides clean and tight, no foxing, name on flyleaf, top edge pink, fore-edge rough-cut. No wear to speak of, corners rounded, top of spine bumped, hint of spine lean, No DJ. Copyright page says Copyright 1925 George H Doran, inscription to fly dated 1935. Size: 8vo.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: NoNE. NADEJEN THEODORE (illustrator). SECOND PRINTING. BOUND IN LAVENDER WITH BLACK LETTERING AND DESIGN MARKED WITH A B ON COPYRIGHT PAGE SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED LIGHT SUNFADE TO SPINE PORGY AND BESS WAS BASED ON THIS BOOK WELL PRESERVED A VERY NICE COPY.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1925
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). Reprint Edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Early Reprint Edition. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward. Decorated by Theodore Nadejen. Dust Jacket is missing its back panel and shows wear to what remains. Boards show light wear and spine has a slight slant - otherwise in good condition. Interior is clean of any writing, highlighting, foxing, or similar flaws. Binding sound. RARE!.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1939
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). First Edition. True first printing with colophon. In vivid orange cloth boards covered by a very lightly worn jacket with mild wear at spine ends, original $2.00 price on flap. Another novel of the American Negro by the author of Porgy & Bess.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nadejen, Theodore (illustrator). Purple cloth over boards, corners bumped. Spine faded. Top edge of title page uncut. Pencil gift inscription on front endpaper, otherwise clean throughout.
Published by George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Nadejen, Theodore; Decorated By (illustrator). Edition Not Stated. Ex-libris and date, inside front cover. Staining on spine, title on front cover. Small bump on edge of rear cover. Text fine. 196 pages.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap [1925], [New York], 1925
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Reprint. Octavo (20.25cm.); original black cloth in white pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; 196pp.; illus. Some dust-soiling to dust jacket, small dampstain to spine foot, crown somewhat ragged. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Unstated reprint in black cloth, lacking Doran logo on copyright page as called for by AHEARN, p. 342. Novel describing the life of a crippled black man living in a poor tenement in Charleston, South Carolina. COAN, p. 189; HANNA 1715.
Published by George H. Doran, New York, 1925
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first hard cover edition, second printing (" --B--" on the copyright page). No dust-jacket.The text is unmarked, pristine. Minor wear and spotting at the extremities of the boards, with a slight slant to the binding, as from reading.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Nadejen, Theodore (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, second printing -- letter -B- at bottom of verso. 8vo. Cloth. 196 p. Lavender/pink silk boards with gilt lettering. The bestselling novel that spawned the Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess. Gilt still bright on cover. Spine sunned. Interior spotless. Very good+.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1925
Seller: RUSH HOUR BUSINESS, Worcester, MA, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. 1925 Used hardcover copy with no dust jacket, age wear but very intact.
Published by Farrar & Rinehart (1939), New York, 1939
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Nadejen, Theodore. (illustrator). First edition. Very good with light soiling on the cloth binding along the hinge in front and back; and offsets at the endpaper hinges, which appears to be from the glue used on the pastedown. In a very good dust jacket that is lightly soiled, most noticeably on the white back panel, with a few minor rub marks, spine ends and corners showing shallow chipping, and a few closed tears. Spine is slightly faded, but cover art on front panel still clear and bright.
Published by New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers by arrangement with George H. Doran Company, [circa 1938-1940]., 1940
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Signed
Reprint (first published by Doran in 1925) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 196 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket front panel (with overlap to spine) features figural foreground pictorial illustration and Charleston, SC background predominately in shades of blue and black and credited to Rex Walker at lower left. Dj has some toning and soiling plus nicks and short tears at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth; pink stamping to spine and front board; slight fraying to spine head; light bumping at bottom board corners. Pinkish-purple top edge; deckle fore-edge. Light toning to endpapers; past bookseller pencil marking on front free endpaper along with author's four-line black ink inscription "Inscribed for | Robert E. Harper | by | DuBose Heyward." Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Conforming to Grosset & Dunlap's standard practice, the book's copyright page utilizes Doran's original publication date (1925) but this reprint was actually issued sometime between 1938 and 1940 for the dj rear panel title list includes Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" which was only issued by Scribner's on October 15, 1937 and Grosset would certainly not have been able to secure reprint rights until the following year at the earliest.
Published by GEORGE H. DORAN, N.Y., 1925
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Theodore Nadejen (illustrator). FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. STATED FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING OF THIS CLASSIC ON BLACK AMERICA WITH "B" ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. BOOK RATES NEAR FINE CONDITION WITH EVER SO LIGHT WEAR TO 1 CORNER AND HAVING AGE TONE PAGE EDGES. D/J IS COMPLETE WITH SMALL DIAGONAL CLIPS ON THE SIDES OF THE FLAPS AS WAS THE CUSTOM IN THE 20'S UP TO THE 50'S . THE D/J SPINE IS AGE TONED AND THERE IS A BIT OF FRAYING AT TOP OF D/J. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. PRICED TO SELL. FURTHER SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS. Signed & INSCRIBED By AUTHOR.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Nadejen, Theodore (illustrator). Inscribed on front endpaper: For Miss Elizabeth F. Smith with all good wishes from Du Bose Heyward. Purple cloth over boards, edges worn. Binding shaken. Page edges are age toned and stained. Signed by Author(s).