Jim Tully William Gropper (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Reprint edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. William Gropper (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: New Book. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition thus. Tully's hard-boiled classic about carnies and circus grifters. This edition w/ a fwd by friend and legend Harvey Pekar. Multiple copies available this title. Illustrator: William Gropper. Quantity Available: 5. Category: Ohio literature; ISBN/EAN: 9781606350010. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1273. William Gropper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very light wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. Book will stand upright on its own. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages are tight and clean with no marks No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water stains. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket. William Gropper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Fairly tight binding (spine a bit loose), clean interior. Brown boards with bright yellow decoration; spine cocked forward slightly, mild wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffs and smudges. Specks on top page edges near spine and rear board. Text is unmarked, light soiling throughout. 1" crack to paper on rear hinge. "None of the characters in this book are completely imaginary." 330 pages. Gropper, William (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 280 pages. 7.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. 1st printing. hardcover, 275 pages, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4"A Star Book" dj shows nicks and tears along edges (now in mylar protector). dj spine a bit faded, top edge of pages shows some moisture drops. ".lays bare the period of his life when he suffered and triumphed with bizarre characters of an itinerant troupe.". Gropper, William (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Mass market paperback, 220 pp., This copy has some minor foxing on the cover but does not impact the image or text. There is some color chipping on the upper part and fore-edge side of the cover. The corners are worn slightly. There is some color chipping on the spine and some wrinkles but remains unbroken. The top right corner has a small crease as well. Some toning on the back cover as well but does not impact any text. William Gropper (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest wear to extremities, tiny tears and very slight fraying at spine ends, vintage bookplate on front pastedown, remnant of removed sticker on front endpaper]. (pen & ink drawings, illustrated endpapers) Episodic narrative of a hobo who gets tossed into a small-town jail which happens to be populated with an amazingly diverse gallery of crooks and lowlifes, individual chapter-portraits of whom comprise the bulk of the book. Tully, referred to by the New York Times as the (self-appointed) "high priest of the present-day cult of the underworld," was by 1930 firmly ensconced in Hollywood as a journalist and sometime screenwiter, but would continue to reach back to his vagabond early-life experiences for story material for many years thereafter. Illustrated by William Gropper (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition FOURTH IMPRESSION. STATED FIRST EDITION FOURTH IMPRESSION, AUGUST, 1927. THE FIRST IMPRESSION WAS IN JULY. DECORATED MAROON CLOTH BOARDS WITH GREEN SPINE. SPLENDID PICTORIAL ENDPAPERS. NAME APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ERASED ON HALF TITLE PAGE. VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT. 280 pp. UNIQUE FULL PAGE ILLUS BY GROPPER. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS. WILLIAM GROPPER (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Decorative end pages and illustrations by William Gropper. Jim Tully left his hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company of hoboes. Drifting across the country as a "road kid," he spent those years scrambling into boxcars, sleeping in hobo jungles, avoiding railroad cops, begging meals from back doors, and haunting public libraries. Square binding. The writer that H.L. Mencken called America's Dostoevsky.Orange cloth. Clean text block with deckled fore edge. 330 pages. illustrated by William Gropper (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Signed by author. Good hardcover, no DJ. Black cloth over boards green titles on front cover and spine; green and red pictorial design on front cover; pictorial end papers. Scuffed, lightly soiled covers and spine; rubbing wear at cover fore corners and at spine ends; splits and a chip at spine head; tightly bound; owner's bookplate on front paste down; inscribed to owner on front free end paper, signed Jim Tully an dated 1927; clean interior with some general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 8vo, 280 pp; illustrated. From the Boni family collection.…

First Edition. First Edition. Fictional stories of life on the bum, based on the author's own experiences. Very Good plus, lacking the dust jacket, with a slight lean, bookplate on the front pastedown, and faint splashes on the spine.

Reprint. Octavo (20.75cm); dark red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [viii],280pp; illus. Slight forward lean, spine ends gently nudged, with a handful of small stains to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is edgeworn, spine-sunned, with a few small chips at spine ends, several short tears and attendant creases; Very Good. "Despite its cheery-sounding title, Circus Parade is light years away from Toby Tylerland, presenting a dark, violent and thoroughly unromanticized portrait of life on the road with a traveling show -- described by Tully as "generally a canvas nest of petty thieves and criminals among the lower gentry." The book's depictions of casual brutality -- including a shocking account of the troupe's exploitation of a young black girl's sexual favors -- got it banned in Boston and caused an uproar with circus fans (and, unsurprisingly, circus owners), which helped to put the kibosh on a proposed film adaptation by James Cruze" (PROUTY 4).…

1927. New York The Literary Guild of America 1927 - Cartonné 14 5 cm x 21 cm 280 pages - Texte en anglais de Jim Tully ills in-texte de William Gropper - Dos restauré état correct. Bon état.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bright orange cloth stamped in black, green topstain, under jacket illustrated by William Gropper, 330 pp. + ads. Small chip to front edge of jacket, minor toning to spine panel. Fine/Very good. Tully fled an orphanage to live an early life as a hobo. In his twenties, he found himself in Hollywood and became one of the first writers to cover the film scene there. At the same time, he wrote about his experiences on the road and in circuses. Shadows of Men is specifically about men in jail, ?where men receive the education of the underworld and go forth in the spirit of vengeance.? It offers more portrayal of Blacks? experiences than other books in our hobo catalog.…