Language: English
Published by Mercury Publications, Inc Lawrence E Spivak, New York, NY, 1954
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. Dirone Photography (cover photo) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 24 # 129 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1954. Contains stories by Rov Vickers (William Edward Vickers - Find the Innocent), , Stuart Palmer & Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig - Autopsy and Eva), Pat Frank (Harry Hart "Pat" Frank - On Edge), Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee - , GI Story), James M Ullman (James Michael Ullman - , Anything New on the Strangler?), Ring Lardner (Ringgold Wilmer Lardner - Claude Diphthong, Student of Crime), Don Marquis (Donald Robert Perry Marquis - The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove), Ellis Parker Butler (The Silver Protector), Arthur Conan Doyle (How it Happened), and others. GGA cover. Light wear at the edges. Some waviness to the front cover and top edges of the first few pages that suggest moisture exposure, however there aren't any stains. Initials (DJ) written in the upper right of the front cover.Light browning to the edges of the front cover and the pages. Rubbing to the spine that has worn off most of the writing. The interior is clean and tight. A good very good copy.
Language: English
Published by Modern Library
Seller: Drew, Hutchinson, KS, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: VeryGood. The dust jacket is missing. Clean pages with no underlining or highlights.
Published by Modern Library, 1953
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing.
Published by The Encore Press, N.H., 1947
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Encore Press , N.H. , 1947 First Edition 95 page Vintage Digest Sized magazine with stories and articles by Agatha Christie , Ring lardner, William James and others. Contents page in Photos A near fine copy with light dusts oiling to the covers. See Photos whb12.
Published by Random House Pub, NY, 1960
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. first edition,2p; Second printing". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S7.50) DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT. Complete,DJ HAS edgewear at spine fold & spine ends. ; Gold spine titles on dark blue cloth hard covers.white endpapers. ; 574pg heavy pages; Indexed."most comprehensive collection of Parodies ever to appear in one volume".Lifetime Library series. Parodies of Christopher Marlow, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, . Wells parodies: PERKINS AND MANKIND, and THE DEFOSSILIZED PLUM PUDDING .
Published by The Encore Press, N.H., 1943
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Encore Press , N. H. , 1943 First Edition 127 page Vintage Digest Sized Magazine. Edited by Dent Smith with stories and articles by H.L. Mencken, Aldous Huxley , Bertrand Russell , Ring lardner, and many others . See photos A near fine copy with light edge wear and light dust soiling to the covers. See Photos This week bx.
Published by The Encore press, N.H., 1942
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. First edition. The Encore Press , N.H. , 1942 First Edition 159 page Vintage Digest Sized magazine Edited by Dent Smith with stories and articles by Ambrose Bierce , Ring Lardner, Sherwood Anderson, and many others. See Photos A good copy with dust soiling and wear to the covers as shown. See Photos this week bxE.
Published by Pocket Book, 1950
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Printing. Pocket Book 649. Near Fine to Fine condition.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc, New York, 1946
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Edition. Pocket Book 424. Collects fifteen stories and articles, poetry, and more. A good+ copy. ; Small octavo.
Published by A.S. Barnes and Company, New York, 1949
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. About fine, tight, clean, no markings or bookplate. In good to very good dust jacket with slight fading along spine and some edge wear. NO chips, minor short tears. Not price-clipped. 22 stories about baseball, golf, boxing, Boston Marathon, football, tennis, horse racing.
Published by Modern Library
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Rebound leather binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Published by Pocket Books, Inc, New York, 1946
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Edition. Pocket Book 424. Collects fifteen stories and articles, poetry, and more. A bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo.
Language: English
Published by The Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelphia., 1917
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, STAFF, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 84 pages with stories articles and weekly news snippets, inc Film photo article on how they are made, Ring Lardner story of baseball "The Yellow Kid" War articles all with photos, etc, etc. Cover by Neysa McMein, some stains to top outer corners of the last few pages inc back cover where it is larger then just the corner, some browning to edges ans the odd spot internally, paper label on cover "Chas A Proctor of Hanover NH" good to VG.
Published by Modern Library
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to boards and dust jacket due to age and use. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Published by Modern Library
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to boards and dust jacket due to age and use. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Published by The Screen Writers' Guild, Inc., Hollywood, 1945
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. (Vol. I, No. 6). [a decent, clean copy, light age-toning and minor external soiling]. In this issue: "The Sign of the Boss," by Ring Lardner Jr., an article highly critical of Cecil B. DeMille; "Screen Writing for Commerce," by Courtney Anderson, about writing for industrial films; "Rank Enthusiasm," by Charles Bennett, about the film production and exhibition activities of the J. Arthur Rank companies; "A Novelist Looks at the Screen," by James Hilton; and an Editorial (unsigned but presumably by Trumbo) speaking to some of the labor and legal issues that were current in the wake of recent strikes against the Hollywood studios.
Published by P F Collier & Sons, Springfield, Ohio, 1929
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Edmund Davenport, Penrhyn Stanlaws, & Alan Foster (covers), John Crossman (Wodehouse serial) (illustrator). First Edition. The April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 2, 4, & 12 (conclusion) of 12 of Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), a Blandings Castle novel by P G Wodehouse, Excuse MY Clouds (4/13), an article about the rise of private airplanes as a transportation alternative by W B Courtney, The Iron Handshaker (4/13), an article about Jack Dempsey as a promoter by Grantland Rice, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth (4/13), an article about how golf reveals the character of Babe Ruth by Al Demaree, Reuben the Artist (4/13), an article about the life and work of Rube Goldberg by Ring Lardner, Who Killed Montague Brest (4/27), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, The Somebody Man (4/27), an ethnic themed story by Roark Bradford, The Imperfect Alibi (6/22), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, part 8 of 12 of The Day the World Ended (6/22), a novel of sinister intrigue by Sax Rohmer and others. Condition issues include: 4/13 - soiling to the front cover, most prominent at the upper right with a little at the lower left, a 1" closed tear at the top center of the front cover that diminishes through page 8, a ragged 2.25" half moon shaped chip at the top left of the front cover that diminishes through page10, soiling along the spine of the back cover and .25" of the top corner of the spine is cut off; 4/27 - light edge wear to the front cover; and 6/22 - nothing significant. Overall a good to very good set with serial installments by a prominent and collectible authors. Heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage.
Published by The Presto Publishing Company, Hamilton, Ohio, 1915
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Narrow 16mo. Measuring approximately 3½" x 6¼". Illustrated with cartoons and comic strips. Wrappers over stapled textblock. Wrappers with some wear and soil, staples a bit oxidized, a few leaves with light soil and one with a short tear, a very good and sound copy of an ephemeral little book of automobile humor. Prints Ring W. Lardner's "Phil and his 4D" (illustrated by Quin Hall), which the publishers claim was written specifically for this little volume.
Published by The Presto Publishing Co., Hamilton, OH, 1915
First Edition
Pamphlet. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. (1915). 46 pages plus one ad. Uncanny Stories About a Canny Car by America's Leading Humorists and Cartoonists---Bud Fisher, Ring W. Lardner, Luke McLuke, H. T. Webster, Claude Shafer, Chic Jackson, Hy Mayer and Others. Contains the 1st printing by Ring Lardner of "Phil and His 4-D." Illustrated. 6 1/4" x 3 3/8". Covers soiled. Also included are 5, 2" x 3 1/2", humorist cards. Good plus, wrappers. (149).