Linney Joseph (5 results)

228 pages. Hardcover: H 31.5cm x L 23cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; bumping at top edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Green boards; light bumping/scuffing at spine ends; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Four leaves with impressions of removed paper clip at top margins; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4.25 pounds (1.92 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {ArtShelf-#2} ISBN 1555215181.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Former owner name on front under dust jacket flap, otherwise a clean unmarked book. NOT a former library book. Dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover but missing a piece at tail of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Red boards with gold lettering. Corners bumped, spine slightly slanted, a little edge wear, soiling or staining along rear hinge. Top edge a little darkened and one page was unevenly trimmed. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket is edge worn with chipping to top and base of spine and a 2x2 1/2" flat at base of spine, some darkening. A very attractive copy in a decent jacket.Author's first novel. Set in 1919, "the story is woven around the adventures and romance in the lives of a young mining engineer, who accepted the 'challenge' to rehabilitate a badly organized iron-mining operation in the Adirondacks, and a young, vivacious social-minded community nurse, who had been engaged to improve the morale of the mining town."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. FIRST AMER. EDITION, first printing. Original full green cloth-patterned hardcover. Slightly sunned at the top of the spine. Not price clipped. Jacket slightly age toned. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall an EXCELLENT book in an EXCELLENT brodart protected dust jacket. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.

LINNEY, Joseph R. THE TOUCH OF HUMAN HANDS. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1947]. 8vo., red cloth in dust jacket; 478 pages. First Edition. Author's first book. A young mining engineer is given a job to make an Adirondacks iron mine profitable. The author was a former mining engineer. Scarce! Signed by Linney ("With best wishes") on the front endpaper. Very Good (covers bright); little soil & several short tears (shallow chipping spine ends & small interior tape mark) d/j. $85.00.