Robert James Collas Lowry (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black book excellent condition. No interior markings. 256 clean pages. Jacket very minor edgewear. Will ship in a fresh protective mylar cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 256 pp. Light shelf-soiling to the cover. Eleven short stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very good book in a very good dust jacket. Black cloth book stamped in pink and orange to the spine has water stain to the lower front panel, pushing to the spine ends and light toning to the endpapers. The jacket (priced at $3.50 to front flap) has evidence of damp staining to the verso of lower front panel and some spots of light rubbing with wear to the spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. b-217 Pages clean and tight. DJ has edge wear. Previous owner's name on ffep.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. His second collection of short stories, many dealing with life on the dark edges - in the military, abortion, a woman with a crippled hand, homosexuality - each illustrated with a minimalist brush-and-ink drawing by the author. This includes his O Henry Award winning story "Be Nice to Mr Campbell" and a "rougher and tougher version" of his first short novel, "Casualty." Lowry himself had a tragic life - after early acclaim, he was diagnosed as a schizophrenic in 1952 (shortly before this collection was published), forced to undergo electric shock therapy and spent the rest of his between mental institutions and squalid hotels. 256 pp. Dust jacket by Gene Frederico. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some minor chipping and edgewear to the dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Spine ends bumped, light browning of page edges, dust jacket shows spine reinforced with tape from within, shelf rubbing and light browning with some light soiling, edges and ends rubbed with some very small tears, flaps slightly clipped but price still present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated first edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning), price clipped dust jacket. B0007DWADK.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 1st. The dust jacket has chips and closed tears to the extremities. Internally clean. Fine condition in a very good dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG++. First Edition. 11 short stories; decorations by the author for each story; 256pp. Contains a revamped "Casualty".