Roberts Walter Adolphe (73 results)

Softcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Leaves are starting to separate from the binding. Minimal shelfwear. Minimal, but noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue emb. cloth, black design, sl. cocked, edges sl. rubbed. Xiii, 271pp. Fourth printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue Hardback of 275 pp. in overall good shape with general wear. Binding firm and square. Name of previous owner inside front, otherwise Clean throughout.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. First edition. First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a tipped-in leaf. Green covers with gold illustrations and lettering on front and spine. Includes 34 black & white illustrations, map endpapers, and index. Lacks dustjacket but front and back flaps pasted on front endpaper. Ex-library with usual markings, edges rubbed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Ex-library marks at the bottom of the spine. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges. No library marks on the dust jacket.; The American Lakes Series, Ed. By M. M. Quaife; 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.5 inches; 376 pages. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. ex-library slightly musty. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 19cm; 356 pages. Translated from the English by Antoine Coiffard. Toned but unblemished copy. Unopened.

Condition: New.

Presumed first edition, first printing (per matching dates upon title and copyright pages with no edition/printing statement on latter). xiv, 271 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.5cm. Lacks dust jacket. Blue cloth decorated black stamping to spine and front board; spine slightly cocked; some rubbing and staining/soiling to cloth with light scuffing at edges. Soiling to dull green top edge; toning and soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Strong toning to endpapers with tidelines occurring at free endpaper margins; some foxing and a few light stains to interior pages. Binding is firm. A good+ copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Orig. red cloth with black lettering. Near very good copy, binding in very good, clean condition, text clean but front free endpaper missing, hence graded as less than very good. Second novel of Jamaica-born W. Adolphe Roberts under this pseudonym. Sold along with a sixth printing of Robert's other book written as Endicott, Mayor Harding of New York (New York, The Mohawk Press, 1931), a good copy in original cloth, top corner of front board bleached, otherwise clean.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Acceptable. missing rear wrap, top wrap shows minor wear and tear, chipping, tanning. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition signed and limited-- the Stars and Bars edition. Signed by author on edition statement page. The book has some general soiling on the coves and edges and a previous owners bookplate on the inside cover. The DJ has tanning and a 1" piece at the top of the spine is missing but otherwise the wear is light. See photos. All books are in my possession and ship in protective material in a cardboard box.#106. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third printing before publication. Modestly worn good copy lacking the dustwrapper. A novel about political corruption in New York, apparently inspired by true events. Roberts was a prolific black journalist of West Indian origins, who was later known for his travel books of that region. He wrote the first true detective novel by an African-American, as well as volumes of both travel and poetry.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. a New Orleans novel of the '80s. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st ed. 192p. Original cloth. Moderate cover soil. Former owner's name. No Jacket. SIGNED by Roberts. Called itself a quarterly magazine in book form. Only four issues were published. Roberts is often regarded as having some African ancestry but he always denied it and the evidence supporting such ancestry is not overwhelming.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. 318p. Blue cloth. dj. 21cm. Edges browned. Backstrip darkened. "Stars and Bars Edition" with leaf SIGNED by Roberts inserted prior to title-page. Roberts is thought by many to have to have had some African American ancestry although he categorically denied it. "Brave Mardi Gras" is a pro-confederate novel about the Creole aristocracy of New Orleans. Signed.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book includes a collection of the author's poems written during and immediately following the First World War. The subject matter focuses on the horrors of war, the heroism of the French, and the authorâs personal experiences fighting for France. The poems are filled with vivid imagery and symbolism and offer a powerful meditation on the human cost of war and the importance of peace. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Stated First edition. No jacket. Name on title page. No markings on text. Minor foxing on pages due to age. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.