Ruth Blodgett (10 results)

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Slight wear to edges and corners, spine somewhat discolored, clean and unmarked. Taped inside the front cover is a small addressed envelope containg a card that reads: With the Compliments of The Author Ruth Blodgett (signed). The jacket is a real challenge and not repairable; in two pieces, edges reinforced with old masking tape (on the outside). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. 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: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. sm 8 vo, 349 pp. Blue cloth, square, sound with sharp corners. Blue eps, previous owner's name neat in light blue ink on first fep. DUST JACKET is worn on all edges, with smallish chips and tears on top and bottom edges. Spine is faded, text block is darkening from age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Unstated edition. [solid but shelfworn copy, top corners bumped/cracked (boards exposed), bottom corners less so, some discoloration to first few pages and last few pages of book, vintage bookseller's label on rear pastedown; jacket worn, various small tears, soiling to rear panel, minor paper loss (no text affected) at spine ends]. "Young and self-confident, Rosanne is transplanted from her native New York to New England. She has married into the Porter family, and with good-natured curiosity she examines her new relatives -- sound New England stock from north of Boston, whose reliability and well-being are explained by the family shoe factory, founded by 'Gran' Porter in the early days. But their stiff-necked ways are not her ways; and after the first shattering ecstasy of her love for Alec has subsided, she decides to do something about it. Too late the Porter family realize what is going to happen; helplessly, they stand and watch." Striking (but uncredited) dust jacket design.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Second printing. With a lengthy inscription on the front free endpaper by the author to Earnest Elmo Calkins, who was "a deaf American advertising executive who pionered the use of art in advertising, of fictional characters, the soft sell, and the idea of 'consumer engineering'" per Wikipedia. The spine ends are softened. The spine is a bit faded. Otherwise a fine copy in a square, tight binding. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Early printing. A G/VG copy in a G/VG dust jacket with the price of 2.50 intact on the front flap. Scarce in dust jacket. . Book.

Condition: Very Good. NY: Harcourt Brace 1932. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover 8vo 349 pgs. Very good in good dust jacket. Light edgewear and bumping to spine ends. Contents clean but a bit toned, binding sound. Jacket edgeworn and chipped. Rear panel toned. (Maine, Authors, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

First Edition. Novel of the radiant and unconventional Duchess of Pontignac and the struggles of acceptance into the traditional New England town of Peaceport. Very Good with small marking on front inside cover and endpage, in a Good dustjacket with 4-5 inch closed tear to spine edge, some chipping to spine ends and top edges, dime-sized abrasion to upper right front panel, and tears to front flap edge.

First Edition. David Berger dustjacket art. "Story of a New York family." of a woman whose husband dies and who eventually finds herself involved in a love affair "which is as bewildering to her as it was uninvited". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some foxing and fading to spine.

First Edition. "Young and self-confident, Rosanne is transplanted from her native New York to New England. She has married into the Porter family, and with good-natured curiosity she examines her new relatives, sound New England stock from north of Boston, whose reliability and well-being are explained by the family shoe factory, founded by 'Gran' Porter in the early days. But their stiff-necked ways are not her ways; and after the first shattering ecstasy of her love for Alec has subsided, she decides to do something about it. Too late the Porter family realize what is going to happen; helplessly, they stand and watch.". Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket.