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Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967-68][c.1958], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. A Modern Library edition presenting four of the best plays by Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Includes his 'Candida', 'Ceasar and Cleopatra', 'Pygmalion' and 'Heartbreak House'. The plays are unabridged, and with an introduction by Louis Kronenberger; each with a preface by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 380 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1958 (though 1953 date appears in book). ML #19.3. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and clean but with prior owner's signature to verso of front free endpaper, chafing to cloth at head of spine and with faint scratch to front cover. Price-clipped dust jacket with small tear, chipping and rubbing to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xii, 473 pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967-68], New York, 1967
ISBN 10: 0394600851ISBN 13: 9780394600857
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. An illustrated anthology of the popular humorist and illustrator's unique writings and drawings on a wide variety of subjects. With numerous pages of the author's cartoons and illustrations toward back half of volume. (Inaccurately listed as a 1957 Modern Library first edition, but likely published c.1967-68.) --- In Toledano spine 13 w/full blue cloth-covered boards, silver titling & decorations stamped on spine; ml logo blindstamped to front cover, blank endpapers. Jacket style l, verso is blank. ML #85.3. --- With school's rubberstamping to front free endpaper, a three-digit number inked to textblock lower edge, binder's glue bleed-through to front endpaper, and with quite noticeable tanning to leaves, else a sound, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket has some foxing and soiling, is otherwise intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (12), 369 pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A Modern Library edition presenting all of the stories from Eudora Welty's "A Curtain of Green and Other Stories" and "The Wide Net and Other Stories." With an introduction by Katherine Anne Porter. Jacket with an illustration depicting a Southern scene by Paul Galdone. --- In Toledano spine 12 / green cloth / blindstamped ml cover device / gilt-stamped spine titling / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1966 date appears in book). ML #290.1. --- A Good-only copy, with frequent underlinings and markings in red ink, and a diagonally-clipped front free endpaper, otherwise clean and tightly-bound. Unclipped jacket ($1.95) with several small tears to edges, else bright, intact and in removable, archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xxiii, 289, 214 pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D. H. Lawrence's sequel to his "The Rainbow" explores the meaning of romantic love and created a stir when first published (in 1920) due to its frank descriptions of sexuality. This Modern Library reprint edition includes an unattributed biographical sketch of the author, and a foreword by Mr. Lawrence. --- In Toledano spine 13 / maroon cloth / silver spine titling / ml device blindstamped to front cover / blank endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Interior bears 1950 date but likely published c.1967. ML #68.3. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, publisher/distributor rubberstamping to ffep, and slight soiling to cloth, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Good-only, unclipped dust jacket ($2.45) with large creased tear & chips to upper edge of front panel, other small tears & chips, but remaining mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); x, (2), 7-548, (2, ads) pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
ISBN 10: 0394607376ISBN 13: 9780394607375
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. A hefty Modern Library Giant edition presenting the novels of Hawthorne, including "The Scarlet Letter", "The House of the Seven Gables" and more; as well as 37 novelettes and tales. Edited, with an introduction by Norman Holmes Pearson. --- In Toledano spine G7 / light yellow cloth / black titling & decorations / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gh, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1965 date appears in book). ML #G37.1. --- With moderate tanning to leaves and a partial split near front of book has been carefully repaired, else a tightly-bound and sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($4.95) with chipping and tears along edges, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper. Note: A loosened front hinge has been repaired on this item. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xv, 1223, 2, (2, ads) pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Modern Library Giant edition presenting the full contents of two collections of short stories by John O'Hara (1905-1970). Many of these stories were originally published in "The New Yorker" before appearing in his "Assembly" and "The Cape Cod Lighter" collections. --- In Toledano G6 spine / blue cloth / gilt-stamped ML cover hex device / spine titling & decorations in gilt and red / blank GA style endpapers / dust jacket style Gg, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1962 date appears in volume). ML #G88.1. --- A weakened front hinge has been repaired on this item; with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a well-preserved, tightly-bound, clean copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a full-length crease to spine, small scuffed spots and a tear to edge, otherwise bright, intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, [2], 425, [2, ads] pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 17 stories by famous German writers such as Goethe, Heine, Hauptmann, Schnitzler, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann and Kafka are offered in a Modern Library edition. Edited, and with introduction by Victor Lange. This edition followed an earlier Modern Library collection of German short fiction, edited by Bennett Cerf. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 393 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1960 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #108.3. --- With discreet rubberstamping by Lahore bookseller and penciling to front free endpaper, an otherwise clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking additional damages. Unclipped dust jacket with mild chafing & creasing to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xxi, 486 pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A Modern Library edition offering "The Fall," a short novel by the Algerian-born French author Albert Camus (1913-1960), as well as "Exile and the Kingdom," his collection of 6 short stories. Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. Per the jacket, the author envisaged that these two works would be presented together. --- In Toledano spine 11 / red cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1964 (though 1958 date appears in book). ML #352.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy, though with age-toning to two-thirds of the textblock edges. Fair-only, unclipped dust jacket ($2.45) with conspicuous sunning to spine, chips and tears to edges but mostly intact and in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; (4), 361, (10, ads) pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
ISBN 10: 0394602730ISBN 13: 9780394602738
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Modern Library edition offering the poems and a selection of other writings of the great English romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821). Edited, with an introduction by Harold Edgar Briggs. Index of titles at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 13 / black cloth / blindstamped ml cover device / silver-stamped spine titling / blank endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1951 date appears in book). ML #273.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Price-clipped jacket with dark dampstains to verso, mild chafing to edges and with a hint of sunning to spine, else intact and in removable, archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxxiv, (2), 515, (9, ads) pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Four epic poems from the medieval era in a Modern Library Giant edition, rendered into modern English. Each epic is preceded by an introduction by its translator. "Beowulf" translated by William Alfred. "Roland" & "Poem of the Cid" translated by W. S. Merwin. "The Nibelungenlied" translated by Helen H. Mustard. Volume wrapped in brown jacket variant with medieval illustration underlying the front panel titling. --- In Toledano spine G7 / dark green cloth / silver & green titling & decorations to cover & spine / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gh, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1963 date appears in book). ML #G87.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with blacked-over inked info. to front paste-down & mild soiling to cloth. Unclipped dust jacket ($4.95) with a little sunning to spine and chips & tears to spine ends, else bright, otherwise intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [6], 590, [10, ads] pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Modern Library edition presenting the entirety of the poetry and selected prose writings of the English poet and cleric John Donne (1572-1631). Edited, and with an introduction by Charles M. Coffin. In green and yellow jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 12 / red cloth / blindstamped ml cover device / gilt-stamped spine titling / Fujita olive & yellow endpapers / jacket style l, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #12.3. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and inked tick-marks to t.o.c., otherwise a clean, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped jacket with a large chip to back panel, other small tears & chips to edges, else bright, intact and in removable, archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xliii, 594, (2, ads) pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967-70], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A complete and unabridged Modern Library Giant reprint edition of the epic Russian novel of Leo Tolstoy, in a translation from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Volume wrapped in buff-colored jacket with image of a desperate-looking woman tugging at a soldier to front panel. --- In Toledano spine G7 / terra cotta cloth / black titling & decorations / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gj, verso is blank. Likely published c.1967-70 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G1.1. --- The leaves are noticeably tanned, and with two prior owners' stickers to front endpapers, else an unmarked, sound, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($4.95) with small tears at spine ends, else intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the U.S.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [6], 1136 pages.
Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1967-1970], New York, 1967
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. The complete, authorized text of Volume I of the notable work by the Prussian-born revolutionary socialist Karl Marx, in a Modern Library Giant edition. Edited by Frederick Engels, revised and amplified according to the fourth German edition by Ernest Untermann, and translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling. --- In Toledano spine G5 / green cloth / gilt titling on black cover & spine blocks / faded black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Ge, verso advertises 379 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1957 (though 1906 date appears in book). ML #G26.1. --- A weakened front hinge has been imperfectly repaired on this item; with whitish discoloration to lower edges of covers, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Dust jacket with conspicuous sunning to spine, a few tears & chips to edges; otherwise bright and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 869 pages.