Borzoi Reader by Doren Carl (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . . . . First edition 8vo, hardcover. No dj, red cloth. Vg condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. Poet, and contributor to this volume, Witter Bynner's copy, with his bookplate. literature american 20th century.

hardcover. first edition. 8vo. 1031pp. see pictures for contents. #05016h. Very Good: Book VG mild shelf wear to boards and spine, mild foxing outer edge tet block, spine sunned, name on title page, text clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First, Second, and Third Printings Before Publication, thus some kind of book club edition. Slight rubbing at head and tail of spine. Slight spotting on endpapers. Otherwise, contents clean and tight. Dustjacket is rough at head and tail of spine, slightly soiled and somewhat rubbed at extremities. Size: 8vo - over 7-1/2" - 9-1/2" tall . 8vo. .…

Condition: Fair. 1936. Fourth Printing. 1033 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed grey. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The Borzoi Reader by Carl Van Doren (First Edition) Firm copy with minor bumping and rubbing to corners and along board edges.Note written on front flyleaf page. Bright dust jacket with minor wear to edges and spine ends. 2 inch chip upper front cover. Not price-clipped. Stated first edition. BOOK. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1030 pages; HC/DJ is stout, square sound copy in original brick red cloth. 3 color Borzoi style design dust jacket is a bit rubbed and frayed at corners and spine ends; spine panel a bit sunned and faded. Nice cross section of mid 30's culture and literature as selected by Van Doren and published by Knopf. Binding just a little sheken. Uncommon in dust jacket. VG/G . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.…

14043 VAN DOREN, CARL - 1936 FIRST EDITION - THE BORZOI READER - 1034 PP - HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET - GOOD CONDITION (BS-523).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good First Edition hardcover. Original red cloth boards with decorative spine stamping and publisher's device blind-stamped to front cover. Light general rubbing and soiling to cloth with some fading to spine and extremities. Corners lightly bumped. Binding remains firm and square. Text block is clean and bright with no significant markings noted. Illustrated throughout with drawings and decorative typography. An attractive and well-preserved example of this substantial Knopf anthology. Edited by noted literary critic and historian Carl Van Doren, The Borzoi Reader was published to commemorate the distinguished publishing achievements of Alfred A. Knopf. The volume gathers a wide-ranging selection of essays, fiction, criticism, memoir, humor, travel writing, and cultural commentary drawn from authors associated with the Borzoi imprint during its first decades. Contributors include many of the most influential literary and intellectual voices of the early twentieth century. An important snapshot of American literary culture and publishing history during the interwar period. The volume serves both as an anthology of significant writings and as a record of the remarkable editorial vision that helped establish Alfred A. Knopf as one of the premier American publishing houses. Of particular interest to collectors of publishing history, literary criticism, American literature, and Knopf imprints. SCI 1d.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. xi, 1033 pp. Edited with an introduction and notes by Carl Van Doren. Short novels by Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, Elinor Wylie, David Garnett and Joseph Heresheimer. A play by George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin. Essays, short stories and poetry by Clarence Day, Julian Huxley, W.H.Hudson, H.M.Tomlinson, George Jean Nathan, Carl Van Vechten, Maurice Baring, H.L.Mencken, Elinor Wylie, John Crowe Ransom, Wallace Stevens, Max Beerbohm, Arthur Machen, E.M.Forster, D.H.Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Walter de la Mare, A.E.Coppard, Zona Gale.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. De luxe edition. xi, 1033p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very nice book and dust jacket signed by Van Doren on first fly page.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 003869; Van Doren, Carl (ed.) The Borzoi Reader (LITERATURE, ANTHHOLOGY).