Chute by Halper Albert (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Belmont, 1964. Paperback. 319pp. Creasing / some marking to spine & covers, minor damge to base of spine join, heavy tanning to pages. Fair. book.

Condition: Fair. 1964. No Edition Remarks. 319 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Textblock edges dyed green. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Reading creases to covers and spine. Visible wear and sticker marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Paperback. first edition. 94-201 very good - fine, faint reading crease paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The cover has beige cloth, black lettering, and orange, decorative lines. 24 chapters. The story's setting is a mail-order business. The top end of the text block is brick orange. The front board has a 1 in. x 1/2 in. faint stain. The front endpaper has an owner's name. The back endpaper has two, linear 1 in. stains. DJ has 15 closed tears, 1/8 in. to 2 1/4 in., and 18 chips, 1/8 in. to 1 1/8 in. One margin of the front flap is darkened and wrinkled. The spine panel's folds have color loss from shelf wear rubbing. The back panel and the flaps' top margins have darkened. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Viking Press; New York, 1937. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, tan cloth binding, binding sturdy and intact, top text block edge stained orange with some discoloration, couple of very small soiled spots on front board, small smudge mark top rear board, bit of age toning to pages, small rub mark bottom text block corner, text block edges a bit pulpy, in a Very Good, some handling/rub marks to panels, small moisture stain bottom spine and verso, some sunning to spine and verso, crease front flap, bit of edge and corner wear, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 558pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm). Original tan cloth, red topstain, 558pp; dustjacket. Slight lean to spine, trivial spotting to foredge, else binding tight and pages clean. Dustjacket is unclipped but front panel is separated at spine fold, chipped with several closed tears. Good or better. Presentable copy of Halper's most straightforwardly radical novel, written after his decided move to the Left following negative responses by leftist critics to his first two novels. HANNA 1548. RIDEOUT p.298.

First Edition. Story of a young man working in a mail order house who dreamed of being an architect, his sister who wanted to send him to school but fell in love instead, their poor and grumbling parents, the he loves, and the other workers. Very Good with a Fanny Goldstein Judaica Collection bookplate from the Boston Public Library to front inside cover, in a Good plus dustjacket with a 5 inch closed tear to front panel, few small chips and short closed tears, some soiling and surface wear.