Garbage Man by Dos Passos John (24 results)

Condition: Good. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. Patterned paper covers. Stamp to front page. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges and reverse of covers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor splitting, rolling and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Brown boards, orange and white paper label on front board. Worn on edges, especially the corners. Lacking covering on top of spine. Binding tight. Lacking DJ. First Printing.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition. A play. Very Good plus in publisher's stiff paper wraps with minor wear.

First Edition. A play. Very Good plus in publisher's stiff paper wraps with minor paper loss to lower spine end and general shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown boards. 8vo. Paper labels on cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped flap. Stated first edition. A good clean copy with some chipping to the upper spine. The text is very good and clean. The jacket is worn with some chips and tears along the top edge and to the spine tips. There is a stain to the bottom of the jacket spine and to the upper right corner of the front panel.

160p., first edition, second state binding, spine label chipped and soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition bound in rubbed and edgeworn boards with paper labels along the spine and upper board measuring 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Private bookplate and scuffed rear pastedown and well as the rear endpage - see photos. Modest wear and chipping along rear joint. otherwise sound and complete in 160 pages plus cast names etc.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 190. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 190.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first American edition ( stated ) of this uncommon dramatic effort from Dos Passos. This issue bound in publisher's brown paper boards with orange and white labels to front board and spine. Seven pages of cast follows the text of the play. A very good copy with toning to the end sheets and a chip to the head of the spine. Bookplate of John M. Cameron. A very good example of the dust jacket with some chipping to the extremities and two half inch tears to the rear panel. Fading and spotting to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo, tan boards and paper labels printed in red, black, and red. First edition, first state of an edition of 1000 copies. A handsome copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Handsome copy of the 1934 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (2 small former-owner stamps at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with vey light chipping along the spine ends and the tips, and mild darkening to the spine. Octavo, lengthy Introduction ("Why Write for the Theatre Anyway?") by Dos Passos himself.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED; TAPE REPAIRS) FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE BINDING GOOD-VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. PRICE CLIPPED. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER. A CLEAN STRONG TIGHT AND VERY PRESENTABLE COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unique and extremely uncommon. The pages are clean and the binding is tight, making this book internally Very Good+. However, overall it is a Good+ copy, well used and loved, and it has no backstrip. This is a true stated-first edition of an uncommon John Dos Passos book. I would not usually list a book in this condition, except for the endpapers and verso front cover, which is both signed illustrated by its owner, Peter Hunt. At the time, Hunt was Acting Director of the Provincetown Players at the Williamston Theater (Mass). In addition to his name, Hunt drew an image of a cat in a garbage can, representing this play that he directed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very near fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket, lightly tanned, with several creased tears and nicks on front panel, with very thin chipping at tips of spine. *The Garbage Man* and *Airways, Inc.* are printed here in revised form; *Fortune Heights* is printed here for the first time. Printed in an edition of 1500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. A play produced on Broadway in 1926 as "The Moon is a Gong." Fine fresh copy, in navy cloth binding and paper spine label and with seven pages of cast lists at rear, in very good plus dustjacket with snag to rear panel and shallow wear at spine ends, still clean and bright with almost no toning to white spine panel.

Hardback in dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First editon bound in brown boards with paper label to upper board and spine. Complete in 160 bright pages. Terrific bright and fresh dust jacket. Fine / Fine. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First. 8vo, chocolate brown boards, paper labels, d.w. New York: Harper, 1926. First Edition. In the scarce dust wrapper, designed by Dos Passos. Shallow wear to the top of the spine and the dust wrapper spine; price clipped, but a brilliant front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 160 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Dos Passos. Only 1000 copies printed. First state binding with chocolate-brown boards with paper labels on front cover and spine and seven pages of cast lists from various productions in the rear. This play was originally produced under the title, The Moon Is a Gong. It combines traditional theater with elements of the music hall. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the spine ends and the spine a touch darkened. A beautiful copy!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Garbage Man. A Parade with Shouting" by John Dos Passos. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Stated first edition, one of 1000 copies printed. Publisher's boards with paper labels to cover and spine, in original dust jacket with $2.00 price present. 160 pp., 7 page cast list at end A very fine example of the jacket with only minor edge chips and scuffs. A fine example of this scarce jacket featuring an art deco style painting of downtown Manhattan from the water by Dos Passos. The play was produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club in Spring 1925 under the title The Moon is a Gong and a cast list is at end. Very collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. PASSOS, John Dos [160] pp. Harper & Brothers 1926 First Edition 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" *rear panel of jacket separated at spine* Dust jacket art by Dos Passos. Only 1000 copies printed. First state binding with chocolate-brown boards with paper labels on front cover and spine and seven pages of cast lists from various productions in the rear. This play was originally produced under the title, The Moon Is a Gong. It combines traditional theater with elements of the music hall.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, first issue with correct boards and seven pages of cast at the end of the book. Very good, offsetting to front endpapers. In very good plus dust jacket with the original price on the front flap. Only 1000 copies printed (of all first edition issues). Scarce.

DOS PASSOS, John. The Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting. Original boards, printed paper labels, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First edition, first issue. Potter 11. Minor chipping to head of jacket spine panel, else fine.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 160p.