Roberts Reader by Roberts Kenneth (51 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. dustjacket is edgeworn, chipped, and spotted, front hinge slightly cracking with webbing visible in spots.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Top page edges are tinted gold. Possible book club edition. The dust jacket has a piece missing on spine edge and wear to edges overall. The pages have darkened with age. Includes 26 excerpts from the author's various novels and essays.

Hardcover. Condition: Good++. No Jacket. Stated First American Edition. Interesting Introduction by Ben Ames Williams. Light cornerwear, spine darkened but readable, owner name fep. 460 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7+" - 9+" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue Cloth Boards With Gold Lettering. Binding Is Tight And Square. Light Bumping To Spine Ends And Corner Tips. A Crease In Cloth Of Front Board. Pages Are Clean Throughout. No Jacket. A Wonderful Introduction To Roberts Writings By Ben Williams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hard Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Bound. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Classic. 4to. The Kenneth Roberts Reader, Introduction by Been Ames Williams. Doubleday,Doran and Co. inc. NY. Very Good/DJ-Poor. 1945. BCE. A Collection from his books. Deckle edges. slight wear to spine. Navy Blue cloth with clean Gilt print. complete Tpi.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Jacket is chipped, torn down spine, lightly rubbed and bumped. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Various pieces selected from the author's novels and essays, 1925-1944. Light to moderate shelf-wear with fading on spine. Previous owner's bookplate and a very brief note on front endpapers. Otherwise, clean throughout with a tight binding.

Condition: Good. COPYRIGHT 1945. NO DJ. COVER HAS EDGE, CORNER AND SURFACE WEAR. NAME IN PENCIL ON PRE-TITLE PAGE. 429 PAGE TEXT HAS SOME READING WEAR AND CORNER CREASES. SHORT STORIES. 5.75'' X 8''. WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Stated. ex-library, library rebinding. tight and intact, minimal markings/stains.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair Jacket. Book Club Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stated First Edition. Moderate wear; an adequate readable copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc; Garden City, New York; 1945. Hard Cover. Book condition: Good Plus. Dust jacket condition: None. Unstated edition, indeterminate printing due to absence of any number line. Hardcover without dust jacket. 8-1/4" tall, 429 numbered pages followed by 5 unnumbered pages advertising all of the author's books. This book is in good condition: the exterior is square, very clean, free of edge dings with all four corners bumped; both lower corners have slight wear. Head and heel of the spine are very lightly bumped; the spine itself has no damage whatever; hinges are strong and not damaged in any fashion. Except for an inked name/date/city on the front of the half title, the interior is perfectly clean and completely free of writing, stray marks, stains and any sort of paper damage. Not remaindered, ex-library or a Book Club edition. A collection of excerpts from earlier published works by this historian.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/gold spine titles. Very Good/No DJ. Cloth rubbed, owner name front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. 429pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Navy cloth covers with lettering on spine. 429 pages. Former owner's address sticker inside cover. Clean copy - no writing noted. Pages are tanned. 5 5/8" x 8 1/4".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Hardcover. Reprint. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Introduction by Ben Ames Williams. ; 429 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Clipped. Stated first ed.; introd. by Ben Ames Williams; 460 p., clean and unmarked; deckle edges; age-toning of end pages; binding firm; boards well=protected by d.j. that is quite chipped, with large open tear at crown of spine panel.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Bookplate inside. In protective mylar cover.

Condition: VG/Good only (see notes). 1st THUS. 8vo. 460pp. Excerpts from over 25 pieces. 2" interior tape repair to DJ and a. number of short interior tape repairs.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE. A FINE bright tight copy in a VG bright MYLAR covered dust jacket!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. "The Kenneth Roberts Reader" is a generous helping selected from his novels and essays. Filled with drama, action, humor, satire, and intimate conversation pieces, it is a anthology to delight the most cosmopolitan tastes. Included in these twenty-six excerpts are vivid scenes and episodes from those great novels "Northwest Passage", "Oliver Wiswell", and "Arundel". There are also amusing, biting essays from "Trending into Maine" and "For Authors Only", as well as a chapter on tonsillectomy warranted to bring tears to the eyes of anyone - doctor, nurse, or patient, who has ever been in a hospital anywhere. The study of divining rods - "Experiments with a Forked Twig" - is here published for the first time in book form. A collection of superlative reading, this is a book for all who enjoy good, absorbing writing, as well as for the many fans of Kenneth Roberts.  (From the dust-jacket blurb) TITLE : The Kenneth Roberts Reader AUTHOR : Kenneth Roberts (1885 - 1957) INTRODUCTION : Ben Ames Williams (1889 - 1953) IMPRINT : Doubleday PLACE : Garden City DATE : No date ( © 1945) EDITION : Issued through the Book Club STATUS : This edition Out of Print - OP PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover issued through a book club; contains an Introduction; [xii]+ 429 pages plus 5 pages of promotional material for books by Roberts; approximately 5 1/2" x 8"; dark blue cloth with title , etc. and decorative embellishments in gilt on spine; top edge dyed dull yellow; decorated dust-jacket. photo-portrait of Roberts on back flap. CONDITION - BOOK : VERY GOOD - JACKET : VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR : Soft bumps to bottom fore-edge tips of boards; slight compression and mild abrasion to spine extremities, else clean and presentable. BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : Paper is mildly toned, else clean and presentable with negligible signs of use DUST-JACKET : Mild wear around edges which includes small nick and chipping - mild surface rub - basically a beautifully preserved jacket which displays very nicely under protective archival mylar cover. Probably the nicest specimen of this edition I have seen.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition. 460 pages; few very minor, faint smudges on the covers. Minor yellowing on pages. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 460 pages. (SL#16A2).