Something of Value by Robert Ruark, First Edition (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Gift inscription on front pastedown; interior pages with text absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.74.

1st edition, hardback, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, spine slightly faded, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 566 pages. Some fraying to corners. Rubbing to bottom cover edges with about an inch area of fraying. Rubbing to covers. Cup indentations to front cover. Missing front flyleaf. Else, good condition on good jacket that has chipping, rubbing and several tears along spine edges and several old tape repairs. (R4).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Spine has been repaired. Small stamp mark and name of the previous owner. Publication of 549 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There are light marks on the block of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is strong. *R 2023/06/09 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing, small chips and browning along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front paste down. No other ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*16/04/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Endpaper is inscribed by a previous owner, dust jacket is clipped and chipped particularly at the spine extremes, endpapers are foxed. 643.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover and dust jacket published by Doubleday and Co. in 1955. Spine is slightly cocked. Bottom corner of back cover is bumped and bent, and corners have some rubbing. Book is in very good minus condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and has some scraping along back and front edges of spine, has some scuffing and is price-clipped. DJ is in good condition. 8vo, 566 pages, 1.6 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 566 pages.

8° picc.; pp. 549, ril. t.tela edit. con titoli al dorso, manca sovraccoperta. Prima edizione inglese dell'opera. Dal romanzo fu tratto un noto film, nel 1957, protagonisti Rock Hudson e Sidney Poitier.Num. catalogo: 263.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean, crisp, first edition hardcover in near fine condition; faintly age-toned end papers. Very good DJ in mylar cover; light edge wear, light sunning at spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator). 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Covers faded, edges worn and corners bumped. Especially worn top and bottom of spine. Spine is a bit loose. Owner's name inside. Text pages in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce title. Book is VERY GOOD, with some some page mellowing, but bright clean and tidy. The wrapper is GOOD, with some nicks, rubbing and closed tears, but still on the better side of GOOD. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Daniel Schwartz (illustrator). 1st. First edition hardback, 1955, with unclipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket worn and chipped (now protected0; boards rubbed to spine head and tail. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vg in vg dj, price not clipped, in mylar, stated first edition, clean, tight, unmarked, pages gently toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black and brown cloth, in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Unfaded, but with small area of pale residue to top rear panel. 566pp. Novel set in Africa. Q21149.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition hardcover, blue boards, silver lettering. Front endpaper thinned from old erasure. Jacket very good at best, some chipping and edge wear, not price-clipped. Jacket designed by Fritz Wegner. The author's description of life in the wild on safari is fascinating, but unseen evil is moving in. 549 pages. M06614.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Edition. Octavo, 566pp. A good copy only in the publisher's reddish cloth with black cloth spine. Marginal stains to top edge and the base, and the spine mildly cocked and cupped. Bookplate (uncredited, but clearly designed by Rockwell Kent) to front paste-down. Small piece of tape on the bookplate. In a good dust jacket, creased and chipped. Doubleday books form this period were constructed cheaply, and this heavy tome is hard to find in pleasing condition. This is just an OK copy, priced accordingly.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday: 1955. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Black and light red boards. Bottom corners of the boards bumped. Unclipped jacket has chipping and a couple of internal tape repairs. Book is very good, jacket is on the upper end of good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Heavy wear to the dust jacket with tearing and chipping. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.71.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First. Hinges are fine with sharp corners. Spine is slightly concave from reading. A former owners name on rear free endpaper. Jacket with photographic portrait by Ralph A. Brooks (much less common than the the drawing by Monahan) on the rear panel. $5.00 price intact on flap. Some tanning to the spine of the dust jacket. 1/16" of paper missing at head of spine for about 1/3 the width near the front hinge. 1/2" closed tear at the top edge of the rear panel of the jacket.

Edition : First Edition., Publisher?s full orange cloth backed in black. Spine with silver lettering and red pictorial stamp. Front edges uncut. No dust jacket., Robert Ruark (1915 - 1965) was an American author. The present volume is a novel about the Mau Mau Uprising by Kenyan rebels against British rule. The novel drew from the author's personal knowledge and experiences on safari in Africa. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 1957., Size : 8vo.(207x142 mm). , With drawings by Daniel Schwartz., Ex-Libris Denis J. Chretien; handwritten ownership on front paste-down and embossed stamp on title. A very good example of Ruark?s first bestselling novel. Slight toning. Interior clean and crisp.

Condition: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. 566pp. Illustrations. Very Good book Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and slight toning to spine. (Kikuyu, Kenya, Hunters, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Daniel Scwartz (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated 1st Edition. Mylar covered DJ. Unclipped $5.00 price. Drawing of Ruark by Monahan on back of DJ. Binding tight and square. Name on front paste down, some tape shadows to end papers else Pages clean and free of writing or marks.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name inked on FEP. Open tears on spine crown and heel and rear panel side edge. Small open tears on panel corners. Closed tears on front panel side edge and top and bottom front and rear panels. 5 inch closed tear on spine side edge.

Hardccover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. First U.K. Edition. Blue textured cloth with silver lettering on spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Clearly been read. Crimped spine ends. Scarce on market. Hunting in Kenya amidst Mau Mau uprising. Basis for film which starred Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier. Price intact jacket has fairly large chip at head of spine up to 1" in height and up to 2 in width. Wear at front fold, some creasing. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.