Three Upmanship by Stephen Potter (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor wear & light foxing to boards. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked. Price clipped dj quite shelf worn around edges with scuffs, creases, toning light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1962, Book, binding , DJ and text in very good condition, 1/4 bound burgundy boards with portrait on front panel , tan cloth spine cover with black title , binding tight and square no damage,Dj with price clipped, light wear on edges on couple of rough spots on back cover, text clean and unmarked no names no stamps. Lt.-Col.Frank Wilson (illustrator).…

Fourth printing (as stated upon copyright page; originally printed September 1962). viii, 467, [2] pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket strongly rubbed with some soiling and toning; shallow chipping, scuffs, and tears at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. White cloth spine; muted purple boards. Surface abrasions and a some staining to text block edges with some leaves shallow affected at margins; short swath of blue marker on text block's bottom edge near spine perhaps as a publisher's remainder mark. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown mostly hidden underneath dj's front flap; some ink marginalia and underlining on page 353 but no other such markings readily apparent upon a cursory perusal but may be present. Binding is firm. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket condition: Good. First ed. Retired library book with usual library treatments.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition stated. viii, 467pp+ [small chip, tears, scuffing and general wear to dj] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator).

HARD BACK PINK MULTI. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: WORN DJ. General wear: small bookplate, shadowing, previous owner dedication FEP, foxing B&W illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1962 EDITION: 467. WILSON, FRANK, LT. COL. (illustrator).

Condition: NEAR FINE. First edition. The first combined edition of Potter's series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage. The first one - Gamesmanship, written to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys - was originally published in 1947. These books were adapted for the cinema in the 1960s ('School for Scoundrels' adapted by Peter Ustinov, recapitulates many of the 'one-up' ideas) and later for television in the 1970s. Illustrated with drawings by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson. Index. vii, 487 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket (overall light edgewear to dj, original price of $4.95 still present).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition stated. viii, 467pp+ [some soiling/browning to white-cloth spine] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson (illustrator).

hardback. Condition: Very Good. The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship. Some Notes on Lifemanship. One-upmanship. Illustrated by Lt.-Col. Frank Wilson. 4th printing. Ny (Holt Rinehart & Winston) 1966. Very good in slightly frayed dust wrapper.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Dust jacket wavy at back from clear liquid contact, inside has ink bleed, a tidemark along bottom edge on outside. Outside of jacket shiny with a couple small nicks, light scuffs and rubs. Boards are in good shape. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fourth printing, jacket has average wear and small tears, book has moderate wear, edge-foxing, pages somewhat yellowed with an occasional minor blemish.

Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Very Good in a Good- dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, tears, and discoloration at rear panel.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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