Tonsils by Roberts Kenneth (12 results)

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (medicine, humor, tonsillectomy).

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

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Near Fine Without a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Humor. First edition stated. Covers nice, light edge wear. Interior clean and tight, endpapers tanned. Dust jacket rubbed, moderate edge wear, small chips, price clipped.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paul Galdone (illustrator). First Edition. A collectible copy of Roberts' acerbic account of his treatment for tonsillitis. From the front flap: "What Ellis Parker Butler did for guinea pigs and Irvin S. Cobb for operations, Kenneth Roberts has now hilariously done for tonsils." Following the text are three pages of advertisements for Roberts' first four novels and his essay collection "For Authors Only" Size: Small Octavo. 70 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Near Fine hardcover bound in black cloth with red line drawing on the front cover and title in red/author black on red field on spine. The only defect is a slight bump to the bottom corner of the front cover. No foxing in this copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.00) in Very Good- condition with a little loss at the head and foot of the front fold and a half-inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, resulting in some horizontal fold lines. The white field of the rear panel is darked around the edges from what appears to be contact with an adjacent book on the shelf. The prices for Roberts' other books featured on the rear panel are circled in pencil. The jacket is now protected in an archival sleeve. Illustrator: Paul Galdone. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humour; United States; 1930s; Essays & Literary Criticism. Main Picture: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Front panel and spine of dust jacket. Picture 2: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Rear panel of dust jacket and page edges. Picture 3: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Front cover and spine. Picture 4: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 5: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Title page spread with inset of First Edition notice. Picture 6: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Example of in-text illustration. Picture 7: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Example of two-page illustration. Picture 8: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Advertisements for the first four of Roberts' novels. Picture 9: Kenneth Roberts, It Must Be Your Tonsils (First Ed.) - Publisher's advertisements for "For Authors Only" and "Rabble in Arms". Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1346.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Paul Galdone (illustrator). Stated first edition. Very good in a very good (moderate shelf wear and aging) dust jacket. B000IUPJ3K.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Paul Galdone (illustrator). Second Edition. A hilarious story about having a tonsil operation. Roberts was better known for his historical novels, among them Arundel and Rabble in Arms. With gift inscription, else fine under a very lightly worn jacket with one small chip. Crisp and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Galdone (illustrator). 1st Edition. A comic story about. Tonsils. Dust jacket has some chips missing from the edges of the spine and there's a couple of fine rips here and there but a very clean and well preserved copy. Original price unclipped. Now in mylar. Previous owner's name and "gift from the publisher" in ink inside front cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Galdone, Paul (illustrator). First Edition. Very good hardcover with no dust jacket, 1936. Small bookstore sticker on back endpaper. Marked first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FIRST. 12mo. Cover art and illustrations by Galdone. Small chip to the bottom edge of the front panel. Minor edge wear. A very nice copy of this slight comic story. Near Fine / Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FINE.

First Edition. IT MUST BE YOUR TONSILS, Doubleday, Doran, 1936, first edition, just about fine in a vg+/near fine dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Signed by the author on a tipped in page.