Barrows r m compiler (5 Ergebnisse)

Stapled Wrappers. Zustand: VG+. Collection of jokes, cartoons, fiction etc from a wide variety of authors. They include Tom Cushing, Mark Twain, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Clarence Day, Ogden Nash, Emily Kimbrough and others. Mildly risque cartoons. Printed on newsprint. No staples [publisher's error?]. 64pp, illustrated, some color. Unusual. Slight browing to the exterior of the spine otherwise the booklet is in a wonderful state of preservation. Weight, 60g. Lettermail. Size: 6" by 8.75". Book. …

Later printing. Small hardcover. The second issue with 1943 on the copyright page. Includes J.D. Salinger's story "The Hang of It" which was his first appearance in a book and came 8 years before "Catcher in the Rye." A tight very good copy in illustrated paper covered boards with some minor wear to the edges, a tiny chip to the top corner of the second page and some of the usual toning to the pages. A nicer than usual copy of a book that is very prone to wear.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 2nd printing complete with the scarce shipping box. Very gently read. Odd small stain otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked. Front fly and the half-title are a bit stuck together along the spine. 2cm x 2.5cm chip to the bottom corner of pp.51; text unaffected. Pictorial laminate boards (hardcover) are lightly bumped and rubbed to extremities with some shelfwear to show. Small 1.5cm ding to the fore-edge of the boards. Shipping box is in solid shape and unaddressed. Light to moderate rubbing to extremities with a light soiling to show. 25 novelettes stories, verses & cartoons and includes J.D. Salinger's first appearance in a book with the "Hang of It". …

12mo. 336pp. Favorite stories, verse, and cartoons for the emtertainment of servicemen everywhere. frorm authors; Vincent Starrett, Rudyard Kipling, Damon Runyon, J. D. Salinger Ellery Queen, O. Henry, Elbert Hubbard and more. Comically illustrated in color and in black and white. The first edition was published in 1942. Bound in pictorial red and blue papr covered boards, lettering in red and white, spine lettering red. A very good copy with rubbing to spine edns and corners. , toning to leaves as usual.…

Hardcover. 16mo. Red, white and blue paper over boards. 336pp. Numerous full-page glossy illustrations (many color), line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear and rubbing as usual. A tight and sharp first edition of this heavily humorous anthology intended to entertain American G.I.s. Features excerpts from such literary luminaries as Richard Armour, Ellery Queen, Damon Runyon, Vincent Starrett, Rudyard Kipling and (drum roll) J.D. Salinger, whose short story "The Hang of It" (pp. 332-35) makes this his first appearance between hardcovers.…