The NICE AMERICAN. by Sykes, Gerald - 1951

Creative Age Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover with Acceptable DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor edge wear with some light edge scuffing/fraying especially on spine. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust Jacket shows edge wear with significant ripping.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Popular Books, 1963. Popular Paperback #M2029, 1963, 16mo., 256 pages. Paperback edition in very good condition.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall.

New York: Creative Age Press, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has foxing on the covers the dust jacket is in fine condtion.

New York: Creative Age Press, 1951. Book. Good. Hardcover. First American Edition, First printing.. New York: Creative Age Press, 1951. First American Edition, First printing. Good/Very Good. First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with small white star decoration on cover, clean bright yellow cloth spine with red and black lettering. A little wear at base of spine, lower front board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, but there is some fading at base of spine and a little cracking to cloth along outside spine edges; pages and edges are clean. Clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 310 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has edge chipping at base of spine, narrow chipping at top edge of rear panel; nice photo and brief bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Novel about a colonel in Algiers, who has to face the problem of what to do about his ex-wife, his mistress, and his civilian… Read More

NY: Creative Age Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. The author's first book. Christopher Isherwood blurb. First edition. Near fine in a very good (minor chipping and age darkening about the edges) dust jacket. .

New Yorki: Creative Age Press, 1951. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Jacket nicked at extremities.

Popular Library, 1963. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: John Lehmann, 1951. A first edition, first printing of The Nice American by Gerald Sykes, published by John Lehmann in 1951. A near fine book with internals free from inscriptions, browning to the the text block with minor spotting to the top edge, with very slight bumping and fading to the head and foot of the spine, with some fading to the lower edge of the front panel and some scratch marks to the clothbound cover. In a near fine unclipped dust wrapper with minor tear to the knuckle of the front fold and pushing at the head of the front fold, single pin holes to the front flap, spine and rear panel, some slight internal spotting. The dust wrapper executed beautifully by John Minton. The Nice American by Gerald Sykes is a poignant tale of human connection amidst the chaos of war. Set during World War II, the story follows the encounter between an injured American soldier and a German farmer. Despite their opposing sides, they forge an unlikely bond, transcending cultural barriers through… Read More