Click for full-size.
Versus, Many Long Years Ago, You Can't Get There from Here, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Good Intentions, the Private Dining Room (6 Volume Set)
by Ogden Nash
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1938-1957. Hardcover. Book Club Editions. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: All are Very Good with light sunfading to spine and light shelfwear to bottom edges; two volumes have a few dogeared pages. No DJs. Red cloth boards and spines with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board; brown shadowbox on titles on front boards and spines. Deckle fore edges. 1324 pp in total (Vol.1-I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1938, 283 pp; Vol.2-Many Long Years Ago, 1945, 333 pp; Vol.3-Good Intentions, 1945, 180 pp; Vol.4-Versus, 1949, 169 pp; Vol.5-The Private Dining Room, 1953, 169 pp; Vol.6-You Can't Get There From Here, 1957, 190 pp. 8vo. Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry. These books are just a sampling of his abilities. A clean very presentable set. No International Shipping. Priority mailing will require additional postage.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015715
- Title
- Versus, Many Long Years Ago, You Can't Get There from Here, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Good Intentions, the Private Dining Room (6 Volume Set)
- Author
- Ogden Nash
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ogden Nash, poetry, prose, Versus, Many Long Years Ago, You Can't Get There from Here, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Good Intentions, the Private Dining Room, humorous and whimsical light verse, New Yorker Magazine, insightful prose and essays, humo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
This Book’s Categories
May the Fourth Be With You!
As the Star Wars franchise continues to grow, change, and churn out money-making film after film now under the control of Disney, we can bet that the desire to own Star Wars collectibles will also continue to grow. Check out our gallery of goodies from a galaxy far, far away...
Collecting and identifying signed letters and holographic documents
Many authors and other famous literary figures wrote and signed letters by hand, and you can find a great collection of them in the Biblio rare book room. See our great collection of handwritten letters and holographic documents
