Search Results: the points of my compass letters by eb white

Harper & Row Perennial Library, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harper & Row, 1957. Hardcover. pp. 240. 8vo. Black cloth to spine. General shelfwear, fading to binding, ink lettering to ffep. Price clipped dustjacket considerably rubbed and torn, protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good in good- dustjacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Stated First edition. HC w DJ. MV VG/Good. Brown & black quarter cloth, gilt spine titling bright, small stain to fore-edge, unmarked, binding sound. Clipped DJ edgewear w nicks/chips, 3"" loss to top-edge 2"" loss to bottom edge, now in Brodart. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good Hardcover, no dustwrapper. Book has minor wear of spine ends, cover edges and corners, minor soiling covers, name on front endpaper, brown spotting endpapers and foredges. Clean text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is discolored(yellow) and has tears at the spine ends and corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Harper & Row, 1962; stated first edition; xiv, 240pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; navy and grey-brown quarter-cloth boards very good save toning in a "V" shape along top edge near spine where exposed by loss to jacket; gilt titling remains bright and bold. Clipped jacket a bit chipworn in addition to one larger loss of about 1 1/2" in "V" shape to top edge near spine; rear panel shows light rubbing/toning. Interior is free of previous owner markings and ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Harper & Row, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition H.M." on copyright page. Also a gift page has been bound in: "With best wishes from your friends at The New Yorker October 1962" ([please see our photo). Small spot at top center of front pastedown; age toning present to top edge of text block. Otherwise pages are very clean and securely bound. Dust jacket in mylar shows a cup ring on lower front, and tiny chips missing to either end of spine. Mild wear present to edges, with light browning to edges of flaps.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 240pp. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a 2 ½" closed tear at the top of the front panel, a small inked price on the front flap, and slight tanning to the spine and extremities.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1962], 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, [2], 3-240, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over brown paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The top textblock lightly foxed and spotted; jacket has traces of edge wear and toning.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First American Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good Dj Slightly Edge Wo. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1952 First Edition - stated on copyright page. 8vo. Black cloth with brown paper covered boards stamped in gilt. xiv, 240 pages. Four small light tape stains on covers where acetate covered jacket was attached. Clean. tight. Bright. Nice dust jacket has a few chips and several closed tears. Very Good/Very Good condition..

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and brown paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 240pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Handsome and tight early (not first) printing of this gathering of "New Yorker" letters -- with a twist: From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois, and before him of his father, Illinois governor and twice Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65). Governor Stevenson clearly read this copy, for he has pencilled neat small checkmarks on about one dozen pages where he is referenced, and on the front flyleaf he pencils "Page" and lists eight of those pages; lastly he pencils a cryptic number on rear jacket flap. The first of these is the well-known opening of White's February 6, 1956 essay "Bedfellows" on page 37, which begins: "I am lying here in my private sick bay on the east side of town between Second and Third avenues, watching… Read More