Search Results: mott the hoople by manus willard

McGraw-Hill, 1966. hardcover. Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 1966 first edition, McGraw-Hill (New York), 6 x 8 5/8 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, purple paper-covered boards over navy blue spine, 250 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with substantial wear to the spine caps, front and rear joints and tips. Slight soiling to page edges. Inside, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP19~ [2.0P] A classic 1960s underground comic novel, whose title served as the name for an iconic 1970s British rock band. The book is a farcical, often overlooked late 60's tragi-comic masterpiece, capturing the anti-corporate mainstream view of youth in those days. The book's title is a modification of 'Martha Hoople,' the name of a character from the comic strip Our Boarding House, which was widely syndicated in… Read More

Pinnacle, 1980. Very short tear to cover at spine top, some tanning to insides of covers from age.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 250 pages; VG-/VG-; spine white with purple and orange lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$4.95', slight chipping to head of spine; small water-stain along tail of both dust jacket and book, extending along lower edge of just jacket, slight damage to lower rear board, pages untouched; interior clean; shelved case 6. 1317843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Mcgraw Hill, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Collectible copy

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1966. Book. Illus. by Richard Karwoski;. Very Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 250 pp. Quarter-bound in Navy blue on purple boards; lettered in orange and white on the spine; red upper edge. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; L-shaped tear on the upper left corner of the front panel with associated creasing, wrapping onto the spine; light chipping at the head of the spine; price intact; remains of a book plate on the front free endpaper; tape marks on the boards; previous owner's name inked out on the front free endpaper; store stamped..

London: Secker & Warburg, (1967).. First UK edition, 8vo, 255 pp. Cloth with minor indentations to the lower edges of the boards, d.w., not price clipped, small bump to the upper wrapper, some faint rubbing to edges but overall a very good copy.

C6c. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1966. 250 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bookstore stamp present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is a farcical, often overlooked late 60's tragi-comic masterpiece, capturing the anti-corporate mainstream view of youth in those days, although its narrator and main character Mott (the Hoople, or Fool) is a wayward young man knowing not where he wants to go or be in the world. A Jewish gambler looking for his way in the world, with an apparently autistic twin brother institutionalized and dead parents (a father who was an anarchist) , a skeptic of life, not religious, not a war supporter or protester, he chooses not to go to war in… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good plus. Octavo. 251pp. INSCRIBED by Manus, "Dear George..." Purple paper covered boards with navy spine in pictorial dust jacket. Very light rubbing to spine edges. Unclipped dust jacket is a little wavy and has one tiny edge tear. Ghost of something erased before the book was inscribed?

Pinnacle Books, 1980-12. Paperback. Good.