Search Results: Fiction: Pre 1950 from Harpo Speaks Books

Houghton Mifflin later printing, undated. Publication date estimated from the author's inscription.Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Bookplate of the prior owner (Reverend Alleyne Howell) on the front pastedown endpaper.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ has been price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1939 Farrar and Rinehart first edition. The author published under the pseudonym "Hester Pine" to avoid repercussions to her husband, a professor at Union College in Schenectady NY.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are light wear to the boards, and the prior owner's name on the front free endpaper.Condition of the dust jacket is Acceptable. The DJ has been price clipped. It shows considerable wear, including staining from old tape reinforcement to the edges and folds. That said, the distinctive cover illustration, and author's photo/bio on the back panel, display well in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

Macmillan 1926 first edition, uncommon as a true first with the dust jacket.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are light wear to the boards, and a very small wormhole on the right edge of the text block that affects the first 22 pages.Condition of the dust jacket is Acceptable. The DJ is incomplete, with the front flap, front panel, and spine present, but the back panel, and back flap missing. The front flap is complete, not price clipped. The DJ is housed in a new mylar cover that fits over the entire book, front and back.Please message me with any questions

1948 Simon and Schuster first edition. 306 pages. Wouk's second novel. Uncommon as a true first edition. Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are: 1) light wear to the boards, and 2) a small stain affects the bottom edge of pages 20-29. The last photo in this listing shows the stain at its worst.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. The DJ shows light shelf wear and edge wear. It is protected in a new mylar cover. Please message me with any questions.

1944 Little, Brown first edition, third printing. Inscribed by Maltz to Sholem Asch on the front free endpaper.
The novel is a contemporary story of wartime civilian resistance in Nazi Germany. It was highly successful upon publication, and widely distributed to members of the US Armed Forces.
Maltz was a person of strong personal convictions. As a member of the US Communist Party, Maltz generated some controversy within the Party by criticizing members for placing political concerns above their artistic integrity. At the same time, he refused to participate in the dragnet being conducted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. The context of Maltz' personal and professional life make his inscription to Asch quite illuminating. "To Sholem Asch, with deep respect for what he is as an author and man."
Condition of the book is Good only. The binding is sound. Inside pages are complete. The book shows moderate wear from age and storage. There is moderate foxing to the exterior fore edge of the text… Read More

1947 Duell, Sloan and Pearce first printing.
Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows moderate wear from age and storage, including some discoloration to the upper corner of the front board panel (see photos).
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1950 New Directions New Classic first edition thus.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue is old stains to the fore edge of the text block. See the listing photos.
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1934 Scribners first edition, first printing.Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ shows moderate edge wear and shelf wear (the top portion of the front inside flap is chipped away). That said, it displays well in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1931 Donohue reprint.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1965 Follett Publishing reprint edition. First published in 1937.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. There is a bit of discoloration to the boards.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

1927 Stokes first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is light foxing to a few preliminary leaves. Interior pages are clean and bright.
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1931 Grosset and Dunlap.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good . It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1936 Modern Library stated first edition thus. Type 7 balloon cloth binding.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is sound, with a slight slant. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. Spine title and logo has faded.Please message me with any questions.

1923 Boni and Liveright first edition.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are: 1)light wear to the book's exterior, including fading of the spine title label, and 2) age toned inside pages.
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1947 Dutton first edition.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. Possibly a review copy, with a bookplate from Vidal's agents on the front pastedown endpaper.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows light shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1946 Meador Publishing first edition. Uncommon title, novel of the Russian Revolution.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows general wear from age and prior use.
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Copyright 1939 by Lippincott, Liberty Book Club edition. Trumbo's biography gives the printing date as 1952.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is a tear to the board cloth at the head of the spine (see photos).Please message me with any questions

1911 Grosset and Dunlap. Uncommon with the dust jacket.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The back board panel has a bit of discoloration
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1926 Houghton Mifflin reprint, under their Riverside Library imprint.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issues are short ink notations made by prior owner to the front and back free endpapers, and unfortunately also to the title page (see the listing photo of the title page).Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The distinctive art deco DJ shows moderate shelf wear and edge wear. That said, it displays well in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

Grosset and Dunlap reprint, undated, with the 1930 Knopf copyright notice reproduced on the copyright page.
Guessing circa 1935 for a printing date, as the title page does not have the "wartime paper" blurb.
Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Plus. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
In all respects, a well preserved copy.
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