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first edition first printing first state hardcover (Harcourt Brace 1922); no dust jacket; no prior owner marks; small offset to front free end page; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover vivid titling; spine cloth has some fade; little wear at corner tips and spine ends; no dust jacket ambibmvdup

first edition first printing second state (corrections to lines 4 and 5 page 49 present) hardcover (Harcourt Brace, 1922); No dust jacket; prior owner front paste-down, small bookstore tag front end page, text unmarked; minimal age tone; tight bind; cloth cover has some sunning along spine, little rub to panels and at corners and spine ends; faint droplet stain back panel; vivid titling; no dust jacket B7amsbibab

first printing hardcover edition in dust jacket (Simon and Schuster 1989); no prior owner marks but a short publisher's line to bottom text block edge and light dust to top text block edge; age tone to text pages; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover bright gilt titling; dj has no tears but little corner bump; flap price present litambibab

Stated first printing (U.S.) hardcover w/ dust jacket (Random House, 1951) Blair translation Lucien Maury preface w/Andre Gide letter; unmarked text prior owner front free end paper; Newspaper clipping back free end paper; tight bind; clean cover bright gilt; DJ edge wear: short tears along edges, small chip at heel of spine, shelf rub along folds and panels; flap price clipped HC16

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Knopf 1956); no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, light offsetting to end papers; tight bind but slight spine lean; clean cover vivid titling; dj edge wear: small shallow chipping at corner tips and spine head; flap price present; some soil to dj back panel B03ambibeb

first American edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Little Brown 1969); no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; tight bind; cloth cover has some sun spotting along spine, otherwise clean with vivid titling; dj has little sun fade along spine and edge wear (small nicks at spine ends and corners); flap price present B17

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, fade along the edges of both end papers, trace dust top text block edge; tight bind; clean cloth backed boards, bright gilt titling; dj edge wear: small nick top back corner tip;flap price present; little rub to dj panels Wll

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Viking, 1948); no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages; sound binding; clean cover vivid titling; dj has shelf rub mostly to back panel, little sun fade along spine and edge wear ( a small nick top back); flap price present B11ambibeb

first edition hardcover in dust jacket; no marks of any kind; tight bind; clean cloth cover, bright titling; dj has no tears, no creases; international shipping may be extra for this large, heavy book Wks8ambib

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Faber and Faber, 1976); Quentin Blake illustrations; unpaginated slim but delightful book; prior owner name front free end page, faint soil title page lower fore-edge; sound binding; clean cover bright gilt titling; dj has sun fade along spine, little edge wear but no tears; one flap price present, the other clipped lower flap corner dsk

first edition thus hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little age tone; light foxing to text block edge; sound binding; clean cloth cover, bright titling; dj edge wear: rubbing, few short tears, small chips at spine ends; (will furnish mylar dj protector)M75

first printing thus (1971 reset of 1947 true first edition) hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little offsetting to end pages, age tone to text pages, trace dust top text block edge; tight bind; clean cloth cover vivid titling/decoration; little wear at spine ends, corner bump; dj edge wear--small nicks at spine head, 1 top front; flap price present amsbib

first U.S. edition (stated) first printing (no number line) hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner mark; little age tone to text pages, some foxing present text block fore-edge, light offsetting to end papers; sound binding but slight spine lean; cover has little rub to corner tips, bright titling; dj edge wear: little rub and bump at corners, small nicks at corner tips and spine ends, short tear with creasing lower back panel; flap price present dsk

first U.S. edition (stated) first printing (no number line) hardcover in dust jacket (Harper/Row, 1971); no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages, offsetting end papers; sound binding; clean cover bright titling; rub wear to bottom board edges; dj edge wear: a tear top front, small nicks at spine ends and top corners; flap price present; creased back flap Wllambibab

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little edge wear to fold out; sound binding; clean cloth cover, bright gilt titling; dust jacket has some sun darkening along spine and front panel edges, a small prior damp mark lower back panel; dj edge wear: few short tears, small nicks; flap price present MS

second printing illustrated hardcover edition in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; little offsetting to front end paper, light dust top text block edge, little age tone to text pages; sound binding; cloth cover has little rub to panels, corner and spine end bump, vivid titling; dj edge wear: long tear with chipping to lower front panel corner and up along front flap fold, small chips at spine ends, larger chip to lower back corner; flap price clipped (mylar dj protector added) HC25ebi

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone to text pages, some light foxing text block fore-edge; tight bind; clean 1/4 cloth cover, bright gilt titling; dj edge wear; small nick lower back panel; flap price clipped, slight fade along dj spine HC14

Bridal edition of the 1969 copyright hardcover; padded white vinyl cover with "Pie" design blind stamped on the front panel and gilt titling, herb and spice chart end papers; no dust jacket issued; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; tight bind; little rub wear to vinyl panels, corner and spine end bump, a small nick to vinyl lower back panel edge /dram

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Viking 1961); prior owner front paste-down, another prior owner front free end page corner; text unmarked; minimal age tone to text pages, light offsetting to end paper corners; tight bind; clean cloth cover bright gilt titling; little corner bump; dj has little fade along the spine and edge wear (rubbing, few small nicks); soil to back flap fold edge; flap price present phlambib

first British edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket (Faber 1961); first five pages of the preface have underlining, all six chapters of the main text unmarked; little age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover bright gilt titling; dj edge wear: small nicks at spine head; flap price present HC16beb