Twentieth Cent Firsts from Catron Grant Books

William Morrow, 1930 333 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked, toned. Quarter-bound pictoral boards are VG. DJ is intact with darkeded spine, edgewear. Now in protective mylar.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House, 1957 239 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Grey cloth boards are clean and undamaged. Dj is bright and intact, not price-clipped. Now in protective mylar.. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Gothem Book Mart, 1974 24 pp.a truely nauseating Christmas tale in "as new:condition. Wrapped in mylar.. Signed by Edward Gorey. First Printing Edition of 1000. Landscape Format Softcover. As New. 9" x 6".

Time Inc., 1964 312 pp. includes b/w and full-color photographs and numerous vintage advertisements. Text is clean, tight, unmarked and slightly toned. White softcover with title in grey and tha word "guide" in rainbow colors is tight and bright but shows surface wear, especially on back cover. A nice, historical gem.. 1st Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 5" x 8".

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1964 188 pp. The final Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery title. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Inscription on title page, "Dear Kath,with much love, Fran & Dick." Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Blue boards are clean, slightly bumped at spine ends. DJ is complete but has some fraying at head of spine and … Ler mais sobre este item

The Crime Club, 1938 278 pp. Text is tight and unmarked, toned. A few spots along the lower edge of pp. 4-8. Stamp from a private lending library on first free page. No other library markings.Blue cloth boards are rubbed at extremities,with light loss of material.. Stated First Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Little, Brown, 1950 245 pp. Waugh writes a fictional biography of St. Helena,, mother of Constantine. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Yellow cloth boards are undamaged. DJ is intact, not price-clipped, with some edgewear. Now in protective mylar.. 1st Editon. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970 Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970 278 pp. First printing"C". Text is tight and unmarked . Top edges are green. Beige boards with green stamped printing are "VG with some light bumping to spine ends... Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Cloth. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Horace Liveright, 1930 A New York writer and newspaperman, Marion Spitzer Thompson moved to Hollywood to write for the silver screen, and took on a role as a story editor, producer's assistant, and script doctor at Paramount while writing novels and short stories on the side.She wrote the screenplay for the 1949 film ''Look for the Silver Lining,'' the… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: Henry ALTEMUS, 1922 62 pp with 28 color illustrations. Text is clean and unmarked, shaken.Rear hinge cracked but holding. contemporary child's inscription on first free page.Cardboard boards with red cloth spine have a color pastedown of two rabbits and a squirrel. Boards rubbed at extremities. . Ist Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4.25" x 5.75".

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969 274 pp. First british edition . Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on first free page. Dark grey cloth boards are clean and undamaged, gold-stamped titles along spine are bright. DJ is bright and intact, very slight edgewear at head of spine, price of 30s. Appears to have been stored in a mylar… Ler mais sobre este item

Harper & Row, 1966 11, 208 pps. includes numerous b/w line drawings and cartoons by author. Turquoise and white patterned endpapers are VG. Dedicated to screenwriter Nunnally Johnson and wife by Helen Thurber on half-title page. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Pale green/grey cloth-bounf boards with metallic gold title and line illustration tight and bright with sunned edges… Ler mais sobre este item

E. P. Dutton & Co., 1962 310 pps. plus 10 b/w plates with vintage photographs. Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Pale grey paper-covered boards with pink cloth spine and red printing is clean, undamaged with faint sunning on edges. White DJ with black and red printing shows some wear on back cover and some sunning on spine and… Ler mais sobre este item

Montreal: The Ronalds Co., 1932 33 pp with one B&W illustration frontis.Printed on deckled stock. Paul Johnston (July 17, 1899 – February 18, 1987) was among the printers and artists who defined a new American style of printing, typography and book design in the 1920s and 1930s.(Wikipedia) This book was printed for private destribution for Christmas 1932. … Ler mais sobre este item

Robert M. McBride and Co., 1934 334 pps.; Essays on American (largely NYC) politics and culture of the late 1920's and early 1930's. Text is clean, tight, toned, unmarked. Black cloth-covered boards show minor wear; metallic silver printing on spine tight and bright.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 6" x 8.25".

Boston: Human Engineering Laboratory, 1944 10, 115 pps. with several b/w charts. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Light orange/brown cloth covered boards with brown border graphics and title show minor wear and are VG. This edition replaces a 1939 limited edition entitled Uniform Distribution of Aptitudes in Schoolwork.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.75" X 8.75"".

Viking Press, 1970 319 pp.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Beige cloth boards are immaculate. DJ is clean, bright, intact , spine slightly lightened.. 1st American Ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Doubleday & Co., 1959 284 pps. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Black cloth cover with gold and red printing has some edge-wear and one bumped corner but is clean and and tight. Pale green DJ with black, white and red printing is clean and bright with considerable edgewear and a chip missing from head of spine. There is… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: John Joseph McVey, 1912 224 pps. plus frontispiece with photograph. Text clean, bright, tight and unmarked. Light brown cloth boards with darker brown type and graphics very good.. 2 minor stains on back cover. Knights of Columbus logo on front cover with the words: Souvenir, 8th June 1912.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4.25" x 6".

London: Putnam, 1957 London: Putnam, 1957 405 pgs. Text clean, tight, and unmarked. Great photo of author on back.Black cloth cover and gold stamping on spine is pristine. Owner's dedication on endpaper. Small printer's sticker. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 5.5" x 8".. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.