Poems In Praise Of Practically Nothing

1928. New York, Boni & Liveright, 1928. 8°. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. First edition. A classic collection of humorous verse, including a section of parodies. Dark offsetting to half of each free endpaper, top edge stain a bit faded, else overall very good+ in dust jacket with occasional shallow chipping to extremities. Inscribed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1941. Hardcover. VG-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing and soiling, edges and corners show bumps/small tears/chipping. Blue cloth boards underneath show some fading along edges and at the hinge areas, corners mildly bumped. Internal binding is… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Horace Liveright. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1931. Later Printing. Hardcover. Spine lettering faded, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper. Samuel Hoffenstein was a poet and entertainment writer in New York until 1931, then spent most of his life in Los Angeles as… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. Lightly used, in a like dust jacket, unclipped, but with some shallow chipping, a few splits and tears. 8vo, 217pp; black cloth. Hoffenstein's most popular book, comprising light verses and parodies.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Eleventh Printing. Black hard cover w/golt spine/cover lettering, 217 pgs. Clean Sound Vintage Volume. No names or marks or DJ. Covers have top spine edge wear, ding to cloth on spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Horace Liveright, 1928. Good Hardcover, previous owner's inscription, some wear to cover. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 217 pages. A collection of poems from this Oscar nominated screenwriter. A bright and fresh copy in orange cloth boards with a very faint moisture stain to the bottom of the front board but with no evidence internally in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket with corresponding evidence of the moisture… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, dark blue cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover & spine. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair. Humorous verse and parodies of other 1910s and 20s writers, as well as spoofs on fads and movements of the day. 217 pages, some spotting and soil. Jacket split in 2, fragile, spine darkened. Hoffenstein, 1890-1947, was born in… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Top part is cut off fep.. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Slightly cocked spine and foxing on the page edge else very good.

Jonathan Cape, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened but remains secure. Some pen markings to margins. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boni and Liveright, 1928. first edition. hardcover. good: some fading to gilt lettering on boards, spine sunned and letters faded, text clean, binding tight/no DJ. Duodecimo 217pp. Collection of light and humorous verse by screenwriter and composer Samuel Hoffenstein, who wrote screenplays for The Wizard of Oz, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Laura, Phantom of the Opera, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boni & Liveright. Fifth Printing. The dust jacket has a darkened spine. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1928.

Garden City publishing Co., 1941. Hardcover. Good. 1941. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front pastedown. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First edition, seventh printing. Hardcover. Mild scuffing and soiling to front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Near fine. No jacket.. Hardcover octavo in gilt blue cloth boards. 217 pages, 20 cm. American poetry -- 20th century. Humor.

New York: Horace Liveright. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Ninth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, fore edge deckle. . Volume shows mild wear, spine lightly sunned, former owner's inscription on ffep. VERY GOOD.. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 217 pp .

New York: Horace Liveright. 1928. Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Fair dust jacket. Edge wear. Soiling and chipping to front and rear panels. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Garden City: Garden City Publishing, 1941. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor shelf wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text spotless. Poetry. Stax.

Garden City publishing Co., 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.