Search Results: the tattooed countess by carl van vechten

Soft Cover. Poor. Reader copy

University of Iowa Press, 1987. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

University of Iowa Press, 1987. 286pp. Trade paperback, VG, "After decades in Europe Ella Poore, age 50, returns to Maple Valley, Iowa, But nothing has changed and it's just as boring as ever in Philistia", . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Univ of Iowa Pr. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good.

Popular Library, 1963. Softcover. Good. SP217, moderate wear on

Popular Library Paperback #SP217 CONDITION: vg.

University of Iowa Press, 1987-12. Paperback. Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, July 1924. Stated first printing edition. Magenta cloth, gilt print and topboard decoration, t.e.green. 8vo. pp. [x], 286. VG-/No jacket. Faded top edge, spine a bit faded and spotted, one page chip not affecting text, internally clean..

Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards slightly bowed, betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding remains tight and structurally sound. Erstwhile owner's sticker on front endpaper; front free endpaper removed; interior pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NEW YORK N Y: ALFRED A KNOPF, 1924. hard cover with dj. very good with dj. BOOK IS VERY GOOD JACKET IS WORN ( POOR )

New York [1924]. Includes bibliographic information and a publisher's statement (with facsimile signature of Alfred A. Knopf). 4to sheet. 1 page (not signed).. F. Soft cover.

AMS Press, 1924. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knoft, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing. 246 pp. Book plate of George Cukor (Hollywood movie director of note). Novel about Indiana born countess returning to her small town American birthplace, the cultural divide between her and the townsmen and her affair there with a much younger man. Cocking to binding. Otherwise, generally clean and tight.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1924 7th printing. hardcover no dustjacket. acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 8vo; 286 pages; acceptable hardcover no dustjacket; tips bumped with fray and board exposure; spine slanting; nicks to edges boards; scuffs to face board; tanning pages; few slight stains; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking

New York: Knopf, 1924.. Hardcover. 12mo. 286 pp. First edition. Smith V-126.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Copyright page states ''First, second and third printings before publication / Published, August, 1924''. Purplish-burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine faded; top right corner of front panel chipped; not price clipped ($2.50 net); in an archival mylar sleeve. 286 pages. Carl Van Vechten's 1924 novel, set in the year 1897, partially set it the fictional town of Maple Valley, Iowa, wherein a European countess returns to her hometown in the midwest, encountering and shocking the Main Street mentality of its inhabitants. In 1925, it was adapted into the film A Woman of the World, directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Pola Negri.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, partially clipped ($2.50), faded at the spine, lightly rubbed, a few small closed tears and chips. Purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, clean internally. Van Vechten's novel of an older Midwestern woman who returns home to find love in younger men after living as a countess overseas.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First and second printings before publication. Octavo (19.5cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [x],286pp. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937 / New York." Modest wear to extremities, faint dampstaining to covers, with some rubbing and dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, and faint, shallow staining along upper and lower margins; Very Good. A novel set in a small Iowa town, centered around a Countess who returns home after 20 years on the Continent. "Into this complacent town bursts the Countess, a full-blown, impulsive widow who dares to dye her hair, smokes cigarettes in public, wears her gowns cut low and her jewels in layers, and admits that after her lips are made up she can say things she could never have said before" (from the University of Iowa Press edition). The recipient, Amos Tuck French, Jr. (1901-1975), was the son of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+. 1924. Limited/Signed/Numbered. Hardcover. Limited edition #59/150. Signed by the author. Pink cloth spine holds paper spine label . Floral decorated black cloth. Deckle page edges. Black paper covered slip case with light edge wear. Additional spine label attached to rear endpaper. Literature, Novel, Fiction ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Signed by Author .