Search Results: wonder hero by j b priestley

William Heinemann, 1933. Hardcover. Good. pp.321 clean tight copy with tanning to text pages blue cloth covers with gold gilt title on spine has crimping and rubbing to top/bottom spines bumped corners and shelfwear to board extremities front cover gutter cracked but all pages still attached some tape remnants on inside front cover with some paper remnants on back cover Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York & London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1933. First US Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket is good minus. DJ has chips, small edge tears, edge creasing, and is now in a mylar cover. .

William Heinemann, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. First Edition. 321 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Severe ring marks to front & rear board. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 321 Pages.

New York: Harper, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover, first edition. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good. Hardcover, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, front hinge cracking, cover and foredges lightly soiled, spine and pages lightly browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Heinemann, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: William Heinemann. Good. Hardcover. 1933. First edition. 321 pages. No dj. Text tanned. Light shelf wear. Scuff on spine<b r> .

Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1935,, 1935. EA, Obr., 287s. guter Zustand. , [ Th1], . .

Evergreen Books 1940. paperback octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Harper & Brothers, 1933 337 pages.. 8vo. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

London, United Kingdom: William Heinemann, 1933. Essays. Navy waxed cloth bds with bright Gilt title (nice and fresh) pp 321 tight copy not inscribed, some edge foxing, else bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A bit of overall wear, very good in quite soiled else very good dust jacket.

London : William Heinemann Ltd., 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 321p. ; 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century.

Toronto, ON: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, 1933. First Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first Canadian edition, printed from the British plates. Purple cloth over boards, title and decorations printed in yellow onto upper board and spine, 8vo (7-5/16 inches [18.5 cm] tall), pp. 321. Volume with front hinge a little loose and p.o. name and date in ink to ffep. Unclipped jacket is soiled with a dusty spine panel, light wear and a few creases, both flaps and the rear panel are blank. A nice copy of Priestley's "Wonder Hero" with a great, uncredited Art Deco jacket.

Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada, Limited, at St. Martin's House, 1933. First Canadian edition. 19 cm x 13 cm, purple cloth, pp. 321. Last section of book with pages roughly opened along top edge, leaving occasional tiny chips and tears, spine very slightly faded, else very good in dust jacket, with slight edge wear, small tears, and faint soiling..

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1933. One of an edition limited to 175 copies, this being # 134. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1933. One of an edition limited to 175 copies, this being # 134. Signed by the author. 321 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and top edge. Bookplate to front pastedown; page edges lightly toned; a very nice copy. Very good/No dust jacket.

London: William Heinemann. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth. First edition. Cloth faintly scuffed, text block edges a bit soiled/toned. Bookseller ticket at rear. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned/soiled with a few short tears/slight edgewear, few stains to flap folds and flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London:: William Heinemann,, [1933].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Just about fine, in a bright jacket with some chipping to the top of the spine, slightly affecting two of the letters in "Wonder." . 8vo,.

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1933. . First edition, first printing; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, a bright, sharp example, in superb pictorial dust-jacket, a few very small chips and closed tears including head of spine, but with almost no loss, spine slightly sunned with dulling to red colour, but overall a fine example. A very good first edition copy of this cautionary tale by J.B. Priestley, recounting the adventures & misadventures of Charlie Habble whose bravery in preventing an explosion at the Midlands factory where he works sees him turned into a hero in the national press, exposing him to media manipulation and the inevitable corrupting influence of London's nefarious metropolitan machinations, finally emerging intact but brutalised.