Search Results: the divided path by kent nial

New York: Pyramid Books, 1951. Paperback. 191p., worn first mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. The pulp version of Young 2090* Pyramid 32. Special edition, edited with the cooperation of the author.

Greenberg, Publisher, 1949. 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: Pyramid Books, 1959, 1959. Soft cover. Good. Third Printing. Trade paperback. 192 pp. Illustrated wraps. Previous ownership signature to front free endpaper, 2 two bookstore stickers at front and rear, minor wrinkling to spine, rubbing, 2 small tears at foot of spine and top edge of rear wrap. Good.

NY: Pyramid Books, 1952. Almat Pub. Corp. 191pp. Slight wear. Photos on request.. #32. Jan., 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Mass Market.

Greenberg, 1949. First Edition (1949.) Hardcover without dust jacket. 8vo with 447 pages. The book is in good condition with shelf wear to edges, fading to spine. Toning due to age on paste downs and endpapers. Previous owner's name written on front free end paper. A stain to right side of page block does not effect interior at all. Interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. ".. coming-of-age novel listed in Anthony Slide's Lost Novels very much a novel for gay readers of the day" with "some wonderful description of New York gay life in the 1940s." Green cloth spine/Silver text. #033560. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 8vo. Gay Life / Fiction .

New York: Greenberg : Publisher, 1949. Hardcover. 447p., mild toning and foxing to endpapers, previous owner's blindstamp on front free endpaper, toning to cloth boards, shelfwear, else a good first edition in green cloth with a chipped, worn & price-clipped dustjacket with tape repair at head and tail and extensively on the rear of the jacket. Young 2090*. Scarce hardcover first in even scarcer attractively designed jacket.

Olive-grey cloth stamped in silver, with mild toning to cloth. In exceptionally scarce dust jacket, lacking significant pieces at head/heel of spine and hinges. Striking front panel perfectly representing the nascent gay movement in 1950's America.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1949. First Edition. First edition. [iv], 447, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering. Very Good+ with light mottling to cloth, light wear, in an About Very Good example of the fragile dust jacket, price intact, with chips at extremities and wear along folds, vertical crease to spine panel, two tape mends to verso, spine dampstaining visible on verso only. A decent copy of a book typically found in very rough shape. An uncommon gay coming-of-age novel mentioned in Anthony Slide's Lost Gay Novels. Slide calls it "very much a novel for gay readers of the day" with "some wonderful description of New York gay life in the 1940s," although savaged by critics for its sentimentality.

This is one of the best examples of this first edition volume to be found today. It is a fine book with a small tear in the cover on the spine. It does have a mylar cover and the original cover is otherwise exquisite. It is complete. I purchased this book in 2000 from a collector.