Search Results: spider boy by van vechten carl

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges bumped. Previous owner's name. Spine faded; Ex-Lib; 297 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (1st edition). Hardcover. GOOD. Tight, light age tanning of pages, age soil and stain at bottom of spine to exterior, square. Ex-library with expected markings including pocket. Tan cloth with worn gilt trim. No jacket. A comic novel lampooning Hollywood during the silent movie era. A reclusive New York playwright tries to go on vacation but ends up kidnapped by a starlet who wants him to write her the perfect script. 297 pages.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Sharp blue covers with pink lettering. Top and bottom of spine a little crushed.

Hardcover. Good. G+, 1st-3rd printings before publication, inscribed by actor Jimmy Gleason and wife, 'in memory of our unhappy experience'.

NY: Knopf, 1928. 8vo, pp. 297. Hinge tender, cover worn, front flyleaf removed. Good.

Knopf, 1928. 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. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY and London: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. Presumed 1st Edition . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. NY and London: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. Presumed 1st Edition . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unmarked tight copy with minor edge wear, one corner a little bent, cloth is soiled/faded and spine is faded <br/> <br/>

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, November 1928. Cloth . Very Good/Fair. 4th U.S. printing in much worn, edgeworn, darkened jacket. There is a 1/2 inch x one-inch torn bottom corner of rear flap, otherwise jacket is mostly present. Blue cloth with pink lettering front board & spine. Top edge also tinted pink. Previous owner's name inked front free end page. Dark smudges fore-edge. Internally clean & unmarked. Good sound binding.

Knopf, 1928. 1st Edition First Edition. Hardback. Very Good.

New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf. Good: cover watermarked, shaken; margins yellowed, dj worn/taped/Dust Jacket. 1928. 12mo., 297pp., (ii) .

* Spider boy: A scenario for a moving picture - Carl Van Vechten was a white man with a passion for blackness who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a black movement, come to understand itself. Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance is grounded in the dramas occasioned by the Harlem Renaissance, as it is called today, or New Negro Renaissance, as it was called in the 1920s.;;;;;; Small hard cover in good condition. Red boards are good but show age, use wear and fading. Spine with gold titling is faded but still readable.. Hinges are good but are split between authors page and title page. All pages are tight - secured. Front endpaper has some notations (see photographs). Balance of pages are clean, unmarked. Nice copy of an old book with a lot of life left in it....... Spider Boy: A Scenario for a Moving Picture, Author Carl Van Vechten, Alfred A. Knopf Publication date January 1, 1928,239 pages, Book size about 5 x 7 1/2 x 1 in....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Fourth printing, 1928. "Adventures that befell Ambrose Deacon among the Moving Picture Stars at Hollywood". Blue hardcover with dustjacket. The book has modest edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, light speckling to outer edge of text block and endpapers, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustajcket has a slightly faded spine, edgewear, some foxing to the light colored background of the dustjacket, fairly little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY: Knopf. VG book, FAIR DJ. Neatly inked name/address inside. 7.5"x5".. (1928). 2rd printing.. Hardcover. VG book, FAIR DJ(in Brodart). Bright book & DJ. Tan cloth with faded gilt spine lettering. Blue/green stained top edge. . Book FINE inside. Spine sunned a tiny bit. Top edge slightly discolored. Bright but worn DJ, complete with $2.50 price. All fold edges with small holes worn through. Front panel almost totally detached from spine, internally repaired with archival tissue. Other 3 fold lines have been selectivly reinforced. DJ spine end wear into author & publisher lettering. .

Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1928. Hardcover. Used Good/Missing. Wear to cover, rubbed edges, bumped corners, pages tanned but clean and unmarked. There is a previous owner's name on the inside. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good-. Large octavo, 297pp. A fair to good copy in the publisher's blue boards with tan cloth spine. Boards, edges, and corners heavily rubbed. Contents clean and sound, but for contemporary bookplate to front paste-down, which was affixed with too much glue, some of which took with it a small area of the front free endpaper. This is number 31 of 220 limited copies SIGNED by Van Vechten on the limitation page. A reading, reference, or placeholder copy.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1928.. Hardcover -. Very good in light tan boards with brown decorative border on cover, lettering on spine in a fair dust jacket with a large chip to the top of the spine, other edgewear, splitting along fold of front cover, but despite these flaws it is still bright and attractive with original price of 2.50 on flap. . 2nd printing before publication. Novel of the "extraordinary adventures that befell Ambrose Deacon among the moving picture stars of Hollywood". 297 pp. Great art deco/jazz era dustjacket by Ronald McRae.

New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pale peach cloth, lettered/decorated in gilt. First edition, matching dates, no indication of later ptgs. [vii],299 pp. Interior a bit toned by age, slight rubbing to a few letters of spine title. Color illus. dust jacket (art by Ronald McRae) shows chipping/loss at corners and both spine extremities, ranging to about 1/2" deep, with spine loss affecting lettering in title (head) and publisher (heel), toned rear panel and flaps, still presents reasonably well and retains strong color, in new mylar..

1928. VAN VECHTEN, Carl. SPIDER BOY: A SCENARIO FOR A MOVING PICTURE. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Small 8vo, cloth, lacks dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Van Vechten on front endpaper: "For Dorothy- with many thanks for a nice party & with warm affection always- These lines about the great Southwest from Carlo. August 11-1928. New York." Good (some wear & soiling). $75.00.

New York: Knopf, 1928. Limited. hardcover. very good. Large 8vo, cloth backed boads; corners bumped; publisher's slipcase. N.Y., 1928. Limited First Edition<br/><br/> One of 220 signed copies.<br/><br/>