About this title: In the very act of describing a kind of a fall from humanity, Gorky expresses a sense of the strangeness and essential value of the human being which is far too commonly absent altogether from such complex civilizations as our own. To no Westerner, I am afraid, would it occur, when asked what he was, to say, "A man." He would be a plasterer who ...
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Binding: Ephemera
Publisher: Haldeman-Julius, Girard
Date Published: 1925
Description: Good with no dust jacket. Blue wraps are faded and tanned. Stapled binding very sound. Small closed tear (1/2 inch; 1 cm) on front of wraps; another equally small one on first page. 64pp plus wraps. Interior pages age-darkened. No writing or marks. Little Blue Books were a popular series of abridged literature and instructional material published by Emanuel Haldeman in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s (with some in the 1940s and 1950s, but the heyday had passed). The intent was to provide knowledge ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Haldeman-Julius
Date Published: 1925
Description: Acceptable. Previous owners' name and bookplate inside; text is otherwise unmarked. Front hinge is split in front of title page. Cloth cover is faded; heavy wear to exterior. Pages are slightly yellowed, but in good condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boni and Liveright, NY:
Date Published: 1918
Description: Good + copy in flexible green cloth, no dust jacket. 249, Some pencil markings. Previous owner's name stamped & inked on endpaper and half title page. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Date Published: 1918
Description: Horace Brodzky. Very Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Brown leatherette with gold lettering. Illustrated end pages by Horace Brodzky. No list of titles opposite title page. 249 pages. Boni & Liveright, Inc. Undated except for 1918 copyright date. Book: Very good. Clean and complete. Mild wear. No remainder marks. Not ex-library. Gift inscription on half-title page. Dust Jacket: None. 13d. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY
Date Published: 1925
Description: Very Good. Hardcover, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, some light cover edge wear, sunfading on the edge of the book and on the spine, some age toning, light soiling on the paper edge North American Orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. International orders are shipped on Tuesdays and Friday's. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (252 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00252 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Boni & Liveright, New York
Date Published: 1918
Description: Very Good. In dark blue limp leather with bold gold titling on spine, and runner running to the left with torch flaming, has the venerable look of the earlier Modern Library offerings, before they went vanilla. Yellow endpapers show torch-bearer running left. Translated from the Russina. Intro by Chesterton. In strong binding, no cocking to spine, no loose or missing pages, and no marks of any kind. Book shows slight edgewear, all gold very bright. Sec'y. You may return any book for full ... read more
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