Joy is an inside job by Blanding, Don - 1953

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. 12th Printing . Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159 pp. Illus. with drawings by the author. Blue cloth with gilt illustration and lettering. Light edge wear; former owner's name on front endpaper. The jacket is price-clipped and chipped and worn at the edges. Also, the book is a 12th printing; however, the front jacket flap states Seventh Printing. Binding tight, text clean.

Dodd, Mead, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dodd, Mead, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

1956, Dodd, Mead & Company. Hardcover . Very Good/Acceptable. Edgewear with tearing to dust jacket, binding sound and pages unmarked. P.O. name/stamp inside front cover. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

New York, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1953. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. The noted Hawaiian poet here combines verse & prose in an exploration of life's spiritual values & how to journey to one's own "joy age,'' whatever age you are now. In 159 pages with pen-and-ink illustrations by the author throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1953, this hardcover 8vo has dark blue cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt decoration to front & lettering to spine. NO DJ on this copy (please see our other listings for both jacked & signed copies).Condition is Good+: completely clean & unmarked inside, pages creamy white with mild tanning, binding strong & straight. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities & front joint, with mild fraying to corners & both ends of spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping… Read More

New York: Dodd Mead. Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Gift Inscription/Chip at Top Spine/Worn and Soiled. .

DODD MEAD/PENGUIN PUTNAM, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1953. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. The noted Hawaiian poet here combines verse & prose in an exploration of life's spiritual values & how to journey to one's own "joy age,'' whatever age you are now. In 159 pages with pen-and-ink illustrations by the author throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1953, this hardcover 8vo has dark blue cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt decoration to front & lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright, with modest rubbing to lower extremities & mild bumping to all corners. Interior pages are creamy white & clean with mild tanning, completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Good+/VG-, with some rather large chips to top edge & smaller scattered ones to bottom; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we… Read More