Parties - A Novel of Contemporary New York Life. by Van Vechten, Carl

Sun & Moon Press, 2000-04-01. Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Trade paperback. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers. Binding square and tight. No creasing to spine. No loose pages. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Sun & Moon Press, 2000-04-01. Paperback. Good.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1986. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Bard/Avon, 1977, 1977-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap.

New York: Knopf, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 8vo. Yellow cloth, with green spine lettering, and silver decorations on spine (grape clusters) and front cover (Cupid crushing grapes]). Unstained top text block. 260 pages, with a Bibliography of Carl Van Vechten at end. Dust-jacket (with price clipped) is edge worn, with dulled spine and loss at bottom of spine, and scrapes on rear panel. Described, on the copyright page, as "First and Second Printing Before Publication Published August, 1930".

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1930. First printing. The boards are soiled in spots. The spine is a bit slanted and faded, with silver lettering mostly gone. In a sound binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. This handsome copy is the Stated "First and Second Printing Before Publication, Published August, 1930." The book is in clean, Very Good+ condition with a Very Good unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) "Parties" was Van Vechten's last novel and illustrates how the constant party-going that marked the Roaring Twenties suddenly entered its death throes when the stock market crashed, and the youthful spirit of the times seemed to die as well. The book is bound in yellow cloth with a silver vignette cupid on the front panel and decorative grape designs in silver on the spine. The spine lettering is in deep green. There is yellow top-edge stain. There is a light corner bump on the front panel. The binding is tight and secure, and the pages are clean and bright throughout, with no marks or stains. The dust jacket, with the book's original $2.50 price intact, is Very Good and protected by a Brodart protective sleeve. The dust jacket has a… Read More

Bard/Avon, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition (what looks like a small worm hole in bottom - nowhere near the text but odd - see picture). Bard/Avon, 1977. 1st Printing as such. Carl Van Vechten's final novel about the decay and death of the Jazz Age. Not exactly a pick-me-up book but really interesting.

New York: Knopf, 1930. Slipcased. Very Good/Fair Cover has general wear, curling, discoloration. Bookblock has age toning. Slipcase has heavy wear, tearing, corner/edge damage. Yellow flexible vellum covers with silver lettering and design to spine, and design to front cover. Black slipcase with paste on title block on spine. 260, xii-xiv pages Limited to 250 copies. This is number 133. Signed by the author.