Search Results: the cabala by wilder thornton niven

NY, Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. 5 p. l., 7-230 p.; 21 cm. First edition, first state, of Wilder's first novel. An evocative portrait of decadent Vatican aristocracy during the years just before Mussolini and Fascism. Stock#46264. Good+, owner name stamped on front fly, red cloth spine, decorative cloth boards / no dj.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. New Edition. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta & Madras: Longmans Green & Co. Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean and firmly bound dark blue cloth boards, no jacket, no writing inside, stated new edition.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1931. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, small crown octavo, black cloth lettered gilt to spine, a good tightly bound copy, free of marking, neat bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown, 187pp.

hardcover, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Issue. With all first issue points. c.1926. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 230pp. Ex-Library with minor library markings - call number in pencil on copyright page, small library plate with 'Withdrawn' stamp in rear. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, rubbing to corners and spine-ends, light loss to cloth at bottom corners, mild sunning to spine.

Longmans, Green, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.7919 in x 19.5431 in x 14.9746 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. New 1968 impression.

London/New York/Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. 5. Hardcover. Good. Gilt blue cloth, no dust jacket.; Piece of dust jacket glued to upper pastedown; name, place and date on endpaper.

(from Merle Johnson's description of a First Edition and of this book)Tan figured cloth(minor soiling), red buckram back(dirty but readable) top edges stained blue(faded still there), also some in blue cloth(we have the tan, the designs are in red & black). The corners have bronze-colored metal protectors. Errors are all present, (p.186 line 16) doctors. (p.196 line 13) conversation (p.202 line 12) explaininn ( nn not ng). Both top and bottom of the spine weaken but no rips/fraying, gift inscription not by the author on the 1st leaf. The book is tight and square, really nice to be 95 years old. It just has the stupidest cover designs.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. Ninth printing. Very good. 8vo, 230pp, top edge green. Signed by the author. Light gray cloth boards with title in blue on front cover and on spine. Front and back covers are slightly dusty and spine slightly sunned. A light, unobtrusive mark across front cover. Internally very good.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. Sixth Printing. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red polished calf, with the Thaw family motto stamped in gilt on the upper cover: "Ou le Sort Appelle" (Where Destiny Calls), t.e.g. Fine. Sixth Printing. 1 vols. 8vo.

Albert and Charles Boni. Used - Very Good. 1928. Ninth printing. Decorated cloth. 8vo. 230 pp. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Thornton Wilder on half-title page to Horace Bridges (leader of the Ethical Union, scholar, author, and lecturer). Moderate shelf wear and smudging to boards, with corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's inscription to flyleaf, with extensive penciled notes to blank pages following text. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Fiction.)

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1926. First British edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Wilder's first book, which the London Observer described as, "the best-written thing of its kind for many years (Nov. 28, 1926). The Brooklyn Eagle, on the other hand, wrote, "The Cabala is luxurious in its unimportance, its indifference, and its astonishing charm." First UK edition (1926 date on title page and no notice of later printings inside). A near fine copy in a price-clipped else near fine, second issue dust jacket. There is some discoloration to the endpapers, but pretty typical of British books. This second issue jacket was redesigned to match the jacket of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which is promoted on the front flap of this copy.

United Kingdom: Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/NO Dustwrapper. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A novel. First Swan Library Edition, Volume 2. Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, London 1931. viii + 188pp hb gilt black cloth, spine faded, pages browned, vg

New York: Albert & Charles Boni. Inscribed By THORTON WILDER. 1926 first edition hard cover in very good condition. No jacket. Tan figured cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1926.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition, 1926. Meets all first edition points on pages 186, 196 and 212. Personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Tan cloth with black and red pattern, red cloth spine lettered in black, 230 pages, no dustjacket. Light edge rubbing, very minor loss of fabric on the back cover where the patterned fabric meets the spine, rear hinge repaired, front free endpaper appears to have been reattached at one time, sound text block, clean pages free from other names or markings.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

LONGMANS, GREEN & CO, LONDON, 1930 FIFTH IMPRESSION HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, SIGNED TO FRONT ENDPAPER BY THE AUTHOR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES WITH 7 + 187 PAGES. SOME VERY LIGHT COVER WEAR, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES BUT HEAVIER FOXING & BROWNING TO ENDPAPERS OVERALL THIS IS A VERY NICE COPY WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1926. First Edition, First Issue of the author's first book, with "conversation" for "conversion" on p.196, line 13, and "explaininn" for "explaining" p.202, line 12. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth over decorated cloth covered boards. 230 pp A fine copy, without the dustjacket, only lightly mellowed at the spine panel and with two old ownership plates to the front and rear pastedowns. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"Miss Marian Willoughby with the regards of Thornton Wilder, Lafayette, May 1933". First Issue, with three points at ps. 186, 196, and 202. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket, toning at end pages, slight rubbing at corners of decorative cloth covers. The first novel by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.

New York, New York: Albert & Charles Boni. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1926. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 230 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1.6: KB#010446: Fine condition facsimile bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a Mylar Cover. Book has red cloth on spine and decorated (light blue, red, and black patterned) cloth over both boards. Boards are lightly worn at corners; otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Is first issue of Thorton Wilder's first book, with points of "conversation" for "conversion" on p.196, line 13, and "explaininn" for "explaining" p.202, line 12. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This Pulitzer Prize winning author's novel is set in Italy. Contents: First Encounters; Marcantonio; Alix; Astree-Luce and the Cardinal; The Dusk of the Gods." .