Parties

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 260 pages, xiv pages; VG/VG-; spine yellow, with green lettering and silver design; green dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing from corners of flap folds; multiple small closed tears at upper edge of jacket front; crown of jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Limited Edition. Very good +. 8vo (24 x 16cm). 126/250. Signed by author on limitations page. Green paper covers with silver decoration to upper and silver gilt titles to spine. Slight fading to spine. Croxley hand made paper with deckled edges. Text block tight and unmarked. In Mylar and dark green slipcase… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. A small stain on the top edge, boards a bit soiled, an about very good copy without dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "For Emilio in memory of the time when we will go to parties again [three words indecipherable] Carlo. September 2, 1942.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [10], 260, [1], xii-xiv, [4] pp. Yellow cloth with green lettering on the spine, silver decorations on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. From the rear panel: "Exhausted by wars and peace conferences, worn out… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

PARTIES, Knopf, 1930, first edition., slight soil to flexible yellow vellum boards, else fine in an attractive dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Scenes from contemporary New York life. 1/250 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author in a worn slip-case.

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.

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… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket, slightly faded at the spine (but not as badly as is often the case with this green dust jacket). An important, if fictionalized, account of the New York literary world at the time

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.

ORIGINAL YELLOW STIFF WRAPPERS; PUBLISHER'S SLIPCASE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD

Alfred A. Knopf. Limited Edition. 260 pages. First edition, #41 of 250 numbered copies signed by Van Vechten on a special page at the beginning of the book. Fine yellow flexible vellum covers with silver lettering and design to spine, and design to front cover. Fine plain paper dust jacket with chipping along edge and a tear to the top… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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

Paperback / softback. New.

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