Peter Whiffle

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 247 pages; VG/G+; spine age-toned blue, with navy lettering; blue dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear and soiling to volume; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; age-toning to upper edge of jacket front; significant… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. Octavo. Linen-backed, batik-decorated boards; paper spine label; black top-stain; dustwrapper; 247pp. Nice, tight copy, just lightly faded at board extremities, in the scarce original dustwrapper, unclipped but mildly eroded at spine ends and with gentle soil at flap-folds; still easily Very Good. Van Vechten's most enduring work, a satirical portrait of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [viii],247,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937 / New York." Modest wear to extremities, faint dampstain… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Shelf wear to covers, offsetting to flyleaf, previous owner bookplate to pastedown and contemporary bookstore… Read more about this item

PETER WHIFFLE, Knopf, 1922, first edition, a near fine copy in a vg+/near fine dust-wrapper save for some tanning to the dust-wrapper spine and flap folds. The authors first novel. About 125 word TYPED LETTER SIGNED on the authors stationary laid in.

London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. First UK edition. Boards and spine are marked, sunned and worn. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block and some pages are marked and tanned. Light creases throughout pages. Spine is cocked and binding is visible between a few pages, but remains intact. Text is clear throughout.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Hardcover. Good. Ffifth printing. Spine and corners toned and worn, a sound, good plus copy lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine copy in dust jacket with a couple repairs of small chips with matching paper (apparently clipped from the lower corner of the rear flap). Author's first novel, uncommon in jacket.

PETER WHIFFLE: HIS LIFE AND WORKS, Alfred A. Knopf, 1922, first edition, very slight wear to the base of the lower corner tips, else just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with light wear and tear and somewhat tanned dust-wrapper spine. INSCRIBED to George Dangerfield in 1931. (We'd like to say INSCRIBED to known historian and fellow writer George Dangerfield,… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, 1929. The first novel by Van Vechten (1880-1964), a major figure as a supporter of the Harlem Renaissance, which details bohemian life in New York and Paris. Originally published in 1922; this is a Near Fine copy of the First Modern Liibrary Edition (stated). Red cloth binding; ruled; ML logo on front cover ingilt; gilt… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, 1929. First ML Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Sextodecimo. Original soft balloon cloth. Stated first Modern Library edition. Minor tanning to spine with title and decor still bright, else a better than very good, clean and unmarked copy.

New York: Knopf. 1922. Large Print Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. Toned spine. Light chipping at spine crown .

The Modern Library, 1929. First ML Edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine. Duodecimo. Stated first edition in the original grape vine margin design. A clean, unmarked copy, unusually well-preserved.

Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Spine cracked. (Fictional Biography, Historical fiction)

NY: THE MODERN LIBRARY. FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, NO DUST JACKET. . VG. Hardcover. 1929.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.. Hardcover, in patterned boards. Title pasted on; some chipping. 12mo. 1st Edition. 247 pp. Text tight, bright, clean.

1 . hardback. About fine. His Life and Works. A novel. 1st ed. L.(Grant Richards) 1923. About fine.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Alfred A. Knopf 1922 4th Printing Fine/ no dj, grey and burgundy decorative cloth, solid structure, gift note penciled on half-title page. 247 pages. Size: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 inches.. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fine.

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New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!