A Few Figs From Thistles

Book is in Very Good+ condition, with minimal edgewear to cover, some spotting. Hinges showing some weakness, pages age-tanned, but otherwise clean and secure. Dust jacket is in Good- condition, with edgewear, some open tears at corners and spine, now in Brodart dust jacket protector.

New York: Harper and Brothers, [1926]. Hardcover. Fair/Lacking dust jacket. 8vo. 40 pp. Bound in full black cloth, title stamped in gilt on cover and spine. Publisher's code H-A (indicating publishing date of August, 1926) stated on copyright page. Fair, previous owner's bookplate removed from front free endpaper, pages age-toned, but clean, water stain to front and rear… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1922. Hardcover. Fine book in Good dust jacket. Book has no defects. An early printing, with K-N on copyright page. Has been carefully read with the fragile jacket offering protection. Jacket has chipping and short tears, half-inch and full-inch chips to extremities of spine, now protected by fresh mylar… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1922. Good- condition. Paper cover shows fading, soiling, light staining, shelf wear, and all corners bumped. Spine label has largely worn off. Front fly leaves have tears in the gutter although the binding is solid. Ownership inscription and date on first fly leaf. General age toning throughout.

NY: Harper and Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and edgeworn.. 1922. Later Printing. Hardcover. Halfbound black cloth with printed paper spine label. Jacket illustration by Lawrence W. Chaves. Poetry collection by the Pulitzer Prize winner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 39 pages .

New York: SALVO: Frank Shay, 1921. Second Edition. Wraps. Good. Second edition (first edition issued in 1920). 8vo; 16pp; green printed wrappers; advertisements for other Shay publications to inside front wrapper, back wrapper includes a cartoon by Sinclair Lewis of himself at Frank Shay's dated January 8, 1921; light age toning of pages, shelf wear and chipping to… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, [1938]. Reprint, with publisher's code "K-N" (October 1938) on copyright page. Half-bound in black cloth and blue paper, with printed white paper spine label; [x],32,[2]pp. Paper slighlty toned, gentle rubbing to extremities, Very Good or better.

Paperback / softback. New.

Juniper Grove, 2008-04-14. Paperback. Good.

A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES, Frank Shay, 1922, enlarged edition, some tanning to the fore edge margins, as well as upper & lower margins of the covers, some light tan areas to paste-downs and end-papers too seemingly offset from the dust-wrapper flaps (dw not present), browning to the half-title page and adjoining leaf apparently from a laid in piece… Read more about this item

STANDARD PUBN INC. New. Special order direct from the distributor

New York and Cincinnati: Frank Shay/Stewar Kidd, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black 1/4 cloth, green paper covered boards, paper title labels mounted on front cover and spine panel. Modest shelf wear with front cover a bit tanned toward fore-edge, small nick along top front edge, chip along top edge… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros, 1923. Fair. Reading Copy. Owner's gift tag on front endpaper; spine torn; hinges cracked. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Book Jungle, 2008-05-08. paperback. Used:Good.

Book Jungle, 2008-05-08. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

NY: Frank Shay, 1921. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. 16. [Salvo, an occasional periodical.] Paper wraps. Cover chipped and worn, clean inside. Yost 6. The first of the 'Gashouse Edition ' which was the name Shay used to describe a book he thought to be a 'pot-boiler.'.

NY: Harper, 1923. Second edition with additional material. 8vo, pp. 39. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. Yost 17.

Standard Publications, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Frank Shay, 1921-01-01. Softcover. Acceptable. Stapled chapbook in paper wraps. Considerable wear to all edges. Foxing & fading to front & rear covers. Previous owners signature on front cover. Extensive water damage throughout.