Howells: His life and world by Brooks, Van Wyck - 1959

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1959. Cover corners and spine rubbed. Jacket scuffed with chipped edges. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

E. P. Dutton & Co., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition, very good + cloth hardcover that shows some mild trace wear including tiny bit of fray and loss at spine head and touch of bumping to top corners of cover, else tight and clean, in very good - price-clipped dust jacket that shows some rubbing and soil, mild exposure toning along spine, closed edge tears and fair amount of shallow open chipping (no more than 1/2 inch deep). Solid copy of this biography of the noted author.

New York: Dutton, 1959. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Former owner's name front endpaper. 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.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Octavo. 296pp. With a frontispiece portrait and one additional plate. Topedge just a bit faded, a few pages with tiny creases, else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a bit of wear and a couple tiny tears.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light gray cloth, blocked and titled in blue and silver on spine; dustjacket; frontispiece, x,296,[6]pp. Offsetting to front endpaper, faint hand-soil to covers, with a touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, and faint foxing to rear endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with light wear to extremities, staining to base of spine panel, with a small patch of adhesive pull to verso of spine; Very Good+. Biography of the American novelist, playwright, and literary critic.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 296pp. With a frontispiece portrait and one additional plate. Ex-Penn Library Rare Book Collection, from the Clara and Rudolf Kirk collection of William Dean Howells. The Kirks, Howells scholars, had donated their Howells material to Penn. Penn bookplates and two withdrawn stamps on the front endpapers with another tiny stamp at the rear, light general wear, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper. This copy additionally Inscribed by Van Wyck Brooks to Clara and Rudolf Kirk.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

E.P. Dutton & Co, 1959-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. Signed by Author. Inscribed by the author warmly to Irish poet Padraic Colum on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is heavily torn and worn, it's intact but in G- condition. The pale blue cloth boards are darkened on the edges, small red spot front board. First edition. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011