Spider Boy by VAN VECHTEN, Carl - 1928

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (1st edition). Hardcover. GOOD. Tight, light age tanning of pages, age soil and stain at bottom of spine to exterior, square. Ex-library with expected markings including pocket. Tan cloth with worn gilt trim. No jacket. A comic novel lampooning Hollywood during the silent movie era. A reclusive New York playwright tries to go on vacation but ends up kidnapped by a starlet who wants him to write her the perfect script. 297 pages.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Sharp blue covers with pink lettering. Top and bottom of spine a little crushed.

Hardcover. Good. G+, 1st-3rd printings before publication, inscribed by actor Jimmy Gleason and wife, 'in memory of our unhappy experience'.

NY: Knopf, 1928. 8vo, pp. 297. Hinge tender, cover worn, front flyleaf removed. Good.

Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY and London: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. Presumed 1st Edition . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. NY and London: Alfred A Knopf, 1928. Presumed 1st Edition . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unmarked tight copy with minor edge wear, one corner a little bent, cloth is soiled/faded and spine is faded <br/> <br/>

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, November 1928. Cloth . Very Good/Fair. 4th U.S. printing in much worn, edgeworn, darkened jacket. There is a 1/2 inch x one-inch torn bottom corner of rear flap, otherwise jacket is mostly present. Blue cloth with pink lettering front board & spine. Top edge also tinted pink. Previous owner's name inked front free end page. Dark smudges fore-edge. Internally clean & unmarked. Good sound binding.

Knopf, 1928. 1st Edition First Edition. Hardback. Very Good.

* Spider boy: A scenario for a moving picture - Carl Van Vechten was a white man with a passion for blackness who played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance, a black movement, come to understand itself. Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance is grounded in the dramas occasioned by the Harlem Renaissance, as it is called today, or New Negro Renaissance, as it was called in the 1920s.;;;;;; Small hard cover in good condition. Red boards are good but show age, use wear and fading. Spine with gold titling is faded but still readable.. Hinges are good but are split between authors page and title page. All pages are tight - secured. Front endpaper has some notations (see photographs). Balance of pages are clean, unmarked. Nice copy of an old book with a lot of life left in it....... Spider Boy: A Scenario for a Moving Picture, Author Carl Van Vechten, Alfred A. Knopf Publication date January 1, 1928,239 pages, Book size about 5 x 7 1/2 x 1 in....... Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles… Read More