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New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Cover slightly worn and soiled/spine partially cocked; None. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly Worn and Soiled. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. First Printing. Hardcover. DJ edges are chipped and torn. .

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1952., 1952. First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Original 1/2 beige cloth over plum boards. Very good. 244 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Ptg. . Cloth. Good. (1st ptg.) Brown cloth spine, reddish boards, no DJ. Spine top and down left side of spine stained, worn spot at bottom front tip. Good.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 244 pages, dust jacket with little edge wear; chipping Record # 70043

Max Reinhardt,, [1953]. 8vo., First UK Edition, some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. First published in the US in the previous year.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small stain on the spine joint, near fine in a very good dustwrapper a large chip at the head of the spine affecting the title, chips, and tears. Short stories.

London: Max Reinhardt, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Owner name on front fly, slight foxing on endpapers, near fine in an about very good dust jacket colored with permanent marker on the front panel and spine (with bleed-through on verso), faint stain on the cover, and interior tape repairs at the edges.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Pages lightly age-toned, cloth spine lightly tanned, very good in very good rubbed and lightly age-toned dust jacket with short tears on edges. Short stories.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Owner name on front fly, slight foxing on endpapers, near fine in an about very good dust jacket colored with permanent marker on the front panel and spine (with bleed-through on verso), faint stain on the cover, and interior tape repairs at the edges.

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1952., 1952. First edition, first printing (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. 244 pages. No signatures or bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

0: Max Reinhardt. Good. Hardcover. 1953. pp 211 dustwrapper .

NY: SIMON & SCHUSTER.. Fine. 1952. First Edition. Cloth. About fine in a close to nf. dj. (Shallow chipping at spine ends. A few short edge tears in dj. Scratches & light soiling to rear panel of dj.) .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. FIRST EDITION. A fine copy in dust jacket. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from the author S.J. Perelman to his daughter, inscribed: “To Abby - with all my love, Sid. October 11, 1952.” One corner lightly bumped, else near fine in a used dust jacket with some chips and tears. Sidney Joseph Perelman, popularly known as S. J. Perelman (1904 – 1979), was one of the most widely read literary icons of the Golden Age of American Humor. His New Yorker pieces, fiction, and collected essays are legendary for their biting wit and mastery of caricature and language. Off and on throughout his career he worked in film, notably as a contributing screenwriter on such Hollywood comedy classics as Monkey Business and Horse Feathers with the Marx Brothers, Mike Todd’s Around the World in 80 Days (for which he won an Oscar), co-creator of the hit Broadway musical comedy One Touch of Venus starring Mary Martin, as well as many publishing (including twenty-one books), radio, television, and travel writing… Read More