Mister Johnson

In the early 1950s, Michael Joseph published a series of best-selling books under the imprint Mermaid Books. They were all 5" x 7 1/2", on thicker paper. Colored, illustrated and laminated covers. Not paperbacks, not hard covers--flexible harder covers is the best way to describe them. This is one of those Mermaid Books. It is Mister Johnson, the sixth of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Very good in an about Very good dustwrapper. Pages and cover very light brown. Edges of spine bumped. Corners slightly bent. Dustwrapper worn and torn on edges. Dustwrapper shelf rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not… Read more about this item

New York, Harper & Brothers [1951]., 1951. First edition (so stated; "H-A"). 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). Very good. 261 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of October 3, original price $3.00.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Harper & Brothers, n.d. but 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Stated "First Edition" with date code "H-A" (August, 1951) underneath on copyright page. The volume is bumped and wrinkled on the spine ends, and there are a series of stains along the bottom edges of the boards, pastedowns, and endpapers from a previous Brodart sleeve. … Read more about this item

M. Evans & Company, 2004. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Text has no markings, binding is sound. Stain on sheet edges.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition (with code H-A and First Edition statement on copyright page) in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean boards - no bumping or wear, with unfaded black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine; a little fraying to top spine edge. Binding is tight and square,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1950s]. Hardcover. An undated early printing of the author's story, set West Africa and centered around his Mister Johnson character, an African man who ". . .swims gaily on the surface of life. . .". Anglo-Irish Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (1888-1957) was an officer in the… Read more about this item

Alexandria, Virginia, USA: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1981. BX1 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some light creasing on the spine. The story of an unusal African native set in colonial Nigeria in the early 1930s. The main character sees himself as an… Read more about this item

Torino: Einaudi, Supercoralli, 1953. Rilegato mezza tela (half-cloth binding). Molto buono (Very Good). . 8vo. pp. 466. Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Reprinted. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 261; G/G-; black spine with ivory text; dust jacket show modest wear to exterior; chipping to edges; cloth has light wear to exterior; mild edge wear; strong boards; text block edges have some toning; deckled fore edge; good binding;. 1332602. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition. Good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover has bookplate, bumped corners and spine, smudged text edges, dustwrapper chipped at edges, corners and spine, taped from inside, browned on back. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Stated First Edition - this volume is a First Thus. The first edition was published in 1939 and reissued in 1948. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 261 toned, deckle edged pages From jacket: "Mister Johnson is one of several novels having as setting the remote region of… Read more about this item

London: Mermaid Books, 1952. Reprint. Paperback book. Good/No Jacket. NA. Scarce edition paperback book with stiffened covers, made to resemble a hardcover. Covers and spine are in good condition with only minor discoloration. Pages are clean and bright. For more information on our condition gradings, see Terms of Sale below.

Michael Joseph, London, 1959. Carfax Edition Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Minor spotting to page edges; Jacket: Minor Edgewear; very small tears. Not price-clipped. Now protected by non-adhesive clear plastic cover. Size: n/a..

Victor Gollancz, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. 287 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good/P Hardcover has bumped corners and spine, writing erased inside board, name inked on end page, text edges smudged, dustwrapper smudged, worn and torn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Edition Thus. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.

New York: Perennial Library/Harper & Row, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First Perennial edition. Introduction by Charles R. Larson. Mass market paperback. Wraps lightly rubbed and edgeworn, faint creases on spine, very good. The basis for a play by Norman Rosten and a 1990 film by Bruce Beresford.

New York: Time Incorporated, 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 300pp. Illustrated wrappers designed by James Spanfeller. Spine lightly faded with some foxing on the top edge and an abrasion on the front free endpaper, near fine. Time Reading Program Special Edition. A young Nigerian who falls afoul of the British colonial regime.

Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, but binding is tight and the pages are all clean with no markings.