Search Results: the prodigal rake memoirs of by quennell peter

E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., January 1962. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

NY: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1962. Pages [452 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Rusty red cloth boards, clean, gilt decorations and spine lettering, a little shelf wear at extremities. PO's name at fep. Memoirs of Hickey's many youthful sexual experiences, living well beyond his means, drinking and gambling heavily, and after embezzing a large sum of money from the accounts in his father's office he was sent to India. He eventually returned to England via China and again after another exile to Jamaica. These Memoirs give an extraordinarily vivid picture of life in late 18th-century London, Calcutta, Madras and Jamaica which stands comparison with the best of his near-contemporary James Boswell. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very… Read More

New York: Dutton, 1962. 3d ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good. 8vo.. 452 pp. 6 x 9 1/4. Red cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. No dj. Slight wear to cloth, no interior damage or markings noted.

E P Dutton & Co, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1962. Third Printing. 452 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Book has noticeable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

New York: Dutton, 1962. hardcover. Book: Good/DJ: Good. 8vo.. 452 pp. 6 x 9 1/4. Dark red cloth covered boards, stamped gold on spine. Brown illustrated dj, faded to pink at spine. Mild overall wear.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Third Printing. Hardcover. Corners are bumped. Endpapers have some foxing. .

D/W. 452pp. V.G. copy. E.P. Dutton, 1962 Hardcover.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1962. Jacket has mild edge wear but is quite presentable within new Brodart sleeve.. BCE. Hard Cover. Very Good/DJ VG-. Large Octavo.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962. Cover bumped. Price wrote and sticker inside front. Price sticker inside back. Out of print.. Third Printing. Cloth Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Dutton, 1962. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. lite cracking to jacket edges, else vg in good jacket

E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 452 pages .

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , February 1962. Reprint. Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo in burgundy cloth covered boards with small gold lettering along spine. 3RD printing. [452 pages]

NY: E.P. Dutton, 1965. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. Near fine in a very good dustjacket with light edgewear. Not priceclipped and no markings. This is a "highly scandolous" memoir of an 18th century world traveler and bon vivant. A great read. (box 49)

Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Dutton, 1962. This is a third printing copy, published 1962 - a Book Club edition. Edited by Quennell from more than 700 pages, the notorious memoir focusing on Hickey's adventures and misdeeds. 452 pages with Index, 6" X 9-1/4". The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has some edge and rubbing wear, and a small closed tear of about 1/2" in the middle of the spine panel. There is a random jumble of letters and numbers on the front flap - probably a former price - see photos. Nicely printed considering it is a Book Club edition. Sturdy brick red colored cloth covered boards, corners are not bumped or worn, little wear to the cover boards. Squiggle mark in pencil on the top corner of the first flyleaf - probably a former price crossed out. No further writing besides that though. Age tanning to the text pages, some dots of foxing to the fore edge. Binding is tight and square. Not a library discard copy. Attached photos are of the… Read More

E. P. Dutton, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbings/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked but binding still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-07-23. Hardcover. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings

New York: E.P.Dutton, 1962 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Entertaining, racy memoirs of life in Georgian England, and voyages to China & India in the days of the East India Company. Hickey's Memoirs give an extraordinarily vivid picture of life in late 18th-century London, Calcutta, Madras and Jamaica which stands comparison with the best of his near-contemporary James Boswell. 452p. plates.index This is an original edition and NOT a Print-on-Demand that you have to wait get printed.

E P Dutton & Co, New York, 1962,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1962. Hardcover. hardback, large 8vo, 452pp, slight foxing and browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth gilt, small mark on spine, Good condition in scruffy creased and frayed dustwrapper .

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in very good, moderately worn, price-clipped dustwrapper.