Search Results: A Gnome There Was by Lewis Padgett

Simon & Schuster, 1950 First Edition in Fair condition lacking a Dust Jacket. Red boards with silver lettering.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Hardcover.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Book. Illus. by K. Chester; Edd Cartier;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Red boards lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; dustjacket by Edd Cartier and K. Chester. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a bit of fading on the spine; price intact; previous owner's name inside. This story collection contains: A Gnome There Was; What You Need; The Twonky; The Cure; Exit the Professor; See You Later; Mimsy Were the Borogoves; Jesting Pilot; This Is the House; Rain Check; and Compliments of the Author. .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. Book. Illus. by K. Chester; Edd Cartier;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. This was the first book published under the pen name Lewis Padgett. Red boards lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; dustjacket by Edd Cartier and K. Chester. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a few small chips; price clipped; no interior markings. This story collection contains: A Gnome There Was; What You Need; The Twonky; The Cure; Exit the Professor; See You Later; Mimsy Were the Borogoves; Jesting Pilot; This Is the House; Rain Check; and Compliments of the Author. Mimsy Were the Borogoves was filmed in 2007 as The Last Mimzy, directed by Robert Shaye and starring Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan, and many others. The Twonky was filmed in 1953, directed by Arch Obeler and starring Hans Conried, Gloria Blondell, Janet Warren and more. Also, What You Need was shot as an episdoe… Read More

A Gnome There Was by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner), Simon & Schuster, New York NY, 1950, first edition, 276 pages. Contains the classic tales: Mimsy Were the Borogoves, The Twonky, and 9 other tales. Dust jacket art by K Chester and Edd Cartier. Nice condition. The Book is square and tight with only minor shelf wear. Dust jacket has a little mild rub to the spine edges; otherwise nice.

simon and schuster new york 1950. first edition 276pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges v.sl.foxed,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,sl.chipping to extrems.,unnecessary internal tape reinforcements to all edges) v.tidy copy

simon and schuster, first edition hardcover. 1950, obvious corner and spine end chipping with creases, fold creases, very good + in dust jacket

A GNOME THERE WAS, S & S, 1950, first edition, near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear.

New York City: Simon and Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 276pp. Beautiful First Edition, with the same date on the title and copyright pages with no other printings listed as called for. Bound in red cloth with titles in silver on spine. and the author's initials stamped in silver on the front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint a hint at the heel but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has a tiny nick at the heel and light wear to the top tips. Light surface rubbing on rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

simon and schuster, first edition hardcover, 1950. small corner chip, bumped spine ends, near fine in near fine dust jacket , name on ep

simon and schuster, first edition hardcover. 1950, small corner and spine end chipping with creases, near fine in near fine dust jacket