Search Results: Travel from Winding Road Books

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Book. Illus. by Shel Silverstein. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Early (May, 1959) if not second printing. The book has some small pencil underlinings and marks but still mostly clean inside, with a bit of tanning, spine is tight, boards rigid with front hinge leaning a little. The spine ends have some wear, sunning to edges of boards. Thumb size stain on bottom front cover. The jacket is unclipped but has small frey, tear and loss at most edges and corners especially spine ends and at some tips and along an edge or two. Looks presentable in a new plastic cover..

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. Book. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1953, New York. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Book is a first printing as confirmed by McBride. Book is clean but for previous owner's info on the front free endpaper. Else the boards are rigid, spine straight and tight, tips are pointed. Jacket has a wonderful colorful front and is not price clipped but has tear outs and loss along most edges especially front cover, and spine ends. Look like a blast in a shiny new mylar cover..

New York: Star Books, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Reprint Edition, Early Printing. Book has been well preserved for over 90 years and is clean and mark free throughout save for a small hole in the text block bottom pps 271-309 about 1/16th" in diameter and 1/4" deep. Slight stain on text block bottom. Otherwise the spine is strong, boards straight and tips pointed. Nice map endpapers of trip around the world, the front indicating the European portion and the back the Asian. Also there are a few photos. The jacket has an inch loss from the front cover tapering smaller to back on top spine end. Small frey at most edges and spine bottom. The price on the jacket is kind of disguised on the back flap...$1.00. Also the jacket has a listing of all the publishers books on the back. Looks dashing in a shiny new mylar cover. .

Fresno, CA: Valley, 1977. Book. Illus. by Fisher, Walter K.. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Reprint edition, sixth printing. Light green cloth binding with silver titles. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean throughout. Art decorated endpapers unmarked. Index. Jacket has minor frey at tips and spine ends. However, looks intrepid in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1962. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Dark green buckram cover with silver titles. Binding is a nice stitched one unlike modern glued BOMCs. Binding is tight, tips pointed, boards firm and square and clean and odor free throughout. Art decorated endpapers unmarked. Index. Jacket has minor frey at tips and spine ends. However, looks triumphant in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. Ex-Library with usual endpaper markings, stamps and pocket removal in back. Hinges cracked with half-title loose but laid in. Spine has library Dewey decimal number in white on black coating near foot. Bottom tips rubbed through, spine ends frayed and a bit grubby. Illustrated and Folded map, 20.6x13.9 cm (8¼x5½"), orange cloth pictorially stamped in brown, green, and gilt top stain in tact. No jacket..

London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1955. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Alvin Redman Limited, London, 1955. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/Early if not First Printing.Book is maroon cloth with gilt letters and decoration on the spine...which appears new though slight tips pushed at bottom. No wear to extremities, covers clean and bright and no internal markings. Tiny tear and fold at bottom o page 197. Vibrant, colorful dust jacket somewhat chipped, torn and creased at most edges especially spine top and bottom and tips. There is some shelfwear. Original price present (15 shillings) Author inscription reads, "Please return to .....signed by author with a partial address." "The book is written in the form of two personal diaries [and is] a delightfully intimate and entertaining volume for the armchair traveller." Looks great in shiny new mylar cover..

New York: Vanguard Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. The book is clean inside, solid boards with pointed tips and unread, but has a slight mustiness. Spine is a little loose and the front free endpaper has a small triangle cut out of the top right. Jacket is NOT price clipped with some crumple at spine ends and some edges..

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st printing. Signed by author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Unread, fresh and crisp straight from the bookstore shelf. Boards are straight and stiff. Binding is tight. Tips pointed and clean and odor free throughout. Jacket looks great in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping. .

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Book. Fine Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Binding is tight. Tips pointed and clean and odor free throughout. Jacket is not price clipped but has frey at most edges especially tips and spine ends. However, looks great in a shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. "A war diary covering some forty thousand miles.".

London: Gollancz, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. The book is unmarked throughout but has a bit of rubbing on cover here and there. Small loss on bottom of rear and front boards due to shelf wear. Small pushes to spine top and bottom. Else spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are pointed. Appears unread. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..