Boston Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, Date: 1955. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. PRESENTATION EDITION SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, gray cloth with blue label and blue & gold bands, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), 511 pages. A sharply satiric study of an American businessman. John Philips Marquand (1893-1960) first became well known for his "Mr. Moto" spy series which were made into movies starring Peter Lorie during the 1930's. His other crime novels included Ming Yellow (1935); Don't Ask Questions (1941); Repent in Haste (1945, L: 1949); and It's Loaded, Mr. Bauer (1949); Stopover: Tokyo (1957). Marquand was also a distinguished novelist who treated American society (often the upper classes) with sensitivity, respect, and satire. Thus, he won a Pulitzer for The Late George Apley in 1938. The author's literary novels included: The Unspeakable Gentleman (1922); The Black Cargo (1925); Waring Hill (1930); THE LATE GEORGE APLEY (1937) for which he won the Pulizer Prize in 1938; Wickford Point (1939); H. M. Pulham, Esquire (1942); So Little Time (1944); B. F.'s Daughter (1946); Point of No Return (1949); the aforesaid Melville Goodwin (1952); Sincerely, Willis Wayde (1955); as well as Women and Thomas Harrow (1958). Marquand's novel Melville Goodwin (1951) was slated in 1956 for a movie starring Humphrey Bogart, but when throat cancer prevented Bogie from playing the leading role, Kirk Douglas then ...

Little Brown & Co 1955-06-01 Hardcover New Size: 8x5x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, Date: 1955. First Edition, First Printing; SIGNED Presentation edition; dj in mylar (price unclipped); owner's plate; 511 clean, unmarked pages. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. 1955. Little Brown & Company [US]

Little, Brown & Co 1955 hardcover Good Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Good hardcover. Clean pages. Prior ownership in ink on rear pastedown. Foxing on front, back free endpapers. Bumped tips.

[publisher: Little, Brown & Co.] Hardcover Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good hardcover. Clean pages. Prior ownership in ink on rear pastedown. Foxing on front, back free endpapers. Bumped tips.
[Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
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Boston Little, Brown and Company 1955 Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket First edition. Bookplate of La Fayette Butler, fine in fine dustwrapper with just a touch of soiling. A bright copy of this novel which is a sharply satiric portrait of an American businessman.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Date: 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Bookplate of La Fayette Butler, fine in fine dustwrapper with just a touch of soiling. A bright copy of this novel which is a sharply satiric portrait of an American businessman. 1955. Little, Brown and Company [US]

Little, Brown and Company. hardcover no dustjacket. good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 8vo; 511 pages; good hardcover no dustjacket; tips and edges bumepd with nicks and fraying; stains; tanned; slight tear where front board meets spine heal; spine head and heal bumped and chipped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking Little, Brown and Company [US]

[publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Bookplate of La Fayette Butler, fine in fine dustwrapper with just a touch of soiling. A bright copy of this novel which is a sharply satiric portrait of an American businessman.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
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Robert Hale 1955 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good in Fair jacket The jacket is a bit torn and marked. Internally clean. Tightly bound. [R. K]

Little, Brown and Company 1955 Hardcover Very good First uk hardback edition 1987 without dust jacket on red cloth gold inlaid lettering on cover.

London Robert Hale Limited 1955 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket First English edition. Octavo. 512pp. Tiny bookseller ticket on the front pastedown and hint of foxing on the first and last page else fine in about very good rubbed dust jacket with foxing to the interior and moderate wear at the edges, including nicks, tears and creasing.

London: Robert Hale Limited, Date: 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition. Octavo. 512pp. Tiny bookseller ticket on the front pastedown and hint of foxing on the first and last page else fine in about very good rubbed dust jacket with foxing to the interior and moderate wear at the edges, including nicks, tears and creasing. 1955. Robert Hale Limited [US]

Little Brown. Good/Good-. Date: 1955. Hard Cover. 1955. Little Brown [US]

London: Robert Hale, 1955 1955 Paperback Very good First edition on green cloth from robert hale publsihers.

[publisher: Robert Hale] Hardcover First Edition First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper.
[Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1955]
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[publisher: Little, Brown & Company] Hardcover RO60069905: 1955. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 511 pages. Couverture se détachant légèrement. Annotations en page de garde. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
[SABLONS, France] [Publication Year: 1955]
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Little, Brown, Date: 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author. Very Good condition in Good dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Dust jacket chipped and faded. 511 pp. 'Presentation Edition', signed by Marquand on special printed leaf. 1955. Little, Brown [US]

[publisher: Little, Brown] Hardcover First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author. Very Good condition in Good dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Dust jacket chipped and faded. 511 pp. 'Presentation Edition', signed by Marquand on special printed leaf.
[Seattle, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]

[publisher: Little Brown] Hardcover Dust jacket in very good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Cover boards are in good condition. Interior pages are clean and free from markings. Binding is tight. Mylar DJ. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.4
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.]
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Little, Brown and Company, Date: 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4.0609 cent in x 21.0660 cent in x 13.9594 cent in. first uk hardback edition 1987 without dust jacket on red cloth gold inlaid lettering on cover Little, Brown and Company ISBN 0316546569 9780316546560 [GB]

Little brown and company 1955 in8. 1955. Relié. Bon Etat un peu jauni la couverture porte quelques traces d'usure
[France, Val Couoesnon, FRA] [Publication Year: 1955]
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ISBN10: 0316546569, ISBN13: 9780316546560, [publisher: Little Brown & Co.] Hardcover Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Book club edition. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.3
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
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Hardcover Dust Jacket Included Book 1955 VERY GOOD CLEAN N 416 PAGE BOOK CLUB HARDCOVER AND VERY GOOD JACKET-A QUALITY 1955 COPY! !

Little Brown Softcover Dust jacket in very good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Cover boards are in good condition. Interior pages are clean and free from markings. Binding is tight. Mylar DJ. Secure packaging for safe delivery.