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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Date: 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows scuffing and spotting, with sunning to the spine. The edges show small creases/chips/small tears. The original price of $4.95 is still present on the front flap. Brown cloth boards underneath or clean except for some minor spotting. Is also a bit of paid to the extreme edges along the top. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no remainder marks, nothing torn or loose. The only evidence of handwriting in the book is on the front flap of the jacket, where there are remnants of a price that was penciled in the upper corner and then later partially erased. The end pages and pastedowns do show some toning and very light foxing spots. 1955. Harcourt, Brace and Company [US]
Harcourt, 1955. First edition. Near fine brown boards with black back strip in good dustjacket with light tearing. Front cover and back cover photograph of author still holds it dignity. Text clean throughout. A jazz novel Harcourt, 1955 [US]
Harcourt, 1955 First edition Near fine brown boards with black back strip in good dustjacket with light tearing. Front cover and back cover photograph of author still holds it dignity. Text clean throughout. A jazz novel.
[publisher: Harcourt, 1955] Hardcover First Edition First edition Near fine brown boards with black back strip in good dustjacket with light tearing. Front cover and back cover photograph of author still holds it dignity. Text clean throughout. A jazz novel [Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of largely red with piano key design jacket and spine, some overall browning and time staining, corners bruised and slightly rubbed, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (5/-), previous owner's names (singer David Dulak) on title page, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 304pp. A debut thriller about piano player Virgil Jones, by prolific American thriller author and tv writer Stanford Whitmore (1925-2014). Quite a scarce book. [Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London] Hardcover 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Tape marks at endpapers, pages browned, slight lean at spine, else bright. Very good in slightly grubby, slightly chipped, sunned at spine, VG dust jacket. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
London,, Date: 1956. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Tape marks at endpapers, pages browned, slight lean at spine, else bright. Very good in slightly grubby, slightly chipped, sunned at spine, VG dust jacket.. 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. 1956. [GB]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London] Hardcover 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Tape marks at endpapers, pages browned, slight lean at spine, else bright. Very good in slightly grubby, slightly chipped, sunned at spine, VG dust jacket. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd.,, London,] Hardcover First Edition First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 304. Colour (red, white, black-- a piano) illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Gollancz file copy with stamp on front of d/w and front pastedown. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. [Wickham Market, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd.,, London,] Hardcover First Edition First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 304. Colour (red, white, black-- a piano) illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Gollancz file copy with stamp on front of d/w and front pastedown. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. [Wickham Market, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., Date: 1955. First printing. The spine is slanted. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with frayed spine ends and a 1/2" chip on the front panel. The spine is sunned. Scuffed along the folds. The price, $4.95, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1955. Harcourt, Brace & Co. [US]
New York Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1955 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good in Good+ jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. The spine is slanted. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with frayed spine ends and a 1/2" chip on the front panel. The spine is sunned. Scuffed along the folds. The price, $4.95, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.
[publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York] Hardcover First Edition First printing. The spine is slanted. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with frayed spine ends and a 1/2" chip on the front panel. The spine is sunned. Scuffed along the folds. The price, $4.95, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Andover, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Date: 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good-. Powers. 8vo. Pp. [10], 11-382. Bound in black half-cloth over brown paper-covered boards, silver dots stamped on front board, silver lettering on spine. Corners slightly nudged, a bit of dust soiling to top edge. Dust jacket with edge-wear and sunning to spine. Price of $4.95 intact on front panel. Whitmore's only novel, he left the publishing world for Hollywood where he is best known for writing for television, the pilot of The Fugitive being a better-known contributions. Dust jacket illustration by Richard Powers, the sci-fi illustrator. Dust jacket now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. 1955. Harcourt, Brace and Company [US]
[publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York] Hardcover First Edition 8vo. Pp. [10], 11-382. Bound in black half-cloth over brown paper-covered boards, silver dots stamped on front board, silver lettering on spine. Corners slightly nudged, a bit of dust soiling to top edge. Dust jacket with edge-wear and sunning to spine. Price of $4.95 intact on front panel. Whitmore's only novel, he left the publishing world for Hollywood where he is best known for writing for television, the pilot of The Fugitive being a better-known contributions. Dust jacket illustration by Richard Powers, the sci-fi illustrator. Dust jacket now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. [Seattle, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
Harcourt Brace. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Date: 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Half black cloth cover over brown boards is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Two pages with dog ears, otherwise pages are clean and near pristine. ; 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches; 382 pages . 1955. Harcourt Brace [US]
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Harcourt Brace 1955 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket Half black cloth cover over brown boards is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Two pages with dog ears, otherwise pages are clean and near pristine.; 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches; 382 pages.
[publisher: Harcourt Brace] Hardcover First Edition ; Half black cloth cover over brown boards is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Two pages with dog ears, otherwise pages are clean and near pristine. ; 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches; 382 pages [Livonia, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London] Hardcover 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition. Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
London,, Date: 1956. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in very good indeed dust jacket.. 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition. 1956. [GB]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London] Hardcover 8vo. pp 304. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition. Fine in very good indeed dust jacket. [London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company, New York] Hardcover First Edition Book shows only negligible browning to page edges. Jacket shows light edge wear, and some sunning to spine. Interior of volume is crisp and clean, binding quite firm. A very nice. copy. [Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
[publisher: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1955).] Hardcover First Edition First edition (stated). Lower corner tips crimped, else a very good plus, tight copy in brown boards with a black shelf back, spine lettering and front cover "bullet holes" in silver; in an attractive, multi-color jacket with art by Richard Powers. The jacket is near fine with only modest shelf wear. The spine remains unfaded (unusual) and the front flap retains the original price of $4.95. Stanford Whitmore first (and only) novel is set in the South Side of Chicago and features a jazz pianist. The autobiographical novel was evidently well-received and sold for a substantial amount ($50,000 or $80,000 depending on which source) to Twentieth Century-Fox. The film was never made. The author wrote no further novels only a few short stories before successfully concentrating on teleplays and movie scripts. [Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
London Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1956 First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 304. Colour (red, white, black--a piano) illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Gollancz file copy with stamp on front of d/w and front pastedown. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company., Date: 1955. Book. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 1955 first edition. Dust jacket has piece missing on back cover with wear, creasing, and minor tears to edges. Binding firm. Covers and text in very good condition. Pages unmarked and clean. 382 pages]. 1955. Harcourt Brace and Company. [US]
New York Harcourt Brace and Company. 1955 First Edition Very Good in Good jacket Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover 1955 first edition. Dust jacket has piece missing on back cover with wear, creasing, and minor tears to edges. Binding firm. Covers and text in very good condition. Pages unmarked and clean. 382 pages]
[publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company., New York] First Edition Hardcover 1955 first edition. Dust jacket has piece missing on back cover with wear, creasing, and minor tears to edges. Binding firm. Covers and text in very good condition. Pages unmarked and clean. 382 pages] [Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
[publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company (c.1955), New York] Hardcover First Edition [minor soiling/spotting to pages edges, otherwise a solid clean copy; jacket faded at spine, some wear to corners, a few closed tears, scraping/creasing to rear panel]. Novel about "one of the greatest jazz pianists ever heard on the South Side of Chicago," a supremely talented but self-centered and rebellious musician who "wasn't interested in making money or cutting records or pleasing the crowds who flocked to hear him." Although the book's protagonist, "Virgil Jones" (a white guy, by the way), doesn't appear to have been based directly on any real-life figure, in the words of one critic, he "does personify the ideal of the cool jazz musician of the 1950s," and his integrity and fierce independence bring him into conflict with the jazz establishment, represented by a rival pianist, a powerful agent, and a venal critic. Whitmore never published another novel, but he went on to enjoy a long and successful career as a TV writer (among his credits are the pilot and several episodes of "The Fugitive"). NOISBN [Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955] ...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.Date: 1955). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor soiling/spotting to pages edges, otherwise a solid clean copy; jacket faded at spine, some wear to corners, a few closed tears, scraping/creasing to rear panel]. Novel about "one of the greatest jazz pianists ever heard on the South Side of Chicago," a supremely talented but self-centered and rebellious musician who "wasn't interested in making money or cutting records or pleasing the crowds who flocked to hear him." Although the book's protagonist, "Virgil Jones" (a white guy, by the way), doesn't appear to have been based directly on any real-life figure, in the words of one critic, he "does personify the ideal of the cool jazz musician of the 1950s," and his integrity and fierce independence bring him into conflict with the jazz establishment, represented by a rival pianist, a powerful agent, and a venal critic. Whitmore never published another novel, but he went on to enjoy a long and successful career as a TV writer (among his credits are the pilot and several episodes of "The Fugitive"). . 1955. Harcourt, Brace and Company US
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.Date: 1955). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor soiling/spotting to pages edges, otherwise a solid clean copy; jacket faded at spine, some wear to corners, a few closed tears, scraping/creasing to rear panel]. Novel about "one of the greatest jazz pianists ever heard on the South Side of Chicago," a supremely talented but self-centered and rebellious musician who "wasn't interested in making money or cutting records or pleasing the crowds who flocked to hear him." Although the book's protagonist, "Virgil Jones" (a white guy, by the way), doesn't appear to have been based directly on any real-life figure, in the words of one critic, he "does personify the ideal of the cool jazz musician of the 1950s," and his integrity and fierce independence bring him into conflict with the jazz establishment, represented by a rival pianist, a powerful agent, and a venal critic. Whitmore never published another novel, but he went on to enjoy a long and successful career as a TV writer (among his credits are the pilot and several episodes of "The Fugitive"). . 1955. Harcourt, Brace and Company [US]
[publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company (c.1955), New York] Hardcover First Edition [minor soiling/spotting to pages edges, otherwise a solid clean copy; jacket faded at spine, some wear to corners, a few closed tears, scraping/creasing to rear panel]. Novel about "one of the greatest jazz pianists ever heard on the South Side of Chicago," a supremely talented but self-centered and rebellious musician who "wasn't interested in making money or cutting records or pleasing the crowds who flocked to hear him." Although the book's protagonist, "Virgil Jones" (a white guy, by the way), doesn't appear to have been based directly on any real-life figure, in the words of one critic, he "does personify the ideal of the cool jazz musician of the 1950s," and his integrity and fierce independence bring him into conflict with the jazz establishment, represented by a rival pianist, a powerful agent, and a venal critic. Whitmore never published another novel, but he went on to enjoy a long and successful career as a TV writer (among his credits are the pilot and several episodes of "The Fugitive"). NOISBN [Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955] ...
New York Harcourt Brace 1955 First edition. Hard cover Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. 382 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Powers. Signed by Whitmore on the first sheet. His first book about a jazz pianist. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with the spine very slightly faded and a 1/2" chip to the bottom of the front cover and slight wear to the corners.
[publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company] Hardcover First Edition SIGNED by the author STANFORD WHITMORE. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1955 hardcover 1st printing of the 1st edition; 5.5 x 8.25, 382 pp. Novel tells the story of Virgil Jones - "one of the greatest jazz pianists ever heard on the South Side of Chicago, or anywhere." Near-fine (light spotting, foxing) in a very good, mylar protected, dust jacket. See photos and/or ask questions for more. Offers considered. [Ashland, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
[publisher: Harcourt Brace, New York] Hardcover First Edition 382 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Powers. Signed by Whitmore on the first sheet. His first book about a jazz pianist. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with the spine very slightly faded and a 1/2" chip to the bottom of the front cover and slight wear to the corners. A beautiful copy! [MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, Date: 1956. First U.K. Edition. 8vo. 20cm x 14cm. Publisher's brown cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, clean and bright with some light bumping to spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket with significant spotting to the white portions of the design, and verso. A very good copy. 304pp. Internally clean with some spotting to page edges. Inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf: "To Eugene, For incomparable presence and an everlasting memory of Creole cooking. Best Wishes Always, Stan Whitmore" A rather obsessive jazz first novel from an author who became better known for writing episodes of "The Virginian", "Police Story", and "The Fugitive. 1956. Victor Gollancz Ltd US
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, Date: 1956. First U.K. Edition. 8vo. 20cm x 14cm. Publisher's brown cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, clean and bright with some light bumping to spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket with significant spotting to the white portions of the design, and verso. A very good copy. 304pp. Internally clean with some spotting to page edges. Inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf: "To Eugene, For incomparable presence and an everlasting memory of Creole cooking. Best Wishes Always, Stan Whitmore" A rather obsessive jazz first novel from an author who became better known for writing episodes of "The Virginian", "Police Story", and "The Fugitive. 1956. Victor Gollancz Ltd [US]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London] First Edition 8vo. 20cm x 14cm. Publisher's brown cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, clean and bright with some light bumping to spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket with significant spotting to the white portions of the design, and verso. A very good copy. 304pp. Internally clean with some spotting to page edges. Inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf: "To Eugene, For incomparable presence and an everlasting memory of Creole cooking. Best Wishes Always, Stan Whitmore" A rather obsessive jazz first novel from an author who became better known for writing episodes of "The Virginian", "Police Story", and "The Fugitive." [Winchester, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London] First Edition 8vo. 20cm x 14cm. Publisher's brown cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, clean and bright with some light bumping to spine ends, in a bright, strong dustjacket with significant spotting to the white portions of the design, and verso. A very good copy. 304pp. Internally clean with some spotting to page edges. Inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf: "To Eugene, For incomparable presence and an everlasting memory of Creole cooking. Best Wishes Always, Stan Whitmore" A rather obsessive jazz first novel from an author who became better known for writing episodes of "The Virginian", "Police Story", and "The Fugitive." [Winchester, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]
[publisher: New York Harcourt Brace] Hardcover First Edition Very good condition hardcover in a good dust jacket. Spine sunned nicks and chips to edges of jacket LONG INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR to Nat King Cole [North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
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