poems praise practically nothing de hoffenstein samuel (58 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Etat : Good. 1941. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front pastedown. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.44.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.65.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. This is the first book of popular poetry by the Russian born American Hollywood screen writer. Title label affixed to spine, spine tanned with some soiling to cloth panels, clean copy, gift inscription.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

Etat : Fair. 1928. Seventh Printing. 217 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscriptions to pastedowns. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is slightly dulled.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Green covers with black design and printing, rubbed on all edges. Pages are yellowing and bottom edge has deckle edges with uneven length of page. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper.

Etat : Good. 1929. First Edition. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened but remains secure. Some pen markings to margins. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean.

reprint. good some writing on the ep, weakening front hinge.

Cloth. Etat : Good. (10th ptg.) Smaller book, shiny black cloth with gilt title around embossed circle at top front very fine, lightly faded spot at bottom front right, gilt gone on spine, 217 heavier browned pages. Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket. none. 217p.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Forest green cover with some slight shelf wear. Looks like first blank page has been excised out and is missing. First page starts with title page and every other page is fully intact. Very very funny poems inside. (PM) "H"offenstein.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. New York. Boni and Liveright. 1928. First Edition. Fifth Printing published same year as first printing. Hard Cover. Dark blue boards which have softening at the spine ends and small knocks to the corners. Circular gilt titles. Pages have green top edges and untrimmed fore edges. Text block is clean and unmarked. Contains work that had been formerly published in the New York World, the New York Tribune, and Vanity Fair. One of his best loved and shortest poems is titled "The Apple". The Apple live so bright and high And ends its day in apple pie. Like most of his works, the poem was a metaphor about life. Author was a notable screenwriter who penned the Wizard of Oz and many other hit movies of the era.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. BINDING IS TIGHT. SOME FADING ALONG THE SPINE. NAME PLATE ON INSIDE FRONT COVER. PAGES ARE YELLOWING.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 8th printing. No. jacket. Boards lightly rubbed, titles faded on spine. Small previous owner's ink-stamp on first page, pages beginning to yellow, interior is clean.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

tapa dura. Etat : Bien. Horace Liveright. Nueva York. 1928. 19 cm. 215 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Idioma inglés . Cubierta deslucida. (=3149957=) MT02.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. 1st Edition. Spine and back half of DJ is missing, but the front is protected in mylar wraps. Pages are tanned but are free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP/Poetry.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Blue spine title block on black covers. 8vo, 222 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. Spine lettering faded, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper. Samuel Hoffenstein was a poet and entertainment writer in New York until 1931, then spent most of his life in Los Angeles as a screenwriter. Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing. contains some of his work that had been formerly published in the New York World, the New York Tribune, Vanity Fair, the D. A. C. News, and Snappy Stories. Louis Untermeyer said of Hoffenstein's light verse, "whose cynicisms were always on the point of breaking into tears". Signed copy of this delightful and popular collection of witty light verse.; 217 pages; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Ninth Printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, fore edge deckle. . Volume shows mild wear, spine lightly sunned, former owner's inscription on ffep. VERY GOOD. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall. 217 pp.