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Fully Dressed and in his Right Mind: Available Copies

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New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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DAMAGED. Poor condition. Paperback. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1935 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show SIGNIFICANT EDGE WEAR, RUBBING AND SCUFFING ALONG SPINE AND CORNERS. Minor chipping from bottom of spine. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

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Lion Books #214. Previously published by Alfred Knopf in 1935 in the original hardcover edition. There is no reading crease in the spine and the book just barely leans to the right. A date is stamped on the book's first page, otherwise pages are clean but moderately toned without creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. The book's exterior is not faded. The upper right corner of the front cover is lightly creased. There are no other creases to covers but there is a little wear along edges of covers and spine. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - FULLY DRESSED AND IN HIS RIGHT MINDJohnny Price first meets the little old man at the scene of a streetside murder. The little man confesses that it was he who shot the man, and Johnny figures he's either drunk or crazy, and walks away. He stops in at a bar, and there's the little old man again. Johnny starts running into him everywhere. He can't shake him. When Johnny meets the artist Dorgan and invites him to move in with him, Dorgan is intrigued by the little old man as well, and wants to paint him.Johnny's life becomes further complicated when one night he sees a naked young lady swimming in a lake in the park. He tries to talk to her, but she dives back in and swims away. But Johnny persists, and eventually discovers that her name is Trelia, and that she swims naked in the lake most every night. Dorgan wants to paint her too.But the little old man has plans for Johnny, and neither Dorgan nor Trelia can help him. Because once the little old man casts his green eyes on Johnny, he might as well give up hope!

Lion Books No. 214. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf as a hardcover in 1935. First Lion books printing. Scarce. There is a date stamped on the book's first page. Otherwise, pages are moderately toned but clean without creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. There is no reading crease in the spine but the book leans just slightly to the right. The book's exterior does not show any soiling. There is a single light crease in the upper right corner of the book's front cover and light wear to edges of covers and spine. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.

Usual mass market paperback book about 4 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with some 126 pages. Color illustrated pin-up type cover illustration with blurb: 'A Shapely Nymph Tangles With Temptation'. Originally published in 1935 this is the very scarce Lion Books reprint. A bit reminiscent of a Thorne Smith story. Previous owner small ink stamp name in eight places at front and rear else slight wear to the edges. A bright shiny book in remarkable condition. NEAR FINE

Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | FULLY DRESSED AND IN HIS RIGHT MINDJohnny Price first meets the little old man at the scene of a streetside murder. The little man confesses that it was he who shot the man, and Johnny figures he's either drunk or crazy, and walks away. He stops in at a bar, and there's the little old man again. Johnny starts running into him everywhere. He can't shake him. When Johnny meets the artist Dorgan and invites him to move in with him, Dorgan is intrigued by the little old man as well, and wants to paint him.Johnny's life becomes further complicated when one night he sees a naked young lady swimming in a lake in the park. He tries to talk to her, but she dives back in and swims away. But Johnny persists, and eventually discovers that her name is Trelia, and that she swims naked in the lake most every night. Dorgan wants to paint her too. But the little old man has plans for Johnny, and neither Dorgan nor Trelia can help him. Because once the little old man casts his green eyes on Johnny, he might as well give up hope!

Alfred A. Knopf New York 1935 library stamp to front pastedown and rfep. black cloth boards with white letterine. corners slightly bumped. small snag to crown of spine. boards slightly soiled. binding tight, pages bright.

First edition. [vi], 216, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in white, black topstain. Very Good with light foxing to edges and endpapers, slight lean, former owner's name on paste down written in pencil, in a Very Good dust jacket with wear at the head, lightly soiled and foxed, unclipped ($2.00 net). A humorous novel with supernatural elements that was briefly being adapted by Orson Welles in the 1940s.

Author's first book. Stated first edition. No signatures or bookplates, very good in jacket with original price of $2 intact on front flap.

Presentation copy inscribed by Fessier to film producer Sam Marx. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), a closed tear with associated rippling on the front panel, ink from the inscription on the front flap. Black boards with white ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a black top stain and a slight forward lean, clean internally. Fessier's debut novel, the story of "how a young man in San Francisco sees a murder and meets the murderer, a little old man with green eyes who hates human beings, and of how the youth is haunted and terrified by him." According to Fessier's inscription, Marx was the first to review the novel. Before writing this novel, Fessier worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood, most likely where Marx became acquainted with his work.

First edition. Very close to fine in a very good+ dust jacket. (216pp. ) (5 1/2" X 8 1/4") (Hint of light wear to covers. A few short edge tears on front and back of jacket. Crease and trace of shelf-wear at spine on jacket. ) Features an Arthur Hawkins designed illustration on jacket. Uncommon noir novel of the mid-30s by a Hollywood screenwriter. His FIRST novel. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 216 pages