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Skin and Bones: Available Copies

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.98

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.98

This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Clean unmarked #490, medium slant shelf wear.

Good. No Jacket 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Crease in spine back cover bottom corner missing, 274 pgs., pg 270 cracked open through signature, pages clean vg.

274pp. Illustrated. Cover by Herbert Roese. Light wear, a few spots of moderate wear. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.99

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.99

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.99

Hardcover in very good dust jacket

Orange Cloth. Fair to Good/No Jacket. Sun Dial Press Orange cloth

1954. Reprinted. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning and wear marks to spine and boards with crushing to spine ends.

First paperback ed. Very good condition, slight over all wear. Pocket #490.

Skin And Bones (Pocket Books #490; 1948; 4th Printing; VG = $6.00); Cover creasing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Small paperback with cover art of man holding on to stocking leg of woman. A bit of bumping to ends of spine and edges. Some rubbing/fading to cover. Page edges dyed red. Pages tight; clean/unmarked. 274 pages plus additional advertising pages. Cover needs reglueing at top spine area. Publishied June 1948. Complete and unabridged. Pocket Book # 490. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

General age/reading wear. Pages/covers clean.

Reprint. Long shallow crease in spine. Covers and page edges generally and evenly discolored by use over time. Interior unmarked. Wonderful capital letter decorations by Herbert Roese. Binding still tight.

Second printing bound in black cloth with gold lettering and decoratio n. Very Good condition. Bumps to the book's upper corners. Slight spin e lean. Mild fading to the spine. No dust jacket.

The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

490 , very good ,creases, Cover by Herbert Roese. , , paperback,

Octavo, hardcover, VG in brown embossed boards. No dj. Name on endpaper else no markings. 306 pp. "When Quintus Bland set out to enjoy the evening he had not the slightest idea that he was destined to become a skeleton." A charming tale by one of America's great humorists. .

1947. Eleventh Edition. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Khaki cloth with green lettering. Pages are bright, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper, with water marks and a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Rub mark to title page. Annotation to rear free endpaper. Cracked hinge with exposed netting. Binding remains firm, with bubbling to paste-down. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Book has a noticeable forward lean. Heaving tanning and sunning to spine and edges.

Dark red boards with cover decorated in black and spine lettered in black. Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press (1939), 306 pps. A reading copy of this great book. Sun faded spine panel is torn and coming loose. Boards faded and spine cracked.

Dj is chipped/creased at edges, faded spine, creased at edges, and few closed tears. Book has general shelf wear, edges faded, slighlty soiled. DATE PUBLISHED: 1939 EDITION: 306

Skin And Bones 0.65

Solid with a spine roll and some thin creases on the covers.

FAIR Cond,.DIRTY. SOILED COVERS AND TEXT PAGES, Sturdy binding will not come apart.but it has been abused.all text is clearly readable, pages are not dog eared, nor generally tattered, mostly just has been little more than teastained. Cover shows wear near spine folds. ; Black titles with 2 character drawings to spine strip.all on light red cloth hard covers.White endpapers. BLACK SPINE TITLES ON RED CLOTH HARD COVERS. COVER ART SHOWS SCENES FROM STORIES.; 685pg heavy pages; Humorous Stories.RIBALD TALES.NOT A COMMON TITLE .

Pocket Books No.490, first printing with wonderful color cover art and b& interior illustrations by Herbert Roese; Thorne Smith at his best; this copy is VG+ with bottom edge stains, very light wear; terrific stuff.

Pocket Books No.490, first printing with wonderful color cover art and b& interior illustrations by Herbert Roese; Thorne Smith at his best; this copy is Fine- (except for a slight corner bump, it is mint) and is very scarce in described condition.