Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Lardner, Ring W.. ROUND UP. , 1934.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 1934 Lardner, Ring W ROUND UP NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934 467pp 8vo Previous owner's signature on first page, spine slightly darkened, near fine hardcover.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Ring Lardner. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This copy from the first printing of the first edition lacks a dust jacket but the pages mostly are pristine with just two examples of pages with some soiling or bending. The front cover has some faint blue marks and a crease. Please see my attached photos of this book.
Seller: Virginia Books & More, Spotsylvania, VA, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Collected by Gilberg Seldes. Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), soiled, bumped and with creases and some shallow chips at the edges. Green cloth, unevenly faded, slightly frayed at the head of the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A wide-ranging collection of Lardner's humorous writing selected from his various magaizine and newspaper publications.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring W.. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good first edition in good jacket, complete with $2.50 price (jacket heavily creased with rubbing, some nicks to edges). Contains 14 short pieces in all, with a preface by Gilbert Seldes.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Ring Lardner. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition with "A" on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue and white decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); vi,[2],375pp. Moderate rubbing to jacket margins with brief closed tears and subsequent creasing, light dust-soil, cloth a bit mottled, front hinge starting, contemporary bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, else Very Good and sound. Compilation of humorous pieces and short plays selected from various magazines and newspapers by Gilbert Seldes.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. First and last. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1934.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in tan cloth with the usual green discoloration that is common with this title. The dust jacket has some minor chips at the extremities, and has the original price of $2.50 still present.
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 377 p. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Bluish green cloth quite faded with age, as is typical. Front hinge starting. Jacket has a wear spot on the spine panel obscuring word "and," well-rubbed, a bit foxed and stained, price intact ($2.50). A collection of the celebrated American writer's nonfiction, covering boxing, politics, gender, yacht racing, and "A Variety of Sports."
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
LARDNER, Ring W.. First and Last.. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934., 1934.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition ("A"). 8vo. 1 1/2 page preface by Gilbert Seldes. Dust jacket (unclipped; rubbed and creased). Good-very good, some fading to cloth, as is usual. 377 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring.. First and Last.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. Near Fine or better (with usual pattern fade) in green cloth, in a Near Fine blue and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with minute wear to points, one tiny invisible tear. 377pp. Clean and unmarked. Q19912
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Lardner, Ring.. First and Last.. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in dull pale green linen cloth stamped in blue, in a lovely Fine white, blue and black dustwrapper, not restored, not price-clipped. 377pp. with a brief Preface by Gilbert Seldes. The binding exhibits the usual endemic pattern fading of the green pigment. Q11523
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Ring Lardner. First and Last. Charles Scribner's Sons New York, 1934.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Some fading to light-sensitive green cloth otherwise fine , some toning to pages, owner's signature on front flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked, solid and intact
Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.