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New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1956. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Grace Metalious on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner two weeks after publication. [vi], 372 pp. Bound in publisher's slick black cloth with silver spine lettering. Rubbing to cloth along edges, else Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper above signature, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear, bright and unfaded, unclipped ($3.95). An attractive copy.The runaway bestseller about life in a New England town that inspired a series of hit films and TV shows, quite rare signed. The author was a lower middle class housewife in Durham, New Hampshire when she wrote the novel. Its immense success in popular culture (especially as as soap opera franchise, which would sustained over four decades) blindsided her and she drank herself to death at 39. Peyton Place remains of the bestselling books in American publishing history. And while the book has been less read in recent… Read More

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1956.

Messner, New York
NF Boards, VG Dust jacket
Not price clipped. Price of $3.50
NF dark grayish green boards. No dings, no bumping, clean, no marks, no p o's, no book plates, no stickers. Tight bindings.
DJ is in very good condition. Shelf wear, tiny tears along all edges.
Great B&W photo of the author on back sitting at a table in jeans and tennies with her feet propped up. "Grace Metalious is the most surprising new novelist of the year. In Peyton Place this Pandora in blue jeans lifts the lid off a small New England village, in the most explosive novel since Kings Row.Made into a motion picture and became a cult classic t.v. series.

New York: Julian Messner, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good plus/Very Good. The scarce first printing with 1956 on copyright page and no additional printings listed. Very good plus in black boards with slight rubbing to edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($3.95 price intact) with minor wear at the spine ends and corners, and a bit of foxing to the reverse. An excellent copy of this landmark novel, basis for the famous film and subsequent television series. The initial print run of the book was quite small, and in recent years collectible first printings are rarely seen.

New York: Julian Messner, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Very near fine in very good dust jacket with a few creased tears, the longest along the bottom of the front flap fold. Blockbuster bestseller that revealed the shocking secret that middle class suburbanites had lives, too. Basis for the well-made film featuring Lana Turner and Hope Lange. Later printings are frequently mistaken for the first edition; the true first is quite scarce.

Julian Messner,, 1956.. 1st. Hardcover. Collectable, very good. VG+ book in VG price-clipped jacket. Apparent first printing. Black hardcover with silver lettering published by Julian Messner in 1956 as stated on copyright page with no additional printings indicated, not book club (no indent on back cover). Black and white photo of the author at typewriter on back panel of jacket. Book very slightly canted to the right, slight loss of color on tips of corners, interior like new. Jacket moderate edgewear with one tiny chip missing; on reverse side the spine is quite tanned. When shipped, jacket will be in archival mylar sleeve. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc.. 1956. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge. .

Used; Acceptable. 41-G-10 Julian Messner 1956 Hardcover. First Edition. The flaps of the dust jacket are taped to the inside of the book and are the only part of the dust jacket still present. A probable ex library copy, with the pocket removed on back free end page. Text is unmarked. Covers have moderate wear, with two tears at top of spine and along the bottom edges. Book Condition; Acceptable . 1956. First Edition. HARDCOVER.

Julian Messner, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. RARE STORED NEW PRISTINE CONDITION SANITIZED THEN WRAPPED MORE PHOTOS OF BOOK EMAILED UPON REQUEST

JULIAN MESSNER, 1959 hardback book and unclipped dust jacket [$3.50] in near fine condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1981.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to the dj, now protected by an archival cover) . First printing. A thoughtful biography of the too-short life of the woman who wrote one of the most controversial American novels of the 20th century. "In September, 1956, Peyton Place burst onto the American scene. .. Its publication was also an extraordinary story of personal triumph. Grace Metalious, an unpretentious housewife from the wrong side of the tracks, had written an explosive bestseller. From a ramshackle cottage in a small New England milltown, she zoomed to national stardom. She met movie stars, famous writers, and the hangers-on who gravitate to those who achieve sudden wealth. She partied with the glamorous; she traveled; always a generous friend, she entertained lavishly. It was a Cinderella dream. But it did not last." Sources, index. 395 pp. 

Hardcover. Simon & Schuster, New York (1956). First Edition thus; later printing. Very Good + copy with no DJ. Very little shelf wear. Corners square and sharp. Spine ends lightly creased and scuffed. Light yellowing of top and fore edges of block. No markings to block or pages. Overall an attractive copy. Photos available upon request. Shipped in a box within a box and bubble wrap, and with a tracking number.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1959. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.95 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with some slight chipping. Boards show just a touch of wear to spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York:: Julian Messner, , (1959). Hardcover first edition -. Good in red boards with black lettering on spine in a good only dust jacket (rather severe age-toning to the pages, some damage from dampness to the lower edge of front cover and dj, edgewear and rubbing to the dj, original price of $3.95 still present).. First printing. The sequel to the 1956 bestseller - set in a small straitlaced New England town - which has become part of our language. "In 1959, the sizzling sequel, 'Return to Peyton Place', picked up where 'Peyton Place' left off: Allison MacKenzie, now the author of America's No. 1 bestseller, is thrown into the glamorous whirl of the smart set of New York and Hollywood. At home, the rest of the most controversial characters in 1950s American fiction continue to create a stir in this ongoing expose of sex, hypocrisy, social inequity, and class privilege in contemporary America. Peyton Place, the small, seemingly respectable New England town, is revealed… Read More

New York: Gramercy Books/Modern Classics, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, with the number line beginning with 1...on the copyright page, of the Gramercy Books Modern Classics Edition. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 622 pages. In 1956, a thirty-two-year-old mother of three, whose husband was a high school principle in a small New Hampshire town became the center of controversy with the publication of her explosive first novel, Peyton Place. Here is this special edition is Peyton Place and its sequel Return To Peyton Place, together in one nice volume. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. .

Frederick Muller 1957 (1stUK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first impression. Nice example of this classic novel. NOT price-clipped or sunned and NO inscriptions. Sl. foxing otherwise Very Good in a nice Very Good d/w.

dell, 1957-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Publisher: Dell Date of Publication: 1957 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Print Stated Condition: Very Good Description: very good mass market paperback, stated 1st printing September 1957 but really movie tie-in release with green edges (December 1957 unstated), minor corner wear, spine creased and some small wraps creasing, solidly bound. A groundbreaking novel. FC506324

New York: Gramercy, 1999. 1st Edtion thus? . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. DJ by Gus Papadopoulos. 11500 shelf. Thick volume. Gold-stamped purple bds. Usual age-toned paper. No names, clean text. Unblemished dust jacket.

New york: Julian Messner, 1959. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.256.

Julien Messner, inc. New York First Edition 1956, Twenty-Third Printing, 1957, 1957. Julien Messner, inc. New York First Edition 1956, Twenty-Third Printing, 1957. Grey cloth over boards, black lettering. Very good, Some yellowing, no dust cover. Slight wear at bottom of spine. some pulling at top f spine.owners name on first free paper./No DJ. The main plot follows the lives of three women-lonely and repressed Constance MacKenzie; her illegitimate daughter Allison; and her employee Selena Cross, a girl from across the tracks, or "from the shacks." The novel describes how they come to terms with their identity as women and sexual beings in a small New England town. Hypocrisy, social inequities and class privilege are recurring themes in a tale that includes incest, abortion, adultery, lust and murder. The term "Peyton Place" became a generic label for any community whose inhabitants have sordid secrets. Several characters and events. Peyton Place (1956). Julien Messner, inc. New York First Edition… Read More