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By: About, Edmond (Edmond François Valentin About)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Paris, France, Librarie Hachette Et Cie: 1906
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A34757
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is entirely in FRENCH. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The decorated covers have gilt, black and red embossing. The gilding has dulled a bit, especially on the spine. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper used." Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist.... During the next few years, he wrote novels, stories, a play (which fa... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1899
Edition: Early printing
Seller ID: A35928
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light, bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's gift notation on the front endpaper. "James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) was an American novelist and short story writer whose work, including the novel A Kentucky Cardinal, often depicted the culture and dialects of his native Kentucky. His work is cha... View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc.: 1921
Edition: Early printing
Seller ID: A37859
Condition: Very Good-
This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing, wear and ground-in dirt. The paper spine label is noticeably toned. There are spots of ground-in dirt and spotting to the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The front endpaper has been removed by a former owner. There is a former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Mostly written from late 1915 to early 1916, with a few stories completed clos... View more info
By: Anonymous (Mary Elizabeth Von Armin)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: London, England, T. Nelson & Sons: 1920
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A37474
Condition: Very Good
This is a small format book (approx. 6" x 4 1/2") The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine has a light slant. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The covers also have some light ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. This book is part of the Nelson Library of Copyright Fiction. "Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941) , born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an ... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1912
Edition: Early American Printing; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A39003
Condition: Near Fine
Early American printing with the code L-N (November 1913) on the copyright page. This book is in Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "She (eleanor Atkinson) taught in schools in both Indianapolis and Chicago. She wrote for the Chicago Tribune under the pseudonym "Nora Marks" from 1888 to 1890, and later became publisher of the Little Chronicle Publishing Company, Chicago; this published s... View more info
By: Babcock, Bernie
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1925
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A36047
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "After reading a story in Ladies' Home Journal about the love affair of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, Babcock corresponded with the Illinois Historical Society and many persons who had known Lincoln personally. She became one of the country’s leading authorities on Lincoln, having conducted numerous personal interviews with his law partners and others, and publis... View more info
By: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1897
Edition: Early Reprint
Seller ID: A38122
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a slight slant to the spine. The front cover inlcudes a small oval pastedown photo. The lettering on the spine of the book has mostly rubbed. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy includes numerous black and white photos of the play. "The Little Minister is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on Barrie’s birthplace, and conce... View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, England, Frederick Warne and Co.: 1884
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A37610
Condition: Very Good+
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There are a couple of tiny nicks to the spine ends and a couple of spots of discoloration. This cover is decorated with black, blue, pink and green. View more info
By: Bloch, Robert
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Avon Books: 1949
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A39546
Condition: Very Good
This is a mass market paperback. Originally published by Avon in 1948, this is a reprint of that edition. Book number 211. The book is in Very Good to near Very Good+ condition. There is a light patch of browning / tidemarking to the top front corner, and first twenty or so pages of the text. The spine has some light wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "Robert Albert Bloch (/bl? K/; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, horror, fantasy and science fiction, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is best known as the writer of Psycho (1959) ,... View more info
By: Booth, Pat
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1987
Edition: 2nd Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: A36609
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has some light fading to the spine, but is in otherwise clean, bright condition. "Pat Booth, Lady Lowe (24 April 1943 – 11 May 2009) was an English model, photographer and author of romantic fiction. Raised in the ... View more info
By: Bower, B. M.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1930
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A35775
Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spne ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is some light generalized toning. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and a couple of scratches to the spine. The spine also has noticeable toning and darkening. "Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940) , best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was a... View more info
By: Caldwell, Taylor
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York & Cleveland, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1949
Edition: Book Club Edition; 1st Printing
Seller ID: A39919
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edge wear, nicking and chipping to the spine ends and corners. "As a writer Caldwell was praised for her intricately plotted and suspenseful stories, which depicted family tensions and the development of the U. S. From an agrarian society into the leading industrial state of the world. Caldwell's heroes are ... View more info
By: Caldwell, Taylor (Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell )
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Mcgraw Hill: 1956
Edition: Book Club Edition
Seller ID: A39147
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The endpapers have light generalized toning. The dust jacket has a couple of smallish edge tears, some rubbing and tiny chips and wrinkling to the top spine end. "Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Chicago, IL, The Reilly & Britton Co.: 1910
Edition: 6th Edition
Seller ID: A37808
Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Poor dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and wear. The bottom spine has some light water spotting. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is some red ink spotting (from the book cover) to the foredge. There is a previous owner's inked name. The dust jacket has large chips missing from the spine and a tear to most of the front flap joint. The dust jacket has large spots of discoloration / greasy patches , edge wear, and overal... View more info
By: Cather, Willa (Wilella Sibert Cather)
Price: $65.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1922
Edition: 1st Trade Edition
Seller ID: A36141
Condition: Very Good
First Trade Edition (following a Limited Edition) (listed as Second Printing, September 1922). This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is a very light slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a patch of foxing to the front endpaper. "Through the 1910s and 1920s, Cather was firmly established as a major American writer, receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 for her novel On... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1944
Edition: Trade Edition
Seller ID: A39166
Condition: Very Good
This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The covers have some light spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page, a card pocket to the rear pastedown and an ink-stamped date on the rear endpaper. "Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) , was an English writer, [2] philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Triangle Books: 1948
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A33016
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
This book is in Very Good only condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The book covers have a bit of ground-in dirt and a couple of sports of discoloration. The text pages are clean, but very noticeably toned and darkened due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has several chips missing, and cracking and rubbing to the flap joints. "Donald Henderson Clarke (1887-1958) was an American writer and journalist, known for his romantic novels, mystery fiction, and screenplays." "Clarke's first encounter with Hol... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph (Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company: 1926
Seller ID: A34177
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
Part of the Concord Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- to Near Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, with a several small to smallish edge tears, wrinkles and a line of noticeable rubbing to the spine. Volumes of this set are difficult to find with the dust jacket. "Joseph Conrad, born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniows... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, England, Harper Collins: 2001
Edition: 1st Trade Edition (UK); 1st Printing
Seller ID: A32497
ISBN: 0002258757
Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
A Near Fine copy of the book in a Fine dust jacket. There is some very beginning toning to the edges of the text block, otherwise the book is in fine, bright, crisp condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This is the 18th Richard Sharpe novel. "It is 1807 and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, newly returned to England, now wants to leave the army. One last job is offered to him. Go to Copenhagen, help the Honourable John Lavisser deliver a bribe and so stop a war. It seems very easy." "Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels. He is b... View more info
By: Crockett, S. R. , Harold Frederic, Gilbert Parker, W. Clark Russell, and, Q
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, International Association of Newspapers & Authors: 1901
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: A37155
Condition: Very Good
This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The covers have some bumping and rubbing. There is some color loss to spots of the cover, and the rear cover has some color loss and water spotting. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are the short stories: The Smugglers of the Clone, There is Sorrow on the Sea, The Path of Murtogh, The Roll-Call of the Reef, and, That There Mason "Samuel Rutherford Crockett (24 September 1859 – 16 April 1914) , who published under the name "S. R. Crockett", was a Scottish novelist. " (from Wikipedia) View more info
