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 published of... View More...
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 failed) ,... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears to the spine ends and corners. There is a small rubbed hole to the front spine joint. / The spine of the dust jacket has some light toning. "Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in southern England, around Berkshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although the... View More...
This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book cover, along with some fading to the color of the cloth. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a former owner's penciled in gift notation on the half title page. More interesting is this copy includes a bookplate for San Francisco Bay Area socialite Amy Requa Long. "Amy Requa Long, later Mitten (1876-1960) , a. K. A. Mrs. Oscar Fitzalan Long, who was one of the East Bay's most prominent... View More...
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 character... View More...
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. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean, though there is some generalized toning due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has a couple of small to smallish edge tears, and there are spots of bumping and chipping to the corners and spine ends. "Baldwin's writing career began in earnest when her first novel, Mavis of Green Hill, was published in 1921 by Boston publis... View More...
Cover Art; This is a Triangle Books printing. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean, though the text pages have some generalized light toning. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and a couple of small tears, along with one small chp to the top front flap corner. The reverse of the dust jacket has noticeable foxing. "Baldwin's writing career began in earnest when her first n... View More...
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 concerns Ga... View More...
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 on both front and rear covers.. The book cover is decorated with black, blue, pink and green decorations. View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners , and there are several light scratches and one spot of rubbing to the rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish rubbing and wear, along with some spots of fraying. There is a thin line of biopredation to the front foredge of the front cover. The front cover and spine are decorated in gilt, and two colors of green. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. There is a previous owner's bookplate (LeRoy V. Brandt) on the front pastedown p... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. Lion Book #56. The book is in Good only condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The books covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and the corners. There is rubbing and chipping to the spine of the book. The covers have some fading and spots of discoloration and foxing. The text pages are noticeably toned and have foxing / tidemarking to the edges. "Asa Bordages, a feature writer for the New York World-Telegram and playwright known for the 1941 play Brooklyn USA." (from Video Detective) View More...
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 an Ameri... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have edge wear, rubbing and ground-in dirt. There is toning / sunning to the white portions of the book covers. There is a chip to the top front corner of the book covers. The text pages are toned. "Gilbert "Gil" Brewer was an American novel and short story author. [1] He was born November 20, 1922 in Canandaigua, New York. After leaving the army at the end of World War II, Brewer joined his family who had settled in St. Petersburg, Florida. There he met Verlaine in 1947 an... View More...
This is a book club edition. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket hsa a 3/4" hole along with some light rubbing and edge wear. The spine ends of the dust jacket have several small edge nicks." John Brick (1922-1973) was an American author of historical novels and children's books. Born in Newburgh, New York he attended Newburgh Free Academy and later studied creative writing at Columbia University. His first published novel was Troubled Spring in 1950; ... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning fading to the spine of the book, along with a bit of beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing, creasing, tiny edge nicks and generalized wear. View More...
This book is in Very Good condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition . There is some light bumping and fraying to the bottom corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There are bug poo trails to the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket has noticeable bug nibbled patches, especially to the flap joints and the rear spine joint. . The rear dust jacket flap has detatched, but is still present. "Pennsylvania, 1913. The four Wittmann brothers manufacture steel precision tools. Jochen (Joe) is a ruthless businessman who seek... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book and first paperback printing. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine of the book has some toning / sunning and some light creasing. The text pages are clean and bright. "If Dan Hendricks had been born thirty or so years later, things would not have happened as they did. In a restless and mobile nation he could have escaped from the past, assumed another identity. But in the close-knit community of South Kenton at the turn of the century, he could not escape. ? From his earliest years, Dan seemed marked out by fate... View More...
This is an early printing, but is lacking the letter A on the copyright page, so is not a first edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear pastedown covers have generalized toning. The dust jacket has edge tear, nicks , wrinkles, chips and bits missing. The reverse of the dust jacket has several piece of tape placed there by a former owner. "Dynasty of Death was her first published work, a family saga lasting from 1837 to World War I, abo... View More...
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...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers are mostly clean and bright. There is some rubbing to the lettering of the publisher on the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inked number 10 on the front pastedown page, and a penciled previous owner's name on the top edge of the title page. "Callaghan's novels and short stories are marked by undertones of Roman Catholicism, often focusing on individuals whose essential characteristic is a strong but often weakened sense of self. His first novel was Strange Fug... View More...
C1900. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book covers are illustrated with black decoratoins and the image of a gryphon on both the front cover and spine of the book. The endpapers are illustrated with flowers and the text pages are clean, but have generalized toning. "Nellie's Memories appears to have sold over 50,000 copies. Most of her 33 three-decker novels told pious, domestic stories, thought of as wholesome fiction for girls in the last third of the 19th century. Often sentimental, they reflect... View More...
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 Hollywood was w... View More...
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 Korzeniowski; 3... View More...
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 best known fo... View More...
B&W Illustrations; C.1910. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. This book has front and rear covers have faul wood covers, gilt lettering and decoration and a small rectangular pictorial pastedown of a sylvan scene, featuring happy cows. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name card (c.1910) taped on the front endpaper. "Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (19 January 1737 Le Havre ? 21 January 18... View More...
This is a special book club edition. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, and some wear to the spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. "Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film directed and produced by William Dear and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hall. Steven Spielberg served as its uncredited execut... View More...
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one small nick to the rear foredge and some beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners. "During the 1960s, in Virginia, while the blacks fight for their civil rights, a young white girl is kidnapped in Baltimore. Little Alice Raleigh, eleven years and blonde like corn, and heiress of an immense fortune, is held for a ransom of a million dollars. Her kidnappers, trying to make... View More...
Color Illustrations; This is a thin, trade sized book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the glassine dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. View More...
This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning wear and fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked on the front pastedown page. This is author Dunbar's first novel. "Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 ? February 9, 1906) was an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries." "Much of his more popular work in his lifetime was written in the Negro dialec... View More...