Philadelphia / Toronto: John C. Winston, 1957. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Harve Stein, Illustrator. Stated First Edition in clean illustrated dust jacket. Very clean light gray cloth boards with crisp red lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Harve Stein. 115 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), has small chip at top left corner of front panel, slight price sticker residue at base corner of ... View More...
Fine first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean burgundy cloth boards with gold letteringo n cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 348 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; nice full panel photo of author on rear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A powerful novel about a marriage set agains a landscape of the American Civil War. The War Between the States is a mirror of the personal war between hu... View More...
Very clean first edition, first printing in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean white boards with green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers- no names, writing or marks. 570 pages + "About the Author." Beautiful clean bright jacket depicting "view of Both Fallsfrom theU.S.Shore (1827) by George Catlin is not price clipped, unchipped, one 1" closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Powerful, vivid novel of the Civil War evokes... View More...
Gettysburg, PA: Blocher's, 1930. Revised Edition. Near Fine. Revised Edition (Twenty-second Edition). Very clean brown wraps with silk rope binding intact. Illustrated cover. No chipping or creasing; a few tiny closed edge tears. Oblong book (12" x 9-1/4"). Clean "spider-web" tissue guard at front and rear. 68 pages, illustrated with large black and white photographs. Information on the Gettysburg National Park, map of the Park, history of the battle, monuments, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on back of rear panel. View More...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gold title box on spine. Some fading to board edges. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (very tasteful custom previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper). 326 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), has slight edge wear, very shyallow chipping at spine ends. Enclosed in new archival quality removable myl... View More...
Chicago / New York: The Werner Company, 1895. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Clean decorated American trade binding. Gray cloth boards with darker gray, black and green illustration on cover, black lettering on cover and spine. Tiny spot of wear-through at one lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name, address and date beautifully penned on front free endpaper (1901). Profusely illustrated in black and white. 556 pages with index. View More...
Indianapolis, Indiana: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1899. First Edition . Very Good+/no dust jacket . First Edition, decorated American trade binding. Clean dark green cloth boards with very attractive decorated cover (a silhouette of a group of horsemen with flags coming over a hill at sunrise or sunset), double gold line border, gold lettering, unchipped gold lettering and small decoration on spine. Vertical creasing to spine, otherwise no wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with gilt top edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 385 pages. ... View More...
Very clean and solid hardcover book, published 1905. Clean brown ribbed cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. Slightest surface wear to spine corners, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece portrait of the author (Lieutenant Colonel John J. Craven, M.D.) with clean tissue guard. Preface by the author's son, William Darcy Craven. 320 pages. View More...
Clean hardcover book (stated "First Printing") in original unclipped dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with blue-black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Tiny neatly printed previous owner name and date at top edge of front fixed endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated with Maps by Pictograph Corporation Graphic syndicate, Inc., after sketches by the author. Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. 96 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has long tear at front spine fold,slight edge wear... View More...
Ithaca, New York: American Agriculturist, 1951. Stated First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in original dust jacket. Clean red pebbled cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; no previous owner names or marks. Signed on the title page by the author: "E. R. Eastman" in blue ink. 280 pages. Dust jacket has slight edge wear and a few very short closed edge tears, no chips; hint of faint soiling to rear panel; photo and bio of... View More...
Ithaca, NY: American Agriculturist, 1951. Stated First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated First Printing, inscribed and SIGNED by the author to his friend, in clean original dust jacket. Very clean maroon pebbled cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To my friend Paul with kindest regards of Ed." 280 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has several closed tears; nice photo and biography of author on rear panel. En... View More...
Fine stated first edition, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Ivory paper-covered boards with rust red cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No previous owner markings. Signed "Charles Frazier" on specially included page. 356 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; circular gold "signed first edition" placed on cover by publisher. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novelized account of Varina Howell,... View More...
New York: Henry Holt, 1953. Stated First Edition. Very Good +/good. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean black cloth boards with orange and white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with map-illustrated endpapers; tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 246 pp. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), has edge wear, corner chips, and some yellowed clear reinforcement tape at top and bottom spine edges and for a a short ways along bottom front pa... View More...
White plastic comb-bound book with illustrated card covers - size approximately 10-3/4" x 14". Cover is clean, no chipping or tears. Previous owner name on title page, otherwise no marks. 58 maps in color. Foreword by the Editor. Includes Table of Symbols. View More...
Beautiful stated first edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean turquoise cloth boards with bright gold lettering and wreath decoration on cover, bright gold lettering and decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers; small classy custom bookplate is tipped in at front hinge. Small line of light browning along front and rear endpaper hinge gutters. 4832 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket is unchipped, one very short closed edge tear to rear panel (1/3"), not price clipped (2.75 on ... View More...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. First Edition, SEVENTH Impression. Near Fine/Very Good. Seventh impression of the first edition in original dust jacket. Very clean rose red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 712 pages + "Author' Note". Clean jacket has some clear tape reinforcement to folds and spine edges; no chips, slight edge wear and a few short closed edge tears; price clipped at upper corner of fro... View More...
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1956. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First Edition in original illustrated dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black lettering and small bugle on spine. No bumping or wear. Very narrow line of fading at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 316 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few tiny corner chips, wear to spine ends, some fading to spine; price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. Photo of author with his cat on rear panel. Enclosed in ... View More...
Stated First Edition in clean unclipped "Second Printing" dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages are clean. 455 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), edge chipping, slight fading to spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel of Civil War days in the West. The story revolves around the Neals, a typical frontier family, and their struggle to solve their persona... View More...
Very clean hardcover book - clean beige clothboards with paste-on color illustration on cover (no wear), black lettering and line border; black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Beautifully penned previous owner name and date (1918) penned on front free endpaper - no other marks. Illustrations and maps in black and white. 456 pages. View More...
New York: Atheneum Books For Young Readers, 2002. Later printing. Fine/Fine. Fine condition hardcover book and dust jacket. Later printing of the first edition. Color illustrated boards are clean and bright, no wear, no bumping. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers illustrated with timeline of events; no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated throughout in color and with historical photographs. 96 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...