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The Thunderer

By: Barrington, E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1927

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 021457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Grosset & Dunlap "Novels of Distinction" edition in clean original jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with decorative title box on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 333 pages. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, hint of very light rubbing, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historical novel about the life of Napoleon. Grosset & Dunlap's "Novels of Distinction" is a series of the best literature pro...
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Marcus: A Novel of the Youngest Apostle

By: Chinn, Laurene

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1965

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013086

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean beige boards with orange cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Tiny puncture to cloth near base of spine. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 370 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very slight wear at top and bottom of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Religion.
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To Heaven On Horseback - The Romantic Story of Narcissa Whitman

By: Cranston, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner, Inc.: 1952

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

CLean brown boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (very small return address label at top corner of front free endpaper). 255 pages. A biographical novel on the life of Narcissa Whitman, wife of Marcus Whitman, Early American pioneer and missionary.
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Dom Pedro of Brazil

By: Criss, Mildred

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1945

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013166

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean green cloth boards with gold crown on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers (decorated with maps). No names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears, very tiny chip at top of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book, written for high school age readers and up, is a well researched dramatic biography of Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil.
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The Enormous Room

By: Cummings, E. E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1940

Edition: Second Modern Library Edition

Seller ID: 027416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Modern Library No. 214 in clean original dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean gray cloth boards with green title box on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent style endpapers (tasteful previous owner bookplate on front paste-down). Biographical note on author in front of book, bibliography; 332 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, very slight wear at top and bottom spine edges, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. 367 titles listed on inverse of jacket. ...
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A Man Called Cervantes

By: Frank, Bruno

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1935

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013432

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth boards with black title box and illustration with gold lettering on cover, black title box with gold and red lettering on spine. Hint of fading at top edge of spine, hint of light soiling to cloth at base of spine. Wear to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 301 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has fading to spine (title is bright), chips to spine & corner tips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biographical Novel.
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Manifest Destiny: A True Romantic Saga of Young Theodore Roosevelt

By: Garfield, Brian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Penzler Books: 1989

Edition: First

Seller ID: 008335

ISBN: 0-89296-382-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean turquoise boards with turquoise cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names or bookplates. 408 pgs. with bibliography. Clean bright dustjacket is price clipped, unchipped, and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A biographical novel set in the American West of the 1880's, the true story of the coming of age of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Soldier Boy

By: Hutton, Keely

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus And Giroux: 2017

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 026609

ISBN: 0374305633

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with blind-stamped image of boy with a rifle on cover, crisp yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean midnight blue endpapers (signed by author on front free endpaper in silver ink: "Keely Hutton". 326 pages. Clean crisp dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel based on a true story from the...
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The Gallant Mrs. Stonewall

By: Kane, Harnett T.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1957

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 023309

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean photo-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by the author on illustrated fly leaf: "For Frederick Philip Stieff - A fine friend and a true judge of Southern living - In appreciation of his interest - Cordially - Harnett T. Kane - New Orleans - Oct 11, 1957." 320 pages. Dust jacket is clean, corner clipped at front inside free endpaper, slight edge wear and tiny chips at corners...
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Legacy

By: Michener, James A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House Inc: 1990

Edition: First

Seller ID: 018865

ISBN: 0394564324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in fine unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges area clean and bright. Clean beautifully illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 176 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel written in the author's eightieth year, and the two-hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. A novel as timeless astruth and justice--its biographical...
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Black Daniel

By: Morrow, Honore W.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1931

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015690

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Slight fading to edges; no fraying or bumping. Binding is tight & square, slight cracking to paper at rear hinge. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 370 pgs. Illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped, has has some edge wear, edge chipping, slight soiling (several small spots) to rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The romantic love story of Daniel Webster in the form of a dramatic, moving novel. 8vo. Fiction.
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The Cavalier of Tennessee

By: Nicholson, Meredith

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill: 1928

Edition: Early Printing

Seller ID: 013686

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Slightest hint of light soiling. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 402 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny chips along top of spine edge, two small corner chips and one 1" closed tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book, a biographical novel about Andrew Jackson, opens in the turbulent days just after the American Revolution. Andrew Jackson's star of destiny is the ascendant. ...
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The Passions of the Mind - A Biographical Novel of Sigmund Freud

By: Stone, Irving

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1971

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 024165

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Trade Edition in unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by author. Blue cloth boards with blue title box, gold lettering on spine. No wear, but some fading to board edges and faint transferance of lettering from dust jacket to front board. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blue endpapers; no names or bookplates. Inscribed and signed by author on dedication page: "For Stella: Happy Birthday MY 6, 1971 from Joan; and from their friend, Irving Stone." Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (10.00 on front inside flap), has tattered edges...
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Adversary in the House

By: Stone, Irving

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1947

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean red endpapers, red top-stained upper page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. 432 pages + four pages of publisher's advertising at rear of book. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), has age-toning to rear panel (photo of author on rear panel with brief biography). Very slight edge wear at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new ...
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Immortal Wheat: An Imaginative Interpretation of the Lives and Works of the Brontes

By: Wallace, Kathleen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's: 1951

Edition: First

Seller ID: 017141

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First American Edition. Clean dark blue boards with gold lettering on spine. Llight surface wear to top and bottom spine edges, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers with previous owner name and address neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 253 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has chip at top spine edge (up to 1" in depth at rear spine fold), two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 5-1/2" x 8-1/4". Biographical Novel.
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Keyword: biographical novel