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Polly the Pagan - Her Lost Love Letters

By: Anderson, Isabel

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Boston, The Page Company: 1922

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 022563

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Impression, September 1922" stated on copyright page. Decorated American trade binding, SIGNED by author./ Very clean green silk cloth boards with gold and silver lettering and decoration on cover, gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean illustrated endpapers. Signed by author: "With best wishes - Isabel Anderson" on half-title page. No other writing or marks. Color frontis illustration with clean tissue guard. Illustrated title page. With a Foreword by Basil Ki...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

By: Berendt, John

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1994

Edition: First

Seller ID: 017242

ISBN: 0-679-42922-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A scarce true First Edition, First Printing. Dustjacket Condition: Fine. Clean original first edition dustjacket with price of $23.00 on front inside flap is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped no fading to orange lettering. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Book Condition; Fine. Clean unfaded dark green boards with clean black cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 388 pgs. To assist in determining the first edition, first prin...
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

By: Berendt, John

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1994

Edition: First

Seller ID: 023170

ISBN: 0679429220

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing with correct number line and all correct first edition points, in clean dust jacket. Clean unfaded dark green boards with black cloth spine, metallic lettering on cover (author's initials) and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 388 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. . To assist in determining the first edition, first printing these ...
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Lindbergh

By: Berg, A. Scott

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Putnam: 1998

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027865

ISBN: 0399144498

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark blue boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. 628 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Nice clean book and jacket - collectible quality. From one of Americ...
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Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931-1937 The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

By: Bloch, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Summit Books: 1986

Edition: First

Seller ID: 004118

ISBN: 0-671-61209-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First Edition. Very clean beige boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumped corners, binding is tight & square, pages are bright and clean. Endpapers decorated with facsimiles of letters between the Duke and Duchess. No names or bookplates inside. Crisp, clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, but does have circular embossed (blind stamped) previous ownership insignia at bottom right corner of dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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An American Family on the African Frontier: The Burnham Family Letters, 1893-1896

By: Bradford, Mary and Richard

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart: 1993

Seller ID: 007798

ISBN: 1-879373-66-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean beige cloth boards with red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Small remainder mark on bottom page edges. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections

By: Brokaw, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1999

Edition: First

Seller ID: 017029

ISBN: 0-375-50394-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Trade Edition. Very clean white boards with clean red spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 237 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 6" x 8-3/4". World War II.
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The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder

By: Burns, Edward and Ulla E. Dydo with William Rice

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New Haven & London, Yale University Press: 1996

Edition: First

Seller ID: 004157

ISBN: 0-300-06774-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean maroon boards with ivory cloth spine. No wear or bumped corners. Binding is tight & crisp. Pages and edges are bright and clean, no names or bookplates inside. Clean, crisp dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. First Edition.
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The Scorpio Letters

By: Canning, Victor

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Heinemann: 1964

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028389

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean teal blue boards with bright gold 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. 256 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, slight edge wear at spine ends and corner tips, short closed tear at top rear panel edge; photo and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A mystery thriller involving blackmail letters and politics.
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Chronicles of Negro Protest - A Background Book Documenting the History of Black Power

By: Chambers, Bradford (Editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Parents' Magazine Press: 1968

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean gray-brown cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean red-orange endpapers. Compiled and Edited with commentary by Bradford Chambers. Introduction by C. Eric Lincoln, Ph.D. Illustrated. 320 pages. Clean jacket with detail from the "Wall of Respect", a mural of Afro-American heroes painted on the wall of a building on Chicago's South Side (photo by Art Kane). Jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; enclosed i...
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Letters from A Traveller

By: Chardin, Pierre Teilhard De

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1962

Seller ID: 024366

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, light soiling/fading to cloth. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers (small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper). Illustrated with photographs. 380 pages with index. "This, the third of P. Teilhard de Chardin's collected works to appear in English, contains the two French volumes: Lettres de Voyage, 1923-1939, and Nouvelles Lettres de Voyage, 1939-1955. These colleced letters were edited and annotated by Claude Aragonnes...By way of...
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The Letters of John Cheever

By: Cheever, John (Benjamin Cheever, Editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1988

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027217

ISBN: 0671628739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean bright dust jacket. Clean light turquoise boards with white cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean turquoise endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 397 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. American literary figure John Cheever was a prolific writer of letters, sometimes sending as many as thirty in a single week. Here,...
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Image for Successful Men of To-day - and What They Say of Success, Based on facts and Opinions Gathered by Letters and Personal Interviews from Five Hundred Prominent Men

Successful Men of To-day - and What They Say of Success, Based on facts and Opinions Gathered by Letters and Personal Interviews from Five Hundred Prominent Men

By: Crafts, Wilbur F.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York / London, Funk & Wagnalls Company: 1905

Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition

Seller ID: 027621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautifully clean, unworn decorated American trade binding. Clean green cloth boards with stamped white lettering on cover and spine, green, white and light pink decoration on cover and spine with light pink line border on cover. No 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. Frontispiece portraits of four men (Peter Cooper, Andrew Carnegie, William E. Dodge, John Wanamaker) with clean tissue guard. Additional portrait illustrations of highly successful people in American history...
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Letters from my Mill

By: Daudet, Alphonse

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1893

Edition: First

Seller ID: 024002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Limited Edition, this is No. 110 of Two Hundred and Fifty Copies on Large Paper, printed in the month of October, 1893. Hand numbered and signed by printer John Wilson & Son. Translated by Frank Hunter Potter. With Illustrations by Madame Madeleine Lemaire (full page color illustrations with printed tissue guards). Decorative headpieces by George Wharton Edwards. Decorated American trade binding - white cloth with silver and gold decoration and lettering on cover and spine. Moderate overall soiling to cloth; wear to cloth (surface chipping) at head and tail of spine. Binding is tig...
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The Chronicle of Impressionism: A Timeline History of Impressionist Art (Chronicle of Impressionism)

By: Denvir, Bernard

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Bulfinch Press: 1993

Edition: First

Seller ID: 022600

ISBN: 082122042X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

"First North American Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped original jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Fine condition, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean with clean yellow endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Large book beautifully illustrated with images of paintings, drawings, photographs, posters, letters and more. 288 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is not price clipped (40.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Gift...
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Letters from Leaders: Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders from the World's Most Influential People

By: Dormann, Henry

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Guilford, Connecticut, Lyons Press: 2009

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028795

ISBN: 1599215012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine first edition in clean unchipped dust jacket, SIGNED by the author (founder, chairman, and editor in chief of LEADERS Magazine).. Clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers decorated with printed signatures of those whose letters are included. SIGNED by Henry Dorman on half-title page as follows: "To Vince from Harry Dormann". Below this is neatly printed, "Property of Steuben County DPW. V. Spagnoletti 5/30/12."...
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Letter in a Bottle

By: Graham G. Campbell, Elaine L. Goolsby

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Durham, North Carolina, Carolina Wren Press: 1991

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028726

ISBN: 0932112323

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Clean softcover book signed by both authors on the title page. Covers are clean, unchipped, uncreased. Pages and edges are clean. No previous owner markings. 338 pages. Correspondence between two friends (a man and a woman, both married and living in separate cultures (one in England, one in the United States) over a period of many years, beginning in 1945. Interesting is the support they are able to offer each other through these letters as they encounter various changes and difficulties in their lives.
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Grandma Moses - My Life's History

By: Grandma Moses

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1952

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 027318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean brown boards with black cloth spine, black lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to one lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Blank endpapers (slight browning from manufacturer's glue to endpapers). Beautifully signed by the author on half-title page "Grandma Moses." Illustrated with photographs, plus sixteen Grandma Moses paintings in full color at rear of book. 140 pages of text, plus eight pages of reproduced...
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The Illustrated Letter

By: Hamilton, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Universe Books: 1987

Edition: First

Seller ID: 021493

ISBN: 0876636644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing, in clean original dust jacket. Light tan boards ( a few faint spots to cover) with clean rust brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 157 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An extraordinary collection of correspondence of celebrated artists and writers with embellishments (s...
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The Chess Garden, Or The Twilight Letters of Gustav Uyterhoeven

By: Hansen, Brooks

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus and Giroux: 1995

Edition: First

Seller ID: 012728

ISBN: 0-374-16015-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean maroon and green paper covered boards with gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 481 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel in which Dr. Gustav Uyterhoeven, in the fall of 1900, left the chess garden that he and his wife had created together in Dayton, Ohio and journeyed to South Africa to serve as a doctor in the british concentration camps of the Boer War. Over the next t...
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Keyword: letters