Literature from JB Books

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. BCE. Novel of an alcoholic British Consul in a small town in Argentina getting mixed up in revolutionary politics and various untrustrworthy characters and their situations. This novel later made into a major motion picture starring Michael Caine. Hardcover with dust jacket, 315pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. BCE. A legal thriller involving the assassinations of two American Supreme Court Justices, the FBI having no clues, but a brilliant law student begins to unravel the mystery - and the dangers. Hardcover with dust jacket, 303pp., d.j. shows light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An historical novel set in 1850s Illinois, involving a young woman finding her way through the minefield of the issues of the day - especially slavery - and her ultimate immersion into the 'Bloody Kansas' abolitionist events. Hardcover with dust jacket,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1966. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition. A novel of obsession involving a man seeking to find the SS officer who tortured his wife to death during the war, the Russians who offer the prisoner to him - and what he must do in exchange as his part… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Book. Good-. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. The author's popular 'Life with.' series, collected together in one volume, reflecting upon his early life and religious upbringing, the strong Faith and influence of his parents, his and their spiritual values and philosophical outlook, much more. Hardcover, 374pp.,No dust jacket. Former Owner signature and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (thus).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (thus). Another fine novel from the popular Allende, set in the United States with American characters, of an American artist family transposed into an Hispanic barrio cultural and educational environment, with all the attendant problems and new experiences. Translated from the Spanish by… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1899. Book. Fair. Hardcover. An early novel of a woman's life, loves, and experiences amidst the passions and tumultous events during the 18th century American Revolution. Hardcover, 536pp., boards show light edgewear and other signs of aging but is in remarkably good shape considering its advanced age, pagination is mostly clear. Size: 12mo -… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1992. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). The second LOA volume presenting the most comprehesive collection of Twain's stories, sketches, burlesques, hoaxes, tall tales speeches, satires, and maxims, by arguably America's greatest humorists. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes, 1,050pp. A very nice copy,… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1982. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. A fine collection of Twain's best known works, all swirling about the 'strong brown god' of the mighty Mississippi River, offering metaphoric and contradictory possibilities of his own and his characters' lives, civilization and its proprieties contending with primitive roughness, violence, chicaneries, and the hard life of the… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1992. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). The first of two LOA volumes presenting the most comprehesive collection of Twain's stories, sketches, burlesques, hoaxes, tall tales speeches, satires, and maxims, by arguably America's greatest humorists. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes, 1,076pp. A very… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1992. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). A fine collection of Cather's shorter works, reflecting her explorations into the lives and experiences of farmers, artists, youthful lovers, immigrants, pioneers, and others, reflecting the American West and the uniqueness of its land and people. Hardcover with dust jacket,… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1985. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing. A fine presentation of the first three novels of Cooper's 'Leatherstocking' series, a great saga of the American wilderness and early pre-revolutionary settlement, filled with adventure, heroism, pathos, suffering, good, and evil in all its forms . Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes, 1,347pp. A… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1988. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. A fine presentation of twenty-nine plays by the only American dramatist awarded the Nobel prize in literature, filled with poetic expressiveness, dramatic power, and emotional intensity, exploring themes such as shipwreck survivors, one-act melodramas, sailors' adventures, New York's underworld, sexual affairs, much more, . Hardcover with dust jacket,… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1988. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. A compilation of thirteen of O'Neill's plays - the second volume in this LOA series - exploring ego, race hatred and miscegenation, spiritual longings, the search for the fountain of youth, the world as soulless and mechanistic, and many other themes, . Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1991. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). Two novels by Cooper which invented a new genre of literature known as the 'sea novel' - offering high adventure, boldness, vigor, and all the majesty and power of the seafaring life . Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1987. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). Cather's early fictional works, reflecting her vision and experience of life on the northern Great Plains - lonely prairie, open sky, heroic aspirations, stoicism, creativity, and the rebelliousness of spirit . Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes,… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1983. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Fifth Printing. The second volume of Parkman's history of the titanic struggle between France and Britain in pre-revolutionary North America, this detailing Frontenac's governance of New France, the background and unfolding of the mid-eighteenth century 'French and Indian War', the campaigns of Montcalm and Wolf in the British struggle to… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1983. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. Sixth Printing.. A presentation of James' first five novels, filled with unique expressions of dialogue, suspense, the romance of youthful and artistic ambitions, revolving about and within the social and political milieus of America's New England and New York. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes, 1,286pp. A… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1984. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). The second volume of the author's look at literature writers, offering many interesting reviews of published works and insights into personalities and their work. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and textual notes, 1,408pp. A very nice copy, the jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1991. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of he First Edition (thus). Arguably the two best known works by Parkman, presenting his experiences and observations accompanying Indians on the 'Oregon Trail' during a period of westward expansion by settlers during the Mexican War of 1848, and the blood-curdling account of the infamous… Read more about this item