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Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1924. Photoplay. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. Book First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from D. W. Griffith's 1924 photoplay based upon Chambers' book. It starred Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Walter Butler and Carol Dempster as Miss Nancy Montague. The story plays out against the frontier fighting in upstate New York during the American Revolution. Illustrated with seven full-page stills from the film, printed on coated stock The text block is followed by seven unnumbered pages of advertising for other G&D series First Thus. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 399 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight, bright and unmarked, except for one pencil mark in the margin next to a paragraph in the Prologue, p. xxv. Blue cloth over boards with black title and illustration of the Liberty Bell on the front cover. Minimal wear at the corners with a slight bump to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket has… Read More

Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Good. Book . Fine HB in G+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. Limited Ed., #854/1000; signed by Commission officers on limitation page. 618 p.: ill.; 24 cm. Facsim. of the first edition w/the famously rare first state DJ, reproduced in a larger format than the 20 cm original. Dark blue cloth w/bright silver decoration & title on cover; silver title on spine. Text block is tight; owner's name blind stamped on title. Unclipped DJ has 2 1/2 x 3/4" chip at top of back panel; worn at edges; spine sun-faded w/creasing. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 618 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical - American Revolution, 1775-1783; United States; 1980s; . ISBN: 0930096355. ISBN/EAN: 9780930096359.… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Book A stated first edition of Roberts' first novel. The long, 18th century-style title only appeared in the first (actually printed in 1929) and second (January 1930) printings, both of which are dated 1930. The only difference between them is the absence of the First Edition notice on the verso of the title page in the second printing The first and second printing bindings are notoriously bad and this copy shows typical signs. The cloth is now protected in a heavy mylar cover. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 618 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though the pages have toned with age. Hardbound in dark blue (almost black) cloth over boards with the decoration and title in orange on the front cover and… Read More

Gannett Books for the Kenneth Roberts Centennial Commission, Kennebunk, ME, 1985. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book Inscribed by person(s) connected with book. Limited Edition facsimile reprint of Robert's first novel in its first state, including the reproduction of the famously rare first state dust jacket with Stafford Good's illustration. It is reproduced in a larger format than the 20 cm original. This is copy #736/1000, numbered and signed by Commission officers on the limitation page. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. First Thus. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 618 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Bound in dark blue cloth with a bright silver decoration and title on the front cover and silver title on the spine. Corners are sharp. Light shelf wear along the bottom edges of the… Read More

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1953. 300th Anniversary of Arundel. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good+ Condition/Good+. Illustrator: N.C. Wyeth (dust jacket painting). Book Signed by Author. Glossy special title page for the 300th Anniversary of Arundel bound in in front of the regular title page. Signed by the author; features a facsimile of his bookplate. Stated "Latest American Edition, May 1953." Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in navy blue cloth over boards with embossed diamond and star pattern, bright gilt eagle decoration on front cover and bright gilt title on spine. Corners are sharp with slight wear to the tips. Light self wear to the head and foot of the spine. Unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket. The color of Wyeth's painting on the… Read More

Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book Inscribed by Author. Fine HB in Fine DJ, in mylar. Stated First Ed. inscribed and signed by the author. vi, 278 p.: maps ; 24 cm. Dark blue paper over boards. Speckled cream quarter binding with dark blue title on spine. "Bon Voyage with Peter Walker! [sig] 2 May 02" Laid in letter about the inscription. First of the Peter Walker Honor series. "Captain Wake commands a group of seasoned seamen on a series of voyages to seek and arrest Confederate blockade-runners and sympathizers ...." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 1561642525. ISBN/EAN: 9781561642526. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 362. . 9781561642526

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1912. Note that the date is the year of the original publication by A.C. McClurg. This Grosset & Dunlap reprint would have come a few years later. Hardcover. Very Good- Condition/Poor. Illustrator: P.V.E. Ivory. After he was established as a pulp writer, Seltzer also became an early screenwriter, credited with 15 screenplays for Westerns from 1917 to 1927 and one more in 1936. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 311 pages. Hardcover bound in red cloth over boards with the title on the front cover and spine in black.The text block is slightly shaken. The pages have toned with age. The dust jacket features a great piece of lurid pulp art (which is repeated in the glossy frontis with the text "Eleanor's pulses leaped in terror . . . repulsive passion lay naked in his eyes." Whew! There is an extensive catalog of the company's "list of Copyright Fiction" printed on the reverse, which "includes nearly all the great… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1945. 8th printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. Book This is a collectible copy of an early printing of the second Little Golden Book bound in the original blue cloth spine and in its dust jacket as issued. This is an 8th printing in January 1945. The back cover is Style #2.2 – "The Little Golden Library" title with a numbered list to #19. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. One page ("Someone's been tasting my porridge!" page from The Three Bears) was bound in slightly crooked, so it has some wear where the page went about 1/16" beyond the bottom page edge for about 2" from the spine. Solid blue spine over paper-covered heavy cardboard covers. There are small (1/4") tears at the head and foot of the front paper cover adjoining the spine also affecting the title page. The corners are sharp and there is no shelf wear or… Read More

Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book Signed by Author. Fine HB in VG+ DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Signed by author on title page above his name. Stated First Edition. 372 p.; 25 cm. Black textured paper over boards with bright green foil title on spine. No wear; in "As New" condition. Text block is tight, bright and clean. DJ has very minor shefl wear at bottom of spine which doesn't show up in cover. Green "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel of DJ shows some rubbing, which is why DJ is rated VG+, rather than Fine. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 372 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Suspense; United States; Modern; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0312310188. ISBN/EAN: 9780312310189. Main Picture: DuBois, Brendan. Betrayed (Signed; First Edition) (New York: 2003) - Front panel and spine of the dust jacket with an inset showing the author's… Read More

Rinehart & Company, New York, 1952. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Bernard Safran (dust jacket). Book VG HB in VG- DJ, now protected by archival Mylar cover. 249 p.; 20 cm. Dark grey textured paper over boards with gilt and black title on spine. Novel of the conflict between large landowners and small ranchers in the Wyoming Powder River country during the blizzard of 1888. Presumed first edition. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though the pages are slightly tanned from age. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but the paper is worn through at the tips of the corners and is flaking off at the bottom of the spine. VG- unclipped DJ has some chipping at the tops and bottoms of the folds and spine. The top corner of the free front end paper is torn out (c. 1" x 1"). Illustrator: Bernard Safran (dust jacket). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Westerns; United… Read More

[Chok Anarkli], [Lahore, Pakistan], 1957. Edition Unstated. Softcover (Perfect Bound). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book For the Lynd Ward completist, as was the previous owner -- Dan Burne Jones who sought to collect all editions of books written and illustrated by Ward. This is his copy of the Pakistani printing of Ward's 1953 Caldecott Metal award-winning book, published through Franklin Publications in New York. WorldCat shows only two holdings: The Library of Congress and the New York Public Library. According to the Library of Congress' description of its Franklin Book Program Collection, "Franklin assisted developing countries in the creation, production, distribution, and use of books and other educational materials. Its efforts were based on the premise that through wider and improved education, underdeveloped nations could better utilize their human resources to help eliminate hunger, poverty, overpopulation, and economic paralysis." As an indication of the effort to… Read More

AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, 2005. First. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Inscribed by Author. Fine Trade PB, inscribed by the author on the FEP: "2006/To [recipients]/HAPPY READING/Jim" viii, 317 p.; 23 cm. Only defect is a slight bend to the lower corner of the front cover. Spine uncreased. In unread condition. From the back cover: "A new chief Executive James L. (Scot) MacDonald of Scottish ancestry, and the son of a blacksmith, is brought in and it is his leadership that turns" a bankrupt company around. The author is a member of Clan Elliott USA. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 317 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 142088820X. ISBN/EAN: 9781420888201. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 322. . 9781420888201

St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ Condition/Very Good+. Book Signed by Author. Collectible signed First Edition of the winner of the 2003 Shamus Award. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 339 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in black cloth over boards with the title in bright silver on the spine. The corners are sharp and have minimal shelf wear, although the bottom corner of the front cover has had a bump. No tears or chipping to the dust jacket, although the foil-like printing of the design shows some wear from rubbing on the shelf. There is a 2 1/2" scratch at the bottom quarter of the rear panel. The jacket is now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mystery; United States; Modern; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0312203845. ISBN/EAN: 9780312203849. Main Picture: James W. Hall, Blackwater Sound (Signed; First Edition) (New York: 2002) -… Read More

Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1988. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Fine Condition. Book A volume in the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces series. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). 241 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked; book appears to never have been read. Black imitation Leather (Leatherette with no bound-in ribbon marker) over boards with bright gilt and red title and decoration on spine and red diamond and gilt frames on the front and back cover with a gilt horse standing on the book on the front cover. All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mysteries; United States; 1980s; Main Picture: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Front cover and spine. Picture 2: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and spine. Picture 3: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) - Rear cover and page edges. Picture 4: Dick Francis, Blood Sport (Franklin Library, 1988) -… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book Knight wrote several books on dogs serving in the military in World War II. In this story, the puppy of a soldier's K-9 dog helps him deal with his blindness from a wartime injury. From the blurb: "In a book that is more real than imaginary, more hopeful than sad, the author of Valiant Comrades has written another fine dog-story, and an engrossing study of one of the greatest post-war problems." It is "Illustrated by Lynd Ward," although his contribution is limited to the frontispiece, which is also used for the dust jacket. Ward, described by the Royal Academy of Arts as an “American artist and storyteller, is known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books.” Recently Ward has been rediscovered, given the title of… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book The fourth book in Roberts' Chronicles of Arudel series of novels Size: Small Octavo (7 1/2-8"). 310 pages. Item Type: Book. Text body is tight, bright and unmarked. The text is followed by one leaf with blurbs for Arundel, Rabble in Arms and The Lively Lady on the recto and the author's acknowledgements on the verson, three pages (two leaves) of publisher advertisements for the other books and a portrait of the author and text of a Boston Herald editorial on "Kenneth Roberts and his books" on the Recto of the rear free end paper. Near Fine hardcover bound in dark blue cloth embossed in a diamond pattern on the front cover with a bright gilt eagle decoration. Title in bright gilt on the spine. Some shelf wear at the head and foot of the spine and a couple of small white spots on the rear cover. Very Good- unclipped dust jacket ($2.50). There is a… Read More

D. Lothrop and Company, Boston, 1890. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . Good HB. 374 p.: frontis. Brown embossed cloth over boards with title on bright gold background on spine. Wear along the edges of the spine. Corners only slightly bumped. A little rust spotting from dampness. The aunt of Grace Livingston Hill, Alden was involved in the Chautauqua movement and mentored Hill. From the list of books: "Thousands upon thousands of families read her books every week, and the effect in the direction of right feeling, right thinking, and right living is incalculable." Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). 372 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; United States; 19th century; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 256. .

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1948. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Inscribed by Author. VG HB, missing DJ. Presentation inscription by Rundell: "To Miss Elda Colombo--/With my deepest and most sincere gratitude./I hope you consider/the result of your effort/worthwhile!/[sig]. Elda Colombo is identified in the Forward as a reference librarian at the Chicago Public Library who helped with research for the book. xi, 386 p.; 21 cm. Red cloth over boards. Corners a bit turned; wear at corners and top and bottom of spine. Text block is tight and unmarked; pages tanned from age. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 386 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 838. .

St. Padraic Press, Cincinnati, OH, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Signed by Author. Very Good hardback in Very Good DJ, now protected in Brodart mylar archival cover. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For [name] | All the best, | always. | [Sig] | 2002" Dark green cloth over boards with bright gilt title on spine. xx, 421 p.: map; 24 cm. Size: 9" -11" - Small Quarto (Sm. 4to). 421 pages. Text block is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners sharp. Unclipped DJ has a copper-colored sticker on the front panel noting the noting the book is ForeWard Manager's Book of the Year; the sticker is heavily worn. The texturing of the illustration on the jacket makes it hard to tell, there there are a couple of spots that show up on the inside of the jacket. One is about the size of a quarter at the top of the front panel; the other is about the size of a nickel at the top of the back panel. There is a little waviness to the top outside… Read More

N. G. Hamilton & Co, Cleveland, OH, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good- Condition. Illustrator: George Y. Coffin. Editor Gerald J. Prokopowicz, writing in Lincoln Lore, Number 1846, says the book “remains a treasure not nearly as well known as it deserves among those interested in the lives of Lincoln’s soldiers.” In his 2011 essay on “Si Klegg’s Civil War” on the Common Place website, Tyler Rudd Putnam calls Klegg “the best-loved fictional veteran of the Civil War” and “a favorite among both veteran and civilian audiences.”The book was written by Wilbur Hinman, who served for four years with the 65th Ohio Infantry, part of the Sherman Brigade, which, he writes in his preface, began the war with 1100 men and ended with 130. “The vivid memories of those four eventful years have supplied all the… Read More