Oliver Wiswell

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Laid in is a 1-page ALS to author Carl Carmer, octavo, Kennebunkport, July 24, 1939, on Roberts' letterhead, thanking Carmer for an inscribed copy of his book, The Hudson, and remarking that "...those regional books are tough babies, and I think you did a tough job magnificently..." A fine copy… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc, 1940. First, limited, signed. Near Fine. Beautiful copy of a low number (83) copy of the limited two volume first edition Tan Buckram binding, with gilt titles on spines and blindstamped author's initials on covers, both in excellent condition slipcase as issued Volume 1 paginated to 411, Volume 2 continued pagination… Read more about this item

1940 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping show light edge wear. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Edge of text block tanned. Blue top edge faded. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is very worn with tears and chips as well as several tape repairs. Your purchase helps support our small village library. … Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran Co., 1940. First Edition. Limited Edition Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in brown buckram covered boards with beveled edge boards, gilt text stamping on the spines and gilt edges to the top edges of the text blocks. Neither volume has its original cellophane wrapper (which are… Read more about this item

Doubleday, New York, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. KENNETH ROBERTS. Oliver Wiswell in 2 volumes, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1940.Octavos, No. 817 of an edition of 1,000, pp. 411; 412-849, olive cloth boards with beveled edges, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped monograms on fronts, top edges gilt, some leaves… Read more about this item

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NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, first edition.. Two volumes, de luxe binding, TEG, full red leather, two gilt rules around front and back covers, spine with five raised bands with title, author, volume number, and date in gilt along with other gilt rules and decor, marbled endpapers with gilt decor around inside front and rear covers, with Thomas Buell's map… Read more about this item

First edition. No dust jacket. Blue fabric covered boards with darkening at the top of the front and the entirety of the spine. The title and author are embossed on the front and printed on the spine, but no idea what color that might have been. The fabric is gently worn, with one impact mark on the top front edge.… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, NY, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition. Illustrator: Grant Wood (Frontis). Book Signed by Author. A beautiful set of the Limited Edition in the original slipcover. Signed by Roberts on the limitation page at the front of Volume 1 and numbered #477 of 1,000 (plus 50 unnumbered copies).… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Produced in a limited edition of 1,50 copies, 1,000 of which were for sale, this being #566 and signed by the author on the colophon. 411, 415-849 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gold embossed titlinig to spine, top edge gilt, color maps illustrate the endpapers… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Blue topstain. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Colorful map-endpapers. 836pps. Stated First Edition (following a signed limited edition.) A previous owner's name is neatly penned in the upper corner of the front endpage. Also, the blue topstain is slightly… Read more about this item

first trade edition (after a limited edition) first printing hardcover (Doubleday Nov.22, 1940) in dust jacket; includes map end papers; no marks of any kind; little age tone; sound binding; clean cloth cover; little wear at spine ends and corners; dj edge wear: rubbing along folds, two short tears, small nicks at spine ends; flap price present (will furnish mylar… Read more about this item

INSCRIBED/SIGNED: first trade edition first printing hardcover edition in dust jacket inscribed to a prior owner then signed by Kenneth Roberts on the author's book plate affixed to the title page; in addition, laid in, is a note to the prior owner hand written by Roberts on his stationery; no prior owner marks; little age tone to text pages; sound… Read more about this item

Classic Kenneth Roberts American historical fiction, early Revolutionary War. Navy blue over boards, front blind-stamped titles; spine, stamped gold w/ graphic: 2 rifles, tree. Endpaper maps: Brooklyn 1776, Howe's Victory over Rebels, capture of New York; Buell's map, Virginia, Carolinas, Boone's Wilderness Road to Kentucky; detailed in red and blue. 22 cm. This story includes the dilemma of "loyalists" during… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 1050 signed and numbered copies printed, this being #719. Two volumes in the original bround cloth with gilt titles on spine. Lacking the original slipcase but doe come in a later buckram case. A Fine set with just a hint of light rubbing along the tops… Read more about this item

Milano, Mondadori, 1956, 8vo cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pp. 754.

Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, NY, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Wood, Grant (cover illustration). Book Signed by Author. VG+ HB in G+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. Stated first Trade Edition with an inscribed bookplate signed by Roberts pasted to the half-title page. 6 p., 1., 3-836 p. 22 cm.… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Inscribed on title page by Roberts: "For Carl J. Schmidlaff / with the fondest memories / Kenneth Roberts / Kennebunkport, Maine / November 18th, 1940." Minor rubbing to cloth. A very good copy in a bright unfaded dust jacket with a few tiny… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Copy #2 of 1050 copies signed by the author. Lovely copies. Although nothing in the books explicitly indicates as much, this set from the library of Nelson Doubleday.

OLIVER WISWELL, Angus & Robertson, 1941 first Australian edition, fine and bright in like dust-wrapper with 3 short closed tears to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. A brilliant copy almost like the day it was published with the publishers scarce wrap around band stating that this is "A Best- seller of Bestsellers - Within one month of publication,… Read more about this item