Search Results: By Year Of Issue / 1940s from Books Tell You Why, Inc.

New York: Creative Age Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1947. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good+ condition, minor soiling to boards and pages in little edge-worn and chipped dust-jacket. George R. Peterson Lincolnia plate to front pastedown; This book tells the story of Abraham Lincoln from his childhood to his time as President of the United States. It covers his life in detail, from his upbringing in Kentucky to his time as a lawyer and politician in Illinois. The book also covers his work as President, including his efforts to end the Civil War and Reconstruction.; 661 pages .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1943. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. A later edition in near fine condition. There are navy boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The clean interior is free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. Set is missing slipcase; Handsome four volume set, with 426 half-tones of photographs and 244 cuts of cartoons, letters, and documents ; Photographs, cartoons; 8vo; 660, 655, 673, 515 pages .

Chicago: The Lakeside Press. Very Good+. 1948. Hardcover. A very good plus edition with tightly bound pages. There is an In Memoriam stamp on the front flyleaf; This book is a collection of short stories about people who travel across the plains in the 1800s.; Black and White; 18mo; ix-xlv, 170 pages .

Indianapolis And New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. c1948. First Edition; First Printing. An edition Very Good condition with some page edge soiling and general agewear in a Good dust-jacket that is worn around the creases and chipped and torn around the trim; The combined story of George Dewey, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Winfield Scott Schley and William Thomas Sampson; 8vo; 354 pages .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good in Good dust jacket. c1942. Hardcover. Good condition with soiling and edgewear to the boards and pages in an alike dust-jacket with the edges of the foldovers clipped, scuffing, and chipping and tearing to the trim; The story of American tropical medicine. The epic of the men from Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and William Gorgas . to the doctors of today who are waging war on death and disease in the American tropics; 8vo; 372 pages; FSA .

Cleveland, OH, and New York: The World Publishing Company. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [1946]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition / first printing in Good+ condition with lightly soiled boards, bumped corners, rubbed dusty edges, penned annotations on several pages, and slightly loose spine in Fair dust jacket with considerable chipping to edges and panel creases, large tear to lower back panel edge and smaller tear to front lower edge; A remarkable anthology of stories, tales, and ballads from the Old West ; B & W Illustrations; 8vo ; 595 pages .

New York And London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1945. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. A third edition in Very Good condition with bumped corners, soiling and edgewear in a Good dust-jacket with heavy edgewear, separation, soiling and chipping. Previous owner's name is inked on flyleaf. The hinge of the spine is starting to separate and top and bottom edges are stamped; This book is the literary debut of Emily Dickinson, and it tells the story of her family and their textile business. The book is full of Dickinson's beautiful poetry, and it is a must-read for anyone interested in her life and work.; 8vo; 464 pages .

Boston: The Pilgrim Press. Good in Good dust jacket. c1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Good condition with a previous owner's name inked on the front endpaper in an alike dust-jacket with general edgewear and numerous small chips near the spine; Arts which have prevailed through the ages and have increased in significance in todays worship. Focusing on the essential differences and underlying unities beween various worships; 8vo; 146 pages; FSA .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition housed in a very good+ dust jacket. The book has some tanning to the front paste downs and wear of the hardback with a starting spine hinge. All four corners of the dust-jacket are price-clipped ; ; 304 pages .

New York: Venture Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. Very Good- in a Good dust-jacket. Minor dust-staining of edges of text-block. Minor age-toning to pages. Owner's name on the ffep in blue ink. Numerous nicks and chips, primarily at head and tail of spine of the dust-jacket. A bit of shelf-wear and rubbing primarily to back-panel; Blind-stamped circle at bottom-left of back-cover indicates that the volume is a book club edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages .

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good. 1948. Original Cloth. A Very Good copy, slightly rubbed blue cloth with prior owner notation pencilled on front end page, limited signs of foxing ; Among the great body of readers there must be many to whom Shakespeare is little more than a name and many other to whom he is more, but who sometimes lack the time or the inclination to tread throughout even one of the plays. It is my hope that this book may make conveniently accessible to such persons and others a representative and substantial portion of Shakespeare's work. (from the foreword) ; 12mo; FSA .

New York: Chanticleer Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Attractive edition in Very Good+ condition, offsetting to endpapers in little torn dustjacket; This book is a guide to mountaineering with a color camera. It covers the basics of technical climbing, field photography, and color management. The book is written for beginning mountaineers and provides solid advice on how to get the most out of your camera and climbing experience.; Color Photographs; 155 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A Near Fine first edition/first printing with a little sunning along the top edge in a price-clipped, little soiled, Very Good- dust-jacket with previous owner's sticker on front flap; Richmond in the 1860s was a beleaguered city. The Confederate military was entrenched in the city and the Union Army was trying to dislodge them. The city was also plagued by poverty and disease. Alfred Hoyt Bill tells the story of Richmond in the 1860s from the perspective of its citizens.; 313 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Second Printing. Cloth. A Very Good second printing with sunning to the edgeworn and aged boards in an edgeworn alike dust-jacket; Time period 1861-65. Saga of the Capital of the Confederacy; her heroes, her gallant women, her wounded, her traitors, her prisoners - throughout the war years; 8vo; 313 pages; FSA .

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with damp staining to rear board and previous owner's signature to front pastedown in Good dust jacket with edgewear, rubbing, chipping to upper spine, and damp staining to rear panel; Bethel Merriday is the story of a young girl's journey to find her faith and find her place in the world. She is forced to leave her home and family to journey to a new land, where she must learn to survive in a new culture. Along the way, she finds herself reunited with her estranged father, and learns the importance of family and friendship.; 8vo; 390 pages .

New York: Howell, Soskin, Publishers. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing of a First Edition in Fine condition in a Near Fine dust-jacket with some wear along the spine; ; B & W Photographs; 8vo; 318 pages .

New York: The MacMillan Company. Very Good. 1949. Third Printing. Hardcover. A Later printing in Very Good condition, scuffing and edgewear, pages little tanned; The story of the sinking of the Bismarck during the 2nd World War. Contains maps and illlustrations; 219 pages .

Dorrance & Company, Inc.. Near Fine. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, first printing with light tanning on the title page. There is some obvious rubbing and discoloration to the covers. The book is signed, inscribed and dated by the author directly on the front flyleaf; ; 8vo; 288 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine. 1949. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. First edition/Seventh printing in Near Fine condition with some soiling to the boards and page edges as well as some rubbing to the spine. Vol. 1 contains maps of near eastern and Chinese kiln sites. Housed in a Very Good- slipcase with chipping, rubbing and edgewear. Vol. 1: [i-vi] vii-x [xi- xii] xiii-xvi, 1-558, [2] pp. ; Vol. 2: [6], 559-1158 pp; Cox's Book of Pottery and Porcelain covers the broad spectrum of ceramic arts across the globe spanning human history; Vol. 1/2/2024; B & W Photographs; 8vo .

Philadelphia: David McKay Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. c1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good+ first edition/first printing in a Very Good-, little chipped dust-jacket; Admiral Halsey is one of the most legendary figures in American naval history. His story is both inspiring and harrowing, as he led America's naval forces through some of the most dangerous moments of the Second World War. Born to Fight is the definitive biography of this remarkable man, and tells the story of a man who never hesitated to face danger head-on.; 8vo; 208 pages .