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New York: Scribner's, 1946 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Same Date, Scribner's A on copyright page . Bright red boards in VG condition with gilt titles to front and spine. PO's signature on first fly leaf.Tight, white fingerprint smudges on the front and back boards, spine slightly faded and bumped. DJ has price of $3.00, with small tears at spine ends and slight wear at corners and edges. Beautiful drawing on DJ of Victorian scene. Collectible copy of this popular novel. History of a family in upstate New York in the 1860's. From DJ: "In this novel of conflicting wills and unbridled passions, Taylor Caldwell proves again her preeminence as a story -teller. Caldwell wrote her first novel at the age of 12.

VG
Spectacular vintage copy!
Devotional meditations for young people for every day of the calendar year tied into a nature scheme of mountains and high places.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1975 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. F/ VG Presumed First Edition This Hardcover is in Fine Condition, square with sharp corners and (very) slight discoloration on outside edge of unmarked olive boards with embossed black titles and train illustration. Brown cloth spine is pristine, strong and stiff, with gilt titles. Pages are crisp and unmarked, possibly never been read. Very nearly as new, besides the age of the text. Dust Jacket in very Good condition, slight shelf wear and chipping at edges of spine, 1/2 tear through authors name. Adorable photo of author as a young man on inside back jacket flap. "1855. Victoria firmly on her throne. War raging in the Crimea. And, in London, a masterpiece of crime- the most daring train robbery of the century... Once a month a train leaves London for Paris, laden with gold bullion for the British Army fighting in Russia. The carriage is guarded. The two safes are invulnerable - no way to break into them, four… Read More

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Press, 1984 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near Fine Book with VG + DJ. Printed in limited run by the Naval Institute Press. First Edition. Uniformly colored red cloth, silver spine lettering, submarine, hammer and sickle in blind on the front. 8 endorsements on back of DJ. Price cut. ISBN 0870212850 in silver on the back red cloth board. DJ is bumped along edges. Two 1 inch closed tears along edge on back. Tom Clancy's first novel. Solid, heavy book. Tight, clean copy. PO's name stamped on inside front cover. One of the finest reads of the past 35 years. Basis for film starring Sean Connery and Alex Baldwin..

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Press, 1984 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near Fine Book with VG + DJ. Printed in limited run by the Naval Institute Press. First Edition. Uniformly colored red cloth, silver spine lettering, submarine, hammer and sickle in blind on the front. 8 endorsements on back of DJ. Price cut. ISBN 0870212850 in silver on the back red cloth board. DJ is bumped along edges. Two 1 inch closed tears along edge on back. Tom Clancy's first novel. Solid, heavy book. Tight, clean copy. PO's name stamped on inside front cover. One of the finest reads of the past 35 years. Basis for film starring Sean Connery and Alex Baldwin..

New York : Bonanza, 1959 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/VG, Light yellow boards with colorful pictoral orange dust jacket. "Long accepted as the most comprehensive and accurate account of the greatest battle fought between the White Man and the Re, this fourth printing of Colonel Greaham's book has two noteworthy additions, - a facsimile of Custer's last message ( to Benteen); and a reproduction of the New York graphic sketch of the Custer battlefield as it appeared in 1877." General Hamilton S. Hawkins, late President fo the United States Cavalry Associtation wrote: "This book is a valuable military document and an instructive and intensely interesting tale that every soldier should have in his library, and that neither soldier nor civilian can put down, once he has started the reading of it" .

First Edition, Macmillan, seventh printing.NF with NF Original DJIllustrated by Willy Pogany
RARE DJ!Pictoral map end pages depicting Greece and the surrounding nations of the Mediterranean Sea.Greek Mythology cycling around Jason and the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden Fleece. The Golden Fleece is the fleece of the golden haired winged ram procured in Colchins. Also included is tales of the creation of Heaven and Earth, the labors of Hercules, Thesus,the Minotaur and more rousing adventures!

Doubleday Page & Co New York 1919. navy blue boards with gold gilt titles to front cover and spine, with some fading to gilt on spine. Corners slightly bumped and worn. 6 B & W illustrations. PO's library sticker inside front cover, and some light underlining with red pencil.

VG. Green pictoral covers with an Otter on the front. Full of colorfull pics!
This volume focuses on life in the world's oceans- on being born, living, dying.

New York: Abrams, 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NF/NF, Beautiful collection of Mitisse's work written by Dominique Foucade, noted authority on Matisse.Contributes a critical essay in which he clarifies what these years in Nice meant for the development of Matisse's art in the span between the great mural commissions from the Russians before World War I and the great commission for La danse for Dr. Albert Barnes in 1931. A full Catalogue (with entries compiled by Cowart, Fourcade, and assistant Curator Marla Price), a Concordance between the Album of Colorplates and the Catalogue, a List of Exhibitions, a Select Bibliography focused on Nice-period research, and more than 250 black-and-white illustrations round out a work in which original scholarship enhances great art. 406 illustration, including 188 plates in full color.Many rarely seen as well as many of his most famous works are superbly reproduced in these pages..

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. F/F Stated First Edition Hardcover black on black in Fine condition. Strong spine, fresh crisp pages. 384 pages. DJ in Fine condition, only mark is on the inside front top corner where the price is marled out with blue pen. The life of the "most trusted man in America" as told by he who lived it. 36 photographs included..

Dayton Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 1914 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed / Dedicated by Author(s). 1st Edition. NF/none , 1914. Light grey/tan boards with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Tight, clean edition, no marks or smells. Inscribed by author on the second page, "Congratulations, Alvina, Upon your graduation; And may you prove an honor to your town and state and nation. Your teacher when in the Infant class in sunday school, Lucy Y. Culler. See bottom of page 244 and 245. May 26, 1924 On page 244-245 there is a poem about the Infant Class : "They gave the Infant class to me, Which grew, and grew, and grew, As pure as heaven's dew. Their ages ran from two to eight, Just dots and dumplings some, While older ones drank in the truth. And all were glad to come. I scarce could wait till Sunday came To see them all again. with heads bowed low they looked at shoes Till prayer said, "Amen!" Their childish innocence and smiles, Their efforts, first, to sing....I taught this class ten… Read More