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Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran , 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Paul Galdone. Cloth slightly faded and flecked, otherwise a fine copy of this play about the anti-slavery movement in kansas. In an excellent jacket (spine slightly faded, a bit frayed and creased at edges, tape in three places on verso, but very clean and solid. Faint old price on rear of last page.

Item Description: Twayne"s United States Authors Series, New York, New York, 1968. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine biography of Jesse Stuart. Book near mint except for one very tiny stain that penetrates the half title, title page and copyright page. jacket is fine with minor wear to spine ends and front corners. " jesse Stuart is a marvelously fecund writer, ignored by the serious literary critics, probably because his work lies outside the currently fashionable modes (1968). Yet millions of readers have read enthusiastically his poetry, fiction and autobiography. This volume is an attempt to describe and evaluate the totality of Stuart's work.

New York, New York: knopf-Borzoi Books, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two plays by Robert Nathan. Book with slightly faded spine near fine condition with bump to bottom of spine and slight fading to extremities. Bookplate of Ben R. Donaldson and inscription to collector Pat Magarick. Cover is price clipped with wear at bottom of spine and mild wear to bottom front.

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5x5.25. Sinclair Lewis was the first American to receive the Nobel prize for literature. Book in VG condition. Spine top and bottom has minor bumping. Book is square and has minor yellowing. Jacket is VG with some loss at spine ends and at the bottom of the front fold. Jacket ( not first state) is very presentable in it's repaired state. Published Feb. 1917. B-R on verso of title page.

London: Duckworth, 1929. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of 1275 copies signed by author. A fine unopened copy in an intact but rather faded, soiled and very slightly chipped jacket, reinforced on verso.Top of book block is gilded, fore-edge and bottom of book block is quite soiled.

About this Item: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1962. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is FINE in a near fine Priced (18s net) dust jacket with a few wrinkles on the front. Archie Bleeker, a young American, is thrown out of England, where he has been happily teaching English to half a dozen glossy black Somalis of great courtesy, eccentricity and enthusiasm. He goes out to Kojast, a small Principality on the mainland of Persia that neither the Shah nor the British government will admit owning, and is installed as Lecturer in English Literature. Book is quite interesting and would probably make a good 60's movie. Rare.

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. book unread, perfect, jacket fine, minor bump on top of spine and minor wear on corners. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book in VG condition, with bumped spine and modest tanning to end papers and paste downs as expected. Fine clear inscription to this presentation copy by author. Interior unmarked except for pencil notations on front paste down by a former bookseller. Jacket is VG bright price clipped and shows some wear to extremities, in tattered original glassine tissue. A very nice Nathan collectible

New York: The Limited Editions Club , 1987. First Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/Publishers Slipcase. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This edition consists of one thousand copied of which this is #539. The four wonderful surreal lithographs were drawn by the author Ionesco and were printed on Fabriano 'Unbria' by Erker Presse, Franz larese and Jurg Janett in St. Gallen , Switzerland. The paper was , made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia, Italy. The book is unread and unmarked and except to photograph it's contents, unopened. The Book is bound in fine creme parchment as is the printed jacket. The velvet lined slip case is bound in the same parchment except for the top and bottom edge which is fine red Morocco leather. The book starts with a conversation between Eugene Ionesco and Verena Heyden-Rumsch in paris in 1987, which has been translated by Barbara Wright. Ionesco has been quoted as saying about this and other plays and writings, " My sole concern is the constant… Read More

New York and Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is in as new condition, virtually flawless with a like jacket. Book is a FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING 2005. Protected in Mylar and never opened." On a visit to her childhood home in Texas, Julie Powell pulls her mother's battered copy of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking off the bookshelf. And the book calls out to her." Thus starts Julie's quest as beautifully portrayed by Meryl Streep in a movie of the same name. This book is a delight and a wonderful homage to one of my culinary hero's Julia Child. Book is a fine collectible and a must for any culinary library.

knopf-Borzoi Books, New York, New York, 1966. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Romeo and Juliet survive the ordeal in Verona and Robert Nathan's play about the happy couple, begins 10 years later. The book is in very fine condition and the jacket which is not price clipped ($3.95) is in VF condition. Imagine, if you will, that Shakespeare's young lovers of Verona survived their ordeal in the tomb and awake the next morning to the gray dawn. The famous couple have been living in exile and poverty, banished from their native Verona by an angry prince and disgruntled parents, The first bloom of love has passed. passion hs given way to boredom, romance to domesticity. The transformation of Romeo and Juliet into Mr, and Mrs Montague proving a happy vehicle in which to discuss a matter close to the hear: the strange peregrinations of love. A fine collectible of one of Robert nathans most imaginative plays.

1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Julip is the story of a bright and resourceful young woman of our times and the mixed horror and pleasure of much older lovers. It is about the recovery rater that the loss of innocence. the book consists of three novels; Julip the title story, the seven once Man continues the adventures of Brown Dog a scoundrel and ex-bible student with criminal tendencies and The Beige Dolorsosa which deals with the regeneration of a man destroyed by one of the latest of our national insanities, political correctness. Book is mint as is priced jacket ($ 21.95) and signed boldly by Harrison on the title page. A wonderful Harrison collectible, First edition, First Printing with full # line.

About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, New York, 2002. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is very fine in fine dust jacket. Book is unmarked and unread. The author Tim O'Brien is widely acclaimed as our finest chronicler of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. In this ambitious, compassionate, and terrifically compelling novel, this American master returns to his signature themes passion, memory and yearning in a brilliant ensemble piece, July, July. Winner of the National Book Award for his classic novel Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien strikes at the emotional nerve center of our lives. July, July speaks directly to our unique American character and to our unique resilience. This is an important book and should be in any complete library.

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Johathan Hunt (illustrator). 1st Edition. SIGNED by Rhoda Blumberg, the author on the half title page, First edition/first printing book is as new, with a minor bump at spine bottom, priced (15.395) jacket is as new. No one thought that the London Aoo's scrawny new elephant would become an international celebrity, or that his name would become a household word meaning bigger than big: JUMBO.Newbery Honor Book author Rhoda Blumberg has said, " Stories are enchanting, and for me, true stories from history are most enchanting. The mood of a special friendship is imparted by the authors telling and by Jonathan Hunt's expressive illustrations, which capture the flavor fo the late nineteenth century and the timeless appeal of Jumbo's story. Book is signed by the author. Signed by Author