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Rabbit, Run

by Updike, John

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New York: Knopf, 1960. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Pale blue boards with a green cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in silver and gilt; the front panel, in silver. Blue topstain. 307pps. Stated First Edition. There is a bit of mottling to the topstain and the board edges are faintly faded. Otherwise clean, bright and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The first-issue dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest general edgewear with chipping to the spine-ends (affecting the 'R' in Rabbit) and the white, rear panel is lightly soiled. The original price (4.00) is intact on the front flap. A presentable copy of Updike's classic.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...'Rabbit, Run' is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his -- or any other -- generation. Its hero is Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and… Read More
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Raditzer

by Matthiessen, Peter

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New York: Viking, 1961. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue paper-covered boards quarterbound in ivory cloth. Blue topstain. 152pps. There is a light touch of sunning to the board edges. Also, there is a pencil-erasure and a faint sticker shadow on the ffep. Otherwise excellent: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear or previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has shallow rubbing wear to the tips and the spine-ends and light rubbing to the gloss along the gutters. There is a 1/4" closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Overall, a nice, presentable copy of this, the author's third novel. "...This story dramatizes the old truth, that the evil in some men drives out the good in others -- but who can be sure what is good and what is evil? Raditzer was a dreg of a man, braggart and thief, foul-mouthed; there was something unholy about him. Everyone on the ship carrying troops to the Pacific avoided him.… Read More
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The Raven

The Raven

by Landesman, Peter

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Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Baskerville Publishers, Incorporated, 1995. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully bound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Silver endpapers. 356pps. Very mild and indistinct bumping to a couple of tips, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear or previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed; no chips or tears. The original price is intact. A very nice copy. "...On a foggy summer day in 1941, 36 people set out in a boat for a pleasure cruise off the coast of Maine. They are never seen alive again, and their vessel, 'The Raven', is never found. Landesman uses this true story as a basis for his eerie, intriguing first novel, telling the tale of a community torn apart by mistrust and tragedy..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. ISBN:… Read More
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The Regulars : The American Army, 1898-1941
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The Regulars : The American Army, 1898-1941

by Coffman, Edward M

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Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Belknap / Harvard, 2004. As New in an As New dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. [vi] + 519pps., with numerous illustrations. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is equally fine. ".In 1898, the American Regular Army was a small frontier constabulary engaged in skirmishes with Indians and protesting workers. Forty-three years later, in 1941, it was a large modern army ready to wage global war against the Germans and the Japanese. In this definitive social history of America's standing army, military historian Edward Coffman tells how that critical transformation was accomplished." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover.
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Remembering Lauren Bacall 1924 - 2014
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Remembering Lauren Bacall 1924 - 2014

by Time - Life (editors)

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In As New condition. Bound in full gray cloth with raised bands on the spine. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are lushly stamped in gilt. Pictorial pastedown to the front cover. All page-edges are gilt. Brown moire silk endpapers with a matching ribbon bookmark. 78 pages, abundantly illustrated. First Printing. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks of Books. 42-T.
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Requiem For Idols

Requiem For Idols

by Lofts, Norah

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New York: Knopf, 1938. Very Good in a Good+ dustjacket. Blue and green boards. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in white. Blue topstain. 213pps. Stated First American Edition. Rubbing wear to the extremities and a small, faint soil-mark on the fore-edge. Internally, there is a tidy gift inscription and a previous owner's bookplate on the ffep. The binding is sound and square, the pages are clean and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a loss of 1/2" at either spine-end and shallow chipping at the tips; the original price is intact. A nice copy in a decent jacket. "...Here are three women. Once -- not so very long ago -- they were three little girls in Holland frocks, enjoying blackberrying and swinging on gates. They meet again for a short time as adults when their very different paths cross. In the interval one of them, in unusual circumstances, has committed a murder of mercy and thwarted her own life in order to atone: another has discovered… Read More
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The Return of The King : Being the Third Part of The Lord of The Rings

The Return of The King : Being the Third Part of The Lord of The Rings

by Tolkien, J. R. R

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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1984. In Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo, with salmon silk moire endpapers and a, sewn-in, matching ribbon bookmark. 440pps. There is a slight waviness to the bottom edge of the first several pages (as if from dampness); this flaw is unobtrusive and quite minimal. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. An excellent copy. Full-color frontispiece by Michael Hague. Includes a large, folded map of Rohan, Gondor and Mordor -- laid in. ".As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn… Read More
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The Rhythm of The Redman

by Buttree, Julia M

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New York: Barnes and Company, 1930. Near Fine in a Very Good- dustjacket. Bound in full tan cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in red. Quarto. 280pps., lavishly illustrated. There is mild bumping and rubbing to the spine-ends and to the lower tips. Also, a previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the ffep. Otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages, of coated stock, are immaculate; no reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a loss to the bottom 1" of the spine, as well as modest chipping at the head of the spine, the tips, and at the top of the front panel. Rubbing along the gutters and the flap-folds. The original price is intact. Introduction by Ernest Thompson Seton. ".The author spent years among the Indians collecting material for this volume and now presents much information not available elsewhere. Mr. Seton is well known for his accurate knowledge of Indian Art and his contribution to the book adds materially… Read More
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Ride The Wild Trail

Ride The Wild Trail

by Brand, Max

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in silver. Octavo. 249pps. There is mild rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing -- with modest wear at the extremities and the folds; there is, also, a small closed tear at the heel of the spine. The original price is intact. An excellent copy of this Brand classic, the first time published in book form. "...Don Grier was a boy when he set out on the long journey through the wilderness with a brutal and vindictive taskmaster. Three months later, when the two finally reached Chalmer's Creek, the ordeal had given Don the toughness and the fighting skills of a man. He would need them both, he soon found out, if he was to survive the gunman's… Read More
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The Rifle In America

by Sharpe, Philip B

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New York: Morrow, 1938. Very Good+ in the publisher's pebbled maroon cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. 641pps., plus numerous black-and-white plates. Stated First Edition. No dustjacket. There is modest rubbing wear to the spine-ends and to the upper tips. The date 12-2-39 is neatly penned in the upper corner of the ffep. and some lower page-corners are mildly bent. Otherwise excellent: clean and bright. The binding is square and tight; both hinges are fine. SIGNED by the author with 'Greetings, Mr. Shooter' on the ffep. With an introduction by Julian S. Hatcher. "...To every red-blooded American the rifle is a weapon with a deep and romantic appeal. The rifle was developed from a mechanical monstrosity into a marvel of precision by our pioneer forefathers of colonial days, and had no small share in gaining them their freedom. In fact, it was the War of the American Revolution that first brought the rifle prominently before the eyes of the world as… Read More
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Right As Rain
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Right As Rain

by Pelecanos, George P

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2001. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gray boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 332pps. There is a remainder mark to the edge of the textblock, otherwise as new: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is flawless; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...Derek Strange is an ex-cop who now runs his own private detective agency. The mother of a young police officer killed by another cop hires him to clear up the lingering doubts surrounding her son's death. Although Terry Quinn, the other cop, has been cleared in the official investigation, his guilt torments him. After Strange interviews him, Quinn joins the investigation, even though in part he is investigating himself and whether his own prejudices led him to pull the trigger. Strange and Quinn seek their answers in the darkest… Read More
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The Risk Pool
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The Risk Pool

by Russo, Richard

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1988. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt; the front board in blue. Quarto. 479pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light crinkling at the extremities; the original price (19.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. Russo's second novel, following 'Mohawk.' A flyer from the signing event has been laid in. ".The focus is on Sam Hall, a hell-raising, gambling sport who returns from the battlefields of World War II only to abandon his nervous wife, Jenny, and newborn baby, Ned. But a few years later, when the irresponsible Sam pops up and shanghais the boy -- managing to give him the world's worst case of poison ivy in the process -- the real war between the Halls… Read More
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River, Cross My Heart
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River, Cross My Heart

by Clarke, Breena

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Near Fine in cherry-red wraps, trade-sized (pb). There is a shallow crease in the upper corner of the front cover. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. An excellent copy of the author's first novel. ".A remarkable new writer makes her debut -- with a novel of tragedy and triumph in the life of an African American family in Georgetown, circa 1925. Six-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomoc River in the shadow of an apparently haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters. In scenes alive with emotional truth, River, Cross My Heart weighs the effect of Clara's absence on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city, to which they have moved in search of a better life for themselves and their children; the friends and relatives of the Bynum… Read More
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The Road To Gandolfo
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The Road To Gandolfo

by Shepherd, Michael (Robert Ludlum)

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New York: The Dial Press, 1975. Fine in Very Good+ dustjackets. Orange boards. The spine is stamped in red. Octavo. Burgundy endpapers. 258pps. Stated First Printing. This is an excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, bright, square, and soundly bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjackets (which include two of three varients: the purple one and the jacket with the cigar-smoking Pope Francesco I), are slightly yellowed on their white rear panels and each has a small crease in the rear flap. The original price (7.95) is intact on both jackets.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "The Principal Cast: General Mackenzie Hawkins, legend, hero, rogue. Sam Devereaux, bright young lawyer from Harvard, now in the army, can't wait to get out. General Hawkin's four ex-wives, a quartet of incredibly endowed women who've formed a club: Hawkin's Harem. The Premise: Kidnap… Read More
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The Road to Wellville : A Personally Conducted Journey to the Land of Good Health By the Route of Right Living

by Post, Charles William

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Battle Creek, Michigan: The Postum Cereal Company, 1926. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in the publisher's mustard-yellow wraps. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in black. [xi] + 103pps., with a full-color frontispiece by Myron Perley and numerous diagrams and decorations. There are a couple of faint indentations and light edgewear to the outer wraps. Also, there is a slight lean to the spine. Otherwise clean, bright, and soundly bound. The pages are immaculate; no previous ownership markings. Printed on De Coverly Rag Laid. Basis of the 1993 T. C. Boyle novel of the same name (and, later, the film directed by Alan Parker). Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos, comprehensive, can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Original Wraps. 41-A.
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The Rocky Mountains : Third Volume in the American Mountain Series

by Atwood, Wallace W

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New York: Vanguard Press, 1945. [1945]. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full beige cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in red and black. Octavo. Brown topstain and beige endpapers. 324pps., with numerous photos and illustrations and a fold-out map. There is a modest amount of dustspotting to the cloth, otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound; the pages are unaffected by said spotting. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing and soiling and a small (1/4") tear at the top of the front panel; the original price (3.75) is intact. Nicely SIGNED and inscribed by the noted geologist, geographer, and educator, in his florid script, to the original owner on the title-page. ".This is more than a book. It is a memorable, exciting adventure -- an adventure for the amateur naturalist, for the armchair traveler, and for every lover of our mountain ranges and the great American West. In this… Read More
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Roll Shenandoah

by Lancaster, Bruce

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Boston: Atlantic Little, Brown & Company, 1956. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in black. Shenandoah Valley map-endpapers. 316pps. There is a bit of a roll to the spine and there is some very light dustspotting atop the textblock. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous owner's markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has faint spotting, light general edgwear, and modest chipping at the tips. The original price is intact. Overall, a nice clean copy.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>I</big>t was July, 1864. Deep in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, there would shortly begin a struggle which could give the advantage in the Civil War to either side. Opposing the veteran campaigners led by the South's Jubal Early was a dispirited collection of Union troops. But they would be caught up and set ablaze the the whirling drive of a… Read More
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Romney (and Other New Works about Philadelphia)
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Romney (and Other New Works about Philadelphia)

by Wister, Owen (Butler, James A., editor)

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University Park, PA, U.S.A.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full, light blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Marbled blue endpapers. 259pps., with 10 full-page illustrations and a frontispiece of the subject. There is a very slight splay to the front board, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new. SIGNED and dated by the editor -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. <br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Owen Wister is known to most Americans as the creator of the heroic cowboy in The Virginian (1902). Despite his success as a Western novelist, Wister's failure to write about his native city of Philadelphia has been lamented by many for the loss of a literary 'might-have-been.' If only, sighed Wister's contemporary Elizabeth Robins Pennell in 1914, the novelist… Read More
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Roots (The Saga of an American Family)
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Roots (The Saga of an American Family)

by Haley, Alex

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1976. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Brown boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in brown and gilt. 587pps. Stated First Edition. There is mild bumping to the lower tips, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket -- glossy in a mylar sleeve and first-state with Haley standing, hands in pockets (no briefcase) -- is lightly rubbed at the tips; there are, also, a couple of short, closed tears at the top of the front panel. No chipping or soiling. The original price is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".When he was a boy in Henning, Tennessee, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about their family -- stories that went back to her grandparents, and their grandparents, down through the generations all the way to a man she called 'the African.' She said he had lived across the ocean near what he called the… Read More
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Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner
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Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner

by Toole, F. X.

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New York: Ecco, 2000. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Purple boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Beige endpapers. 237pps. First Printing. There is a small, black dot atop the textblock, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; no chips, soiling or tears. The original price (23.00) is intact on the front flap. One of the short stories, "Million $$$ Baby" is the source material for the Academy Award-winning film starring Hilary Swank and directed by Clint Eastwood.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Seventy-year-old F. X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing. In these powerful and moving tales, he reveals a complex web of athletes, trainers, and promoters and their extended families, all players in an… Read More
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