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Hanover: University Press of New England, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good-. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which is chipped, soiled, rubbed. Frank Bryan's first book. He has since become a noted author on the politics of Vermont. scarce in the first edition. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/good. Later printing. Tthin margin of sunning to front cover, light wear to tips and corners; wear to jacket tips, corners and edges, some creasing, rubbing.Second printing of April 1961. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: New York University Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket. Gift inscription of 1943, top edge darkened else clean and unmarked; no jacket. Map present: no tears, splits or markings. First printing, no others noted. Dixon Ryan Fox was a historian. A professor of history at Columbia University. He later became the president of Union College, Albany. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. The jacket is priced clipped, esle about As New in all respects. First printing, full number line. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Roger Swain, host of the PBS television series The Victory Garden, said North Hill Garden “is of such quality and diversity that it rivals any in Europe. But there is nothing derivative about North Hill; it is American gardening at its best." The New York Times said that this Vermont garden “blends the deep pleasures of a New England homestead — meat and fresh vegetables are raised on the land — with the passion of two inveterate plant collectors who filled their south-facing slope with tens of thousands of trees, shrubs, ground covers and bulbs, many of which were not supposed to survive a Vermont winter.” Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. Much wear to the book, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper, page edges spotted, with wear to tips, corners and edges of jacket, chipping at spine, creases, short closed tears, soiled, price-clipped. True first edition, first printing with "A" and seal on copyright page. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Good. tips and corners show light wear. Essays on country subjects by an English Reformer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. Later printing (2) Much wear to tips, corners and edges of book and much more to jacket which is rubbed, spine faded, chipped, creased, several short tears. Inscribed by the author to James Lee (James Wideman Lee II, 1906-1999) son of the founder and partner in Ivy Lee and T. J. Ross, public relations counselors. From James Lee's Dorset, Vermont library. Second impression. A reminisence of the legendary motion picture maker by one of his closest assistants. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1972. Hardcover. VG/VG . spotting to covers, front endpaperand page edges; jacket tips, corners and edges worn, light creasing, soiling and rubbing to panels. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Schocken Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. spine sunned; light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, some rubbing; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Little, Brown , 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. About As New in all respects. First printing, full number line. Alexie's memoir of his oftentimes fraught relationship with his mother, "a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship."--from the flap. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Dial Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to the book, clean and unmarked; jacket is wrinkled on the front panel with a few short closed tears. First printing stated, no others noted. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: George H Doran Company, 1919. First U.S.. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Stuart C. Taylor, (jacket & cover illustration). light wear to spine tips, previous owner's name to front endpaper; jacket is chipped at corners, tips and along top edge rear panel with a loss of most of Hugh Walpole's name, jacket is priced. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. From Wikipedia: "Ashford wrote the novel at the age of nine, in 1890, in an exercise book. Full of spelling mistakes, each chapter was also written as a single paragraph. Many years later, in 1917 and aged 36, Ashford rediscovered her manuscript languishing in a drawer, and lent it to Margaret Mackenzie, a friend who was recovering from influenza. It passed through several other hands, before arriving with Frank Swinnerton, a novelist who was also a reader for the publishing house of Chatto and Windus. Largely due to Swinnerton's enthusiasm for this piece of juvenilia, the book was published almost… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Thus. Hardcover. VG+/VG. light wear to tips & corners, spotted page edges; scratches to rear panel, light creasing to edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.