Philadelphia: J M Stoddart, 1879.
Illustrated by Arthur B Frost illustrations. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1/2" spine edge tear at tail, light edgewear, tone, front hinge 1/4" tear, otherwise light wear. Bookseller's label atop front pastedown: From C E Butler Bookseller and Stationer, 132 Market St, Wilkes-Barre PA. Solid... More about Random Shots
Boston: Printed for the author, 1848.
First Edition. Hardcover. Covers rubbed, light tone. Solid hardcover. ; Parody Lord Byron's Childe Harold. Satire of Harvard manners. Sabin 12728. Embossed cloth cover with gilt spine lettering. Canto I : III "It proved her ruin.) How this came to pass, Attended by what... More about Childe Harvard : A romance of Cambridge
Berkeley CA: Editorial Justa Publications, 1976.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library REBIND in hardcover with original paperback wraps laid down, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, pencil UNDERLINING, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Second novel by New Mexico author Rudolfo A Anaya, a highlight of modern Chicano literature. ; Ex-Library; 209 pages. More about Heart of Aztlan
Sarasota FL: Starbooks Press, 1998.
Illustrated by David Mott cover art. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Light curl, slight wear. Crisp trade paperback. ; "Follow young Kevin, the handsome boy next door, as he steps from the provincial world of his youth into the seductive circle of Dieter and... More about Someone Bought the House on the Island : a dream journal
San Antonio TX: Naylor Company, 1965.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear; Dust Jacket taped tears, lightt wear. Solid hardcover. ; Epic poem of life and death on a family farm by Texas poet. INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper.; 58 pages; Signed by Author. More about To Whom The Earth Belongs
Richmond VA: Dietz Press, 1938.
Hardcover. Foxing, owner's name stamp, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 2" tears with creasing and chipping, spine sun, rub, wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Included in this memorial edition are his bet known and best loved works together with a number of hitherto unpublished sketches found... More about The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1924.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Ex lending library stamps/marks, toned, front hinge starting, gutter starting, clipped flaps description glue to front endpaper, light cock, later owner's stamp, wear. Worn but still serviceable reading copy hardcover.; "In its essence, the book is a remarkable study... More about Rapture
New York: The Smart Set Publishing Company, 1903.
Illustrated by Rollin G Kirby illustrations. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Front free endpaper REMOVED, cocked, note on half-title page, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; 1942 SIGNED typed letter signed (TLS) laid in, about author's play "The Pharisee". Boston-born Harvard... More about The Congressman's Wife : A Story of American Politics
New York: Vanguard Press, 1947.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fraying to spine head and tail, wear to bottom corners, tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket heavily chipped, tears to both flap edges with front flap nearly detached, toned, worn. Solid hardcover. ; First printing, with no additional printings on... More about The Victim
New York: Corsair Press, 1967.
Trade Paperback. Cover tone, bottom corner bumped, light page tone, light wear. Solid trade paperback.; SIGNED "With all best wishes - Rex Benedict" on front flyleaf. "Modern examples of the author-turned-printer are not uncommon. A few years ago in New York City Rex Benedict set... More about Fantasano : A Romance
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1992.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Remainder mark, edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket light rub, light foxing, light wear. Crisp hardcover.; "When his balancing act between public duty and private need comes apart, first in a trip to Vietnam during the wear... More about Almost History : A Novel
Boston: James H West, 1903.
First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth stains, edgewear, light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Geoffrey D Smith; American Fiction 1901-1925: A Bibliography; B-974. "By no means as prolific as other prose-writers, Raymond Bridgman published one the movement's only novels, Loyal Traitors. The story... More about Loyal Traitors : A Story of Friendship for the Filipinos
Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publishers, 1900.
Illustrated by Joseph Christian [J C] Leyendecker. Hardcover. Light cock, spine head 1/4" chip, bottom edge well foxed, light tone and random foxing, 1902 Christmas gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Tuscaloosa-born author's novel of Reconstruction Era in Alabama. "Mrs Annie Greene... More about Fireside Battles : A Story
New York: Covici Friede, 1934.
Illustrated by DJ art by Victoria Hutson. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dampstained and wrinkled upper half of cover and text (old damage with no mustiness), spotting to rear endpaper, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket dampstained upper half, edges well chipped, spine darkening, wear. Solid... More about Lift Up The Glory
New York: Carlton Press Corp, 1995.
Hardcover. Light shelfwear, DJ edgewear & sm tears. Solid copy. "From the brink of death, the author rediscovers life and invites the reader to join him in his journey." DJ contains typo "a" instead of "the" on both front cover and spine. Book spine... More about Poetry For The Lost Soul
New York: Exposition Press, 1951.
Hardcover. Endpaper foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket rubbed, small chips, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First Novel, set in the Ohio River Valley. "Reflecting the courage and exuberance of youth itself, Olive Carr's novel offers a classic portrayal of restless young people led... More about Tracks on the River : A Novel
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1949.
Hardcover. Light cock, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Novel, originally serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, set in the Pines of New Jersey, where a black woman is raising a white adolescent. ; 258 pages. More about Midnight Boy
New York: Arno Press, 1972.
Reprint. Hardcover. Light endpaper foxing, light cock, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Facsimile Reprint of Chivers' 1851 work. ; The Romantic Tradition in American Literature; 166, (2) pages. More about Eonchs Of Ruby : A Gift of Love
New York: Arno Press, 1972.
Reprint. Hardcover. Light endpaper foxing, light cock, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Facsimile Reprint of the 1942 Research Classics facsimile reprint with biographic sketch of Chivers' 1853 work. ; The Romantic Tradition in American Literature; 132 pages. More about Virginalia or Songs of my Summer Nights : A Gift of Love for the Beautiful
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 18731.
Illustrated by Frontispiece. Hardcover. Well cocked, edgeworn, light tone, random foxing, some gutter weakness, otherwise light wear. Still solid and serviceable hardcover. ; Not listed in Lyle H Wright's American Fiction; too early for Grimes, Novels in English by American Women, although later... More about Only Ned : or Grandma's Message
Totowa NJ: Humana Press, 1993.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; SIGNED by author on title page! Vox Humana series. "David Cope's fourth collection, Coming Home, binds together the two major strands of his life and art. In poem after poem, Cope is... More about Coming Home
Totowa NJ: Humana Press, 1998.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; SIGNED by author on title page! "David Cope's fifth book, Silences for Love, is "framed in elegies, prophet Martin King to old friend Allen Ginsberg, opening with lights, fading and flaring over... More about Silences For Love : Poems
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913.
Illustrated by Stanley M Arthurs. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, small bump at top of rear cover, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket light spine sun, small tears and chipping to spine head and tail, light staining to rear panel, 1/2" tear and... More about The Impeachment of President Israels
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Later rebind in cloth with gilt spine title and rulings, light tone, owner's pencil signature on title page, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; First Edition, First printing, Second state. Two litho frontispieces printed by Sarony, Major... More about Acadia : or, A month with the blue noses
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1910.
Illustrated by Portrait Frontispiece. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Rear cover rubbed, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Aimée Isabella Crocker (December 5, 1864 – February 7, 1941) was an American princess, mystic, Bohemian, and author. She was known for her cultural exploration of... More about Moon-Madness and Other Fantasies