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New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper. The edges of the text block have some spots of foxing. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing, along with spots of color loss that appear to be due to stickers being removed. The rear panel of the dust jacket has some generalized toning. .

New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good+. 1928. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Third or later edition, with code (1) on page 347 and all errors in text fixed. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt." (from Wikipedia) .

New York: Worthington Company. Very Good. 0. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing, along with spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean, but noticeably toned due to the acid content of the paper. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. .

New York: Harlequin. Very Good. 2000. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0373833679 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is one small chip to the top front cover of the book and some light rubbing and beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This is a trade edition (not book club edition). This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edgewear and bumping to the spine ends and corners, along with some light wrinkling and nicking. "Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 – February 8, 2008) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels. Born in Japan to American parents in 1903, she spent her early years in Asia. A rarity for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic settings. Although she was often described as a Gothic novelist, a review in The New York Times even dubbing her "The Queen of the American… Leer más

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and a small chip to the bottom front spine joint. "His most famous comic creations are his short stories, begun in the late 1940s, about the rivalry between Don Camillo, a stalwart Italian priest, and the equally hot-headed Peppone, Communist mayor of a Po River Valley village in the "Little World." These stories were dramatized on radio, television and in films, most notably in the series of films featuring Fernandel as Don Camillo." (from Wikipedia) .

New York, NY: The Century Co.. Very Good-. 1916. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book looks almost identical to the First Edition, but has a date of 1916 on the title page (in Roman Numerals). This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine of the book has fading and rubbing, along with some darkening and one spot of discoloration. The front and rear covers have several spots of discoloration and ground-in dirt. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name on the rear cover of the book, and also on the front pastedown page and again on the rear pastedown page. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there are spots of discoloration or foxing. There are also two l handwritten notations (short) on the front pastedown page. The rear pastedown page has a tipped on ticket, and… Leer más

Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Company. Very Good+. 0. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the bottom spine end. There is a full cover pictorial pastedown on the front cover of the book. The pictorial cover has one small edge tear and some beginning rubbing and wear to the left side. There is white lettering and illustration on the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. "L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914) , a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. She began writing at 17 and produced over 280 books in her lifetime, being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared… Leer más

New York: A. Wessels Company. Very Good+. 1907. Early printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book covers are mostly clean and bright. There is some light rubbing to the front cover of the book. The spine of the book has some fading and the lettering on the spine is mostly rubbed off. The text pages are clean and bright. "Frank Norris's work often includes depictions of suffering caused by corrupt and greedy turn-of-the-century corporate monopolies. [17][18] In The Octopus: A California Story, the Pacific and Southwest Railroad is implicated in the suffering and deaths of a number of ranchers in Southern California. At the end of the novel, after a bloody shootout between farmers and railroad agents at one of the ranches (named Los Muertos) , readers are encouraged to take a "larger view" that sees that "through the welter of blood at the irrigating ditch ... The great harvest of Los… Leer más

New York: Heinemann Octopus. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 090571217X . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light rubbing to the spine ends. "Morris Langlo West AO (26 April 1916 – 9 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959) , The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. In The Shoes of the Fisherman he described the election… Leer más

New York, NY: Triangle Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean, though there is some generalized toning due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has a couple of small to smallish edge tears, and there are spots of bumping and chipping to the corners and spine ends. "Baldwin's writing career began in earnest when her first novel, Mavis of Green Hill, was published in 1921 by Boston publisher Small, Maynard & Company. Six years later, in 1927, she sold her first serial to a magazine, Good Housekeeping. This led to more serials for "women's magazines" that published romance novels as six-part serials, and her popularity with the middle-class and working women audience… Leer más

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good+. 1925. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The paper spine label has noticeably toning, and spots of rubbing and wear. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping, rubbing and light wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdom's most popular writers. Henry James said, "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, as the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and at 41, its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded for the British Poet Laureateship and several times for a knighthood, but declined both. Following his death in 1936, his ashes were interred at Poets' Corner, part of the South Transept of… Leer más

New York, NY: Pollard and Moss. Good. 1888. Early Reprint. Paperback. This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Good only condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have several edge tears, nicks and chips missing. There are large chips missing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is some light generalized toning throughout. "Her first novel, The White House by the Sea (1857) was an immediate success, reprinted several times, pirated in the United States, and in print for forty years. Matilda studied French and German abroad and then settled with her sister in Suffolk to manage the farm which had belonged to her father. Not content, however, with purely rural occupations, she contributed from time to time to Household Words, having the advantage at this time of the friendship of Charles Dickens and an early association with Charles and Mary Lamb, friends of her mother. On… Leer más

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good. 1904. Early Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The spine of thebook has some beginning fading. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. The bottom edge of the text block has a dribble of ink. "From 1897 to 1901 Duncan was on the staff of The New York Evening Post. After 1900, he lived mainly in the United States. In 1902, Duncan was appointed professor of rhetoric at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, a position he held until 1906, when he became adjunct professor of English literature at the University of Kansas. Duncan made several trips to Newfoundland and Labrador, which he then used as a setting for some of his books, including Doctor Luke of the Labrador, a novel featuring a thinly veiled… Leer más

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1940. Early printing. Hardcover. This is an early printing, but is lacking the letter A on the copyright page, so is not a first edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear pastedown covers have generalized toning. The dust jacket has edge tear, nicks , wrinkles, chips and bits missing. The reverse of the dust jacket has several piece of tape placed there by a former owner. "Dynasty of Death was her first published work, a family saga lasting from 1837 to World War I, about two families in western Pennsylvania who rise to control a great armaments business. The story was continued in The Eagles Gather (1940) and The Final Hour (1944). As a writer Caldwell was praised for her intricately plotted and suspenseful stories, which depicted family tensions and the… Leer más

New York, NY: A. L. Burt Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 0. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has large chips missing to the spine ends and covers, along with several edge tears and spots of wrinkling. "Ellen Price was born in Worcester in 1814. In 1836 she married Henry Wood, who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphiné in the South of France, where they lived for 20 years. On the failure of Wood's business, the family (including four children) returned to England and settled in Upper Norwood near London, where Ellen Wood turned to writing. This supported the family. Henry Wood died in 1866. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially… Leer más

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1904. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Fourth printing overall (with September 1904 as the last listing on the copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears and small chips missing. The dust jacket also has generalized toning and spots of rubbing. "A collection of eight of Jack London's classic short stories. This was one of Jack's earliest books and focuses mainly on his experience among the gold miners and trappers of the Yukon Territory. Besides an interesting tale about an evil dog, it covers life among the native tribes. “The One Thousand Dozen” tale is an interesting, though tragic, yarn about the value of… Leer más

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and beginning rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is generally clean but has a couple of small edge chips and tears, along with generalized toning and there is a spot of discoloration to the front flap. "Tarkington was an unabashed Midwestern regionalist and set much of his fiction in his native Indiana. In 1902, he served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives as a Republican. Tarkington saw such public service as a responsibility of gentlemen in his socio-economic class, and consistent with his family's extensive record of public service. This experience provided… Leer más

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Very Good-. 1975. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has a small edge nick / tear to the top rear spine joint and some beginning bumping and rubbing. The white covers of the book have some light generalized toning. The text pages are clean and bright. However, there are inked bookstore name and address stamps To both the front and rear inside covers. .

New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1947. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have some light edge nicks and rubbing. The rear panel of the dust has some ground-in dirt. "A suggestive, sensuous prose, a strong sense of atmosphere, an affectionate identification with the primitive marks this first novel of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the fiesta at Anderson's House which is its focus and its climax. Beyond that, it is a series of portraits of whites and natives who were to attend the American newspaperman McCormick's fiesta, as McCormick rounds bars, bagnios, homes, to invite his friends. Here is the… Leer más