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Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1913. 1ST. HARDBOUND. Very Good. No Dust Jacket As Issued. Inscribed by Author(s) 1ST. 8 x 5.25 x 1 pp. 424. Bookseller BookQuest US (US) Format/Binding HARDBOUND Book Condition Used-Very Good Jacket Condition No Dust Jacket As Issued Quantity-available 1 Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing Binding HARDBOUND Publisher Sherman, French & Company Place of Publication Boston Date Published 1913 Pages 424 Keywords ASIAN STUDIES, CHINA China Size 8 x 5.25 x 1. Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. HARDBOUND. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. 8 x 5.25 x 1. TWO VOLUME SET-1st Edition-1913: Both books have very good Condition, tight binding, solid cloth boards, text is clean and unmarked. Covers have some light soil. Both books have inscriptions to Margaret Latimer Callahan and both have her bookplate inside front covers. These books are 1913 1st Editions, signed by the author and very rare found as a SIGNED, set of two books. Gowen, Herbert… Leer más

Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich, 1984. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: NY; First Edition (January 1, 1978) Language ‏ : ‎ English HARDBOUND ‏ : ‎ 371 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0151255989 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0151255986 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds The second volume covers a crucial period in Woolf's development as a writer. "Her sensibility, her sensitiveness, her humor, her drama... above all her catalytic gifts as a writer seem almost too much for one remarkable woman" (Christian Science Monitor). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 2ND. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; First Edition (January 1, 1977) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0151255970 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0151255979 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds. Has protective mylar sleeve Nothing yet published about her so totally contradicts the legend of Virginia Woolf.... a is a first chance to meet the writer in her own unguarded words and to observe the root impulses of her art without the distractions of a commentary” (New York Times). Edited and with a Preface by Anne Olivier Bell; Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index.

L. C. Page & Company, COLONIAL PRESS, 1907. 1ST. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD. FRANK C. MERRILL. Title Big Brother Holiday Edition Author Annie-Fellows-Johnston Illustrator Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill Binding Hardcover Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing Condition Very Good Publisher L. C. Page & Company, Boston, MA Date 1907 Charming classic story, illustrations by Frank c. Merrill, hand tinted drawings. Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. HARDBOUND. Very Good. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. Slight edgewear, bright boards, red covers with pasted-down illustration. Gold gilt titles and on spine and top of page edges. Numerous color illustrations with titled tissue overlays. A charming illustrated version of a loved classic. Collectible and gift worthy. By the author of the beloved "Little Colonel" series. Original copyright listed as "by Joseph Knight Company 1893". 9 charming ciolor llustrations plus frontis color drawing, Holiday Edition, very hard to find by this famous… Leer más

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1986. 1st. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW. 1st. pp. 220.

1676. 3RD. HARDBOUND. FAIR. pp. 388. THIS 3RD EDITION HAS A CRACKED LEATHER FRONT AND BACK COVER. THE TEXT PAGES ARE SECURE. lCity: LondonYear: 1676, Binding Style: HARDBOUND Pagination: xxxviii/388 pages plus 5-page index, Width: 5 Height: 7.5 Book. There is moderate external wear to the covers. The engraved second title page shows moderate foxing and toning. The pages show light age toning and scattered foxing, with occasional edge wear/loss. This book contains a wealth of legendary material, culled from a wide variety of sources, much of which is not readily available anywhere else. Published 1676. A historic edition worthy of special care and handling due to age. This book has been found to be rather rare. This book has a bookplate of a previous owner, Sir Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath Bart. This antique volume has been rebound in dark brown full leather with stamped decoration and ruling on both covers. It has been recased with a later dark brown leather spine showing four raised bands and… Leer más

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! The First Edition Library-FELAuthorWilliam FaulknerFormat/BindingHARDBOUNDBook ConditionUsedEditionFirst Edition Thus; First PrintingBindingHARDBOUND PublisherRandom HousePlace of PublicationNew YorkDate Published1964. SPINE IS SLIGHTLY FADED. Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in western Virginia who moves to Mississippi with the dual aims of gaining wealth and becoming a powerful family patriarch.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. First Edition Library-Native Son by Richard Wright. Published in 1968. As new book and as new dusk jacket in slip case. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States.

Brand: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harcourt; 1st edition (January 1, 1977) Language ‏ : ‎ English ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0151255970 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0151255979 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds An account of Woolf's life during the period in which To the Lighthouse and The Waves were written. "Her steel-trap mind and elegant prose...make this a most valuable and pleasurable book" ( Publishers Weekly). "Volume three is as witty and intelligent as its predecessors" (Atlantic Monthly). Edited by Anne Olivier Bell, assisted by Andrew McNeillie; Index.VOL. 3

NEW YORK: John W. Lovell Company, New York, 1822. 1ST. BOOK. VERY GOOD. This edition lacks both printed copyright and publication dates (like many antique books) - probably around 1890. This beautiful edition of the imaginative Lalla Rookh tales (which are actually one very long poem) has 330 pages including the notes section and measures approximately 4'X6". The book has gold title, and page edges.Embossed leather covers are very good+ for leather., slight cracking on inside front cover spine. Lalla Rookh is an Oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1816. The title is taken from the name of the heroine, the daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four narrative poems with a connecting tale in prose.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. NEW in NEW jacket. 1ST. THIS EDITION IS IN A SLIPCASE WITH SHRINK WRAP, HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED. All the King's Men by Warren, Robert Penn. Shelton: First Edition Library, A. Reprint Ediiton. HARDBOUND. As New/Fine. A facsimile of the first US edition with jacket in grey cloth covered slipcase. Still sealed in Publisher's original shrinkwrap. Light fading to spine, otherwise As New. Title All the King's Men Author Warren, Robert Penn Format/Binding HARDBOUND Book Condition New As New Jacket Condition Fine Quantity-available 1 Edition Reprint Ediiton Binding HARDBOUND Publisher First Edition Library Place of Publication Shelton Date Published A. All the King's Men traces the rise of fall of demagogue Willie Talos, a fiction Southern policitian who resembles the real-life Huey Long of Louisiana. Talos begins his career as an idealistic man of the people, but he soon becomes corrupted by success and the lust for power.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. NEW in NEW jacket. 1ST. Herman Wouk THE CAINE MUTINY The First Edition Library-FEL Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. First Edition Thus; First Printing. HARDBOUND. INear Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket in a Near Fine slipcase. Facsimile Edition.; 8vo 8 -9 tall; Original dust jacket protected by. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. THIS EDITION IS IN A SLIPCASE WITH SHRINK WRAP, HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk sealed in slipcase. Please note that returns only accepted if item is unopened and in original shipped Condition. For the Broadway play, see The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. The Caine Mutiny is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in the Pacific in World War II and deals with, among other things, the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by the captains of ships. The mutiny of the title is… Leer más

LONDON: Bracken Books, 1985. 1ST. BOOK. VERY GOOD. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bracken Books (January 1, 1985) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 484 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 094649584X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0946495849 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds HAS PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME INSIDE FLY PAGE Celtic origins, heroes, and stories spring to life in T. W. Rolleston’s classic work, Celtic Myths and Legends. Spanning thousands of years and across thousands of miles, these myths and legends offer a glimpse into worlds long gone that continue to influence modern culture.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. Title The Weapon Makers Author van Vogt, A. E Format/Binding HARDBOUND Book Condition Used-Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket; Spine slightly canted. Jacket spine fading, small waterstains top back, light shelfwear. Edition First Edition Binding HARDBOUND Publisher Hadley Publishing Co. Place of Publication Providence Date Published 1947. Jacket spine slight fading. Following the success of the stories that formed The Weapon Shops of Isher, van Vogt wrote the novel, The Weapon Makers, in 1943, to enlarge the story of human immortality, the conflict between a controlling government, The House of Isher, the mysterious Weapon Shops and man's place in the universe. The promise of the Weapon Shops' slogan, The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to Be Free, is described thus:

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. Title The Reivers; A Reminiscence Author Faulkner, William Illustrator First edition of The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner. Format/Binding Cloth Book Condition Used-Fine Jacket Condition near fine Quantity-available 1 Edition First Edition, First Printing Publisher Random House Place of Publication New York Date Published 1962. One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which they are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Reba's bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventures ensues--involving horse smuggling, trainmen, deputies, and jail.… Leer más

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. Binding: HARDBOUND.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library-FEL. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. BABBITT Author Sinclair Lewis Format/Binding HARDBOUND Book Condition like new Edition slipcase like new The First Edition Library-FEL; First Printing Binding HARDBOUND Publisher The First Edition Library-FEL Place of Publication Shelton, CT. Sinclair Lewis's classic satire Babbitt follows the life of George F. Babbitt, a middle-class businessman in 1920s America. Set in the fictional town of Zenith, Babbitt's story is one of a man seeking social acceptance and desperately trying to climb the societal ladder. Through Lewis' biting commentary on the materialistic culture of the time, Babbitt struggles to hold onto his integrity in the face of overwhelming conformity. Filled with humor and wit, Babbitt is a must-read for anyone looking to explore the themes of conformity and materialism in early 20th century America.

Henry Holt & Company, 1994. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. 6 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches. pp. 256. Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; 1st edition (January 1, 1994) Language: English HARDBOUND: 256 pages ISBN-10: 0805024972 ISBN-13: 978-0805024975 Item Weight: 1.05 pounds Dimensions: 6 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches. The author chronicles a season on the Green River in Utah's red-rock canyon country, describing her impressions of the region from a series of rafting trips.

Random House, 1946. 5TH. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket. 1ST. pp. 149. Publisher: Random House; First edition. (January 1, 1946) Item Weight: 1.58 POUNDS. A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Edward Fitzgerald's first version of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, as originally published in 1859.

HARPER & ROW, 1970. 1ST. SOFTCOVER. LIKE NEW. Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins (paper) (November 1, 1990) Language ‏ : ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060642645 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060642648 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.4 x 8 inches Poetic and philosophical, playful and serious, theological and irreverent. TO A DANCING GOD is a new kind of book which explores the problems of remaining human in the twentieth century. In a highly personal style, Sam Keen analyzes key issues in education, philosophy, theology, and psychology.