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19819148F. C. Allen. Very Good. 1981. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. 8 1/2 x 11 sheets with black tape on the spine. Cover just scanned with dark spots I didn't see them. Author was born in 1881 and wrote introduction in 1981. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages . F. C. Allen paperback
194463495<p>NY: Privately Printed. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and lightly worn. 1944. First Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with deckled fore-edge. Black and white frontispiece portrait photo. A solid copy of this profile of the highly regarded literary agent. Inscribed: From the Reynolds Family 1944 on the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages .</p> Privately Printed hardcover
1927008826New York: George H. Doran Company 1927. 932pp/illus. Complete in Two Volumes. Burgandy cloth with gilt stamping. Hinges starting spine ends and cover corners are slightly scuffed and rubbed. Contents are bright and complete. Overall nice copies. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George H. Doran Company hardcover
2006121401The Free Press N. Y. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743269373 . A biography of South Africa's Desmond TuTu. A First Edition signed by the author John Allen. No other names writing or marks are in book. Photo illustrations. 481 pages bibliography and index. Dust jacket and book are in Fine as new condition. ; Standard Book Size. . The Free Press, N. Y. hardcover
189641102New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1896. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. vi 112pp. Top edge gilt. Very good. Faintest bit of edgewear. A tight and quite handsome first edition of this book-length poem that began as the $1000 winner in a poetry contest sponsored by the "New York Herald" where it appeared on December 15 1895. Allen 1854-1930 was a Presbyterian clergyman who published two other verse collections. Uncommon in this superb condition. Ex-historical society the only markings being a small Evanston Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown and their circular blind-embossed imprint on title page. MONAGHAN 1184. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
189642828New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1896. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. vi 112pp. Top edge gilt. Near fine. Second edition most attractive and tight. This book-length poem began as the $1000 winner in a "New York Herald" poetry contest and was published there on 15 December 1895. Allen 1854-1930 was a Presbyterian clergyman and published two other verse collections -- one on George Washington the other on Robert E. Lee. An exceptionally handsome copy of an uncommon title. MONAGHAN 1184 note. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1929018025New York: Thornton W. Allen Co. 1929. Volume I is No 6 of 500 first and autographed editions signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription reads ' For the mother of our dear little daughter Mrs Arthur Guy with sincere appreciation and best wishes' No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spines. Three very clean very tight copies with very slightly faded very slightly foxed unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Grey cloth corners and spines on blue stiff card boards with quality paper untrimmed on two edges. Volume II of identical format and condition is the fifth trilogy edition. Total of 603pp. Epic poems of the lives of US Presidents George Washington The Commander-in-Chief and Abraham Lincoln The Emancipator and of US Confederate General Robert E Lee The Gray Cavalier. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 7.75 x 5.25 x 2.75 Inches. Thornton W. Allen Co. Hardcover
19910076031991. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press 1991 V.Good HB ISBN: 0-271-00673-0 hardcover
2014028022Privately Published 2014. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Marty Allen directly on the front inside cover. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Near Fine condition only light shelfwear to the cover. Bright and shiny. Flat uncreased spine. NO chips tears or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are bright white fresh crisp clean and unmarked. Profusely photo illustrated. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "Hello Dere! This is the official illustrated biography of comedian Marty Allen written by me. Marty Allen! Experience first-hand what it was like over my 60 year career in the entertainment business. Come with me as I share my personal experiences with many well known entertainers and other high profile people during my career. I have included over 198 well-chosen pictures from my personal library. This edition includes a BONUS photo chapter at the end of the book. You will find a treasure-trove of delightful tidbits from and about many people including the Beatles Elvis and author Sidney Sheldon to Princess Margaret and First Lady Betty Ford!". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Marty Allen. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 356pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Paperback
1974531837New York: Pathfinder Press Inc. 1974. Paperback. Second edition 1974. The covers and spine are creased and worn; the front lower leading corner has been reinforced with tape. Foxing tanning and minor marks on the rear of cover and page block. Small amount of correction fluid on the inside front lower leading corner of the cover. Interior very good with sound binding and clear text. CM. Paperback. Good. Used. Pathfinder Press Inc. Paperback
1992431G3086Edmonton: Phillip E. Allen 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 349 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Map endpapers. Signed by author upon back of front free endpaper. In 1947 the author re-trekked and re-lived the 'Gold Trails of '98' made famous by Robert W. Service - with only a clarinet a typewriter and a dime. Sllight lean to spine. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderfully high-spirited tale. Phillip E. Allen Hardcover
1951201H2459Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers 1951. Book. Illus. by Arbuckle Franklin; Macpherson Duncan; Bush Jack. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 68 pages. Features: Great cover illustration of Toronto Maple Leaf locker room by Franklin Arbuckle shows button being sewn onto uniform of team captain Ted "Teeder" Kennedy by Tim Daly with Turk Broda in background; The Case History of Comrade Tim Buck - Leader of Canada's Communist Party for 21 years; You Too Can Be a Perfect Parent; The Hex-man of Croaker's Hole fiction; Conscription! - How soon will it come; Art Reaume - The Battered Boss of Windsor Ontario; How to Pay Less Income Tax; Sir John Franklin's Folly; Regina's Always Starting Something; Whooping Cough - Number One Baby-Killer; Attractive colour Buick ad shows yellow Custom and red Roadmaster; Li'l Abner comic in Cream of Wheat ad; Noxzema ad features lovely Elaine Stewart; Jergens ad features four photos of Ginger Rogers; Nice colour La-Z-Boy ad shows officeman reclining on red chair; Dow Brewery ad honours Leo Doucet 13 of Richibucto N.B. who performed a heroic feat after a shotgun charge exploded while he and his father were two miles from shore; Auto-Lite ad features photo of Maureen O'Hara and her look-alike Jean Eyres of NYC; Molson's ad features tips for homeowners by Tom Gard; Nice colour Coke ad on back covers shows boy with blacksmith plus mechanic; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers Paperback
1992012664Fort Lee NJ: Barricade Books 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. xii 308 pages. Photos. Index. Signed by both Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows. A solid copy with only light wear. <br/> <br/> Barricade Books hardcover
2006031099Midlothian VA: Exceptional Publishing 2006. SIGNED by Lee Alley directly on the front free endpaper the date 11/11/06 and his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. SIGNED copies are fairly SCARCE. New and unread in a bright and shiny New dust jacket that is in near PERFECT condition with only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear like you sometimes find in any new book store. NO chips tears or fading. NOT price clipped $27.95. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. Introduction by General Tommy R. Franks. Jacket and rear cover praise from Franks and two other US Army generals. B/w photos. Bound in the original full color pictorial laminated boards with matching full color pictorial dust jacket. From the publisher: "A unique and heart wrenching account of a hero's experience in the Vietnam War and the painful transition of U.S. Veterans returning home. Written by combat Reconnaissance Platoon Leader 1st Lt. Lee Alley a true patriot and living legend the purpose of this book is to aid veterans of any war and their families in regaining a sense of comfort and relief from the nightmarish memories of the tragedies of war. BACK FROM WAR: A QUEST FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH is the nonfiction book for which historians and veterans alike have been waiting. For the first time the physical and emotional problems that returning Veterans of WWII Vietnam Korea Kosovo Afghanistan and Iraq are suffering are discussed openly and with heart-wrenching candor. May God bless all our veterans and may God continue to bless America.". SIGNED by Lee Alley. Second Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xii 245pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Exceptional Publishing Hardcover
19073725993Macmillan 1907. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
19965581268UXL 1996. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1200grams ISBN:9780787609627 UXL hardcover
19923991463Oxbow Books 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0946897409 Oxbow Books hardcover
192815069Little Rock AR: Parke-Harper Company. Near Fine. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. The only lib marks are a stamp & pocket removal inside the front cover. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages . Parke-Harper Company hardcover
199921387College Station TX: Texas A & M University Press. 1999. First Edtion. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 430 pages; Autographed Copy BY AUTHOR With Clear Plastic Jacket of Mylar Protecting the dust jacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. Illustrations with Black White Photographs. . 089096890X . Texas A & M University Press hardcover
1969008905London: Longmans Young 1969. Book. Illus. by Sergeant John. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Soft Cover Edition. 22cm. ex-lib 2 borrowings lib pocket at final page lib nos on spine 192 in great order sewn-in binding bw illus throughout. "The author grew up in a virtually fatherless family in incongruous poverty surrounded by people of intellectual & social eminence" This book set her reputation as a scholar & writer having at 19 seen the explosion of the October Revolution. Longmans Young Hardcover
18960001785NUGGET COLORADO GILPIN COUNTY. Very Good. 1896. On offer is a super archive of manuscript letters and a diary handwritten by Almon W. Howes who lived in Nugget Colorado as a gold miner. Mr. Howes does a great job describing his life and works in short entries over 63 pages that starts on April 6 1896 and ends on January 31 1898. Along with the journal there are also about 20 persoonal and business letters and documents that were received by him from various relatives and business associates some of the envelopes have a Nugget postmark that further flesh out and add depth to history of this miner's life. He begins on April 6 1896: "Began work for the Ohio K M & M Co. Made a relocation of The Little Lizzie and called it the Oakland. Lost my watch on the way over to the Louisa. Shoveled about 3 ft of snow off the top of the Louisa and cleaned snow out of shaft. Sunk 8 ft in snow to find dump of Oakland. Did not find it. Fine day." He worked on the Louisa shaft until 5/7/96 then started working on the Oakland which he says is 2'6" x 6' on the bottom. He is sending samples and snaking logs for the cabin. Here some more snippets and observations from the entries: took quartz out of the Oakland and white iron; Several other outfits coming in; They had to leave their cabin. Miner's meeting in Nugget; Living in a camp. Big storm w/houses blown down. Maud Estelle prospected for lead found honeycomb quartz sent a sample; E have not got a ten foot face yet; Finished the M & made another one called the Loyd Lee; Had the Loyd Lee surveyed working on cabin again; No food for a week other than bread and beans; Talking about the Topsy Mabel & Piedmont & Ingram claims taking measurements; Went to the Hoober Knocker Boomerange & Plateau mine; Cut timber to build a water closet; Located the Blue Betty lode. It is a relocation of the Scotch Lassie; Located the Trout Lode; Started working on the road; measured the Mabel measurements are listed Mabel is his claim; Elections working on his blacksmith shop; temperature is 15 below zero; working on tunnel again excavating; put off a shot explosion; went to Denver & had piece of steel removed from his eye paid $1.85 to record deed; back working in the tunnel; cleaned out my location hole on Loyd Lee; Trout Lode was surveyed & recorded $9.25 always working on tunnel; broke rock in tunnel; Got knocked out w/powder smoke; went to Loveless tunnel; Has been making timbers almost every day for some time; Went to see Placer; went fishing at Jim Peak Lakes; Went up Montana Hill & went to see the Victor; Fishing at Tellers Lake; Helping friend build a cabin; Begins work on the Mabel; Paid for Republican postage; Someone threatened to have him arrested if he did any more work on the Mabel; worked on the Mabel; Got a receipt from the Republican someone left on the stage; was sick for over a week; The Republication started today; started working on the Topsy; began a new hole in the Topsy; managed post office & store for someone who left town for a while; having trouble finding the lead in the third hole; Bad storm cabin shaking down to the foundation; his father died on Christmas Day; there was a forest fire; received a letter telling him to be ready to pull out for Alaska as soon as he gets word; Will start for Denver on Thursday to head for Klondyke. The book is 11 3/4" long and 5 1/4" wide and each of the 63 pages are full and there are a few more pages in the back of expenses. Overall VG.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NUGGET COLORADO GILPIN COUNTY GOLD MINING PANNING FOR GOLD ALMON W. HOWES AMERICANA PLACER GOLD COLORADO MINERAL BELT DENVER HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
1764007080La Haye the Hague: Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet 1764. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 346 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Mr. Pitt." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Engraved armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper: "Le Comte Lannoy De Clervaux." Small printed label on front fixed endpaper: "A Monsieur le comte Félix de Lannoy." Inscribed on half title page: "Monsieur Le Comte De Lannoy De Clerva." Stamp of the Pennsylvania State College Library on the title page verso. Translation by of A Review of Mr. Pitt's Administration by John Almon 1737-1805 an English journalist. William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham 1708-1778 was a prominent political figure in Great Britain during the French and Indian War the Seven Years' War and served as Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss of gilt on lower spine; minor insect damage in lower margins of some leaves; clean and tight. Pierre Gosse Junior et Daniel Pinet hardcover
198652094New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399130934 . A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition in Good that is scuffed with tears and chips along the trim; Biography of Richard Burton; 8vo ; 270 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
19888608278Parragon Plus 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:1557780005 Parragon Plus paperback
1910093363New haven CT: Alpha Chapter of Gamma Delta Psi Fraternity 1910 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Minor wear/marks on the exterior inked name on rear endpaper. RARE copy of this early 20th century 202 page fraternity catalog of its chapters and members. . Alpha Chapter of Gamma Delta Psi Fraternity hardcover