1892 1944 (91 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Undertaker's Garland. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). 315 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed; shallow chipping/nicks at edges; soiling to white rear panel; tear at lower front flap fold; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth with bright gilt stamping to spine. Light toning/foxing to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Blood on the Trail. Book.

Tower Books first printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). [8], 310 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket with colorfully illustrated pictorial front panel and spine; dj rubbed with nicks and several closed tears, some soiling most evident upon predominately white rear panel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue boards, spine head lightly bumped. Toning and foxing to edges; muted yellow top edge. Some toning to endpapers; past owner' sink inscription on front free endpaper; slight toning and occasional light foxing to interior leaves which otherwise remain quite clean (this copy does not suffer the obtrusive toning often seen with World Publishing's wartime Tower imprints). Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. VALLEY VULTURES was first published by Dodd, Mead in 1932. Max Brand, the pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), is, of course, one of the most prolific and legendary authors in the western genre.…

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, Second Printing 1930. From Norfolk, VA circulating library with first date stamp March 15, 1930. Publisher's blue cloth and stamped black letters on front and spine. Reddish image of horse with rider on front. Binding secure but slightly loose. Slight forward lean. Sunned, wrinkled spine with worn and frayed head and tail. Bumped and scuffed corners. Flap of dust jacket trimmed and pasted neatly to rear end paper. Cracked hinge on last page strengthened with archival tape. 270 age-tanned and foxed pages. Considering its age and apparent popular readership, it is in remarkable good condition. Uncommon as hardcover.…

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paged as [6], 1-312, [2], 1-296. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket with colorfully illustrated pictorial front panel; dj rubbed and soiled with some shallow chips and nicks as well as several tears at edges, long but mostly closed tear rear panel's top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Tan cloth with front board and spine decorated with purple stamped lettering and geometric line pattern. Dark purple top edge; some foxing and toning to fore-edge and bottom edge; light toning to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Max Brand, the pseudonym of Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), is, of course, one of the most prolific and legendary authors in the western genre. "Smiling Charlie" was first published serially in six parts in Western Story Magazine from February to March 1927 with the first clothbound edition published by Dodd, Mead, & Company in 1931. "Destry Rides Again" was first issued serially in six parts in Frank Blackwell's "Western Story Magazine" from February to March 1930 followed by both paperback and clothbound editions by Pocket Books, Inc. and Dodd, Mead that same year. As was their usual practice, Grosset & Dunlap only provides the novels' original publication dates upon this book's copyright page but this omnibus edition was probably issued circa 1940 and certainly prior to WWII as the its manufacture does not reflect lowered wartime production quality.…

Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Befriedigend. Heyne 1972 : Max Brand - tb 1V-S2IO-URKE Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition published by Chelsea House. Publisher's dark olive green cloth with stamped green letters on front and spine. Binding tight; slight forward lean. Corner's sharp with minimal scuffing. Spine head and tail soft, scuffed with small splits. Small spot of lost color at bottom of rear board. A very good copy. "The town consisted of two parts. Up on the hill where the eucalyptus trees had been taught to grow, were the homes of the well-to-do ranchers and miners who, for mysterious reasons understandable only by the natives of the great Southwest, had retired from active life, and built their houses in the "city". They led dreary lives up on the hill where the eucalyptus trees grew thick enough to make a show at a distance, but not thick enough to make a shade. The sun upon the brow of that hill was as hot as it could be in any part of that hot State." /Chapter 1.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 79 pages; 23 cm. Subjects; Poetry. Nonfiction. Short verses. Nature. Landscape. Human experience. Classic American poetry. Nature and spirit. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. First printing. Octavo, xii, 306 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar; slight edge wear. Price unclipped: "$6.95". Boards in blue cloth. Text block has red tinted top edge; bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409519. FP New Rockville Stock. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-toneed dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 79 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: English poetry. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 79 pages; 23 cm. Subjects; Poetry. Nonfiction. Short verses. Nature. Landscape. Human experience. Classic American poetry. Nature and spirit. 1 Kg.…

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Aceptable. 1ª Edición. 228 p. ; 20x15 cms. Pequeños desgastes en lomo. Segunda Guerra Mundial (A-160).

hardcover. Condition: Good. First THUS. Procopius [of Caesarea] : The Secret History of Procopius: Newly Translated from the Greek with an Introduction by Richard Atwater. Chicago : Pascal Covici, 1927. First thus, limited edition. No. 153 of 760 copies printed, signed by translator Richard Atwater and typographer Douglas C. McMurtrie. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.25"/26cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering and ornamentation handsomely debossed to spine and front board. Top edge gilt, fore- and tail-edges deckle. Plain white endpapers. [Xviii] pp prelim material, 286 numbered pp. Color illustrated frontispiece, artist signature "H.B.". Translator's introduction, author's foreword, XXX chapters, glossary. Condition notes: a worn but still lovely copy: wear, rubbing, and some discoloration to boards, spine ends worn/frayed with some loss of material, corners worn/bumped and frayed with board material showing. Loss of brightness to gilt lettering/ornamentation/top edge stain. Both endpaper hinges cracked, with relic tape repairs (see photos). Some pages show loss of small chips from deckled fore-edge. Both pastedowns show loss of some paper covering, revealing board material below. Former owner's nameplate to front pastedown. Booksellers' pencil notes to ffep, else unmarked. No dustjacket, possibly as issued. A handsome copy with a dated and somewhat sanitized translation; the custom font is quite striking and beautiful. Procopius was a late major Roman/early Byzantine historian who chronicled the reign and works of the Emperor Justinian and his infamous consort Theodora, both famously rendered in mosaic in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. We personally inspect every book we offer. Signed by translator.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-toneed dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 79 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: English poetry. 1 Kg.