May Merrill Miller (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mother Lode 1849-1949. Miller, May Merrill. Published by Murray & Gee 1949, 32p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib lightly--SIGNED BY AUTHOR--poetry--9.00. Signed by Author(s).

signed by the author on the title page first edition ed. hardback very good condition in boards with a cloth spine (pen gift inscription on the free front end page).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback in good condition with a good plus dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback in good condition with a good plus dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. little light stain on one corner of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in very good plus condition with a very good price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Inscribed by the author. Chipping along top edges of jacket. Price-clipped. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Signed by author on title page and inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. States First Edition. Dust jacket is chipped along top edge and spine ends. ; A Centennial history of the Mother Lode told as an epic poem. ; 32 pages; Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good conditition with wear.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hard cover black cloth bds, very faded, mottled, cloth has torn patch at top or rear and two long scratch marks, hinge cracked completely away from text at title, cracked at rear between last two pages, contents loose from binding but sound, clean and tight, pp320 + Acknowledgements. A scarce title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. Date on title page. Near fine, if not near fine plus or fine hardback in very good, if not very good plus dust jacket ($3.00). Dust jacket has a 4.25 inch by .25 inch chip/split along front spine fold; a 4.5 inch by 1/8 inch chip/split/tear along rear spine fold; minor, if not trivial or barely noticeable sun-fading to spine; a 1/4 inch chip to heel of spine; and a 1/8 inch chip to head of spine. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket, primarily to corners and edges and front fore-edge fold of dust jacket.

Hardcover. 2nd. "Published October 10, 1938; first and second printings before publication." 8vo. 631, [1] pp. Teal cloth with gilt lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; wear, chips and short closed tears to extremities, moreso to spine ends; fading to spine). An uncommon title about an early California pioneer family. "A panoramic novel whose central character is an, raised in Missouri, who came to California in the 1860's, pioneering with her husband in the San Joaquin Valley, during and after the Civil War. A great deal of history is encompassed, including the land-owner-railroad conflict, Tiburcio Vasquez' raids, changes in methods of agriculture, etc. Ends in the 1890's." - Baird & Greenwood 1766. The author's first book offers a unique view of the domestic life of California pioneers; it also includes a fictionalized account of the Mussel Slough gunfight that resulted from a land dispute between local pioneer settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad. The novel is praised for its unique female perspective on pioneer life as well as for its verisimilitude and detailed realism.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

First Edition stated. Rico Tomaso dustjacket art. 'One of the great stories of American pioneering is the conquest of the San Joaquin Valley in California'. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, small chip at lower spine end.