Croy Homer, Signed (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Book Club. NOT an ex library book. Signed by Homer Croy, who wrote the3 introduction, on the special signature page. Bookpklate on front endpaper. 542 pages. Dust jacket has peeling, wear on spine ends, price is not clipped. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author (Hicks) on the inside front end page. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. DJ with light soiling and minor tears to the edges; shelf wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. SIGNED by author Croy with an inscription; two other names written on ffep "Fair" condition hardcover copy with foxing inside front cover. Dustjacket is unclipped but is 'poor" with tears and general wear. Signed By Arthur.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: VG/VG. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Later Printing. Little Rock, AR: C. Armitage Harper. VG/VG. (1975). Later Printing. Cloth w/DJ. Signed copy. . 8vo., xxiv, 183 pp. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. CF3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front free endpaper in fair condition that has bumped corners, scattered stains and some scattered soiled patches, last index page missing and loose hinge, some scattered wrinkling and crease, tanning, and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 8.25"x5.75", 376 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. William Penn Adair Rogers was an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee citizen born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son",Rogers was born to a Cherokee family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s Rogers was hugely popular in the United States, its leading political wit and the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska. Rogers's vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that found general acclaim from a national audience with no one offended. His aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat." Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram: When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident [sic] like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed by the author with his nickname, "Mule Man Croy," to "The Belle of Baltimore and the Pride of Bradford." Stated First Edition with "A-N." Pages have lightly tanned. Nice bright dark red covers with clear title inserts. Bit of fraying at spine ends and a couple of chalk or old white stains on spine. Missing jacket. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, CA Library. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Collectible. FIRST. nFINE. Red boards.No jacket. SIGNED by AUTHOR on ffep, to personal friend - San Francisco restaurant owner. Homer Croy (March 11, 1883 - May 24, 1965), was an American author and occasional screenwriter who wrote fiction and non-fiction books about life in the Midwestern United States. He also wrote several popular biographies, including books on outlaw Jesse James, humorist Will Rogers and film director D.W. Griffith. [B19]. Signed by Author.

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good (in mylar). Plates/Engravings/Maps (illustrator). Civil War Book Club Edition. Retired library copy, usual stamps, stickers, labels, and markings. else very clean and tight. Author's ink signature on limitation page; Small light brown (coffee colored?) stain along front edge. Light folding to head of spine and bumping to foot, bumped top corners, one library label on spine. Unclipped dust jacket, moderate chip to foot of spine, folding to head of spine, slightly rubbed, wear to corners. 539pp., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Homer Croy. Ex-Library, Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. 377 pages. Some soiling and wear to the red covers. Cracking near the front hinge, pages yellowed; a good book otherwise. Pieces of the jacket are laid in. The front endpage is inscribed and signed by Croy. There is also a small photo tipped in on the dedication page with a note from Croy. The title page also has a small note "a good man" by Croy written under his name. Tipped in is also a Dog-Iron Club of America card. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 183666.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Inscribed. First edition. No jacket. Book has shelf wear. Pages are tanning.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 310pp Presentation copy signed by Croy on front endpaper. Slight wear to extremities. Wear to top and bottom of backstrip. Signed Presentation Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed & signed by the author on the 1st free endpaper. Octavo bound in blue cloth. Condition: some soiling, rubbing and wear to binding; else a good copy. 307 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red boards with grey spine and black lettering. Copy shows light edge rubbing. Slight slant to binding. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Another inscription on page between half title page and title page. DJ is wrapped in mylar but not taped to boards. Light chipping along edges of DJ. Tight, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Inscribed by the author. No jacket. Book has shelf wear. Pages are tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red boards with grey spine and black lettering. Copy shows light edge rubbing. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. DJ is wrapped in mylar but not taped to boards. Light chipping along edges of DJ. Tight, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Homer Cory to Merrill Chilcote. This volume gives us a wonderful peek into the friendship between Croy and Merrill.Throughout the book there are many notes and clippings from Croy to Merrill,which seem to be a gathering of inside jokes. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Homer Cory to Merrill Chilcote. This volume gives us a wonderful peek into the friendship between Croy and Merrill which seem to be a gathering of inside jokes and friendly jabs. 2 post cards from Homer to Merrill laid in. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author in multiple places to a friend. Tipped in photo by the author. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

[CROY, Homer]. WEST OF THE WATER TOWER. NY: Harper & Brothers, [1923]. Small 8vo., orange cloth, stamped in black. Later printing. Signed presentation from Croy on the front endpaper: "To Helen Louise Dian, you may be interested to know that several of the characters in here were real people. The author, Homer Croy." This work was published anonymously so Croy's name does not appear in the printed book. Very good (moderate wear, some soiling). $85.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Gray over dusky rose cloth, black lettering. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, some sunning along top and bottom edges. Jacket in new Brodart, spine sunned, some chipping along top and bottom edges and along flap creases. Overall, an attractive copy. ; This is a presentation copy inscribed by the author to Douglas F. Storer on the front end paper. There are a number of personal touches by Mr. Croy, including several tipped in photos and newspaper articles, humorous handwritten notes to and about Douglas Storer. There is a typed note to Storer on the letterhead of the Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, and a blurb from the publisher including purchasing options. It seems likely that this Douglas Storer is the one who produced Ripley's Believe It or Not from 1933 to about 1960, and subsequently founded the Amazing but True franchise of books, radio shows, etc. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 242 pages; " If ever a tale of the pioneer west was unfolded 'whose lightest word could make each particular hair to stand on end,' this account of the ill-fated Donner Party is it. Eighty-seven people set out for the promised land of California - only forty-four survived to reach their goal, after a year of incredible hardship and suffering. Homer Croy tells the true story of this tragic Odyssey in an exciting and suspenseful narrative that holds the reader spellbound from start to finish. "In a way, this recounts the consequences of a fateful decision. After a grueling trek across the Great Plains, the Donner Party arrived at Fort Laramie in the fall of 1846. Because of the lateness of the season they took a 500-mile cut-off. This proved their undoing, for they reached the 7,000-foot pass in the Sierras, which today bears their name, in furious snow-storms which trapped them there for months - till they were reduced to chewing boiled ox hides and, finally, to cannibalism. Almost incredible acts of heroism as well as dark deeds of violence all come vividly to life in these pages. " ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Orange cloth VG, darkened at edges. DJ chipped with loss to top of spine. Features an affectionate inscription on the front fly to famous book collector Harriet Sprague. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Monte Crews (illustrator). 1st Edition. (1914). 361 pages. Inscribed to Maurice Switzer, author of Letters of a Self-Made Failure, Ballads of Business, Who was the First Toper?, etc. This is Homer Croy's 1st book. Photo attached to front free endpaper of Homer Croy standing next to a native soldier guarding the Aswan Dam. Spine is lightened. Very good. (133).

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author. Amusing novel about a family's large mule. Very Good with foxing to end pages and inside covers, in a Good to Very Good dustjacket with one inch by three inch chip to top rear edge and several smaller chips to top spine end and top front panel, few small abrasions to front cover, and wear and chipping to front and bottom edges and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frederick Fell, Inc. New York. 1953. 282 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by author Carl Breihan directly to the front endpaper: This book was written for you, the reader. With Best Wishes, Cordially, Carl W. Breihan. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Rust-colored cloth boards stamped in gold. Panels are bright and clean as are endpapers. Gentle shelf-rubbing along edges. Original DJ with $4.50 price intact on flap. DJ shows shallow chipping along edges and tips. Long considered the definitive historian on Jesse James, this is Breihan's first book on the outlaw, his brother Frank and the notorious Younger brothers. First edition, first printing; signed. A solid VG+/VG copy. Signed by Author(s).