Published by Crown Publications, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
Seller: The Book Cellar, Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by both authors on small titlepage, clean, solid copy, minor shelfwear on book, shelfwear and minor rubbing on dj.
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Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
Seller: Martin Nevers- used & rare books, Oxford, FL, U.S.A.
Association Member: FABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Vg+. Dust Jacket Condition: Vg+. First Edition. 257 pages. Brown binding with black lettering on orange spine. The story of a Pioneering woman aviator. Some fading to cover edges. Jacket price clipped. Minimal wear to corner tips of jacket.
Published by BBC Active, 1990
ISBN 10: 0563345802 ISBN 13: 9780563345800
Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. All orders are dispatched within one working day from our UK warehouse. We've been selling books online since 2004! We have over 750,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Publication Date: 1991
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
1991 Whyte, Edna Gardner RISING ABOVE IT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY NY: Orion Books, c1991 First ed, 257pp, 8vo, new in dust wrapper,
Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991
Seller: Virg Viner, Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Edna Gardner Whyte wanted to fly from the time ahe was a girl. But as one born in an era when women could not even vote, she found that earning her wings was a constant struggle against male chauvinism and prejudice. This is her story -- a rousing inspiration to anyone, of either sex, who simple won't take no for an answer. 257 pages including index. B&W photos. Fabulous copy.
Published by Orion (1991) New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
First Edition
Very good in very lightly edgeworn jacket First Edition Cloth Many Photographs.
Published by Orion, New York, 1991
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. stated 1st. ISBN: 0-517-57685-6. Indexed. Whyte was pioneer American woman pilot b/w photos. near fine, no dj, orange cloth w/ partly faded brown bds. Tight 257 pgs. Book.
Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: fine in fine dj. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. indexed. Clean, bright. "a pioneering woman aviator" b/w photos. fine in fine dj, orange cloth spine w/ siena bds, remainder mark 257 pgs. Book.
Published by Orion Books, NY, 1991
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First. First printing. Cloth, 257 pps. with index, bibliography. Illustrated. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. Autobiography of Edna Gardner Whyte who successfully assaulted the barricades erected against women in aviation. She earned her pilot's licence in 1931; though denied a chance to fly for the military, she taught military pilots. Refused for emplyment by commercial airlnes, she trained hundreds of students for thie cockpits. AS NEW IN DUST JACKET.
Published by Detective Book Club, New York, 1956
Seller: Bookman's Cafe, New Philadelphia, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition, slight soil to page edges. Contents are clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Dustjacket is very good with only slight soil.
Published by Woodalls Newspapers Ltd, 1971
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. Don Gardner "Tumbling along with the Teifi" / Cuthbert Bridgwater "Gambling With Tulips" / S M Prideaux "Hanging judge chose Wem" / D R Saunders "Watchers on the Strand" / Edna Knowles "Stones - unusual boulders" (BT#36).
Published by Detective Book Club, 1956
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Book Club. NOT an ex library book. Tear on front endpaper. Dust jacket has some wear top of spine. Spine darkening.
Published by New York: Orion Books, 1991. dj, 1991
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. The autobiography of a woman who was a pioneer in aviation - in 1933 she won her first solo race, she taught military pilots and commercial pilots, served as president of the Ninety-Nines, built her own airport in Texas and more. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pages, index, bibliography. Very good in a near fine dustjacket.
Published by Detective Book Club Walter Black
Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket.
Published by NY Orion Books (1991)., 1991
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
VG in VG DJ. Denied the chance to fly for the military because of her gender, Whyte taught military pilots. Illustrated by Photos. 1st ed ss.
Published by New York: Orion Books, 1991. dj, 1991
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First printing. The autobiography of a woman who was a pioneer in aviation - in 1933 she won her first solo race, she taught military pilots and commercial pilots, served as president of the Ninety-Nines, built her own airport in Texas and more. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pages, index, bibliography. Fine in a fine dustjacket (a new, unread copy.).
Hardcover. 1st edition.
Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review copy with review slip laid in.
Published by np.Privately Printerd. Nd
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
28cm, vii,120p., with illustrations, illustratedwraps, staple-bound, a very good copy. (on).
Published by Random House, New York, New York, 1940
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 48pp. Biographical commentaries by Morris Watson and Ernest L. Meyer. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a discreet 3" tear on the front panel. Compilation of tributes.
Published by self published, Lanark County
Seller: Nine Lives Antiques, Almonte, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Card covers, stapled book. A selection of poetry telling of early life in Lanark County.
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1951
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Collection of eight vintage photographs from the 1951 film, two promotional headshots of Joe E. Brown and eight studio stills, two of which have "PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE" stamps and cropping annotations on the verso. Based on the 1927 musical, which was in turn based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. A wildly popular MGM musical hit, wherein the daughter of the captain of the Cotton Blossom, a traveling show boat, falls for a roguish, unlucky gambler. Nominated for two Academy Awards. The definitive version of the musical, following adaptations in 1929 and 1936. Set in and shot on location in Mississippi. 8 x 10 inches. Nine, Near Fine with minor creasing in margins and edge wear. One, Very Good with significant chipping to top right corner. Two have stiffening coating on verso.
Published by Orion Books, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0517576856 ISBN 13: 9780517576854
First Edition
Hard Back. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New in Protector. illustrated (illustrator). First American Edition. A fascinating story of a woman who wanted to be a pilot but had to fight all the way through sexism , even to get a licence to fly, and be rejected to be in the military, she made it as a stunt pilot and won 125 cups for flying and built her own air strip.
Published by HEARST Magazines Inc, New York, NY, USA., 1947
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. Painted Cover By Coby Whitmore. (illustrator). Hearst's International combined with COSMOPOLITAN Magazine (October 1947; Volume-123 #4; Whole # 736) (216 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 410 Grams; (President = William Randolph Hearst) > CONTENTS; (1) THE BLUE RIBBON STORY - "In Touch" by John Hersey; COMPLETE SHORT NOVEL - "The Enemy" by Nelia Gardner White; NOVELETTE - (1) "Unless Love Is Music" by Libbie Block; SERIAL - (1) "The Sealed Verdict" (Part III) by Lionel Shapiro; - SEVEN SHORT STORIES - (1) "The Island of Lost Dreams" by George Bradshaw; (2) "Flesh and the Devil" by Mignon McLaughlin; (3) "Goldie and the Beautiful Brakeman" by Charles Hoffman; (4) "Welcome to Our City" by Edna Ferber; (5) " The Enchanted Lake" by Vincent Sheean; (6) " Joy Bells for Barmy" by P C. Wodehouse; (7) " The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway; - NINE ARTICLES - (1) "Wake Up Again, America" by Robert Patterson; (2) "Americans Hate Children" by Philip Wylie; (3) "I Couldn't Run for a Third Term" by Merrill C. Meigs; (4) "How to Get Ahead in Business" by Isabel Leighton; (5) " Men, Too, Have a Change of Life" by Lawrence Galton; (6) "It's in the Cards" by Bradley Norman; (7) " The Fiddler from Waukegan" by Maurice Zolotow; (8) "Cosmopolitan's Movie Citations" by Louella 0. Parsons; (9) "Skid Row" (Part II) by James Davis with Walter Slatoff;>>This is a reading copy Minor soiling to covers; Chipping to cover edges; 1" paper tear to top edge of front cover, repaired with magic tape; staining to right edge of backcover & last few pages; 1" piece missing to top edge of paper spine; Mailing label to lower right front cover; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Published by HEARST Magazines Inc, New York, NY, USA., 1947
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Painted Cover By Coby Whitmore. (illustrator). Hearst's International combined with COSMOPOLITAN Magazine (October 1947; Volume-123 #4; Whole # 736) (216 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 410 Grams; (President = William Randolph Hearst) > CONTENTS; (1) THE BLUE RIBBON STORY - "In Touch" by John Hersey; COMPLETE SHORT NOVEL - "The Enemy" by Nelia Gardner White; NOVELETTE - (1) "Unless Love Is Music" by Libbie Block; SERIAL - (1) "The Sealed Verdict" (Part III) by Lionel Shapiro; - SEVEN SHORT STORIES - (1) "The Island of Lost Dreams" by George Bradshaw; (2) "Flesh and the Devil" by Mignon McLaughlin; (3) "Goldie and the Beautiful Brakeman" by Charles Hoffman; (4) "Welcome to Our City" by Edna Ferber; (5) " The Enchanted Lake" by Vincent Sheean; (6) " Joy Bells for Barmy" by P C. Wodehouse; (7) " The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway; - NINE ARTICLES - (1) "Wake Up Again, America" by Robert Patterson; (2) "Americans Hate Children" by Philip Wylie; (3) "I Couldn't Run for a Third Term" by Merrill C. Meigs; (4) "How to Get Ahead in Business" by Isabel Leighton; (5) " Men, Too, Have a Change of Life" by Lawrence Galton; (6) "It's in the Cards" by Bradley Norman; (7) " The Fiddler from Waukegan" by Maurice Zolotow; (8) "Cosmopolitan's Movie Citations" by Louella 0. Parsons; (9) "Skid Row" (Part II) by James Davis with Walter Slatoff;>> Minor soiling to covers; staining to upper right corner of front cover; 1" piece missing to top edge of paper spine; Mailing label to lower right front cover; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Published by New Yorker Magazine, NY, 1964
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Edna Eicke Pool In the Courtyard Cover Art; Perry Barlow, Gardner Rea, Robert Kraus, Leonard Dove, Claude Smith, Etc (illustrator). 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 60 pages; includes items by/about: S.J. Perelman ("Dr. Perelman, I Presume, or Small-bore in America"); Phyllis McGinlehy (Poem); Adrienne Cecile Rich (Poem); Ida Treat ("The Third Monsieur"); Laura Fermi (That Was the Anhattan District: Pt. I--a Domestic View); John McCarten (Current Cimema "On the Waterfront"); molline Painter-Downes (Letter from London)paul H. Rohmann (("Wig, Mask, and Hunting License"); Drienne Garrett, Miss Rhi=eingold 1954 on Inside Back Cover; Talk of the Town; Books, Art, Theater, Cinema, Food Reviews, Etc.
Published by New Yorker Magazine, NY, 1953
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Edna Eicka Jack-o-lanters and Pumpkins dover Art; Barney Tobey whtney Darrow, Jr., Claude Smith, Gardner Rea, Etc (illustrator). 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 120 clean, unmarked pages; includes items by/about:Roald Dahl ("Edward the Conqueror"); Robert Hillyer (pome); John McNulty ("You Can't Tell How Yu'll Get Clobered"0; St. Vlari McKelway (Annals of Law: The Rich Reclues of Hrald Square;Mary E. Mayfield Morris Bishop (poem); Wolcott Gibbs (Theatre: Dorothy Parker & Armaud d"Usseau, Ladies Of the Corridor).); Daniel Lang (Far-Flung Correspondent: An A-House, with Garden, Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Joyce Warren ("A Hole in the Clouds"); Faubion Bowers (Letter from Zanzibar); Bruce Jay Friedman ("Wonderful Golden Rule Days"); Andrea Doria Full Page color ad inside back cover; Talk of the Town; Books, Art, Theater, Cinema, Food Reviews, Etc.
Copertina rigida. Condition: discrete. In collaborazione con Ann L.Cooper. Testo inglese. 8°,pg.10,262. Legatura in mz.tela editoriale, con sovracoperta. Timbri di proprietą. Autobiografia della celebre aviatrice americana. 318 gr.
Published by Northridge, CA: Herb Yellin, Lord John Press., 1987
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8 x 10 in., [8]pp., illustrations. Gray, textured paper card covers with titling on the front cover, saddle stiched. Includes important bibliographic information for the limited edition books of the press by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, L. M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Berger, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Robert Coover, Hary Crews, James Dickey, William Everson, Gerald R. Ford, John Gardner, Gunter Grass, John Hawkes, Laura (Riding) Jackson, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ross Macdonald, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Walker Percy, Reynold Price, James Purdy, Michel Tournier, Garry Trudeau, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Diane Wakoski. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), publisher of the Lord John Press.