Thomas B Costain Editor (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. There are no inscriptions, signatures, or ex-library markings. The dust jacket's condition is unknown from the available images, but the spine and covers are intact with minor wear at the edges.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1958 bce with stains, dust jacket worn acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Interior is as new, purchased from an individual. Page-edges are deckled across from spine, top page edges dyed red. Hardcover has blue boards, grey cloth spine with red & Gold lettering & designs but no DJ. Stories by: Thornton Wilder, Eleanor Kelly, A.E.Coppard, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edith Wharton, O.Henry, Arthur Train, Hans Christian Anderson, Conrad Richter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Stephen Vincent Benet, Max Beerbohm, Percival Wilde, Edmond About, Emily Bronte, Enid Bagnold. 3 novels, 12 short stories and 2 excerpts from novels by classic popular writers. Sawyers, Martha ;Reusswig, William (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Anthology of stories from 31 authors, selected by Thomas B. Costain. Stories by Hervey Allen, William E. Barrett, Brendan Behan, Stephen Vincent Bemet, , Paul Gallico, Rumer Godden, Ernest Hemingway, MacKinley Kantor, Mary McCarthy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John OHara, Dorothy Parker, Katherine Anne Porter, J. B. Priestley and Virginia Woolf. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Anthology of stories from 31 authors, selected by Thomas B. Costain. Stories by Hervey Allen, William E. Barrett, Brendan Behan, Stephen Vincent Bemet, , Paul Gallico, Rumer Godden, Ernest Hemingway, MacKinley Kantor, Mary McCarthy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John OHara, Dorothy Parker, Katherine Anne Porter, J. B. Priestley and Virginia Woolf. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Stories by: Thornton Wilder, Eleanor Kelly, A.E.Coppard, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edith Wharton, O.Henry, Arthur Train, Hans Christian Anderson, Conrad Richter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Stephen Vincent Benet, Max Beerbohm, Percival Wilde, Edmond About, Emily Bronte, Enid Bagnold. 3 novels, 12 short stories and 2 excerpts from novels by classic popular writers. vi + 409pp. Thomas Bertram Costain (1885?1965) was a Canadian-American journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57. John Beecroft (1902-1966) worked in publishing becoming in 1937 Editor in Chief of the Literary Guild, a position he retained until his retirement in 1962. He selected such best sellers as "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." Martha Sawyers, (1902-1988), and illustrator husband, William Ruesswig, (1902-1978), traveled the world together and, in collaboration, wrote and illustrated two books about the Far East. Interior is as new, purchased from an individual, tight, clean and unmarked. Page-edges are deckled across from spine, top page edges dyed red. Hardcover has grey cloth boards with red & Gold lettering & designs in a tattered, but complete DJ. Copyright as this collection 1956. Individual works have their own copyrights. No edition or print-run info stated. Printed in U.S.A. Dust Jacket states Book Club Edition. No LCCN, ISBN nor MSR. Sawyers, Martha ;Reusswig, William (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Book Club Edition. Very Good/Very Good- Condition. Dust jacket has some minor paper loss and is no in protective Brodart jacket. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions. Book Club Edition. Includes writings from Thornton Wilder, Eleanor Mercein Kelly, A.E.Coppard, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edith Wharton, O. Henry, Arthur Train, Hans Christian Andersen, Conrad Richter, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Stephen Vincent Benet, Max Beerbohm, Percival Wilde, Edmond About, Emily Bronte, and Enid Bagnold.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by Sawyers, Martha; Reusswig, William (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; Six complete novels and thirty three stories ; 409 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. Front endpaper is missing. ; Six complete novels and thirty three stories ; 409 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ has tear on front cover ; Six complete novels and thirty-three stories. ; 504 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; Six complete novels and thirty-three stories. ; 504 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 409 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; Six complete novels and thirty three stories ; 409 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. Previous owner's name. ; Six complete novels and thirty three stories in each volume. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; Six complete novels and thirty three stories. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. ; 410 pages. Illustrated by Martha Sawyers and William Reusswig (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clean solid and square copy in clean unclipped jacket, Book club edition.

VG, Good Dust Jacket, DJ Spine is Faded.

Hard Cover. First Editions, First printings. All volumes are stated First Editions in dust jacket. Vol.1 - FINE IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH $5.00 PRICE. Vol. 2: VERY GOOD IN VERY GOOD, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. CRACKED FRONT HINGE, LIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE. BOOKPLATE. Vol. 3: NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY MINOR WEAR TO BOTH. Vol. 4: NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. BOOK HAS SLIGHT SHELF WEAR AT SPINE BOTTOM, DUST JACKET HAS LIGHTHLY SUNNED SPINE. Vol. 5: NEAR-FINE (SLIGHT SLIVER OF DUNNING AT SPINE TOP) IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET WITH $5.95 PRICE AND TINY CHIP AT TOP OF FRONT PANEL. Vol. 6: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH $6.75 PRICE. Except for Vol. 2 bookplate, there are no names or writing in any volume. An atrractive, uncommon complete set. …