Carpetbaggers, Signed (21 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition, First Printing. This is a VG hardcover first edition, first printing copy in brown cloth binding, no DJ. Inscribed to Col. Roland Carson by the author on the front flyleaf. With Carson's bookplate. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Underlining on a few pages throughout. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

Cloth. Condition: Collectible Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First Edition. Octavo, pp. [10], 9-319, [1]. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt accents. Stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by author inside the front cover: "Jim and Eleanor xxx, old friends on a new island. With affection, Jonathan Daniels, April 26, 1972." Firm binding; no loose pages. Boards with bumping and a small tear at top spine. Tanned edges and pages; small stains noted on two pages (see photograph). Price-clipped dust jacket with chips and tears, and a small section missing at top spine; now encased in a clear, protective cover. From a review by Carl Sandburg: "Much of Jonathan Daniels' book 'Prince of Carpetbaggers' reads like entertaining fiction even though the characters are taken from documents and are more real and believable than those we meet in the run-of-mill novels of our day.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated First Edition. Mr. Daniels brings the Reconstruction of the South into sharp focus by turning the spotlight on a man who embodied the story and character of the Reconstructionist. General Milton S. Littlefield became the very image of the plundering carpetbagger, but it is at least possible that he was also the epitome of the scapegoat. Red boards with silver lettering on spine, 319 pp., illustrated jacket. SIGNED by the author with a brief insription on the front free endpaper. Small rubbing mark on front board's lower right corner, clean text, tight binding. Jacket is worn, chipped and price-clipped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking the dust-jacket, inscribed and signed by Otto Olsen on the front free endpaper. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance, with a couple of small minor smudges to the front board. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. J.B. Lippincott Company, PA. Story of Brigadier General Milton Littlefield, a veteran of Sherman s Army. Littlefield was assigned to control the City of Charleston, SC after it fell to Union forces. His actions proved corrupt and he became the epitome of a the carperbagger. There is a signed dedication on the first page. Written by President Franklin Roosevelt's last Press Secretary. Very good copy of the stated first edition in a good- dust jacket. The dust jacket has some edge wear and is also missing a 1 inch by 1 inch section of the back cover. 319 pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Cloth; 8vo.,137pp.No d/j. Signed by author on title page. One of a limited edition of 750 copies. No D/j, else Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Scarce title! Book is gorgeous with an illustrated cover. 327 pages with many period b/w photographs. Very minor shelf wear. A great look into the history of Jacksonville. Inscribed by author on 1st blank page. Selling quality books for over 35 years. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition/First Printing. Solid copy in a jacket with typical edgewear, nicks, short tears. Inscribed by Author(s).

SUTHERLAND, Daniel E. The Confederate Carpetbaggers. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1988]. 1st ed. xv,360pp. Portraits. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Presentation inscription from the author on 1/2-title. Typed letter signed form the author affixed to front pastedown about this work and the Portraits in Conflict series. Study of the lives of southern men and women who moved north between 1865 and 1889. Signed.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. From the Library of Sir John and Mary Mills. Signed by Mary Mills on the front endpaper. Size 8½" x 5¾", First U.K. Edition, First printing. Turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. With unclipped (30s net UK only) illustrated dustjacket. Book condition very good, corners and bottom edge of spine a little rubbed, contents clean, complete and intact. Dustjacket condition very good, top and bottom edge a little frayed 3 tiny pieces ½cm missing, slightly grubby, not clipped. "The story of a millionaire who was soft enough to buy a film company because of one woman and hard enough to make more millions after she died. The story of the whore he made a star, of the heroes he bought and sold. The story of Hollywood at its most flamboyant and big business at its best". Signed by Mary Mills.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Revised Edition. xvi + 285 pp., b/w photos, addenda, appendices (war log, roster), endnotes, bib., index. A Story of the World War II Carpetbaggers 801st Bombardment Group H, U.S. Army, Eighth Air Force. Flat signed by the author on the half title p. On the front end papers are 4 cut outs tipped-in (glued) with the signatures of Joe Doughty, Bob Izumi, Wm. J. Murphy, Herb Suerth, * Jake McNiece all from the 506th PIR, 101st AB. Also the autographs of George Koskimaki and Ray Nagell (gliders). Plus a typed donation receipt signed by R.E. Cole and Chase Nielsen, Doolittle Raiders. Hard cover book & d/w both in near fine cond. Signed by Subject.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First. 363 pages, 8vo, brown boards with a red cloth spine, dust wrapper (scratch on the back cover). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed on the publisher's logo page: "For Rachel - With all good wishes and all good health Harold Robbins - Palm Springs 7 April 95." Added to that page and the opposite blank page are two color photographs, each measuring 4 x 6 inches, of Robbins at home, in a wheelchair, playing with his dog. His wife also appears in one of the pictures.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 16. 12 illustrations. Loosely inserted is a signed letter to the artist Ronald Searle and his wife from the author mentioning the Harrington base and Oradour also a leaflet about Harrington Covert Warfare museum and another about the Violette Szabo Museum. Very good indeed.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Softcover in beige wraps. First printing. Fine condition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. The book is an account of his time with the European Air Transport Command and the 492nd Bombardment Group. 4to. 24 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins. Inscribed first edition. No dust jacket. Publisher: Trident Press Simon & Schuster, New York, 1961. Inscription is on the ffep and reads: To Suzy/with best wishes/Harold Robbins/May 61". First edition with 1961 on both the title-page and copyright page. Binding is in very good condition, wear at the top of the spine. Contents clean and bright. 679 pages. 6 x 8 ½ inches. Inventory #24-024. Price: $150. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1961, 1st Edition,  8TH PRINTING stated, A very good blue hardback in a VG- dust jacket with CREASES & MENDED TEARS BACK OF DJ. Dust jacket has some slight TINY paper loss to top edge of DJ spine, some closed tears and creasing, but now housed in a mylar protective cover. kBook GILT TITLES has some light fade to top edge of boards.  Book measures 5.75 by 8.75 inches and is 679 pages.  A tight, solid lightly read copy with no names, no writing or bookplates, comes from a smoke free environment.  This book is NOT a book club or ex library copy. DJ Protected clear Mylar,The story of the whore he made a star, of the heroes he bought and sold. The story of Hollywood at its most flamboyant and big business at its best" The "Carperbaggers" was Robbins best-selling novel, made into a movie of the same name in 1964, starring George Peppard, fand Alan Ladd (in his last film) Harold Robbins' novel featuring the fictional Jonas Cord, an aviation pioneer and Hollywood film maker, and a character whose life seems quite similar to the life of Howard Hughes. The "Carpetbaggers" was Robbins best-selling novel, basis of the 1964 film of the same name starring George Peppard, Carroll Baker. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustJacket, , 1961 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, 1st Edition, 3RD PRINTING Stated, NODustJacket ,A very good- blue hardback DARK BROWN CLOTH Book GILT TITLES has some light fade to top edge of boards WEAR AT EDGE OF SPINE CVR.  Book measures 5.75 by 8.75 inches and is 679 pages.  A tight, solid lightly read copy with no names, no writing or bookplates, comes from a smoke free environment.  This book is NOT a book club , NOT Ex library copy. The story of the whore he made a star, of the heroes he bought and sold. The story of Hollywood at its most flamboyant and big business at its best" The "Carperbaggers" was Robbins best-selling novel, made into a movie of the same name in 1964, starring George Peppard, fand Alan Ladd (in his last film) Harold Robbins' novel featuring the fictional Jonas Cord, an aviation pioneer and Hollywood film maker, and a character whose life seems quite similar to the life of Howard Hughes. The "Carpetbaggers" was Robbins best-selling novel, basis of the 1964 film of the same name starring George Peppard, Carroll Baker a. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author Harold Robbins on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, spine slightly darkened, small damp stain on head of spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Austin/1962, fine hardback in very good dustjacket, lightly discolored at toe of spine of book, lightly chipped at head of dustjacket, protected in a mylar jacket. Signed by Author(s).