Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Very mild wear. Jacket shows a bit of edge wear around the spine ends and a couple of tiny tears. Protected now in a Mylar archival cover. Novel of an American G.I. living and loving in postwar Europe (WWII). The author was a WWII vet and took a G.I. bill of rights tour of Europe, studying and working abroad. An inscribed vintage photo of him is laid in. In military uniform behind a desk, he has inscribed the photo: "To Tex: The 'beaucoup Gelt' cowboy. We had good times together in Berlin. Henry J. Ambers, 29 apr 46." The author has also signed the book's title... View More...
Shelf wear and previous owner writing inside front cover. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is price-clipped, toned with age a bit, and has some tiny edge tears. Inside of jacket shows 383 titles. Some of the titles have pencil marks next to them. 640 pages plus a listing of Modern Library Giants (81 total). Protected in a Mylar cover now. View More...
Brown cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black. Worn at the spine ends and corners. Slightly cocked spine. Clean interior, no writing or marks. Follow-up to Dodo: A Detail of the Day (1893) and Dodo's Daughter (1914). View More...
Tiny bump to lower corner, else a fine copy. Historical novel about a survivor of the 1900 hurricane that devastated Galveston Island. Told through the voices of three generations. Signed by the author on the half-title page: "To Jerry..." 285 pages. View More...
Signed on the front free endpaper by ten of the contributing writers: Frank Turner Hollon (initials), ??? (best guess-Thomas McGuane), L.A. Hoffer, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Jack Pendarvis, James Whorton, Jr., Sonny Brewer, Stuart Bloodworth, Howard Bahr, and Karen Spears Zacharias,. Copy as new, never read. View More...
As new, never read, jacket protected in mylar. Signed (name only) on the front free endpaper by the editor (Brewer) and 26 of the authors who contributed to this volume. View More...
As new, never read, jacket protected in mylar. Signed (name only) on the front free endpaper by 23 of the 32 authors who contributed to this volume. View More...
Page edges are lightly soiled and foxed. Jacket is price-clipped and has a bit of wear at the head of the spine. Signed Limited Edition statement pasted on front free endpaper: No. 46 of 60 copies authorized for distribution by Signed Limited Editions. View More...
Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Dark green, pebbled leatherette covers with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. 217 pages with illustrations by the author. Fictional tale of adventure in which the narrator discovers in 1907 Alaska an old diary kept by a Russian adventurer who traveled the world. Fifteen sketches are salvaged from the decaying book and presented with illustrations for this tale. View More...
