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By: Colette; Remfry-Kidd, Charlotte
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.: 1931
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2283811
Condition: Very Good
First American edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, front hinge just beginning to loosen. 1931 Hard Cover. 314 pp. 8vo. An English translation of the French novel first published in 1910, by the author nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, and best known for her novella Gigi. This novel's protagonist is a woman who becomes a dancer after divorcing her husband. The plot is inspired by events in Colette's own life. View more info
By: Condon, Richard
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Random House: 1959
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 2287058
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket edges lightly bumped with a few minor tears. Two faint white smudges on front board. 1959 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 247; 251 pp. Deckled edge. Two novels in one volume. ABOUT THE OLDEST CONFESSION: The Oldest Confession is a 1958 novel, the first of twenty-five by the American political novelist and satirist Richard Condon. It was published by Appleton-Century-Crofts. A tragicomedy about the attempted theft of a masterpiece from a museum in Spain, it engendered, along with other early works such as The Manchurian Candidate, a relatively brief Condon cult.... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph
Price: $40.00
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.: 1921
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2262168
Condition: Very Good
3rd printing of this edition. Owner bookplate and ink stamp on front endpapers. 1921 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii, [3], 492, [4] pp. 8vo. Joseph Conrad's 1904 adventure novel, set amid the mist-covered mountains of a fictional South American republic, spins a colorful tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion. The story begins halfway through the revolution, employing flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men — corrupting and destroying some, revealing the strengths of others. Conrad's deep moral consciousn... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1898
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2197193
Condition: Good
First American edition, which preceded the UK edition, and of which only 1250 copies were printed. Spine toned, boards lightly soiled, dedication/contents page opened poorly causing 2 inch tear along fore-edge margin. 1898 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 348 pp. 8vo. The fourth book and the first short story collection by the author of The Heart of Darkness and numerous nautical stories. Includes: Karain: A Memory; The Idiots; An Outpost of Progress; The Return; The Lagoon.Keywords: LITERATURE FICTION SHORT STORIES View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company: 1923
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2276926
Condition: Very Good
First American edition. Very good in fair jacket. Rear hinge repaired, jacket toned and splitting along flap seams. 1923 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 286 pp. 8 x 5 5/8. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth, gilt titles. Author's last complete novel, depicting the rivalry of the French and English in the Mediterranean at the time of the French Revolution. An epigraph Conrad placed on the title page of this work, taken from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, later became his epitaph. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English-language novelist who in 1886 became a... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph; Monserrat, Nicholas
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1959
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2261262
Condition: Very Good
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number IX: 24 laid in. Spine faded, slipcase edges toned. 1959 Hard Cover. x, [1], 407 pp. 8vo. Conrad's moving tale of a sailor who is accused of abandoning ship. Introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat, color lithographs by Lynd Ward. Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. The novel is in two main parts, firstly Jim's lapse aboard the Patna and his consequent fall, and secondly an adventure story about Jim's rise and the tale's denouement amongst the people of Patusan - set in t... View more info
By: Conrad, Joseph; Monserrat, Nicholas
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1977
Seller ID: 2205690
Condition: Near Fine
Edges of endpapers slightly faded. 1977 Full-Leather. x, [4], 407 pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Conrad's moving tale of a sailor who is accused of abandoning ship. View more info
By: Conroy, Pat
Price: $7.00
Publisher: The Dial Press: 2017
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2287998
ISBN: 0385343531
Condition: Very Good
First printing. A few pages in the middle lightly water damaged. 2017 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 300 pp. Final words and heartfelt remembrances from bestselling author Pat Conroy take center stage in this winning nonfiction collection, supplemented by touching pieces from Conroy’s many friends. This new volume of Pat Conroy’s nonfiction brings together some of the most charming interviews, magazine articles, speeches, and letters from his long literary career, many of them addressed directly to his readers with his habitual greeting, “Hey, out the... View more info
By: Coolidge, Dane; Ulph, Owen
Price: $5.00
Publisher: The University of Arizona Press: 1985
Seller ID: 2205855
Condition: Near Fine
A few minor spots to page ridge. 1985 Trade Paperback. vii, 162 pp. Western writer and photographer Dane Coolidge (1873-1940), cousin of Calvin, grew up on a citrus ranch in Riverside County, California, and knew old-time cowboys first hand. This book about Texas cowboys actually takes place in Arizona on Indian reservation land, where Coolidge spent some time with the Cherrycow outfit at the turn of the last century, taking photographs as a cover, he says, for gathering material for his writings about the West.Familiar with California-style cowboys, he is quick to notice the differences among... View more info
By: Cooper, J. California; Walker, Alice
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Wild Trees Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2201014
Condition: Very Good
First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription. Faint crease on front wrapper along spine. 1984 Trade Paperback. ix, 124 pp. With a foreword by Alice Walker. In her acclaimed novels and short stories, J. California Cooper portrays the lives of African Americans, bringing to light the impact of history, social and economic hardship, and enduring cultural strengths on the experiences of individuals and families. The questions, discussion topics, suggested reading list, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's discussion of her works, which... View more info
Price: $1,750.00
Publisher: Stringer & Townsend: 1854
Seller ID: 1797797
Condition: Very Good
Corners & spine rubbed with some loss of gilt, front & end matter of a few volumes lightly foxed. Interiors exceptionally well preserved. Spine labels professionally replaced in emulation of original style. An excellent set. 1854 Half-Leather. Complete in thirty-three volumes. 12mo. 65 volumes in 33. Sewn bindings. Butterscotch leather spines & corners over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. An apparent variant of the set referenced in Spiller & Blackburn's bibliography (slightly different ordering of volumes, half-leather instead of cloth). The third American publication of Cooper's collected... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: A.L. Burt Company: 1915
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2276057
Condition: Very Good
1/2 inch tear to cloth of spine base but not board beneath, other corners a bit rubbed. 1915 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 469, [1] pp. 8vo. With The Pioneers (1823), Cooper initiated his series of elegiac romances of frontier life and introduced the world to Natty Bumppo (or Leather-stocking). Set in 1793 in New York State, the novel depicts an aging Leather-stocking negotiating his way in a restlessly expanding society. In his introduction, Robert Daly argues for the novel’s increasing relevance: we live in a similarly complex society as Cooper’s frontie... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Collins: 1964
Seller ID: 2287618
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase. Slipcase corners lightly rubbed. 1964 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 350 pp. Red flexible leatherette binding. Top page ridge gilt. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences.[1] The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.[2] The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Library of America: 1985
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2203801
Condition: Near Fine
First thus. Both volumes include publisher's slipcase. Spines slightly faded, slipcases lightly rubbed. 1985 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 1347; 1051 pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt titles and rules, ribbon marker bound in. The complete Leatherstocking Tales by the American novelist and historian, with chronology and notes following text. Includes: The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale; The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757; The Prairie; A Tale; The Pathfinder: or, The Inland Sea; The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path. This ... View more info
Price: $3.00
Publisher: Bantam: 1989
Seller ID: 2280224
Condition: Good
1989 printing. Lightly rubbed. We have more books available by this author!. Cooper's memorable tale of the French and Indian War, and a lone man who may hold the fate of many in his hands. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: James G. Gregory: 1863
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2283784
Condition: Good
First thus (BAL 3951). Light stain on front board and top edge. 1863 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 360 pp. Blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles and decorations on spine and front board. A collection of nautical stories for juvenile readers, reprinted from six of Cooper's earlier works, illustrated with engravings from drawings by Darley. Cooper is best known for his five-volume Leatherstocking Saga (historical fiction featuring Natty Bumpo), but he also wrote a two-volume history of the United States Navy, most likely inspired by his time on a merchant ship, and as a me... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2287026
Condition: Good
1981 printing, part of The Collector's Library of The World's Best-Loved Books. End matter and edges lightly stained, boards lightly soiled. We have more books available by this author!. xviii, 377, [5] pp. 8vo. Navy blue full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes designs based on bead-work of the Eastern Woodland Tribes. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid ... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Westvaco Corporation: 1986
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2294314
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. Publisher's presentation slip and description sheet laid in. 1986 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 342 pp. 8vo. Dark green cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt, illustrated slipcase and endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A limited edition released by the Westvaco Corporation for Christmas 1986, featuring excerpts from The Leather-Stocking Tales, The Spy, The Pilot, etc., along with a chronology of Cooper's life and a foreword by the publishers. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Beard, James Franklin (Editor)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge: 1968
Seller ID: 1787955
Condition: Near Fine
Includes original jacket. An exceptional copy.Near Fine. 1968 Hard Cover. ix, 460 pp. The sixth in a series of volumes presenting the personal papers of James Fenimore Cooper, famous for his Leatherstocking Tales featuring Natty Bumpo, which consisted of five stories (The Deerslayer; The Last of the Mohicans; The Pathfinder; The Pioneers; The Prairie). View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2205673
Condition: Near Fine
Top page ridge faintly spotted. 1979 Full-Leather. xi, 377 pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, introduction by Edward Everett Hale. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2278043
Condition: Near Fine
Page ridges faintly spotted, otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. xi, [1], 377, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson, introduction by Edward Everett Hale. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hale, Edward Everett
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1979
Seller ID: 2292780
Condition: Near Fine
Owner bookplate on verso of front endpaper. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xi, [1], 377, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. The second, and most well-known, installment in Cooper's five-volume Leatherstocking Saga. Cooper's famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid life. Featuring the classic character Natty Bumppo, it is a moving, memorable depicti... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Hansen, Harry
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1968
Seller ID: 2278051
Condition: Fine
1968 Full-Leather. xxi, [3], 411, [3] pp. 8vo. Original brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Introduction by Harry Hansen, illustrations by John Steuart Curry. The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as the trapper or the old man. Chronologically The Prairie is the fifth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales, though it was published before... View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Nevins, Allan
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Pantheon Books: 1954
Edition: Review Copy
Seller ID: 2283545
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Book in exceptional condition, slipcase a bit toned and lightly scuffed. 1954 Hard Cover. [x], 829 pp. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2. 8vo. Cooper's Natty Bumppo stories, selected from his five famous novels and collected in one volume, with illustrations by Reginald Marsh. Edited, with a new preface, introduction, chronology of Cooper's life, and chronological table of the Leatherstocking Tales, by Allan Nevins. Bibliography follows text. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Spiller, Robert E.
Price: $60.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1981
Seller ID: 2207940
Condition: Near Fine
Two minor scuffs to spine bands, gilt page ridges lightly rubbed. 1981 Full-Leather. xvi, 474 pp. 8vo. Full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers, introduction by Robert E. Spiller. The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is an historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and is considered as forming the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Winterich, John T.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Heritage Press: 1961
Seller ID: 2261914
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase, Sandglass Number X:25 laid in. Spine lightly toned, slipcase edges lightly faded. 1961 Hard Cover. xiv, 510 pp. 8vo. One of several variant bindings released by Heritage, this featuring cream cloth, gilt titles, and an illustration by Edward A. Wilson mounted on the front board. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson throughout, introduction by John T. Winterich. Part of Cooper's famous Leatherstocking Saga, featuring Natty Bumpo. View more info
By: Cooper, James Fenimore; Winterich, John T.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Easton Press: 1963
Seller ID: 2278044
Condition: Very Good
Minor loss of gilt from top edge of front board, a couple minor scuffs along edges. 1963 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xv, [3], 406 pp. 8vo. Black full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz, introduction by John T. Winterich. The action takes place during the American Revolution. The share of historical fact in the story is not large, but the action takes place so near to great events that the characters are all invested with something of the dusky light of heroes, while Georg... View more info
By: Corbett, Jim; Hallett, Maurice; Lord Linlithgow
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1946
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 2261075
Condition: Very Good
First American edition. Lacks jacket. 1946 Hard Cover. xix, 235 pp. 8vo. Introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett, preface by Lord Linlithgow. Black-and-white photographs, map of man-eater territory in the Kumaon Division of the United Provinces on endpapers. Jim Corbett's own story of his experiences with the man-eating tigers of Kumaon. To the excitement of the chase and the kill, which Lieutenant-Colonel Corbett imparts in a simple and direct but vivid and dramatic style, is added a picture of jungle life that is rare in the history of literature of this kind. His love of nature, his knowledge o... View more info
By: Crane, Stephen
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Reader's Digest: 1983
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2272740
ISBN: 0895771551
Condition: Near Fine
Reissue. Insert laid in. An exceptional copy. 1983 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Crane's famous work on the American Civil War, which inspired the 1951 MGM film of the same name. View more info
By: Crane, Stephen
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Franklin Library: 1981
Seller ID: 2286131
Condition: Very Good
Top edge and fore edge faintly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1981 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 200 pp. 8vo. Brown leather spine, gilt titles & decoration, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Crane's famous work on the American Civil War, with color plates from paintings by, and illustrations from sketches by, Winslow Homer. View more info