By Year Of Issue / 1940s from Books Tell You Why, Inc.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, first printing in dust-jacket of equal condition. The dust-jacket illustrations are bright, with small chips near spine. The book is clean, tightly bound, and free of marks ; Jacket drawing by George F.… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet & Co.. Near Fine. 1949. Second Edition. Hardcover. A charming second edition in nearly fine condition. The fabric of the spine has worn down noticeably, while there is sunning to the pages and a small area of foxing toward the outer pages as well. Otherwise this volume is very well preserved ; This… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition in very good condition with dust-jacket of equal condition. The dust-jacket has some wear and fading, but the book exterior is clean and well preserved. There is some tanning to endpapers, and a signature of a… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. An edition in very good+ condition with good+ dust-jacket. There are some pencil markings on front flyleaf and the dust-jacket bears some small tears on cover. The volume is a tightly bound copy with clean interior and some shelfwear to spine; In The Man… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first printing of the first edition in a nearly fine dust jacket. The book has slight discoloration to the fabric and some gentle fading. The dust jacket has some frays around the edges and discoloration to… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Fine. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first edition first printing. A very attractive book with some slight wear toward the spine. There are two pieces of tape on the title page from a past note perhaps. An easter card from 1964 is tucked into the pages possibly as a… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition housed in a very good+ dust jacket. The book has some tanning to the front paste downs and wear of the hardback with a starting spine hinge. All four corners of the dust-jacket are… Read more about this item

Dorrance & Company, Inc.. Near Fine. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, first printing with light tanning on the title page. There is some obvious rubbing and discoloration to the covers. The book is signed, inscribed and dated by the author directly on the front flyleaf; ; 8vo; 288 pages; Signed… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine. 1941. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. A nearly fine second printing that has some water damage to the boards; ; 8vo; 264 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good+ first printing, first US edition in like condition dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is brightly illustrated, with a little edgewear. Small sticker from bookseller on front endpage is only marking in book. ; Dust-jacket illustration by John Alan Maxwell… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Fine. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first edition first printing; this tan hardback has some rubbing on the spine, sunning to front paste downs and discoloration of the pages; ; 8vo; 285 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+. 1940. Hardcover. A very good+ first edition with little rubbing to the fabric of the spine and some obvious shelf wear. The spine hinge is starting; ; 8vo; 281 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first printing of the first edition with mild rubbing to edges of boards housed in fine dust jacket, tight binding; ; 8vo; 309 pages .

New York: MacMillan Company. Fine. 1940. Hardcover. An edition that bears some slight foxing toward the spine and discoloration of fabric on the hardback but otherwise in fine condition. The silver title and name of author stand out against the red fabric; ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 379 pages .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine first edition housed in a very good original dust jacket, there is some slight rubbing of the fabric around the boards and spine of book. The dust-jacket sports quite a few tears; ; 8vo; 278 pages .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1943. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. A later edition in near fine condition. There are navy boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The clean interior is free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. Set is missing slipcase; Handsome four volume set, with 426… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Lakeside Press. Very Good+. 1948. Hardcover. A very good plus edition with tightly bound pages. There is an In Memoriam stamp on the front flyleaf; This book is a collection of short stories about people who travel across the plains in the 1800s.; Black and White; 18mo; ix-xlv, 170 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. An edition in very good+ condition in a very good+ dust-jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper and signature on front flyleaf. Faint foxing on paper edges. ; Cover design by Bip Pares. ; 8vo; 281 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. An edition in very good+ condition with aery good dust-jacket. The dust-jacket has minor wear and wrinkles. The interior is clean and tightly bound; The Man Who Changed His Plea is the story of Harry Selfridge, the founder of Selfridges, a London department… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Lakeside Press. Very Good+. 1947. Hardcover. An edition in very good plus condition that is still tightly bound and very clean; The Western Country in the 17th Century is the Memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette. The two men were born in France and emigrated to the New World in search of better fortune.… Read more about this item