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New York: W. W. Norton, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Very clean first edition, first printing in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean white boards with green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers- no names, writing or marks. 570 pages + "About the Author." Beautiful clean bright jacket depicting "view of Both Fallsfrom theU.S.Shore (1827) by George Catlin is not price clipped, unchipped, one 1" closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Powerful, vivid novel of the Civil War evokes the ideas, the passions, and the divided loyalties that made the war the central tragedy in American History..

Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1943. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1943. Stated First edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Clean red cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. No names, writing or bookplates. 420 pgs. Clean illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), has very tiny corner chips, short closed edge tears at corners. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historical novel about a Tyrolian man who has the stamina and courage to become a leader in the anti-Nazi movement after his family, friends and the girl he loves, and even he himself have all been shipped off to Czechoslovaki..

New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, first printing (with complete number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean green boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, no wear. Remainder mark on bottom text block page edges (black marker line) - no other names, writing or marks. Clean endpapers. Binding is tight and square. 356 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Penguin Press, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Penguin Press, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing of this debut novel - in fine, new condition. Very clean white boards with white cloth spine, right stamped metallic lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Clean bright dust jacket has no wear, not price clipped (26.95 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A stunning debut novel spanning decades and continents, about an immigrant's quest to be reunited with his family in the United States..

New York: Random House Inc, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Random House Inc, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine . "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in fine unclipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges area clean and bright. Clean beautifully illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 176 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel written in the author's eightieth year, and the two-hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. A novel as timeless astruth and justice--its biographical portraits are an eloquent lesson in American history..

New York: Joanna Cotler Books (Division of Harper Collins), 2004. Book. Illus. by Adrienne Yorinks, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Author-SIGNED first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean ivory boards with burgundy lettering on cover, burgundy spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean burgundy endpapers. Inscribed and signed on title page by the author: "For Brett! Enjoy the journey with George! - Kate McMullan." No other writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by Adrienne Yorinks. 266 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historical novel based on a young adventurer's journal which was kept while he was on the Lewis and Clark expedition (at sixteen, he was the youngest member of the expedition). The author of this book was… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in dust jacket. Very clean yellow cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner inscription dated 1958 neatly penned on front free endpaper - no other marks - pages and edges are clean. 350 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), is slightly trimmed (about 1/8" shorter than height of book, with shallow chipping at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A long, rich historical novel based on the settling of the Genessee River Valley in western New York..

USA: Dalmatian Press , 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Clean brown leather-bound hardcover book with gold lettering and decoration on cover and spine, gilt page edges, sewn-in ribbon page marker, raised ribs on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright. Clean maroon endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Collector's Edition - first printing with complete number line. 248 pages..

Toronto: Copp, Clarke Company, Limited, 1896. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition.. Toronto: Copp, Clarke Company, Limited, 1896. First Canadian Edition. Very Good+/no dust jacket . Beautiful first Canadian Edition - decorated cloth binding. Very clean unworn green buckram cloth boards with black botanical decoration on cover and spine, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with browning to endpapers only; very faint previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of blank fly and top edge of front paste down. Twelve full page black and white illustrations, including double page map (A Plan of the River St. Lawrence with the Operations of the Siege of Quebec). 376 pages..

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs Merrill, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in scarce original dust jacket. Blue-black ribbed cloth boars with red author signature stamped on cover, red lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers illustrated with cityscape of Chicago in the early 1900s, clean rose red top stained upper page edges. No names, writing or marks. Special American Booksellers Association page bound in near front of book. 1925 - no additional printings listed. 433 pages. Dust jacket has chipping at top of spine and edge wear, closed tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The dramatic growth of the city of Chicago disclosed in the romantic story of a delightful woman. .

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Clean stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue marbled boards with blue cloth spine, silver and gold lettering and decoration on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges and endpapers are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. 299 pages + "About the Author." Clean jacket designed by Richard Powers is not price clipped, has two tiny corner chips; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. All the color and drama of the War of 1812 is splashed across the pages of this historical novel - a romantic, swashbuckling tale of a Maryland plaanter's son, whose loves andadventures follow the stormy paths of history..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1939. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Thirteenth Printing.. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1939. Thirteenth Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Thirteenth printing of the first edition in clean dust jacket. Clean attractive book - clean red cloth boards with blind-stamped sword and leaf decoration on cover, blue title box with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 694 pages. Clean bright illustrated dust jacket has slight edge wear, small closed edge tears, some very shallow edge chips; slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name and date neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. No other marks - pages and edges are clean. 296 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped, has small chip at base of spine, light edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An historical novel of the gallant men--and one woman--who made the Pony Express a fabulous chapter in American history..