Search Results: American Classics from Select Tomes

Grammercy Books, Avenel, New Jersey, 1993. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket. 700+ pp (edited from the original 1902 publication to minimize duplication). Text ivory newsprint with b/w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Introduction written by Cleveland Armory. Like new condition. A glance through the pages of this book is a walk through time.

Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., New York, NY, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. First Edition as listed inside through this title. 204 pp. Text ivory, clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Small worm hole on bottom edge extends 1/2 inch, but does not reach text. Top edge tinted green. Spine is sunned. Cover shows wear from use. Green and white art drawings on front and back free endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated b/w drawing frontispiece by Nat Falk. Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and its successors, most famous for being associated with the Don Sturdy and Tom Swift series of books.

J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, New York, August 1946,18th Impression. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Light sunning on spine. 287 pp, text clean, bright and unmarked. No PO attribution. Not an ex-library copy.

Vintage International, New York, May, 1998. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. No dust jacket. 1056 pp. Text block white, clean. No prior owner attribution. The Executioner's Song is a Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state of Utah.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. 289 pp. Text has green tinted top edge and deckled outer edge. Endpapers toned typical of age, Text clean and unmarked. Prior owner attribution on back free endpaper. Dust jacket is clean with small chips along edges of spine. "In this one volume are the five most famous and immortal stories--one book-length story, one novellette and three short stories--of this greatest writer of sea stories the world has ever known--Joseph Conrad." Contains: The nigger of the "Narcissus"; Youth; The Lagoon; The shadow-Line; and Il Conde. "This is the first time these immortal stories have been published together in one volume."

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white, unmarked with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. No prior owner attribution. Pulitzer Prize winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the American Depression. Exceptionally good condition with no stains or wear.

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. Prior owner attribution and pencil notation on front free endpapers. Pulitzer Prize winning novel of an Oklahoma family's migration to California during the American Depression. Exceptionally good condition with no stains or wear. This book first published in 1939--a possible first edition.

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 482 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This book is described by the author as: "an attempt to collate within a single volume, and in terms easily comprehended by the unschooled music lover, all the information he requires for an intelligent, mature, and even comprehensive understanding of music: its structure, backgrounds, evolution, creators, basic vocabulary and terminology, its schols and movements and its literature."

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1958. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 1516 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of actual productions of the Old Vic Company in London, the Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, and other theatres throughout England. The Complete Works includes all the plays and poems that are acribed to Shakespeare, in whole or in part. A comprehensive anthology. This oversized edition may require additional shipping.

The story of orphan boys being sent to Plumfield to be raised. Front cover color illustration (by Frances Brundage) of a woman and two children sitting on a bough over a creek. Frontispiece color illustration of a small boy playing a fiddle. 405 pp. Text intact and readable. Slight foxing on front and rear endpages. All pages yellowed typical of age. Front and rear hinges broken. Spine torn along rear hinge. Owner attribution on front free-endpaper.

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 437 numbered pp; Pages: clean, bright, and unmarked. Owner attribution in ink on front free endpapers. Fore edge deckled and top edge tinted orange. Minimal shelf wear. Maggie Now is the story of an Irish immigrant girl who is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. She learns to navigate loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness. The author gained early fame from her previous book, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". As a bonus, included with this book is a copy of the paperback March, 1958 periodical "Wings", the Literary Guild Review featuring the release of Maggie Now and highlighting the author, Betty Smith. The Wings periodical is very rare.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1930(?). Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket issued. (The red covered edition was issued circa 1930). 350 pp. Text clean, unmarked and lightly sunned, typical of age and materials used. No prior owner attribution. Full color frontispiece drawing. Excellent condition for its age.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1926. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. Photoplay Edition, likely a G & D reprint. 398 pp plus eight pages of advertising by the publisher. Text clean and unmarked except for a prior owner attribution and date on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographic scenes from the Universal Pictures silent film starring Laura La Plante & Joseph Schildkraut. Show Boat went on to become two Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musicals: first starring Irene Dunne and the second with Ava Gardner.

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 574 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A compilation of humorous stories and anecdotes from America's most famous humorists.

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 1278 pp. in two volumes Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A timeless compilation of famous writings and musings of nearly 400 philosophers from around the globe. According to the author, "philosophy is the search for the indefinable."

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1942. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 751 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A compilation famous quotations and proverbs.

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 762 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This book is described by the authors as "...a volume designed for the educated layman, which attempts to offer an understanding of how the scientist works, the body of knowledge that has resulted from his activities, and the intrinsic interest and excitement of the search."

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 857 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This volume "depicts the crises and cruxes of history" as orated by: Theodore Roosevelt, Sun Yat-sen, Georges Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Trotsky, Hitler, Mussolini, Gandhi, Nehru, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, and many others. "Each speech prefaced with its dramatic and biographical setting and placed in the full historical perspective."

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 2086 pp. in two volumes. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. These two volumes are described by the authors as: "A new college anthology of American literature, with which is integrated a comprehensive historical and critical survey, must be designed to meet the needs of students whose perspectives are growing with our complex times."

The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 376 pp. Text box white and unmarked. A pink stain appears at top outer edge affecting hafl title page, title page through page 2 of the book. Otherwise unmarked with no prior owner attribution.