Ozarks

New York: B. Shackman & Co. ("Our Version of the Antique," No. 11090, Printed in Hong Kong, 1983). Like new die-cut shape booklet, softcover. Stitched binding, 12 pages. Verse and pictures by Rose O'Neill. Rose O'Neill (1874 - 1944) was a self-trained artist who periodically lived in the Missouri Ozarks throughout her adult life. She built a successful career as a magazine and book illustrator and, at a young age, became the best-known and highest-paid female commercial illustrator in the United States.... Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., [1944] . Original Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 273 pages + 1 page epilogue. Ex-library with usual marks. Else pages bright and clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. Bound in publisher's blue cloth which is rubbed and lightly worn at edges. Dated from copyright. Guy Howard was born near Newbern, Iowa. After many years of teaching, he became a missionary worker in the Ozarks. He hitchhiked the entire trip there and settled in Hickory County,... Read more about this item

1931. Very Good/good +. Laid in is a postcard signed by the author and inscribed, I assume, to a previous owner.. The covers show some shelf-wear and bumping around the spine with maybe some very light staining to the front endpapers. The contents are clean and tight. The dust jacket has a tear of about 1" at the top of the spine (repaired) and some chiping/shelf-wear. It is not price clipped.

Garden City: DOUBLEDAY, 1969. First edition, as stated. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Garden City: DOUBLEDAY, 1969. First edition, as stated. Very Good +/very good. Signed by Kantor on the ffep. Covers are lightly soiled and there are some rubbing marks especially along the spine. The binding is slightly slanted, and the corners and spine are bumped. Contents are clean and tight. The dust jacket, book price is present, has some soiling and the spine is faded. There is some... Read more about this item

Tales of the Ozarks: True Stories. Topeka, KS: Preston O. Hale (Undated, but early printing). Stapled softcover, 32 pages. Previous owner's name on front cover; gift inscription from 1966 inside front cover. Text clean and unmarked. Stapled binding intact. Age discoloration to edges of front and back covers.Author's Preface (1963): This is a group of events that impressed a growing boy who moved to an Ozark farm at the age of four years in the year of 1893. He came there from the flat muddy swamplands of... Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap (1st thus, 1941). Hardcover, green boards, with dust jacket, both in pristine condition, 305 pages. Colors on dust jacket are bright; no chipping or tears. Text clean and unmarked. Binding square and tight. Previous owner's name stamped in corner inside front cover. A great copy!
About the Book: "This is the story of Sunrise Mountain Farm, deep in the Ozark Hills, whither the author and her husband escaped from the clamor of the city to raise sheep and to make jams and jellies... Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good hardcover for age. Stated First Edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Cover faded, showing shelf wear and age. Inside is in good condition, no visible markings or underlining. Binding good. ; 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"; Signed by Author .