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2015ref. 66615Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing 2015. Near Fine. SIGNED. 127pp. Octavo 23cm Pictorial wraps. The Pony Express stands out in the history of the American West memorable and captivating for the romance and adventure it evokes. The image of the intrepid young rider on a fast horse crossing mountain and desert with his precious cargo of mail is known and loved around the world as an icon of the Western frontier. Although its service was short only about 19 months its mystique seems to continue to grow after more than 150 years. Utah and the Pony Express were vital to each other. Salt Lake City was the major center of population between the Missouri River and the West Coast. Utah-bred men managed the line rode the Express horses and kept vigil at the lonely desert stations. This book tells the stories of those men and those stations as well as advancements in communication and the celebrations that have kept the memory of the Pony Express in Utah alive. This copy is signed by both authors on the half title page in the year of publication. The book is additionally inscribed by Dr. Joseph Hatch: "5-28-2015 _____ Enjoy. It is such a pleasure to work with you. Joseph Hatch. Arcadia Publishing unknown books
2006ref. 51012Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo 24 cm Full gray and blue cloth. 822 pages. Index. This edition is strictly limited to 500 copies of which this is #104. This copy has been signed with the date "06/06/06" by the editor John P. Hatch on the title page. Volume ten in the highly regarded Signature Books diary series. Anthon Lund was a counselor in Joseph F. Smith's presidency and the only monogamist at the time of his ordination. "Lund's accounts of the inner workings of the church hierarchy are at times formal but otherwise chatty the latter quality making him a favorite diarist among historians." - Signature Books. Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation hardcover books
ref. 012176various 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . Five inscribed titles late in the prolific career of staff writer of The New Yorker novelist and screenwriter Eric Hatch 1901 - 1973 inscribed to prominent resident Tracy Griswold of Litchfield CT where Hatch lived in his later years. Hatch was best known for comic novels his most consequential "1101 Park Ave 1935 which was the basis for the classic screwball comedy "My Man Godfrey" 1936 starring William Powell and Carole Lombard which he co-authored and for which he received an Oscar nomination. He then co-authored another screwball classic "Topper" 1937 starring Cary Grant and Constance Bennett. In Litchfield Hatch was active in civic and social affairs including the vibrant riding and carriage scene which is the topic of some of the books in this lot. By year titles are: THE JUDGE AND THE JUNIOR EXHIBITOR: A GUIDE TO BLUE RIBBON RIDING. NY: Duell Sloan 1964. Inscribed on the half-title. Laid in are 9 snapshots of Hatch driving a carriage one with his wife Connie and another with an unidentified man. THE YEAR OF THE HORSE. NY: Crown 1965. Inscribed on ffe. A comic novel about how a loving father endures his teenage daughters devotion to riding. Adapted as the Disney movie "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit" 1968 starring Dean Jones and with a young Kurt Russell. THE COLONEL LADIES. NY: Crown 1968. Inscribed on the ffe: "For Tarcy Here is a little hostess present I made for you with my own hands. It might have been better if I had used my head as well. With love Eric Hatch April 5 1968." TWO AND TWO IS SIX. NY Cown 1969. Inscribed on the ffe. For juvenile readers. WHAT GOES ON IN HORSES' HEADS. NY: Putnam 1960. Inscribed on the ffe. Another juvenile. All in near fine condition with very good or better dustjackets. various 0 hardcover books
1970ref. 601235New York: DBS Publications 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 162pp. White boards printed in black. Some toning on the boards very good or better. Useful bibliography. DBS Publications hardcover books
1974ref. 165747New York: Macmillan 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good/ P. Cloth has minor rubbing at edges/ dustwrapper rubbed torn w. Pieces missing and poor. Macmillan hardcover books
1973ref. 245780New York: Erikkson 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper rubbed with browning. Small stain on front cover. Erikkson hardcover books
1944ref. 113868IL: Consolidated Book Publishers 1944. Hardcover. Good/Good. Book club. Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover has bumped corners and spine bottom edge chipped dust jacket frayed at edges corners and spine. Consolidated Book Publishers hardcover books
1963ref. 202566New York: Hawthorn Books 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Allene Gaty Hatch. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper has minor cuts. Hawthorn Books hardcover books
1957ref. 187678Washington D.C.: National Park Service 1957. Very Good. Revised. Very good. Some light browning to pages and panels. National Park Service unknown books
1950ref. 266206Garden City NY: Doubleday 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good Hardcover in Good Dustwrapper spine ends bumped light browning of pages dust jacket shows 1in missing off of ends light tearing of edges browning with soiling and rubbing flaps clipped. Doubleday hardcover books
1934ref. 265266New York: Covici-Friede 1934. Hardcover. 347p. 8x5 inch cloth boards in dust jacket top edge tinted green a nice production of the first edition. Condition is fair to good there's a severe reader's crease lots of binder's paste staining to both endsheets the dj spine is faded to illegible. Covici-Friede hardcover books
2006ref. 129839n.p.: the author 2006. 121p. photo-decorated wraps 8.5x11 inch copyshop binding. Fine copy. Not in OCLC. Historical short novel based on historical records of a Mississippi plantation owner's wife killed by black soldiers during the Civil War. the author unknown books
1972ref. 15343New York: School of the Arts New York University 1972. Paperback. 135p. 33p ads illustrated essays interviews reviews play script very good paperback theatre arts journal in red pictorial wraps. Tzara's play "Handkerchief of Clouds" Also a section on Black Theatre and Movies. "Shaft" on the cover. School of the Arts, New York University paperback books
1974ref. 84208NY:: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0517514834 . Second printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Crown Publishers, hardcover books
1980ref. 31251Washington:: Olivia Stokes Hatch. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. Black and white photographs by Marvin Breckinridge Patterson. First edition. Near fine in a very good light rubbing dust jacket. . Olivia Stokes Hatch, hardcover books
1989ref. 62398New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1989. Paperback. 0195060776 . Paperback 298pp. Very Good. . Oxford University Press paperback books
1982ref. 013025NY: Hatch-Billops 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. A fine copy 56 pages illustrated covers and text b&w photo of poets in rear. Hatch-Billops unknown books
1935ref. 77300Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardback in dust jacket. First edition bound in pink cloth with black lettering lightly edgeworn in a scarce darkened dust jaket which is NOT price clipped though the $2.00 is very faded. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven 1948-2019. Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1941ref. 77172New York NY.: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in gray cloth with green stamping on the upper cover and spine in a very nice dust jacket with light edge-wear and with a faint crease to the upper panel. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. --- From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven 1948-2019. Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! . Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. hardcover books
ref. 28840Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Harvard University Press 1954. 523 pages very good in worn dust jacket. . Other hardcover books
1942ref. 22956New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. Very Good in Good dj. c.1942 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. bumping to spine ends light soiling to top of text block; jacket supplied from another copy is moderately edgeworn scrunched and wrinkled at spine closed tears at a couple of spine corners one of which extends diagonally across the bottom part of the spine but is fairly unobtrusive. Two short novels with show-biz settings by the author of "My Man Godfrey" about "lovable people you like to read about." Now there's a switch! "The Golden Road" is about a young woman "who came to New York for a job but got instead a bandleader husband and all the complications of marriage to a selfish hard-drinking man." He must not be one of the aforementioned lovable people. Meanwhile the protagonist of the second book "Bright Star" is determined "to be an actress or die trying. For a while it looks as if death might win but an accidental slip on the stage landed her in her rightful place the comedy field." . Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. hardcover books
1930ref. 18946New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good dj. c.1930. Later Printing. Hardcover. nice clean copy very light wear to extremities slight age-toning to page edges; jacket a little rubbed light soiling to rear panel with a diagonal double-crease in the upper left-hand corner of the front panel cutting across the title. "A romance of love on Long Island of sophisticated wit . the gay story of an exceedingly serious young man who needed a whole bucket full of romance and who found it in a series of madcap adventures." Early novel by the author of "My Man Godfrey" who had only taken up writing in 1928 after retiring from his father's banking firm. "His great interest in life" claims the jacket blurb " is boats -- and when he was last heard of the crew of one of his boats had deserted the Jap servant had broken up the engine with a hammer the out-board motor had sunk and -- but in other words the locale of this book is his own." . Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1933ref. 12924New York: Covici Friede. Fair. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket pretty rough condition reading copy only; heavy external wear all pages attached but binding weak rear endpapers removed with consequent weakening of rear hinge vintage bookseller's label on front pastedown. A novel of the Vermont hill country reissued as a Dell paperback in 1953 under the title "Go Down to Glory." . Covici, Friede hardcover books
ref. 32358n.p.: BBC. N.D. First Printing. Softcover. Loose sheets stapled in upper left corner mimeographed radio script printed on rectos only from the estate of Douglas Cleverdon. Very good a monologue with none of the usual BBC broadcast data. Possibly background for a future broadcast. Extra postage will be required for International shipping of this oversize item.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 11 pp . (BBC) paperback books
1964ref. 95684NY:: Hawthorn Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. First printing thus. SIGNED by Eric Sloane. Fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. ; 85 pages; Signed by Illustrator . Hawthorn Books, hardcover books
