ALLEN, HerveyABAA
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1933Best.-Nr. 384323New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Three volume set. Uniformly bound in gray pebbled cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Bookplate removed leaving glue residue on front pastedown of volume one spines tanned else near fine. A typed publisher's notice neatly taped in before the title page of the first volume states: "Originally designed to appear as three separate volumes the publishers have produced the book five hundred thousand words complete in one volume for the convenience and comfort of the public." Scarce in this binding possibly making this an advance copy. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover books
1947Best.-Nr. 2352924New York: Rinehart & Company Inc 1947. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Fink Robert. 4th printing. Jacket edges rubbed with minimal loss from corners jacket price clipped. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1947 Hard Cover. 406 pp. Black-and-white woodcut vignettes by Robert Fink. One of the scarcest titles in the Rivers of America series. "The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years.The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and continues to remain an influential book on nature conservation as well as a reference for information on South Florida used as recently as 2007 by the New York Times. Rinehart & Company, Inc hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 2352924New York: Rinehart & Company Inc 1947. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x1. Fink Robert. 4th printing. Jacket edges rubbed with minimal loss from corners jacket price clipped. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1947 Hard Cover. 406 pp. Black-and-white woodcut vignettes by Robert Fink. One of the scarcest titles in the Rivers of America series. "The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years.The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and continues to remain an influential book on nature conservation as well as a reference for information on South Florida used as recently as 2007 by the New York Times. Rinehart & Company, Inc hardcover books
1935Best.-Nr. 197934Boston Little Brown and Company 1935. 1935. First edition. 8vo. Original yellow stamped blue cloth. Dust jacket designed by Quinn unclipped; a few nicks. Fine fresh unread copy. No signatues or bookplates. F. Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 197934Boston Little Brown and Company 1935. 1935. First edition. 8vo. Original yellow stamped blue cloth. Dust jacket designed by Quinn unclipped; a few nicks. Fine fresh unread copy. No signatues or bookplates. F. Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. hardcover books
1927Best.-Nr. 4This is a rare colliectoes ook- leather bound with gilt lettering. There is minor wear at the top and corners. No writing. Pages are pristine. Hervey Allen 1889-1949 was a writer educator and poet. He wrote the biographical intro Walter j black hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 43792New York: G P Putnam's Sons 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 275p octavo. A very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket. Two tiny spots on the rear panel. Inscribed by the author in 1950. G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 43793New York: G P Putnam's Sons 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 370p octavo a very good copy in a good dust jacket marred by tape internally to the jacket clearly unecessary . Inscribed tby the author in 1947 G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
1758Best.-Nr. 42083Boston: London Printed: Boston Re-printed : and Sold by Edes & Gill in Queen-Street 1758. 80pp. Disbound with mild uniform toning. Untrimmed inner spine margin reinforced. Horizontal slice through page ten affects portions of about eight words. Hole in title page affects several letters in the quote from Ezekiel. Good. Ownership signature: "Thos. Foxcroft's 1758." Foxcroft 1697-1769 was the prolific minister of the First Church in Boston. This first American edition originally issued from London in 1757 and eventually went through 17 printings before 1801. Ours is the only such American edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 8150. ESTC W30120 8 locations as of June 2026. London Printed: Boston Re-printed : and Sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street unknown
1758Best.-Nr. 42083Boston: London Printed: Boston Re-printed : and Sold by Edes & Gill in Queen-Street 1758. 80pp. Disbound with mild uniform toning. Untrimmed inner spine margin reinforced. Horizontal slice through page ten affects portions of about eight words. Hole in title page affects several letters in the quote from Ezekiel. Good. Ownership signature: "Thos. Foxcroft's 1758." Foxcroft 1697-1769 was the prolific minister of the First Church in Boston. This first American edition originally issued from London in 1757 and eventually went through 17 printings before 1801. Ours is the only such American edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 8150. ESTC W30120 8 locations as of June 2026. London Printed: Boston Re-printed : and Sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street unknown books
1938Best.-Nr. 007835Sagamore Press 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs summaries and lineages of all the top horses of the day including the legend of the racetrack Seabiscuit. The year that Seabiscuit became the Horse of the Year. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Sagamore Press hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 007886The Sagamore Press 1940. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine. Photographs summaries and lineages of all the top horses of the day including the legend of the racehorse Seabiscuit. Over three dozen references to Seabiscuit mostly concerning horses trying to break his records. This was the year Seabiscuit finally won the Santa Anita Handicap and was the world's greatest money winner in 1940. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall The Sagamore Press hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 183759Jockey Club. Very Good. 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 293 pp; Paper spine label with some edge wear touch of edge rubbing at the corners still a very nice tight and attractive book; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. . Jockey Club hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 39626New York: The Macmillan Company 1922. First Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original cloth-backed boards paper label on front cover. Minor discoloration to boards spine gilt faded else fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Heyward's first book it was Allen's fourth. He and Allen were among the founders of the Poetry Society of South Carolina "which had a strong influence on the rebirth of literature in the South." Kunitz & Haycraft. Heyward would later write a novel Porgy which became a play and then an opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin. Bruccoli First Printings of American Authors v.3 p.153; Seven Gables First Books 136 The Macmillan Company unknown
1922Best.-Nr. 39626New York: The Macmillan Company 1922. First Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Original cloth-backed boards paper label on front cover. Minor discoloration to boards spine gilt faded else fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Heyward's first book it was Allen's fourth. He and Allen were among the founders of the Poetry Society of South Carolina "which had a strong influence on the rebirth of literature in the South." Kunitz & Haycraft. Heyward would later write a novel Porgy which became a play and then an opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin. Bruccoli First Printings of American Authors v.3 p.153; Seven Gables First Books 136 The Macmillan Company unknown books
1876Best.-Nr. 10861Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1876. First Edition. 518pp. Quarto 30.5 cm In the original 3/4 leather over matching dark brown boards with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Marbled pastedowns and endsheets. Complete with all plates and the large map. Good only. Front hinge split. Bookplates on the front pastedown. Shelving number faded on the backstrip. In 1859 U.S. Army topographical engineer Captain James H. Simpson explored the Great Basin of Utah mapping a direct300-mile wagon route from Camp Floyd to Genoa Nevada. This faster route which avoided the older southern paths was crucial for the Pony Express the Overland Mail the telegraph line and later the Lincoln Highway. The report was submitted in 1861 but publication had to be deferred because of the Civil War. Portions however appeared in the author's 'The Shortest Route to California.' Flake/Draper 7724. Fales & Flake 170. Graff 3791. Howes S501. Moffat 57-59. Paher 1802. Sabin 8135. Wheat 999-1000. Government Printing Office unknown
1876Best.-Nr. 10861Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1876. First Edition. 518pp. Quarto 30.5 cm In the original 3/4 leather over matching dark brown boards with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Marbled pastedowns and endsheets. Complete with all plates and the large map. Good only. Front hinge split. Bookplates on the front pastedown. Shelving number faded on the backstrip. In 1859 U.S. Army topographical engineer Captain James H. Simpson explored the Great Basin of Utah mapping a direct300-mile wagon route from Camp Floyd to Genoa Nevada. This faster route which avoided the older southern paths was crucial for the Pony Express the Overland Mail the telegraph line and later the Lincoln Highway. The report was submitted in 1861 but publication had to be deferred because of the Civil War. Portions however appeared in the author's 'The Shortest Route to California.' Flake/Draper 7724. Fales & Flake 170. Graff 3791. Howes S501. Moffat 57-59. Paher 1802. Sabin 8135. Wheat 999-1000. Government Printing Office unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 65593New York: McGraw-Hill 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Bookplate on the front fly else fine in a lightly rubbed very good plus dustwrapper. Nunnally Johnson wrote produced and directed the film adaptation featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. McGraw-Hill hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 65593New York: McGraw-Hill 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Bookplate on the front fly else fine in a lightly rubbed very good plus dustwrapper. Nunnally Johnson wrote produced and directed the film adaptation featuring Oscar-winner Joanne Woodward David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1878Best.-Nr. 059639New Haven Conn.: Charles Hervey Townsend 1878. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Together With Some Account Of Their Landing And Burning The Towns Of Fairfield And Norwalk July. 1779. Engravings Of The "Green" And Town Of New Haven 1779. This Copy Is Bound As A Hardcover. There Are A Half-Dozen Engravings Primarily Of The Town And Surroundings Of New Haven Including A Small Map. 112 Pages Including 2 Pages Of Lists Of Names Of Those Defended The Town On Ships. There Is Also A Tipped In Errata Sheet At Rear Board. The Hinges Are Split And Tender Although They Have Been Strengthen With Primitive Hinges. None The Less A Very Scarce Item In The First Edition With All The Plates. . Charles Hervey Townsend Hardcover
1762Best.-Nr. 11927Amsterdam Pieter Meijer 1762. 2 delen portret CXCVI 312 4 412 p. Origineel leer met ribben 8° Met het portret van James Hervey. Mooie set. Amsterdam, Pieter Meijer unknown
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