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rif. JD37294NY Armed Services Editions n.d. 1943 first edition thus wrappers. Softcover. No. A-28 just the 28th title issued in this important series "a romance of the Civil War" with a note about the author at the end issued by the Council on Books in Wartime designed to fit the pocket of a World War II American GI scarce. Very good plus. NY, Armed Services Editions, n.d. (1943), first edition thus, wrappers. Softcover. paperback
1938rif. 1388226New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo 369 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is illustrated brown print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners tears to bottom edge with small portion torn away. Price unclipped: “$2.50”. Boards in blue cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners and rear bottom edge. Text block has blue tinted top edge. Tanning to endpapers lightly shaken binding. Signed note from author tipped in at front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1388226. FP New Rockville Stock. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
rif. 212480Armed Services Editions. New York: Editions For The Armed Services. . A-28 almost near fine owner stamp inside paperback Armed Services Editions. New York: Editions For The Armed Services. paperback
1938rif. 28013New York Farrar & Rinehart 1938. Orig. full blue cloth. First edition with a long signed dedication from the author dated "Feb. 22 1936." ca. 8 lines. hardcover
1938rif. 95031London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1938. First UK edition first impression of this American Civil War novel. First published in the US the preceding year. From the publisher's archive. Octavo. Original black cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. A fine copy in the jacket with sunned spine. hardcover
1938rif. 1.19187New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Near fine; some shadowing inside boards; all else-clean tight & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap./good light edge chipping; 1 " absent from spine top. protected by new Mylar wrap. 8 vo; dark blue cloth boards; blind stamp author's name on front board; gilt spine lettering; pale blue text block top; ; 369 pp; illust. dj; not price clipped. Farrar , Straus and Giroux hardcover
1938rif. 95058London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1938. First UK edition first impression of this American Civil War novel which was first published in the US the preceding year. From the publisher's archive with their stamp to the front panel of the dust jacket. Octavo. Original black cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Contents foxed; a very good copy in the jacket with faded spine. hardcover
1938rif. 66765New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good- dust jacket multiple chips and tears top 1 inch of rear panel is gone. Spray stain to jacket. Stated First Edition. A novel of the Civil War.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1938rif. 67521New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name to FEP. First Edition stated.; Signed by the Author; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1938rif. 28191New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a good dust jacket. Book frayed; wear to corners. Jacket taped to book; chipped and torn including three inch tear to spine. Stated first edition. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1938rif. 677New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth pictorial dust jacket. 369pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition a lovely copy in lovely jacket. Noteworthy Civil War fiction from the author of "Anthony Adverse" -- with a fine autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a 3" X 1½" heavy stock card boldly signed in black ink by Allen who adds "Cordially yours" Front pastedown bears the ownership of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 which he dates April 10 1952. IN TALL COTTON 2. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1938rif. 9108New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. Stated First Edition. Octavo; xii 369 pp. A fine bright copy in like dustjacket. ". a romance of the Civil War.taken from word-of-mouth reminiscences by Civil War veterans both Union and Confederate and from people who lived in the towns cities and the country in the area covered by the story." By the author of the his much-loved novel "Anthony Adverse Farrar & Rinehart unknown
1938rif. 44824New York:: Farrar & Rinehart 1938. Galley proofs printed two galleys to a page side-by-side. original cloth-backed plain stiff wrappers. Light creasing to the first few leaves and the wrappers. 12-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Farrar & Rinehart, hardcover
1938rif. 28225New York: Farrar Rinehart 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in price-clipped very good or better dustwrapper with a few old internal repairs. A novel of the Civil War set along the border territory of Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Laid in is a typed letter from Allen's secretary enclosing an autograph card also present Signed by Allen meant especially to be laid in the correspondent's copy. Farrar, Rinehart hardcover
1933rif. 13605New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First Thus. Hardcovers with slipcase. Fine/Near Fine slipcase. Allan McNab. 8vo. pp. x 699; 703-1224. Illustrated by Allan McNab. Bound in black cloth over scarlet cloth; spine lettered and decorated in gilt publisher's transparent wraps. Clean and fresh throughout but for leaf 657/658 in the first volume which has a closed tear evidently a flaw from the printing or binding process. In the black paper-covered slipcase gold paper title label. Inscribed by the author to ffep of vol I: "Inscribed for -- -- / by the author / signed Hervey Allen". Also signed on ffep of vol II. A well perserved set in the original glassine jackets. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933rif. h46346NY: New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket book good with some light soil to covers and spine top inch of spine with some uneven loss of color and whitening associated with dampstain contents good with bookplate of University of Pittsburgh's Hervey Allen Collection and their deaccession stamp both on pastedown and hidden by jacket flap; jacket good with light general soil stains shallow chipping and short tears along top edges. Signed "Hervey Allen His book. 1st edition first printing author's copy presented by Stanley D. Rinehart to the author. Notice: Not to be loaned or taken from the house." Allen was born in Pittsburgh in 1889 graduated from Pitt in 1915 and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. That year he published a collection of poems Ballads of the Border. He also served as a lieutenant and later a company commander of Company "B" of the 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment of the 28th keystone Division United States Army during World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August 1918. After that he taught English at the University of Pittsburgh spent some time teaching in South Carolina where he met Dubose Heyward who became a close friend and collaborator. He published widely both poety and novels including a poetry collection that won the Yale Younger Poets award; his novel "Anthony Adverse" 1933 is probably his best known and most accomplished work considered one of the great examples of the modern historical novel. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933rif. 377848US: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933 First Edition SD Very Good/ NO DUST JACKET. Three volumes in one binding. Printed by Ferris Printing. Light-blue cloth with gold lettering with reinforced corners. Spine faded trace of lettering on close inspection sewn binding solid structure. Pos penned inside cover. Hinges mended. Inside page edges deckled. xii12246 pages. HEAVY ITEM 2.69 Pounds. Size: 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches. First Edition SD. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. Hardcover
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1937rif. 1408147Mount Vernon: The Limited Editions Club 1937. Limited Edition #386/1500. Hardcover. Octavos 3 Volumes. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's heavily worn green paper slip case. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Minor shelf wear. Top edges of textblock dyed dark green. Light foxing to endpapers. Signed by Wilson and enumerated on limitation page in rear of Volume III. Shelved in LECs. 1408147. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
rif. ANAIS-0030284007Farrar and Rinehart. hardcover. Good. 1.8x09x2.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
rif. 9373057243.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1933rif. 30067NY: Farrar and Rinehart. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth over flexible boards gilt lettering on spine blind-stamped borders and gilt lettering on cover fore-edge deckle. NB. William Hervey Allen Jr. 1889 – 1949 was an American educator poet and writer. He is best known for his work Anthony Adverse made into a 1936 movie of the same name regarded by many critics "as the model and precursor of the contemporary American historical novel.". Gilt lettering on spine faded head and heelof spine lightly worn else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. Decorations. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. xi 1224 pages . 1933. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933rif. 2348204New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5x3x0. McNab Allan. First edition first state p. 352 line 6: Xaxier; p. 397 line 22: found found; p. 1086 line 18: blacksmith ship. Near fine book with original jacket in good condition unclipped $3.00 list price on front flap. Jacket toned minimal loss from jacket spine head a few closed 1/2 inch tears along edges. 1933 Hard Cover. 1224 pp. 8vo. The novel which inspired the 1936 Academy Award winning film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. "From the publication of his Ballads of the Border in 1916 when he was in the National Guard serving on the Mexican Border Hervey Allen has been a colorful figure among American writers. His war diary Toward the Flame was recognized as one of the most vivid of the American accounts of active service in France. His Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Poe was generally recognized as the definitive work on the subject. His several volumes of poetry have been widely praised. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover
1934rif. 1388227London: Victor Gollancz 1934. Hardcover. Octavo 1272 pages. In Good condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Covered in tanned cellophane. Spine is tanned cellophane. Dust jacket is yellow with pink and black print. Edge wear toning to spine peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “10/6 net”. Boards in pink cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1388227. FP New Rockville Stock. Victor Gollancz hardcover
