A Son Of the Middle Border

Set of four "Middle Border" books by author. All Macmillan first editions in very good to near fine condition. "Back Trailers" and "Trailmakers" are in slightly chipped to near fine dust jackets. Garland's Middle Border books are autobiographical beginning with his upbringing on a farm in the Midwest. He won the Pulitzer Prize for "Daughter." Four volumes will require extra… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin Books. G PB (some edge wear). (1995). 1st Printing. Frontier and pioneer life set in Northwestern States. Includes Bibliographical references. An epic story of the quest for . new frontiers - and of the gradual heartbreaking failure of Amerian pioneer ideals. Drawing on the history of his own family chronicles of a generation, bittersweet narrataive of growing… Read more about this item

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. 1st Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Alice Barber Stephens. viii + 467 pp., b/w illus. Special Autographed Edition. Flat signed by the author on the half-title p. An Ex-Lib. copy w/call # on spine, pocket in rear, sl. soiling of cover.… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918. "All of this universe known to me in the year 1864 was bounded by the wooded hills of a little Wisconsin coulee, and its center was the cottage in which my mother was living alone--my father was in the war." 467 pp. Black cloth covers with red and gilt image of covered wagon on… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. Reissued. 467 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards… Read more about this item

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Very Good. 1979. Hardcover. Some wear. Very Good.

NY:: Macmillan Company,. Very Good. 1922. Hardcover. A later printing. INSCRIBED by the author in 1922. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down and name on front free endpaper, else very good in black cloth with gilt and red lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 467 pages .

Macmillan, 1920-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. 1920, Macmillan. SIGNED by the author! Binding starting to crack, else very good. Shelfwear is minor. Previous owner's name signed on front endpaper, biographical note taped on inside board. Scarce! Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Macmillan, 1917. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, red lettering on front cover with illustration, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 467 pp + ads. Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. Only printing on copyright page August, 1917.Covers show some soiling, corners bumped, front hinge weak but holding. Owners name front paste-down in pencil, the letter G and number 15… Read more about this item

1917. STEPHENS, Alice Barker.. GARLAND, Hamlin. A Son of the Middle Border. Illustrations by Alice Barker Stephens. Original pictorial cloth. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, "To Albert Bigelow Paine, the biographer of Mr. O. Possum and Mr. B. Crow, and others. From his admiring friend and family, H. Garland,… Read more about this item

1940 from Mother and Daddy 1st leaf, glue stains, decent overall. DJ rubbing, light soiling,tears chipping 97% complete, price intact.

UsedGood. Fifth printing, 1928. Hardcover in original scarce dust jacket. DJ has a heavy open tear running down bottom 3/4 of back cover along left edge. Edges chipped, general scuffing and shelfwear otherwise with age. Solid binding. Mild yellowing to page edges. Text clean, no underlining. Good copy, difficult to find with dust jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. Reissued. 467 pages. No dust jacket. Blue decorative cloth. Rough-cut pages. Light thumb marking, foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and light staining to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with red lettering and green and red pictorial stamping. xi, 467pp. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice reprint edition of the first volume (1917) of this Wisconsin writer's memoir. From the library of Russel B. Nye (1913-93), professor of English, popular culture studies pioneer and noted… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1918 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine, red & gilt picture and red titles on front board, ix, 467, [6] pp, 6 plates including frontispiece. Corners bumped, as are spine ends and top edge of front board near spine end, joints & edges… Read more about this item

Ny. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; The Macmillan Co; 1920. Black cloth, fair, soiling, edges rubbed. Rear hinge cracked. Includes six plates by Alice Barber Stephens. 467 pgs ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Later Printing. HB. Black cloth ruled in red, red lettering and gilt illustration of wagon on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 407 pp. Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. Previous owner's name, in pencil, on ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers clean with very little sign of wear. Book… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927 Book. Illus. by Alice Barber Stevens. Good. Hardcover. G/NJ Black cloth cover is worn and chipped on corners and spine, one inch tear at top of spine. Red titles. Slight fading on spine. Faint pencil marks on back flyleaf. Beautiful illustrations accompany each section of this coming of age story set to… Read more about this item

Macmillan, 1930. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Macmillan, 1930. 478 pages. Moderate general wear. Text pages have pencil notations.. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Fiction Modern::Western Western::Fiction 7540 7540

Penguin Publishing Group, 1995. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.