Biography from Ivy Ridge Books

Gurdon Bill, 1866. Second Printing. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. frontis. Full, tooled leather boards are rubbed on the edges, some wear on front, rear scratched, top corners worn more than bottom corners, spine sunned with wear head/tail. Pencil name front endpaper, 2nd endpaper pencil name and bottom half cut off, light foxing throughout, rear hinge weak, one rear endpaper… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, 1930. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6x4x1. Dust jacket has been heavily repaired on the rear, edge has tears and bends, spine darkened with a sticker removed. Wine cloth boards are a little rubbed at the extremities. Hinge weak at spots on the interior. First Modern Library edition 1930. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller… Read more about this item

Eveleigh Nash, 1913. First British Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. The blue cloth boards are worn at the corners, dull and lighter spots on front, spine sunned, small tears head/tail, rear scuffed. Tape repair rear of frontis, weak hinge in front portion of book, binding remains solid. 1913 UK edition. All orders packed with care, independent… Read more about this item

Mack, Andrus & Woodruff, 1839. Second Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Full leather boards are worn on the edges, some scuffing on leather, spine is chipped at head, tearing down both front and rear edges about halfway down, spine surface quite worn. Three bookplates front endpapers, binding is solid, foxed interior. 1839 second edition. All orders packed with… Read more about this item

Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West Company, 1902-01-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. No dust jacket, perhaps as issued. Pictorial boards are very worn, one corner chipped, the other three bent, edges worn, surface worn, decoration remains bright, spine is chipped head/tail, wear almost obscures text, rear decoration quite nice. Interior is quite tanned and fragile, chips, tears and bent corners,… Read more about this item

Prentice-Hall Inc, 1958. Book Club Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Book club edition. The dust jacket has corner wear, chips and tears head of spine, spine sunned, large repaired tear rear. Grey boards with black spine has lightly rubbed extremities. Name sticker and pen date front endpaper. 1958 book club edition. All orders packed with care,… Read more about this item

C.S. Francis and Company, 1866. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth boards are bumped and rubbed at the corners, spine a little sunned with tearing head/tail. Pen name front endpaper, light evidence of something removed from rear endpaper and what appears to an anti-theft strip on the reverse of that page - mysterious. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller… Read more about this item

Carey & Hart, 1841. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Burgundy cloth boards are quite sunned, heavy wear at the corners, some soiling, sunned impression of bookend on rear, spine sunned with wear and tear head/tail, gold decoration remains bright. Small bookstore sticker front endpaper, foxed throughout. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

J. Johnson; G & J Robinson, 1803. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume Four of Laurence Sterne's Work contains his sermons and letters. Full leather boards have replaced leather spine, spine is near fine, boards show some wear. Armorial bookplate inside cover, endpapers are foxed. Three engravings are foxed. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1851. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth boards are blind stamped all around, gold floral decoration front and rear covers, edges and corners worn, spine chipped head/tail, tearing on edges. Some interior foxing, first page of preface has been torn out, pages 113-116 are loose in the book. Third edition 1851. All orders packed… Read more about this item

Lakes Were Rivers Books, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 1/750 limited first edition. No dust jacket, as issued. Yellow cloth boards are near fine, interior clean. The photographs in this book are assembled from the life of Clara Driscoll. Ms. Driscoll was a philanthropist, writer and political activist. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011… Read more about this item

Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Signed by the author on the half title page. Dust jacket has tears on the edges and corners, surface wear and yellowed spine, price clipped. Black cloth boards are damp-stained on the top edge, rubbed corners, spine text partly worn. Pen name front endpaper. 1951… Read more about this item

Prentice Hall Press, 1992. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x6x9. Signed by Author. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Dust jacket has light shelf, a little yellowed on the top edge, price unclipped. Pale blue boards with brown cloth spine. First printing. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1960. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket has significant edge and surface wear, chips along edges and at corners, spine sunned and chipped, price clipped. Black cloth boards are bumped and rubbed lightly at the corners, wear and small tears at head/tail of spine. Two pencil inscription on front endpapers. 1960 copyright, no edition… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 2012-09-17. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by the author on the title page, dated Auburn, NY, Sept 18, 2012. Dust jacket has light corner rubbing, price unclipped. Tan boards with black spine has one lightly bumped corner, fine otherwise. Interior is clean. First printing. All orders packed with care,… Read more about this item

Harpercollins Publishers, 2007-05-21. First Edition. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 6x1x9. Dust jacket, black boards and book's interior in fine condition. First printing. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

Doubleday & Company, 1968. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Slipcase has wear on the edges, label is scuffed. Black cloth boards are a tad rubbed at the extremities. Clean interior. First edition. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

The Macmillan Company, 1935. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. The blue ribbed cloth boards are rubbed at the corners, bumped on the bottom two corners, a few duller spots on the front, rubbed head/tail of spine, some of the text is worn off. Pen name and inscription card affixed to front endpaper, hinge weak at… Read more about this item

Columbia University Press, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Signed by the editor, noted Lincoln scholar Gabor S. Boritt on the front endpaper. Dust jacket near fine, slight edge rubbing, black boards have one bumped corner, interior clean. First printing. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

Consolidated Book/People's Book Club, 1944. Book Club Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Dust jacket has edge tears, sunned spine and general wear, price unclipped. Light brown cloth boards are rubbed at the extremities, very clean. Bookplate on obverse of front endpaper. People's Book Club eidtion 1944. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011