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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Text block edges slightly dulled by age, otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket a bit toned by age, with light soiling, rubbed top edge, now in mylar. Errata slip laid in. 259 pp..

Miller Freeman, 2000. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Just a few hints of handling wear, essentially as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. x,214 pp., illus. 1st ptg..

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Color pictorial boards. Highlighting and a few inked marks through interior, otherwise as issued. 1st ptg. Ideal study copy..

Pantheon Books, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Gray paper covered boards, lettered in red foil. As issued, pictorial dust jacket now in mylar. ix,325 pp. 1st ptg. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf, full signature, personalized and with salutation "Clear Skies All The Way!".

Bonanza Books, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light blue cloth, lettered in black. Cover cloth shows foxing and flecking in some areas, with rubbed corners and spine extremities. Text block edges typically tanned, endpapers foxed. Firm binding, otherwise clean interior. Undated vintage Bonanza reprint edition. Color illus. dust jacket shows chipping, creasing and tearing along top edges, some handling wear, foxing to portions of front panel and to joints and flaps, now in mylar..

New York: Hill and Wang, 1978. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gold foil. Virtually as issued. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. xv,235 pp..

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. Lightly foxed text block edges and endpapers. 230 pp., rear folding map..

Chelsea House, 1994. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes, trade paperbacks: Black American Poets and Dramatists + Black American Prose Writers. Both volumes ex-school library, typically marked/stamped, but showing little actual wear, firm and square bindings, clean interiors beyond library stamps. Poets volume shows clipped bottom front cover corner. 145 + 159 pp. Both 1st ptgs..

Boston: Beacon Press, 1961. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth-effect boards, lettered in black. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities, otherwise essentially as issued. 2nd ptg.: Apr. 1961. Dust jacket shows several short closed tears and creases along edges, minor chipping to spine extremities, now in mylar..

Fawcett Premier, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Mild handling wear, one stress crease along otherwise firm, square binding. 576 pp. Short note inked inside back cover, otherwise unmarked. First published 1968, here reissued with new content (1983), 19th ptg. thus..

Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear and mildly sunned spine panel, with some nibbling/minor loss along lower flap folds, now in mylar. xix,242 pp. From co-author Northrup's personal library, though not marked as such..

New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black and gold paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Slightly foxed text block edges, otherwise as issued. Pictorial dust jacket as issued. xviii,429 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. No edition or printing given..

Washington, D.C., 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Brown cloth, lettered/illus. in white, gilt, and black. Modest shelf wear, several corners rubbed, text block edges tanned by age. viii,320 pp., illus. w/ b&w photos. Rear hinge mended, binding firm. No publisher given..

New York: Viking Press, 1940. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Collected. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Orange cloth, lettered in black, spiral-bound. First ptg. of combined edition: Sept. 1940 (originally published separately in 1925 and 1926). 187,189 pp. Cover cloth is lightly spotted in a few areas, with a neatly mended closed tear along lower front joint, minor rubbing to corners. Interior is intact, with all leaves firmly anchored and without tears (this spiral-bound edition was especially susceptible to tearing)..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Book. Illus. by F. C. Yohn; Margaret Armstrong (cover design). Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, lettered/decorated in black and gilt (design by Margaret Armstrong), deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. 1st ptg.: May 1902. Cover cloth sunned along spine panel and less so along rear joint, otherwise only slight shelf wear. vii,215 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Former owner's signature in pencil and another's signature stamp both on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked with clean and bright interior..

New York: The Century Co., 1917. Book. Illus. by E. W. Kemble. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light blue cloth, lettered/illus. in light green and black. Cover cloth modestly soiled, front cover lettering and illus. partially rubbed, corners and extremities a bit rubbed. Spine panel cloth darkened by age. Hinges show some separation and evidence of mending but are both still reasonably firm. xxxviii,182 pp., illus. 1st thus (1917), i.e. in book form, with previous copyright date of 1888..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark gray cloth-effect boards, lettered in black. Slight binding lean, otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket about as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. 272 pp., illus..

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1970. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, lettered in gilt. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, very little actual wear, minimally circulated. Slight tape ghosting along edges where old mylar had been anchored, one tape tab on each pastedown. Dust jacket price-clipped with small call label on lower spine, otherwise nicely preserved, in new mylar. xxxix,479 pp..

Springfield, MO: Aux Arcs Press, 1974. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet, tan wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Slightly sunned along binding fold and top front cover edge, otherwise essentially as issued. [viii],24 pp. Very scarce..

University of North Carolina Press, 2013. Book. As New. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Brown cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. [ix],233 pp. 1st ptg. Inscribed by author on main title, full signature, personalized. Scarce..