O'BRIAN, PATRICK

The Far Side of the World (Movie Tie-in Edition)

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003. Trade Paper. ISBN: 0393324761. Volume 10 in the author's highly popular Aubrey/Maturin series may be the most famous, having been made into a fantastic motion picture starring Russell Crowe, who is pictured on the cover of this movie tie-in edition. A clean, firm, bright copy but with just a touch of cover rubbing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 406 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 71331

Catalogue: Movie Tie-Ins

Keywords: 0393324761 Movie Tie-Ins Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Books Historical War Sea Adventures Contemporary Criticism & Theory >>Fiction

O'BRIAN, PATRICK

The Unknown Shore

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393038599. Stated First American Edition, 1995 of the author's work of historical fiction, which describes aspects of the wreck of HMS Wager off the coast of Chile in 1741. The harrowing aftermath of the wreck included mutiny, bloodshed and attempts by crew members to somehow survive and return to Britain. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in beige cloth; spine titling in blue. Dust jacket features striking wrap-around color painting by Geoff Hunt. --- With a faint bit of soiling to cloth, otherwise a bright, clean, newish copy. Unclipped jacket with a small tear near tail of spine, else bright and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 313 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 80522

Keywords: 0393038599 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>England, Uk and Uk History

BRICKLIN, JULIA

Polly Pry: The Woman Who Wrote the West

Guilford, Connecticut / Helena, Montana: TwoDot, 2018. Hardcover. ISBN: 1493034391. A newish biography of Leonel Ross Campbell, a pioneering newswoman who wrote under the pen name of Polly Pry. In 1900, she was the first woman to be hired by the Denver Post, and developed a reputation for "scooping" other reporters. Her critics claimed that she only sought news stories that matched her world view. With a section of black & white photos and drawings. --- In full pictorial blue paper-covered boards with wrap-around image of a young Polly to covers. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With very slight rubbing to covers, else a bright, tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; vii, 205, (2) pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 87156

Keywords: 1493034391

BRIDGES, HAL

Lee's Maverick General: Daniel Harvey Hill

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394604016. Stated first edition of an examination of the Civil War career of Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill by Hal Bridges. The General, considered to be a competant, able miliary leader, served under Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Braxton Bragg, but had disputes and disagreements with both. As a consequence, he was little-used during the latter part of the war. Includes numerous maps. Indexed. --- In full orange & brown paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a sound, tightly-bound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; viii, [4], 323 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 88342

Keywords: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>CIVIL War (U.S. )

O'BRIEN, TIM

July, July: A Novel

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0618039694. A first printing of Tim O'Brien's novel, in which a group of 1969 college graduates come together for their 30th reunion. The author was awarded the National Book Award in 1979 for his novel "Going After Cacciato." --- In tan and red paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with Marion Ettlinger photographic portrait of the author to back flap. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Unclipped jacket also in great shape; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (10), 322 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 86100

Keywords: 0618039694

BRODER, PATRICIA JANIS

The American West: The Modern Vision

Boston: New York Graphic Society Books / Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0821215787. Stated first edition of Patricia Janis Broder's presentation of works by modern artists, all sharing a theme of the American West. Works of 131 artists are displayed on nearly 400 plates, 100 of which are in full color. Well-known artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe are represented, as well as several native American artists. With a foreword by Charles C. Eldredge. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with representative paintings to front and back panels. --- A bright, tightly-bound, unmarked copy lacking apparent damages. Unclipped jacket ($75.00) with slight age-toning, else in good shape and wrapped in mylar protector which has been taped to verso of jacket. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Square Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; x, 350 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 87839

Keywords: 0821215787 >>Art / Architecture / Fashion

BRODERICK, ROBERT C. (GENERAL EDITOR)

The New American Bible: The New Catholic Translation

Camden, New Jersey: Thomas Nelson Inc, 1971. Softcover. A new English translation of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, prepared especially for Catholics by the Catholic Biblical Association of America. Each page of Biblical text includes both the notes and cross-references provided by the translators. Includes supplemental information such as interpretation of the Bible, measures (weights, money and time) used during Biblical times, and a couple of maps. --- A softcover edition, in stiff red-orange wraps. --- A bright, tightly-bound copy with a bit of soiling to front panel, otherwise lacking significant damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, 1398 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 84261

Keywords: >>Religion and Spirituality

BRONSON, WALTER C.

American Poems

University of Chicago, 1918. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Big compendium of American poetry in a decent copy. Orig pub date 1912, this printing issued 1918. In full red cloth covers w/light edgewear, scuffing at tail of spine. No DJ. Paper at frt & rear pastedowns has disintegrated at hinge points, exposing inner webbing. Lightly pencilled remarks & underlinings here & there inside vol. Prev owner's inked name & addr ffep. ; 1625-1892; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 71774

Keywords: >>Poetry

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE; BRONTË, EMILY; BRONTË, ANNE

The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters: Jane Eyre, Villette, the Professor, Shirley, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey and the Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Deluxe 7-Volume Boxed Set)

London: The Folio Society, 2004-2014. Hardcover. The complete novels by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, in a handsome Folio Society seven-volume set in shared slipcase. Includes Anne's "Agnes Grey," illustrated with wood engravings by Harry Brockway; her "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," illustrated with woodcuts by Ian Stephens, both 2004 printings. Emily's "Wuthering Heights," with wood engravings by Peter Forster, 2014; along with Charlotte's "Jane Eyre," illustrated with woodcuts by Simon Brett, 2004, her "Shirley," with woodcuts by Howard Phipps (2004); her "Villette," woodcuts by Peter Reddick (2004), and her "The Professor," with woodcuts by George Tute (2004). --- In blue paper-covered boards with patterned waterfall illustrations in blue and cream, and backed in blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling. Slipcase covered in blue paper and with gilt titling to two ends. --- With prior owner's bookplate or signature to most volumes' front free endpapers, else newish, tightly-bound, unmarked copies. Slipcase with a couple of small indentations, else undamaged and structurally sound. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall). Near Fine .

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Book number: 88386

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Illustrated Classics

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE

Jane Eyre (Harper's Modern Classics Series)

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1957. Hardcover. Charlotte Brontë's cherished novel was first published in 1847 under her pen name of Currer Bell. This Harper & Brothers reprint edition includes an introduction by Alice Green Fredman. Illustrations are not included in this edition. An entry in publisher's Harpers Modern Classics series. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt spine titling & on black spine block. The publisher's passed-torch logo appears on cover and on red endpapers.Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- An about-Very Good copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with indentations to both cover fore-edges.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 451, [2] pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 88037

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE

The Professor (Everyman's Library #417)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1954. Hardcover. ISBN: 0460004174. A 1954 reprint of the 1910 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë. Though she wrote it before her notable "Jane Eyre" and other works, it was first published after her death. The story is semi-autobiographical, and draws on her experience as a teacher in Brussels as a young woman. With an introduction by Margaret Lane. Everyman's Library number 417 in their "Fiction" series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full rust cloth-covered boards with spine titling and "EL" in script at tail of spine in gilt; orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A sound, unmarked copy, though with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and the beginnings of a split near rear of volume (which hasn't affected the stability of the binding).; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xii, 244 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 84869

Keywords: 0460004174 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE

The Professor -and- Emma: A Fragment (Everyman's Library #417)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. ISBN: 0460004174. A 1969 reprint edition of the 1910 issuance. An ex-library copy of an Everyman's Library reprint edition presenting the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë. Though she wrote it before her notable "Jane Eyre" and other works, it was first published after her death. The story is semi-autobiographical, and draws on her experience as a teacher in Brussels as a young woman. Also with two chapters from author's "Emma", her unfinished novel, which is preceded by an introduction by William Makepeace Thackeay entitled "The Last Sketch." With an introduction by Margaret Lane. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstamping, torn-out front free endpaper, sticker, cocked spine and general wear. Overall, the book is complete and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xii, 260 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 84835

Keywords: 0460004174 >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE

Shirley (Everyman's Library #288)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1950. Hardcover. A 1950 reprint of the 1908 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of the second published novel by Charlotte Brontë, which followed her "Jane Eyre". The story is set in Yorkshire amidst labor unrest in the textile industry following the Napoleonic Wars. With an introduction by May Sinclair. Entry 288 in Everyman's Library fiction series. --- In EL binding style 3 with full carmine red cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and tan topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a little sunning to spine, else a clean, tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xvi, 511, 16 (ads) pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 85995

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE

Shirley (Everyman's Library #288)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1965. Hardcover. A 1965 reprint edition of the 1908 issuance. An ex-library copy of the second published novel by Charlotte Brontë. "Shirley," which followed her "Jane Eyre," first appeared in 1849 under her Currer Bell pseudonym. The story is set in Yorkshire amidst labor unrest in the textile industry following the Napoleonic Wars. With an introduction by Margaret Lane. Entry 288 in Everyman's Library fiction series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt interlocked "EL" in script at tail of spine. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with considerable evidence of former ownership by a lending library: rubberstampings (including de-accession stamps), tears, sticker, tape removal traces, and general wear including crayon marks to last few leaves, but remaining tightly-bound and fully readable.; Ex-Library; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 511 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 87272

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Everyman's Library Editions

BRONTË, EMILY

Wuthering Heights (Popular Classics Library)

New York: Popular Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. ISBN: 159027010X. A modern reprint edition of Emily Brontë's cherished romance novel, first published under her pen name of Ellis Bell in 1847. --- In pictorial paper-covered boards with color painting by Valentin Ruths to cover. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Leaves have yellowed a little, otherwise a clean, unmarked, sound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 201 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 82146

Keywords: 159027010x >>Classic Fiction, Literature