Search Results: across spoon river by masters edgar lee

University of Illinois Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Illinois Press, 1991. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Illinois Press, 1991. 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. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Paperback. Good+ with no dust jacket. Ink underlining in some sections ; "This intimate and provocative autobiography, first published in 1936, reveals the innermost thoughts of a great American poet. Edgar Lee Masters was a transitional figure in American literature with one foot planted in the nineteenth century and the other firmly placed on the path of what we now think of as the modern period." 426 pages; 6x9 "; 426 pages.

Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated. Fair. 1936. Hardcover. Green cloth lightly faded and soiled. Dj soiled and chipped. Book plate. End papers soiled/foxed. Good reading copy only. .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First edition. Hardcover rebound by library in blue cloth.. Very Good. The author of the famous SPoon River Anthology (poems) decribes his life in Illinois, influences and struggles. Masters seldome met a woman he did nto fall for and his account of these romances is part of the charm of the book, as is his descriptions of farm, village, and city life from the last days of the 19th century through the 1920s and into the start of the depression. As csn be expected from a poet, there are some fine descriptins, especially of the people he meets. Masters was friends with many of the authors of the period, such as Theodore Dreiser. Although ex-library and rebound, the book itself is in excellent contidtion. There are several light stamps from the Pana (Illinois) libary on the edges of the pages and the title page. In the rebinding, the front and back forms have their margins squeezed. There are eleven excellent photographs of the author, his family, early homes, etc.

University of Illinois Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Paperback. 1st printing thus. Originally published by Farrar & Rinehart in 1936. 426 pp. Index. Fine condition (corners crisp, no creases, no markings; light, uniform fading to spine). A clean, fresh copy.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chipping along most of top edge of jacket. .

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; beige spine with red and green text; first edition; dust jacket shows modest soiling to exterior; some wear to joints and fore edges; minor edge wear; slight toning to flaps; mylar wrap; cloth has light exterior wear; straight boards; text block exterior edges mildly toned; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 426. 1342062. FP New Rockville Stock.

Farrar & Rinehart. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpage. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (literature)

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Good+/Good. 8vo. Pp. 426. Frontis. author portrait. Illustrated with black and white photographs on coated paper. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering stamped on the cover and spine, lightly faded edges. Former owner name in pencil on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket with a long, closed tear between front panel and flap. A handsome, presentable copy. Dust jacket now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Original green gilt cloth. The memoirs of one of Illinois' great poets, author of Spoon River Anthology, with many vignettes of the Chicago Renaissance. Book is clean and unmarked. Jacket is price clipped, with two tiny corner chips and the usual light dust offsetting, and is otherwise very good and bright, and protected by a Brodart cover.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. Illustrated. Offset endpapers thus near fine in a poor dustwrapper with offsetting, soiling and a large tear to the front panel.

NY: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1936. Gift inscribed by author on free end page. Waterstain on back of jacket, otherwise in nice condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good.