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Philadelphia: David Mckay Company, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green Book With Red Lettering On Cover With Gilt Square On Front. Gilt Lettering On Spine Is Still Bright. Hinges Are Tight. There Is A Small Spot Of The Cover (See Photo); Looks Like A Drop Very Good Condition. … Read more about this item

Raleigh: Ivy House Publishing Group, 2003. First Edition (NAP). . Full Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs. Bound in full black cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, otherwise unmarked. An examination of President Roosevelt's last year in office and how his health problems affected his… Read more about this item

New York: Macfadden, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Photographs. Very good condition paperback. Tightly bound, no spine crease.

Columbia Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket which is price clipped. Crisp, clean and bright.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front blank endpaper. Very good hardcover in orange cloth with black lettering. Some rubbing to edges. Hinges are tight. Dust jacket shows original price ($4.00) on the front flap. Dust jacket has small edgewear with small chip at lower rightr hand… Read more about this item

Exeter, UK: Folly Island Press, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good+. Photographs. Perfect-bound softcover; no additional printings. 176 pages. Recollections of teachers and students at this prestigious school, founded by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst. Original price sticker to the rear wrap (removable). Pages 170-175, a map of the school and the glossary, have a few neat underlines, otherwise the… Read more about this item

Miami: R. David Butt, 1982. Hardcover. Fair. Peggy Hugg. Bound in blue hardcover with sliver lettering. Inscribed and signed by author Van E. Huff on the front black endpaper. Clean and bright book, hinges tight, unmarked.

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good condition, bound in blue cloth with white cover and spine lettering. First edition with the D. Appleton (1) on the last page. Hinges ti8ght, unmarked. Tipped in frontis of author.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. Very clean and bright book, bound in blue with bright gilt spine lettering. Text unmarked. Prior owner bookplate is present on the inside of the front cover. First edition with title page and copyright page dates of 1947.

Lincoln: The University Publishing Company, 1928. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece. Bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1928 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 151 pages with index. The cloth shows light edgewear with the upper corners lightly bumped;… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Embossed stamped textured cloth with raised cover letterings and raised eagle on the cover. Bookplate of Herman Gimmestad on the inside of front cover. Prior owner name in pencil dated 1922 on the front endpapers. Hinges tight. Very light rubbing to cover

Omaha: The Author, 2008. First Edition (stated) . Pictorial Boards. Fine/None Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs. Bound in pictorial paper-covered boards. First edition (stated). Newspaper columns by the long-time Omaha World-Herald journalist (and later publisher), most concerning his life with his wife Marian. A fine copy, quite possibly unread. Clean, tight and unmarked. … Read more about this item

Boise: Boise State University, 1976. Soft cover. Fine. stapled softcover, 48 pages, in fine condition

Decorah: B. Anundsens Forlag, 1906. First Edition (NAP). . Three Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. Portraits and Photographs. Norwegian language. Bound in three quarter leather and brown cloth; 720 pages. Spine in six compartments with titles stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1906 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. A large collection of short biographies with attendant… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: The Friend Publishing Company, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Bound in blue moire cloth with titles in gilt. Published November 1938; no additional printings. Signed by the author on the title page, without inscription. The autobiography of this Norwegian immigrant, who went to Lutheran seminary and later worked in the publishing business. Signature of author W. P.… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: The Author, 1932. Soft cover. Very Good-. Photographs. Norwegian language. Bound in original stiff pictorial paper wraps; 392 pages. Perfect-bound with a photograph of the Statue of Liberty to the front wrap. Inscribed and signed by the author (on the front wrap) to Dr. (Lars M.) Gimmestad, President of Gale College (Wisconsin, and retired by this time);… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: The Lund Press, Inc., 1926. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Photographs. Bound in pale green cloth with titles stamped in black. Corresponding 1926 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Signed by University of Wisconsin - Madison professor of Scandivavian Languages Julius E. Olson (son-in-law of Rasmus B. Anderson), with an… Read more about this item

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition. Very good book in a very good dust jacket, clean and bright. No chips or tears.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in boards and cloth, signed by Creeley and limited to 250 copies, of which this is #212. Corresponding 1980 dates; no additional printings. In the original acetate dust jacket. The jacket is lightly rubbed. Fine/Near fine.

Boston: Meador Publishing, 1952. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author on the front endpaper with 'Best Wishes". Bound in a textured brown cloth with yellow lettering on cover and spine. Two newspaper obits are laid in at the rear. The cloth shows only very light wear.… Read more about this item