American Classics from Select Tomes

Grammercy Books, Avenel, New Jersey, 1993. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket. 700+ pp (edited from the original 1902 publication to minimize duplication). Text ivory newsprint with b/w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Introduction written by Cleveland Armory. Like new condition. A glance through the pages of this book is a walk through time.

Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., New York, NY, 1934. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. First Edition as listed inside through this title. 204 pp. Text ivory, clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Small worm hole on bottom edge extends 1/2 inch, but does not reach text. Top edge tinted green. Spine is sunned. Cover shows wear from use.… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. Prior owner attribution and pencil notation on front free endpapers. Pulitzer… Read more about this item

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket condition: Very Good. 289 pp. Text has green tinted top edge and deckled outer edge. Endpapers toned typical of age, Text clean and unmarked. Prior owner attribution on back free endpaper. Dust jacket is clean with small chips along edges of spine. "In this… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1958. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 1516 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of actual productions of the Old Vic Company in… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 482 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This book is described by the author as: "an attempt to collate within a single… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 857 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This volume "depicts the crises and cruxes of history" as orated by: Theodore Roosevelt, Sun… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 2086 pp. in two volumes. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. These two volumes are described by the authors as: "A new… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 762 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. This book is described by the authors as "...a volume designed for the educated layman,… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 1278 pp. in two volumes Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A timeless compilation of famous writings and musings of nearly… Read more about this item

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1942. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 751 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A compilation famous quotations and proverbs.

Grolier Incorporated, New York, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine, like new. No dust jacket issued. 574 pp. Text is clean, white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. A compilation of humorous stories and anecdotes from America's most famous humorists.

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1930(?). Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket issued. (The red covered edition was issued circa 1930). 350 pp. Text clean, unmarked and lightly sunned, typical of age and materials used. No prior owner attribution. Full color frontispiece drawing. Excellent condition for its age.

Harcourt Brace Javanovich, Publishers, San Diego, New York, London, 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, first printing. Condition: Near Fine. Dust jacket condition: Very Good+. 73 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Many striking b/w drawings throughout by Charles Mikolaycak. Dust jacket has small chip at tail… Read more about this item

Vintage International, New York, May, 1998. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. No dust jacket. 1056 pp. Text block white, clean. No prior owner attribution. The Executioner's Song is a Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state… Read more about this item

The Blakiston Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1943. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 376 pp. Text box white and unmarked. A pink stain appears at top outer edge affecting hafl title page, title page through page 2 of the book. Otherwise unmarked with no prior owner attribution.

The Modern Library, New York, 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 619 pp plus eight pages of Modern Library offerings. Text clean, white, unmarked with no foxing. Top edge tinted black. Front and rear pastedown and free endpapers feature Modern Library logos with nude runner in grey box. No prior owner attribution. Pulitzer Prize winning novel of an… Read more about this item

P. F. Collier, New York, 1892, Ten volume set. First Editions. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. 7,233 pp in ten volumes. Text clean, no foxing, lightly yellowed with age, no prior owner attributions or markings in any of the volumes. Illustrated with 54 wood-engravings, including a a depiction of the author on the frontispiece… Read more about this item

Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1926. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. Photoplay Edition, likely a G & D reprint. 398 pp plus eight pages of advertising by the publisher. Text clean and unmarked except for a prior owner attribution and date on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographic scenes from the Universal Pictures silent… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 437 numbered pp; Pages: clean, bright, and unmarked. Owner attribution in ink on front free endpapers. Fore edge deckled and top edge tinted orange. Minimal shelf wear. Maggie Now is the story of an Irish immigrant girl… Read more about this item