venable clarke (17 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. none (illustrator). Reprint. Bound in navy cloth with titles and rules stamped in gilt. Although the book states that the illustrator is Harry W. Armstrong, R& L stopped using a frontipiece in 1926 and subsequently removed the from earlier titles as they were reprinted. This copy has no frontispiece (and ne ver did), so we know it a later printing, probably from 1926, as the Roy J. Snell titles listed as advbertisement list his boks through the titles published that year. The cloth shows no wear, the hinges are solid and binding is square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy of Venable's first book as Clarke, a juvenile western.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Bound in navy cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. Early copy with an inscription from Christmas 1927. Book once belonged to Henry Cabell Maddux Jr., whose daughter was murdered by her estranged husband in 1971. The cloth shows only a trace of edgewear; the spine lettering is rubbed but still quite legible. Hinges solid (the front one has a small spot of insect damage); binding square. A clean, tight copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Gretter, Clemens (dust jacket art) (illustrator). Reprint. Volume 1 in this series. Bound in green cloth with titles and rules stamped in black. No illustrations. Reprint circa 1930 listing 4 titles on the rear flap of the dust wrapper. This copy lacks the requisite illustrated endpapers and 8 pages of aerial acrobatics found at the rear of the first edition, which also has blue cloth and cover lettering stamped in gilt. There are no ads at the rear. The cloth shows only a hint of edgewear; the dust jacket has moderate edgewear with shallow chipping at the head and heel, and a 1" chip to the lower front panel at the spine. Former owner's info in ink to the front pastedown, with later pencil inscription to the ffe. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy, with the wrapper now in mylar. The jacket art is not signed, but it is clearly Gretter's work. He became established at R&L in 1927 and worked there until moving to NY in 1932, when he began signing his work as "J. Clemens Gretta". Mattson & Davis 01625.

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

hardcover. Zustand: near very good. 3rd printing. Octavo, black cloth covers with orange titles. 329 pages. No dust jacket. little fading on top cover, else very good. World War I novel. 092508E.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. With a prefatory note by Henry van Dyke. Octavo, 66 pages. 010608A.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (World War 1, Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. 2nd Printing. In protective mylar cover. (WWI, world war 1, historical fiction, war stories) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Zustand: Good. The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago, IL 1929 author signature to half title page. black cloth boards with gold lettering lightly soiled.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 1929. First Edition. Fine decorative cloth, in lightly scuffed Very Good dustwrapper. Ornate map endpapers showing the regions of Texas and Mexico this epic historical romance covers. In his introduction Venable calls himself a Romanticist. He has composed a sweeping epic of Texas featuring hard-bitten settlers from killers to priest, Kentucky and Tennessee mountaineers, down-east Yankees, and many resolute figures of the new Empire including such as Sam Houston, Stephen Austin, David Crockett and James Bowie.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Chicago, IL, Reilly & Lee, 1929. First edition. 12mo. Maroon silk cloth with black lettering embossed on spine and black lettering and artwork embossed on front board, endpapers decorated with map of Texas, 369 pp. Former owner name on endpaper, otherwise would be graded as near fine. This book is in remarkable condition for its age! A real gem! RARE! Very good in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good dj. 2nd printing (see note). (price-clipped) [good solid book, very slight deterioration to cloth at bottom edges of both covers, one teeny-tiny wormhole in front joint, one-time owner's name and place of purchase in ink at top of ffep; jacket has some minor chipping and slight paper loss (especially at corners and at top of spine) but with no loss of text]. Self-declared as "THE Great War Novel," this might as well be subtitled "A Hillbilly's Adventures in the Great War." The author was a WWI veteran who hailed from Missouri (his military service bona fides are detailed on the rear jacket flap), and while his alter-ego protagonist, Jeptha Montgomery Brice (called "Jep") maintains his cornpone accent and attitude throughout, the author at least doesn't fall into the trap of letting Jep also narrate the story, which would likely have rendered it unreadable. (Let's just say that Clarke Venable was no Ring Lardner, and leave it at that.) The book was apparently well-reviewed in its day -- the entire jacket design, at least of this printing, consists of a couple of dozen single-word quotes from various newspapers ("Sparkling"; "Vivid"; "Genuine"; "Absorbing"; etc.) -- although I haven't been able to turn up any actual contemporary reviews from which I might have been able to pull a more full-bodied quote. The bulk of this author's literary output (both under his own name and using the pseudonym "Covington Clarke") seems to have been boys' adventure fiction, often with an aviation theme; this would appear to be the only time he incorporated anything resembling autobiographical content, although admittedly that's a bit of an assumption based on his acknowledged war service. [NOTE that while the book itself states "Second Printing," the jacket is labeled as "Fourth Printing." You can believe what you want to believe.].

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 369 pages. First edition, first printing. The story of Texas and the people who won freedom from Mexico. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight rubbing to the covers. A beautiful copy!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'All the Brave Rifles' is a stirring historical novel that captures the fiery spirit and tumultuous events of the Texas Revolution. Set against the backdrop of the early nineteenth century, the narrative follows the bold pioneers and legendary figures who risked everything for the dream of an independent Texas. Clarke Venable masterfully blends historical fact with compelling storytelling to bring to life the struggle for freedom on the American frontier.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'All the Brave Rifles' is a stirring historical novel that captures the fiery spirit and tumultuous events of the Texas Revolution. Set against the backdrop of the early nineteenth century, the narrative follows the bold pioneers and legendary figures who risked everything for the dream of an independent Texas. Clarke Venable masterfully blends historical fact with compelling storytelling to bring to life the struggle for freedom on the American frontier.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.