Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap n. d. c1934, New York, 1934
Anbieter: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: in quite good condition. Octavo, [21.25cm/8,5inches], full ebony-embossed gucamole-green cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 424. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Ramona is an 1884 American novel set in Southern California after the MexicanAmerican War, it portrays the life of a mixed-race ScottishNative American orphan girl, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis,[ the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, and been adapted five times as a film. A play adaptation has been performed annually outdoors since 1923. The novel's influence on the culture and image of Southern California was considerable. Its sentimental portrayal of Mexican colonial life contributed to establishing a unique cultural identity for the region. As its publication coincided with the arrival of railroad lines in the region, countless tourists visited who wanted to see the locations of the novel. In exceptionally good condition.
Cloth w/DJ. Zustand: VG/FR. Not Illustrated (illustrator). New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG/FR. N. d. . Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 365 pp., Dj torn and chipped with some browning; spine lightly frayed at edges with printing rubbed off .
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap (n. d.), New York
Anbieter: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, USA
Ca early 1920s. 430, [4] pp. 12mo. Uncommon in dust jacket. VG+ (sq & tight/poi to front paste-down)/VG (some minor edge chipping/"V" hand lettered on dj spine panel under title). Green cloth binding with red & black highlights/lettering. Dust jacket, which duplicates the binding design.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap N/D
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Octavo hardcover (VG+) no slipcase or jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap N/D
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Octavo hardcover (VG+) no slipcase or jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap, n. d., New York, 1945
Anbieter: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Kanada
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Early Reprint. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Uncommon Reprint. Bown cloth stamped in black, 309pp. A good copy missing the front free endpaper. Contents embrowned as usual. The only redeeming quality might be the presence of a reasonable original dustwrapper in very good condition save for a chip at the spine base. Great Jacket Art.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (but 1929)., New York, 1929
Anbieter: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, USA
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First edition. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the Paramount film starring William Powell, Louise Brooks, and Jean Arthur. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and small nicks chips and tears to the extremities. The front panel of the dust jacket reproduces the art work of the first edition and the rear panel is a charming colorful painting of the dapper Powell as detective Philo Vance. A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. Philo Vance investigates.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap N. d.
Anbieter: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, USA
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, Grosset & Dunlap, (ca.1928), just about fine in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with a couple of longish closed tears. The photoplay edition with 15 photographic stills as well as photographic end-papers.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap, n. d. (ca 1930)., New York, 1930
Anbieter: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, USA
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First edition. Later edition. Former owner's inked name, address, and date, plus her stamped name on the front free fly leaf, else a fine, bright, square copy in dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine. Both the size of this book and the dust jacket design are a departure from the usual issues of this title. Bob Eden has been a young man about town until his father brokers Sally Jordan's expensive string of pearls, and he is sent to meet her former houseboy, Charlie Chan. He and Charlie head to the desert to meet the buyer, famous and powerful businessman J.P. Madden. Rather than quickly part with the pearls, after hearing the words of a Chinese parrot indicate that something terrible had happened prior to the men's arrival, Chan decides to pose as a Chinese cook to try to discover exactly what had happened. In the meantime, Eden is to stall the insistent Madden long enough for Chan to investigate. Suddenly the parrot dies. Harboring suspicions that a man has been murdered, the difficulty for Bob and Charlie rests in discovering who the victim was and who murdered him.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (ca 1933)., New York, 1933
Anbieter: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, USA
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First edition. Later printing. Author's first book. Inked gift inscription on the half title page and the stamp of the Baldpate Inn, Estes Park, Colo. Inscription says "To the B. H. Hendersons / Welcome is always / dripping from the / Seven Keys to Baldpate / Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mace / August 3, 1947." Mr. and Mrs. Mace were the owners of the Baldpate Inn. located in Estes Park, Colorado. Encyclopedia of Mystery & Detection says, "A writer makes a $5,000.00 bet that he can finish a story in twenty four hours at haunted, deserted Baldpate Inn, which to his confusion, he finds cluttered with eccentric.and criminal. strangers." This story was adapted into a long-running Broadway play in 1913 by George M. Cohan, who also starred in the play. It has been adapted several times for the screen. Fine, bright copy in a bright, colorful dust jacket with wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities. A nice association copy.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (ca 1933)., New York, 1933
Anbieter: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, USA
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First edition. First edition thus. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners. A large volume that contains three Queen novels The Roman Hat Mystery, The French Powder Mystery and The Egyptian Cross Mystery. Three complete and unabridged novels. A remarkedly fine, tight copy for such a large, heavy volume. Rare in this condition.
Verlag: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (ca 1934)., New York, 1934
Anbieter: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, USA
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First edition. First edition thus. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners. A large volume that contains two Queen novels The Siamese Twin Mystery, and The Greek Coffin Mystery. Two complete and unabridged novels. A remarkedly fine, tight copy for such a large, heavy volume. Rare in this condition.