Fox john william jr (5 resultados)

Decorative Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition/Volume 3, 1979. 575 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 3, 1979 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. Dust jacket suffers moderate wear with a few minor cuts and tears around edges, and in some places. Robert Chronister, Joseph Cellini, Barbara Fox (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Associate Art Editors); George Calas, Jr. & Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Poor. 1st Edition. 5.25"x7.75" 279 pp. Date on title page. Scribner's colophon on C/R page. Olive cloth. Gilt flower emblem on front. Faded gilt letters to spine. Three illustrations on listing accounted for except frontispiece is missing. Gilt top edge. PONs on ffep. "No. 24" inside front cover. 3 numbers on ffep in red crayon. Spine straight, binding tight, pages toned, deckled edge. Not x-library. Light soiling to boards. Edge wear w/rubs and fraying. Light soiling to boards. Light toning. Tear to page 5 repaired w/archival tape. A Mountain Europa: Kentucky Mountains, a reality, more beautiful than the dreams of the protagonist is waiting for his arrival. The hopes and desires cherished by him are elucidated in a way that enthralls the reader. Life goes on and along the way it offers beauty and glory. This charming tale encapsulates the struggles and successes in a skilful manner. Captivating! Source: Publisher A Cumberland Vendetta: N/A The Last Stetson is a classic western. According to Wikipedia: "Born in Stony Point, Kentucky to John William Fox, Sr., and Minerva Worth Carr, Fox studied English at Harvard University. He graduated in 1883 before becoming a reporter in New York City. After working for both New York Times and the New York Sun, he published a successful serialization of his first novel, A Mountain Europa, in Century magazine in 1892. Two moderately successful short story collections followed, as well as his first conventional novel, The Kentuckians in 1898. Fox gained a following as a war correspondent, working for Harper's Weekly in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898, where he served with the "Rough Riders." Six years later he traveled to Asia to report on the Russo-Japanese War for Scribner's magazine. Source: Publisher. F. C. Yohn and Louis Loeb (ilustrador). …

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Reprint. 5.5"x8.5" 421 numbered pages. Foreword by John Ed Pearce. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. John Fox Jr. published this great romantic novel of the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky and Virginia in 1908, and the book quickly became one of America's favorites. It has all the elements of a good romance-a superior but natural heroine, a hero who is an agent of progress and enlightenment, a group of supposedly benighted mountaineers to be drawn into the flow of mainstream American culture, a generous dose of social and class struggle, and a setting among the misty coves and cliffs of the blue Cumberlands. Reprinted with a foreword by John Ed Pearce, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine has all the excitement and poignance that caught and held readers' interest when the book first appeared. Source: Publisher The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909. It has been adapted numerous times for both stage and screen. Wikipedia.…

hardcover. Condición: Good.

HARDCOVER. Condición: Very Good. 1st Ed THUS. VERY GOOD Condition , solidly bound, clean, bright ; Black spine & cover titles on GOLD TITLE BOXES. GREEN CLOTH HARD COVERS WITH SMALL ALTERNATE SQUARES AS BORDER DESIGN TO FRONT COVER & SPINE DECOR. White endpapers ; 691-1045pg pages; INCLUDES Many other old favorites by popular authors of the day. Illustrated by DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING Frontis Photo.Others (ilustrador).…