Fiction from The Book Moose

Crow Books, 2015 Signed and inscribed by the author. Very Good with a few creases to the rear cover.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1856 Near fine in the original brown cloth blindstamped boards, gilt titles on the spine. A true first printing dated 1856 on the title page. 414 pages with a 7 page publisher catalog in the rear. Light spine end fraying and a tad bit of corner wear, All-in-all a very well-preserved example of this… Read more about this item

NY: Carleton, 1866 VG with moderate wear. Early novel includes passages of times in the White Mountains, NH. Not in Bent's. A true first edition which is Signed in pencil (L.E.Pease 1866) to top of title page. 301 pp with the 1866 publishers catalog in the rear. Published in dark green cloth, period blue paper ep's, minor foxing.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1872 Quite scarce, a tale of the Franconia Hills in New Hampshire. Original dark red cloth bds, cocked. Gilt titles and a lovely young lady with a hiking staff on a hillside, all in gilt with black decorations, quite nice and worthy of display. Spine is sunned, also decorated and titled in gilt.… Read more about this item

Hardcover Publisher: James R. Osgood, Boston, 1872 (1866) First Hardcover this publisher (2 prior) Very Good+ to NF, a very nice and bright example. 230 pages, one of the author's better known works, originally published in 1866. This edition in green cloth with gilt titles, ruled and decorated in black, and illustrated with engravings. Bents p68 Fiction.

Write Way Pub Near as new, small smudge on foredge, price clipped DJ, else fine. Flat signed on the title page.

Write Way Pub About as new, appears unread & fine. Flat signed on the title page.

New York: Knopf, 1956. A Fine copy of the First American Edition, so stated on the copyright page. Blue boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering. Clean and fresh text. The dustjacket design is by Jean Carlu. It is unclipped, with mild wear and 2-3 small edge chips. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7" -… Read more about this item

Title is Kaloolah Or Journeyings To The Djebel Kumri: An Autobiography Of Jonathan Romer. Worn with internal signatures of former owners from 1896 & 1857. Part (lower) of title page missing. 1/4 leather and brown cloth bds, 185 pp + blanks. Front cover disbound.

About (F-) to fine set of all 12 single issue installments. All boarded.

1934 Publisher: Random House, New York. First Edition, 4th ptg., 1934. Light grey cloth with black cloth spine and a titled metallic foil band with titles wrap-around cover. Very minor wear to the bds however the foil wrap is lovely and very nearly Fine as it has been protected by an original dust wrapper (good only with chips… Read more about this item

Softcover, ISBN 9780804140560 Publisher: Crown Publishers Uncorrected Proof - First Edition 2015. 304pp. Fine soft-cover. "A little Elmore Leonard, a little Charles Portis, and very much its own uniquely American self ,,, Tom Cooper has written one hell of a novel." Stephen King. First edition. A good read that someone took the time to cross out with pen every example… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883 Publisher: James R. Osgood And Company, 1884. A first printing dated 1884 on the title page. VG with mild to moderate wear, owner emboss to front fep (Nickerson, Physician & Surgeon, Central Falls, RI)

About NF to fine set of all 12 installments. 1-4 in perfect-bound book form, 5-12 in stand-alone single issues.

Image About (F-) to fine set of all 5 single issue installments. All boarded.

NY: Lantern Press, 1931 Poor condition though complete with a dirty and worn dust wrapper which has been partially glued to the boards. A novel with decidedly Oriental flair, like most of his writing. Quite uncommon in any condition. No listings anywhere for it, I added the title info to wikipedia under the heading of author 'Frank Owen'.

NY: Macmillan, 1936, 1936 Hard Cover. Very Good+/NA. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE: October. 1936 printing dated 1936 on the title page. A very nice looking (First Edition) unmarked example in VG+ condition. Faux Dust wrapper available, duplicate from a fine original at extra cost.

Grove Press (1964), New York, Hardcover. First Edition, "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering to spine, in original illustrated dust jacket. About very good plus in a very good DJ. Jacket nice, $5.00 Price intact.

A L Burt Company Used - Very Good Hardcover. First edition thus by Burt. Illustrated by Jules Gottlieb. Near fine in a bright, very good dustwrapper with edge wear and a few small chips and creases, very presentable with nice wrap-around jacket art by Gottlieb of several huskies surrounding two mushers and an overturned sled.

1940 Near fine with a moderately sunned dust wrapper. 'FIRST EDITION' stated on the copyright page. Unclipped Dust wrapper ($2.50 net).