Clarke Venable (73 results)
Language: English
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., 1929, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Small World Books
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. Unmarked, clean and solid copy in clean, not price clipped dust jacket. Normal shelf wear.
Language: English
Published by Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.Artis Books & Antiques
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dust Jacket. 369pp. "An Historical Novel Of Texas".
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Language: English
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Pages Past--Used & Rare Books, Greensboro, NC, U.S.A.Pages Past--Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. 290 pages. Hardcover bound in b lack cloth with lettering in yellow. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Corners are a bit bumped. Secure inner hinges. Map endpapers. Text is clean. Covington Clarke was the pseudonym of Homer Clark Covington (1891-1953), who wr…ote some boy's adventure (and some science fiction) books. Born in Missouri, he lived in Virginia for about 20 years, during which he wrote this book. This is one of his adventure novels set in the Civil War.
Published by Reilly Lee Co, 1929, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Indian Hills Books, Blountville, TN, U.S.A.Indian Hills Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. "A small insription on the dedication page. Third printing. Jacket is crimped and worn 1/4"" up from bottom on spine. Worn a bit at top of spine. Not chipped. Price is cut off the flap.".
Published by Reilly & Lee Co Pub, Chicago, IL, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.Pepper's Old Books
Contact seller1-star sellerDecorative Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Maroon Cover with Black lettering on front & spine with wagon & horse in black on bottom of front & **(2)**.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. This book does not have its original spine or covers. It has been re-bound by a library. It is being sold as a reading copy. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have b…een meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Minimal edgewear. Minimal shelfwear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co 1929; c1929, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.Jeffrey Blake
Contact seller4-star sellerHardback. Condition: Excellent condition. Very good dust jacket. 369 p. 20 cm. Not price clipped.Book is as described - all defects and marks are noted.A very nice copy.
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Published by Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1925
- Hardcover
Seller: Friendly Used Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Friendly Used Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 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. none (illustrator).
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Published by Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: Friendly Used Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Friendly Used Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: 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 letterin…g 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.
Published by Reilly & Lee Pub, Chicago, 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Ally Press Center
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 329 pages; Black cloth hardcover with red embossed title. Puncture indentation on spine Apparent first edition. Unmarked, solid square binding. Very Good. Story of young man from rural mountains who decides to join the army." Pre WW2 military described with much attention…to detail.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1925
- Hardcover
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.Sleepy Hollow Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Marbled green DJ, rubbed and darkened, cover and text solid. FER.
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Published by Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1928
- Hardcover
Seller: Friendly Used Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Friendly Used Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 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 acrobat…ics 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. Gretter, Clemens (dust jacket art) (illustrator).
Published by Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago/New York, 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.Chequamegon Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 3rd Printing. Black cloth covers, 329 pages. Pencil dedication on free front endpage, some darkening at front and rear gutters; 5 x 7 3/4 ".
Published by THE REILLY & LEE CO., 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not ma…tch the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., Chicago, 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.North Country Books
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good or better. Second printing. Black cloth hardcover with general wear, none severe -- bright text stamping to front cover and spine, clean, sound binding, first few pages with tiny indents, former owner's name with 1927 date (W. H. Zallman, Jr. ?), otherwise an unmarked copy with clean pages. No dust jac…ket. A very good reading copy. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
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Published by The Reilly & Lee Company, 1925, Chicago, 1925
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shamrock Books, Lubbock, TX, U.S.A.Shamrock Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Cloth spine & mottled-blue boards with the decorative paste-on title, ( Moderate wear to the covers corners), 66pp. Prefatory note by Henry Van Dyke. No names or other markings. No d/j., else V.Good.
Published by Reilly & Lee Co., 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Hammonds Antiques & Books
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 369 pages.
- Softcover
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Published by Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. 66 p., 1925
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, U.S.A.ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo illus. With a Prefatory Note by Henry Van Dyke. 1st Ed. -Life & experiences of a black bass. 58-388. Prior owner's inscription on endpaper. Very Good-Fine no DJ.
Published by The Reily and Lee Co., 1st edition 1925, 1925
- Hardcover
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.Sutton Books
Contact seller4-star sellerAssociation member: IOBA
Condition: good. Hbk 66pp illustr b+w drawings no dj quarter cloth over decorated paper-covered boards rubbed, bumped and toned at extremities now in custom acetate jacket internally a very good clean tight unmarked copy.
Published by Reilly & Lee, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Light edge wear to jacket.
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Published by The Reilly & Lee Co., (1925), Chicago, 1925
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.Alkahest Books
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. With a prefatory note by Henry van Dyke. Octavo, 66 pages. 010608A.
Published by Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: The Reilly & Lee Co.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.Black and Read Books, Music & Games
Contact seller3-star sellerFirst Edition. 1929 ("Published, May, 1929"). Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 12mo (7-3/4" tall x 5-3/8") hardcover, 369 pages (uncut on the fore and bottom edges). Black boards & binding w/ embossed gold lettering on front & spine, embossed gold design of a wagon train--2 horse men and 2 animal-drawn wagons--on the front bo…ttom. Lettering on the spine is somewhat dulled, the spine head and tail are bumped w/ some light edge wear at the tale of the spine, areas of moderate edge wear on top and bottom of the boards. Pencil marks on ffep and the half title page + ink initials and date on a front end papers. End papers are illustrated w/ maps and are slightly yellowed near the hinges. Other slightly age-tanned papes are clean and firmly bound. The dj, now in a protective plastic cover, is in gold and black. Top and bottom 1-1/4" inches are gold w/ black silhouettes--i.e.--two men in dress attire flanking a well dressed woman, and a duel on the front, two well-dressed womnen w/ parasals a horse drawn carriage, and a wagon and horseman on the rear. Center black strip lists the title and author. Front flap, which is NOT price clipped describes the book while the rear flap lset some of the characters speak. The dj has light chipping at the head and tail of the spine and at the fore edge corners, but this is minimal and does not detract from the dj's attractiveness. "All the Brave Rifles" is a "romance of the days when . a gallant company of freemen won for Texas the bright star of independence" written by the author of "Aw Hell".
Published by Reilly & Lee Pub, Chicago, 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, CHICO-CA, CA, U.S.A.WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition,1p. VERY GOOD Condition .names in pencil ep "Babe Maeller, Eva Andrews". else clan solid fairly bright copy. ; REd spine & cover titles on BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS.White endpapers.; 239pg pages; Story of young man from rural maountains who decides to join the army.plain simple talk and… being called a "hill billy or "white trash" was fighting words." Pre WW2 military described with much attention to detail.correct or otherwise.
Published by Reilly & Lee, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. One-inch tear to jacket. A very nice copy in a nice jacket.
Published by THE REILLY & LEE CO., CHICAGO, ILL., 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.Gian Luigi Fine Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. THIRD PRINTING.
- Softcover
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United KingdomPBShop.store UK
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£ 22.62
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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Condition: New.
- Softcover
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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