Dashiell S L (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 631 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm ISBN 9780898658729, 0898658721 OCLC 29354318 ; brick red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Early days -- Justices of Isle of Wight -- A river port -- Wars with England -- The strange case of the two courthouses -- Education -- to 1870 by L.T. Hall -- A railroad town -- Windsor by Judith Robinson -- The blacks of Isle of Wight -- The Civil War -- Isle of Wight's beautiful farms -- Transportation and communication -- Education 1870 -- present by L.T. Hall -- Churches of Isle of Wight -- Monkey rum and postage stamps, the story of the post offices of Isle of Wight -- Business and industry -- The giant on the Blackwater River -- The first peanut king of the world -- The ham capital of the world -- Twentieth century wars -- Historical sites and place names -- Recreation in Isle of Wight -- Sheriffs, supervisors, and county administrators -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index ; SIGNED by author on title page ; thick volume ; copy of Virginia Lee Golden Batdorf RN, born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and attended Elizabeth Buxton Hospital, Hampton Roads, VA Nursing School. As a registered nurse, she worked in the emergency room and the ICU at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta GA. She also worked for 20 years with the Atlanta Journal Constitution in Atlanta. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. Article, "From the Memoirs of a Private Detective" by Dashiell Hammett. [Reference: Laymen, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, C8]. Text paper white, ragged wear along right front cover and lower right paper edge, small chip to lower right front corner, reading crease and corner creases, a good to very good copy. (32654).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. Story, "The Crusader" by Dashiell Hammett writing as "Mary Jane Hammett." [Reference: Laymen, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, C13]. Text paper white, covers have mild wear and closed tears along right and lower edges, front and back, slight paper loss to spine ends, a very good copy. (32655). …

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. One page article, "The Master Mind" by Dashiell Hammett. [Reference: Laymen, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, C6]. Text paper white, covers have several small tears to right and bottom edges, reading crease, label remnant to upper right front cover, small paper loss to spine ends, a very good copy. (32653).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. First professional appearance in print of Dashiell Hammett with a very short "The Parthian Shot." [Reference: Laymen, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, C1]. Text paper white, covers have several small tears along right front edge, small tear to lower left front corner, a nearly fine to fine copy. Rare in this condition. (32651).…

Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Magazine. Crime story, "The Green Elephant" by Dashiell Hammett. [Reference: Laymen, Dashiell Hammett: A Descriptive Bibliography, C20]. Text paper white, covers have small tears to overhang of right and bottom edges, stress creases along right edge, mild rubbing to spine edge, a very good to nearly fine copy. Scarce. (32652).…

An early, though not the first, issue of a map frequently reprinted in government publications of the 1830's and 1840's. The typeface and spacing is the same as that used on the first issue as defined by Thompson p. 259, but this copy shows the arbitrated line of the King of the Netherlands which was not included on the first issue. Engraved by B. Chambers, Washington. Previously folded, light offsetting, most notably the red lines depicting the boundary proposed by Great Britain.…