Linney Joseph R (3 results)

hardcover. Condition: ACCEPTABLE. Dust Jacket Condition: POOR. 1st edition; 478 unmarked, tight pages with some foxing and stains; tanning inside front and back covers and flyleaves; soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover is sturdy with some stains on front and spine; dust jacket has open and closed tears, creases, soiling, and fading on spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Red boards with gold lettering. Corners bumped, spine slightly slanted, a little edge wear, soiling or staining along rear hinge. Top edge a little darkened and one page was unevenly trimmed. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket is edge worn with chipping to top and base of spine and a 2x2 1/2" flat at base of spine, some darkening. A very attractive copy in a decent jacket.Author's first novel. Set in 1919, "the story is woven around the adventures and romance in the lives of a young mining engineer, who accepted the 'challenge' to rehabilitate a badly organized iron-mining operation in the Adirondacks, and a young, vivacious social-minded community nurse, who had been engaged to improve the morale of the mining town."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …

LINNEY, Joseph R. THE TOUCH OF HUMAN HANDS. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1947]. 8vo., red cloth in dust jacket; 478 pages. First Edition. Author's first book. A young mining engineer is given a job to make an Adirondacks iron mine profitable. The author was a former mining engineer. Scarce! Signed by Linney ("With best wishes") on the front endpaper. Very Good (covers bright); little soil & several short tears (shallow chipping spine ends & small interior tape mark) d/j. $85.00. …