Taps Private Tussie by Stuart Jesse (128 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback classic. Wear to cover corners, spine and edges. Wrinkle down rear cover from top to bottom. Perma-Gloss plastic loose. Pages tanned. "This is the haart-warming story of Kentucky mountain folk that won the 1943 Thomas Jefferson Southern Award." Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Thomas Benton (illustrator) (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Printed by Montauk Book Mfg. Co., New York. Gray-green covers with red illustration and printing; foxing on front and back endpapers; back hinge has small crack at bottom. Red pictorial dust jacket with white illustration and printing; chips and tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf 69 Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sound copy, endpapers foxed, owner gift inscription on FFEP. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.79.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A collectible Paprback Library paperback #52-157, First printing, August 1962 in Very Good condition. Reading creaseson spine and along spine on front cover, some chipping of edges.*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.Summary - .MEET THE TUSSIES.the fightin'est, lovin'est, wildest bunch of mountaineers Kentucky ever saw. There was Private Kim Tussie - alive he wasn't worth buckshot, but dead he brought $10,000 to Vittie Tussie, a Mountain Dewy-eyed young widow with a warm heart, hot blood, and enough cold cash to bring cousins by the dozens pouring down from the hills. VG, Ppbck lbry, Pb, 1st 8/62.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Thomas Benton (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Tonal drawings; 303 pages; Dark green hard covers with black lettering and illustration on front and black lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding is secure. Spine is lightly tanned. Private owner's libris label on front end page. Pages are clean and lightly browning. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Thomas Benton (illustrator) (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Printed by Kingsport Press, Kingsport TN. Blue-gray covers with red printing with very little wear. Green pictorial dust jacket with red illustration and white printing; chipped, torn, and soiled. BOMC flyer loose in book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Thomas Hart Benton (illustrator). Book Club Edition. E.P. Dutton & Co., New York. 1943. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Winner of the 1943 Thomas Jefferson Award. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light sunfading to top edges of boards. DJ: Very Good; light suntoning to spine; toning to DJ; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Green cloth boards and spine with red lettering on spine and front board with picture of mountain men in red on front board. Tinted textblock top. Artwork by Thomas Hart Benton the famous Midwest painter. 303 pp 8vo. Written by a product of the Kentucky Hills, this story is told by Sid about his Hill Country family who have the problem of not working and getting the relief money or working in poverty. The death of his uncle in WWII and the survivor's money brings out all the freeloaders to the new rental house. This dream is short lived and poverty soon returns. The twist is that Private Tussie does return (mistaken burial) and Sid finds out that his aunt is really his mother - thus Sid has a father and a mother and the father is a changed man from the war and is now industrious and works for wages setting a proper example for Sid. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Thomas Benton (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Nice copy, clean and unmarked. Jacket a bit worn at edges, small chips. "Winner of the 1943 Thomas Jefferson Southern Award".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Benton, Thomas (illustrator). light board wear and fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.99.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. With insert written by Dorothy Canfield it is a reprint of the November book of the month Club Newsletter. The binding is cracked inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1943 Book Club edition. Illustrated by "Thomas Benton." This is probably Thomas Hart Benton, famed American artist. Binding is discolored on edges. Dust jacket is in two rough-edged pieces, with no spine section left. 303 pages. Contains interesting sketches by Benton.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Printing. Cover suffers corner bumping, edge wear, and corner bumping. Text has yellowed with age but remains tight in binding. No ownership or other markings. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The book has shelfwear, and the spine is tanning, tip is chipped. Pencil drawings on end pages and boards reverse. Pages clean, text unmarked, binding tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Benton, Thomas (illustrator). Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover edges and corners are lightly rubbed. Boards are mildly soiled. Binding is tight. 303pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. has fmr owner last name written inside front.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Benton, Thomas Hart (illustrator). Illus. by Thomas Hart Benton. Green cloth, illustrated at center front, 303 lightly browned pages, illustrations throughout. Copy of Book-of-the-Month Club news included. DJ front and spine has green background with small Benton illustration at bottom front, praise for book on back. DJ has slight wear to front tips, very tiny tear and tiny wear spot at spine top left edge, micronick at spine bottom left edge, very tiny tear at bottom back edge, back very lightly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Fine book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Benton, Thomas Hart (illustrator). Cover is lightly tanning, rubbed with edgewear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Gift inscription on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Thomas Hart Benton (illustrator). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. & FG 497 & FG 151 (2) & FG 751 & FG 98 & FG 2061 & FG 273 & FG 875**.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The cover is scuffed and rubbed, chipped at spine tips Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Thomas Benton (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). A classic. Illustrated Mylar-protected dust-jacket is excellent, with only slight wear at the edges and some sunfading on the spine. Greenish boards with reddish type are excellent. The interior is very clean and tight, with only a neat ink inscription on the front free endpapers. 303 pages. Beautifully illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Presumed First. Hardcover Fiction. A wry look at the imaginary West, written in dialect. In good condition with a number of Benton illustrations.