Editore: University Press of Kentucky (edition ), 1995
ISBN 10: 0813108330 ISBN 13: 9780813108339
Da: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Editore: Avon Books January 1976, 1976
ISBN 10: 0380006669 ISBN 13: 9780380006663
Da: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1951
Da: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Hardcover textured. Condizione: VeryGood. BCE/BOMC. 5.5"x8.5" 212 pgs. Khaki boards w/green letters on front and spine. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages tone. X-library w/graphics, no DJ. Faint soiling to boards, edge wear. Secure ship w/track #. A Little Better than Plumb. The G.I. Journal of Sergeant Giles. Around our house. It's a good place to live, Harbin's ridge. If you like to wake just as first light eases itself into the sky and cups the ridge with a thin, gray light. If you like to step outside your door in the milky grayness and watch.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston MA, 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126681 ISBN 13: 9780395126684
Da: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 358 pages; 5 7/8 x 8 1/2" Inscription inked on first page; jacket is age yellowed and lightly worn on panels, edges and corners; 1" tear to jacket spine top edge; light foxing along jacket edges; some darkening marks on rear jacket edges; jacket in mylar sleeve.
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Editore: The University Press of Kentucky, 1995
ISBN 10: 0813118972 ISBN 13: 9780813118970
Da: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Editore: US Army Corps of Engineers, c.1988,, 1988
Da: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
paperback, Condizione: Good, Office of History, US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort belvoire, Va., c.1988, (reprint of 1965 ed.), trade paperbk., (xiv,399)pp., creased spine, G $.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 1977
ISBN 10: 039525020X ISBN 13: 9780395250204
Da: nbmbks, Berea, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. IN KENTUCKY. CONDIIION: 1977, OUTER PAGES SHOWS MOISTURE SPILLS. BOTTOM SPINE SHOW'S WRINKLES. DJ WORN. OTHERWISE BOOK IS TIGHT. NO MARKINS OR RUBBING'S.
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Editore: Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1963
Da: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Phillips, Pansy Wilcoxson (illustratore). First American Edition. Peach covers with white spine show light edgewear. There is a previous owner's signature on the top of the front paste down endpaper and a different one at the top of the FFE. The 265 pages are clean, tight and unmarked with light tanning at edges and three small spots on the fore edges. The price clipped DJ shows edgewear with nicks and small tears at spine ends and rubbing.
Editore: University Press of Kentucky, 1995
Da: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Reprint. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Editore: Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1988
ISBN 10: 0967750857 ISBN 13: 9780967750859
Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustratore). Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Office of History, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1988. Near Fine condition. Square and tight. Previous owner's last name on the front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. 1988. Facsimile reprint with the addition of a new foreword by James R. Whitley, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Chief of Staff. Studies in Military Engineering, Number 3. Appendices. Battalion organizational diagram. Awards and decorations. Index. Bound in the original full wraparound pictorial wraps, lettered in bright red. From the publisher of a later edition: "Born and raised in Adair County, Kentucky, Henry Giles entered the U.S. Army in 1940. As weapons sergeant with the 291st Combat Engineer Battalion, Sgt. Giles participated in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the crossing of the Rhine River at Remagen. Throughout his time in the European Theater he wrote over six hundred letters home to his soon-to-be wife, Janice Holt. He also religiously kept a journal detailing daily activities and the camaraderie of his unit. Twenty years later, Janice Holt Giles edited this journal, compiled interviews and additional research, and produced The G. I. Journal of Sergeant Giles, a book that shows WWII as it was experienced by the regular men who took the brunt of it, the noncommissioned officers and privates.". Reprint of1965 edition,with new material. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xv, 399pp. + 8 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Reprint of1965 edition,with new material.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1963
Da: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The book has some dampstaining on the outer portion of both boards, and the spine is cocked. Owner's name, and faint price erasure on front endpaper. The jacket spine is a little sunned, and there is some edgewear; $4.00 price on front flap. There is no evidence of dampstaining to the interior of the book. Drawings by Pansy Wilcoxson Phillips.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126827 ISBN 13: 9780395126820
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55.
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Editore: Riverside Press, 1963
Da: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Printing; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 265 pp; Stated First Printing. Book is unmarked and with no names, pages white and clean. Dust jacket with light shelf wear and minor creasing at top of spine, dust jacket is sunned, no chips or tears otherwise, price is clipped.
Editore: The University Press of Kentucky, U.S.A., 1992
ISBN 10: 0813117844 ISBN 13: 9780813117843
Da: Lotsa Books, Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by Dianne Watkins, Editor and Janice H. Giles' daughter - Elizabeth Hancock on the Title Page. Inscriptions read "To my friend, Marcella Cosner, and her beautiful family - With warmest wishes and sincerest thanks for sharing family stories of your ancestors - Dianne Watkins" and dated "February 25, 1994". Also inscribed "Best Wishes from Janice H. Giles' daughter - Elizabeth Hancock". Hardcover is in near-fine condition (bumped on the bottom of the spine, worn on the bottom corner of the front cover and there is a small spot at the bottom of the back cover). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition (small stain on the underneath side of the jacket at the bottom of the back cover and edge wear). Brodart protected. 237 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s).
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Da: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. 1963, 265pp, drawings by Pansy Wilcoxon Phillips. Pages 82-83 slightly darkened by an inserted magazine article about this book, else VG in G dj which has two tiny open tears at the top of the spine, and minor chipping. Janice Holt Giles was a well-received author of historical novels. This book, co-authored with her husband, is about the real life construction of their dream log home, built with beams more than 100 years old, in Spout Springs, Kentucky, near where Henry's family had lived for two hundred years. But all of their hard work and dedication is threatened by the Corps of Engineers which plans to build a nearby dam which would cover their home in fifty feet of water.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Da: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. (1971), vii, 358pp, illustrated. VG in VG, lightlty chipped, price-clipped dj. From the dj: "In A LITTLE BETTER THAN PLUMB, the authors gave us the story of the building of their log house and the threat that hung over it. Now, in this work, they tell what came before they built the house and how they saved it from destruction." Covers the years from 1954 when they left the farm, described in 40 ACRES AND NO MULE, to 1970, when Janice published THE DAMNED ENGINEERS. She reveals how she came to write her books and what each one meant to her. Henry describes moving the log house, a seemingly impossible task.
Editore: Riverside Press, 1963
Da: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. 265 pp; Signed by Janice Holt Giles on front endpage with dedication to previous owner. Some water damage to boards, DJ and first few pages. DJ is faded on the spine and has some edge wear and scuffing. Binding is tight, text is clean and unmarked. ; Signed by author.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press, Boston, 1988
Da: Adams Shore Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. This is a facsimile reprint edition of the original book, published in 1963. The exterior wraps are fairly clean. There is a crease down the rear panel. A faint diagonal crease on the front wrap is present. There is some fraying of the binding at the top, front of the corner of the spine. Some soiling is present at the tips of the last pages and on interior of the rear wraps. The spine is has multiple creases, and there are two pages of pictures at the middle of the book that are no longer secured to the binding. In spite of all of these defects, this book is still in decent shape. It would make a good reading copy or slightly better. This book has many black and white photos from WW II.
Editore: Second printing, published by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1963., 1963
Very good with fair to good dust jacket. Two light damp spots on top page edge. Dust jacket is faded on spine, has a one inch chip at top front edge near spine, is worn at spine tips and corners, and is rubbed on back panel. 265 pages.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1965
Da: Old Army Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Second Printing. Some edgewear, rubbing and chipping to jacket with several tears at edges, one longer tear to lower right of front panel internally repaired. ; Illus. , maps, end-paper maps, jacket (not price-clipped) now in a clear protector; 399 pages.
Editore: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1965
Da: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Minus. 8vo. xii, 399 pages. Black cloth, gilt spine titles, sergeant's stripes blindstamped to front; top edge black; decorative endpapers; inscribed and signed on half title page by Dave Pergrin, commanding officer of the 291st Combat Engineers in WWII, the subject of this memoir; black & white illustrations; pictorial dust jacket, not price-clipped, now protected in clear plastic. Mild wear to boards, esp. to head & tail of spine, some rubbing to jacket extremities, light sunning to spine. A very good plus copy in a very good minus jacket. Signed by subject.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126681 ISBN 13: 9780395126684
Da: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good (Protective cover). First Printing. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal bumping. DJ is unclipped and in good condition save for slight rubbing as well as some edge wear to upper edges and head and foot of spine. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126827 ISBN 13: 9780395126820
Da: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.55. signed by author.
Editore: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1963, Boston, 1963
Da: Jane Atwood, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Brown & White Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Phillips, Pansy Wilcoxson - Drawings By (illustratore). First Printing. Brown & White Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 265 pages; illustrated with drawings by Pansy Wilcoxson Phillips; from the concluding page of their book: "We determined to set it all down, the story of a house conceived in nostalgia, born in hope, nurtured in determination, nourshed in love, vexations, frustrations, joy, laughter, and triumph, matured in despair, and doomed by progress. .We mean to leave it an epitaph." Book condition: The front fly leaf is stuck on the inside of the front cover from the hinge to mid-page at the page bottom. It appears this book was bound in this manner.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Co.,, Boston:, 1971
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
8vo. vii, [3], 358 pp. Map, photo illusts. Brown cloth, gilt & green lettrng (slght bmpng to couple lwr crnrs), w/ d.j. (mnr drkng to spine, fore-edges), still VG/VG. First edition of one of Janice Holt Giles book recounting the sequel of her and her husband Henry's book, A Little Better than Plumb, about what came before building a log house on his old family property in Kentucky in the late 1950s, and how they saved it from destruction.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126827 ISBN 13: 9780395126820
Da: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 1st Printing; Signed by Author; 8vo; 358 pp; Signed by both authors on title page. Note on half-title page (not written by the Gileses) explaining that the book was donated to a benefit auction. Very minor edge wear and toning on DJ, front board is slightly bowed and binding is a little cocked but tight. An attractive book. Dust jacket protected in clear Brodart cover. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1971
ISBN 10: 0395126681 ISBN 13: 9780395126684
Da: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 358p. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. There is a small dark smudge at the bottom of the front cover, and the front hinge is a bit shaken; otherwise, all pages are securely bound and the text is unmarked. The jacket is very lightly tanned and edgeworn, with a few tiny closed tears along the bottom edge; otherwise intact. Signed by both authors on the front free endpaper. A memoir of the Giles' family life and career.
Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1965
Da: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Signed by Henry Giles and editor Janice Holt Giles on half-title page. Black cloth with gilt on spine. Mild shelf rubbing to book. Dust jacket has clear tape at three tips and at spine head. Some wear to jacket at spine head and heel. Jacket shelf rubbed, with wear along edges of folds and spine. Some yellowing to pages 250-251 from old piece of newsprint. Signed by Author(s).