American Identity from A Few Used Books

This copy of The Last Gentleman is in very good condition. Please see seven pictures.

This is an advanced reading copy that was sent to specialists in the field and not intended for sale originally. Please see six pictures, particularly picture 3, which explains that these are "unrevised proofs". Notice also in picture 4 the lack of page numbers for corresponding chapters in the table of contents.

This copy of Tried by War is in very good condition. Please see seven pictures.

This copy of Pictures from an Institution shows some signs of wear and age, with slight yellowing, but it is still in very good condition with clean and clear pages throughout. Please see six pictures.

This copy of Volume 44 of The American Irish Historical Society shows some signs of age but is still in very good condition with clean and clear pages throughout. Please see seven photos; the seventh picture includes the table of contents.

This copy of the 50th anniversary edition shows some signs of wear but is still in very good condition. Please see eight pictures. (Picture 7 is of the original, faded receipt from 1998, USC bookstore.)

This is a high quality, hardcover edition. Please see ten pictures. The compilation of authors in this anthology is a veritable who's who of literary greats: Helen Hunt Jackson, Mary Austin, Aldous Huxley, H.L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair, Arna Bontemps, Edmund Wilson, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bertolt Brecht, Simone de Beauvoir, Truman Capote, Evelyn Waugh, Octavio Paz, Ray Bradbury,… Read more about this item

This copy of Grosset & Dunlap's edition of Huckleberry Finn shows signs of wear and age but is still in good to very good condition. Please see eight pictures.

This copy of The Last Tycoon shows some age; between pages 30 and 31, for example, there is some separation from the binding (picture 4), but otherwise the binding and the book are still in good to very good condition. Please see five pictures for overall condition.

This copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth and final novel shows normal signs of wear but is still in good condition. There is slight foxing on the block (pictures 1 and 2, for example), and the binding is loose between pages 30 and 31 (picture 6). Please see all six pictures.

This copy of Read Until You Understand is in very good condition. Please see six pictures.

This copy of the Library of America's 1982 edition of three novels by Harriet Beecher Stowe and the slip cover are in very good condition. Please see eight pictures.

This copy of the Franklin Library's 1977 limited edition of The Magnificent Ambersons shows some fading on the moire fabric end sheets (picture 3), but overall the book is in very good to near fine condition. Please see seven pictures.

This copy of The Modern Library's 1981 paperback edition of Democracy in America shows some exterior wear and some underlining in either pen or yellow highlighter on about 20 to 30 pages, mostly within the first chapters of the book (see pictures 6 and 7 for examples). But overall the book is still in good condition. Please see eight pictures.

This copy of The Library of America's edition of John Muir's Nature Writings is in near fine condition, and the slip cover is in very good condition. The book contains a previous owner's stamp on the title page (picture 9). Please see ten pictures.

This copy of the Easton Press's 1979 edition of Rights of Man by Thomas Paine is bound in genuine leather and is in very good condition. Please see nine pictures.

This copy of HSLDA's edition of The Life of Patrick Henry is in near fine condition. Please see seven pictures.