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Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$11.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Minimal wear to decorative cover with bright gilt.
Seller: FOLCHATT, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1977.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Limited Edition bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations. All page edges gilt. Gilt on the front page block partially rubbed off. Otherwise, a fine copy. Priced accordingly. Red colored moire fabric endpapers. Satin ribbon page marker. Raised bands on the spine. Illustrations by Jerome Pickney. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
LOUIS BROMFIELD. EARLY AUTUMN. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1977.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: A very fine copy bound in full leather with silk moire end papers and ribbon. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to leather. Gold gilt edges to text block are clean and bright. No bookplaters, no signatures. A Nice Copy.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Pulitzer Prize Series / limited Edition. Book bound in full brown leather, accented in gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges, with decorative end sheets, with a silk ribbon page marker, and hubbed spines. Gilt to all page ends. Absolutely gorgeous copy. Appears unread. Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney.
Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Full brown leather binding
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn. Franklin Library January 1977, 1977.
Price: US$18.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: bound in bonded leather with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. all edges gilt. silk moire endsheets. ribbon bookmark bound in. no previous owner signatures or marks. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1977.
Price: US$18.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 338pp, bw ills, moire endpapers, all edges gilt, silk bookmark ribbon. Full decorative brown leather, gilt, with three raised spine bands. Franklin Library limited subscribers' edition of Louis Bromfield's early novel. Size: 8vo
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1977.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1927. Full leather binding with gilt titles and decorations, all edge gilt, ribbed spine, moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon marker. Like new copy, clean and unmarked.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: some shelfwear/edgewear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1977.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo pp. 338. AEG , silk marker and silk end pages, full leather.
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Full leather binding. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine and both covers bright. All edges gilt, undamaged and bright. Limited edition. Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney. Covers clean. Interior unmarked. 338 pages. Book in gift condition. Binding tight, square. Marker ribbon present. Book seems unread, barely opened before.
Seller: Frank Hofmann, Yorba Linda, CA, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn [LEATHER BINDING]. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1977.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) was an American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for this book. This is a stated Limited Edition and is beautifully bound in full light brown leather with three raised bands with gilt spine and cover lettering and decoration. All edges are gilt, and it has red moire end paperas and a red sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. There is a slight bump to the top rear corner tip, else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. ; B&W Illustration; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 338 pages
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis; Pinkney, Jerome (Illus.). Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition, Fully-bound in richly coloured hand-cut leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; 22-karat gilt decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers, matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt.
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1977.
Price: US$29.92 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: first Franklin edition; first printing; and a Franklin Limited Edition; Pulitzer Prize 1927; tan original publisher's leather binding; lettering in gilt on the spine; elaborate design in gilt on the front and rear covers and on the spine; a.e.g.; three raised bands on the spine; maroon moire end papers, hinges, book and binding are as new; sewn-in ribbon marker; a beautiful copy.
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn [Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney]. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full brown leather with vibrant gilt lettering and embellishments. All edges gilt, raised bands on spine, silk bookmark. Slight shelf wear may be present due to storage.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn (Pulitzer Prize 1927). The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. 338 pp. Light brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Two-panel illustration preceding title page and full-page illustrations in text by Jerome Pinkney. A gripping tale of a family?s decline from power, Bromfield?s Early Autumn is a can?t miss tour-de-force that changed literature of the 1920?s. Reminiscent of the power struggle, wealth on display, and drama played out a-la Succession, Downton Abbey, and The Great Gatsby, this work was a predecessor of the palace intrigue novel that would become so popular in the coming decades. For many years, the Pentland name was synonymous with wealth, status, and class. But after the First World War, the family's position was challenged by a new wave of wealthy upstarts. What the world sees and the reality of the Pentland family, however, is dramatically different ? a world which remains hidden, full of secrets and infighting, and a focus on protecting the family name and reputation at any cost. The story centers on Olivia Pentland, the strong-willed wife of Anson, the distant heir to the family fortune. Olivia's life is dull and joyless, trapped in a loveless marriage. However, she finds herself torn between her duty to her family and the excitement of a newfound love. The tension in the story comes to a head during a lavish debutante party at the Pentland estate, which reveals the family's carefully crafted façade. This event sets off a chain of events that tests relationships, exposes family secrets, and ultimately leads to the family's downfall. The Pentland family is forced to confront their privilege and the cost of maintaining their status? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 ? March 18, 1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. Louis Bromfield was born Louis Brumfield, son of Charles Brumfield and Annette Marie Coulter daughter of an Ohio Pioneer. One of Mansfield, Ohio's most famous natives, his home was Malabar Farm near Lucas, Ohio, from 1939 until his death in 1956. Bromfield was also friends with some of the most celebrated personalities of his era and provided the location for Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's wedding. Bromfield studied agriculture at Cornell University from 1914 to 1916, but transferred to Columbia University to study journalism, and left after less than a year to go to war. After serving with the American Field Service in World War I and being awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, he returned to New York City and found work as a reporter. In 1924, his first novel, The Green Bay Tree, won instant acclaim. Two years later, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Early Autumn. All of his 30 books were best-sellers, and many, such as The Rains Came and Mrs. Parkington, were made into successful motion pictures. After spending a decade in France, Bromfield returned to Central Ohio in 1938 and began to put into place the principles of grass-based, sustainable farming at 'Malabar Farm.' Bromfield's writings turned from fiction to non-fiction and his reputation and influence as a conservationist and farmer continued to expand. Today, thousands of visitors annually visit Malabar Farm State Park which operates under Bromfield's management philosophy. One of the park's notable features is the Doris Duke Woods, named after Bromfield's famous friend and philanthropist, Doris Duke, whose donation helped purchase the property after Bromfield's death. In the 1980s, Louis Bromfield was posthumously elected to the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame and in December 1996, the centennial of his birth, the Ohio Department of Agriculture placed a bust of Louis Bromfield in the lobby named for him at the department's new headquarters in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The innovative and visionary work of Louis Bromfield continues to influence agricultural methodologies around the world. Malabar Brazil, under the direction of Ellen Bromfield Geld, has expanded the horizons of her father's principles and pursuits. To insure the work continues well into the 21st century, the Malabar 2000 Foundation plans for developing a center for study at Malabar Farm to further the work begun in Richland County (Mansfield, Ohio) by Louis Bromfield. Louis Bromfield married in 1921 to New York socialite Mary Appleton Wood the daughter of distinguished New York City attorney Chalmers Wood and his wife Ellen Appleton Smith. Mary Appleton Wood Bromfield died in 1952. They had three daughters, Ann Bromfield, Hope Bromfield and Ellen Bromfield.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Louis Bromfield. Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition Thus. Published by Franklin Library, 1977. Octavo. Bound in brown leather stamped in gold. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Three raised spine bands, patterned endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. A fine copy of this wonderful leatherbound edition of this classic novel by Louis Bromfield, winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize. Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney. 338 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Bromfield, Louis. Early Autumn. Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition. Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney. Tan leather with gilt decorative stamping and lettering. Red silk end papers. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Fine condition. No dust jacket.
Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
BROMFIELD, Louis. Early Autumn. The Franklin Library, 1977.
Price: US$41.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$43.00 + shipping
Description: Pulitzer Prize winning Novel in 1927. Bound in the publisher's original tan composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Three raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: As new condition full saddle brown leather hardcover boards with an elaborately decorated gold front and rear cover design, gold spine lettering and decorations, gold gilt page edges on all three sides, maroon moire fabric front and rear endsheets, traditional three-hubbed spine, a bound-into-the-volume matching maroon satin ribbon page marker, and all pages are sewn into the binding (not glued). Also includes a Preliminary Page Note about the Book and Author. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and a double-page black-and-white frontispiece by Jerome Pinkney. "Early Autumn is Louis Bromfield's masterul Pulitzer Prize winning novel, which gives an insightful look into the struggles and extravagance of everyday life in Jazz Age America. After twenty years of inexplicable absence, Sabine Callendar returns to her hometown of Durham, New England. Equipped with a fiery personality, a strong will, and an 18-year-old daughter ready to present to society, Sabine is not the down-trodden woman her family expected her to be. But Sabine is not the only member of the family to return home this autumn, and Durham is soon filled with secrets." -- from Amazon dot com review. "Louis Bromfield -- journalist, expatriate, progressive and accomplished farmer -- had a talent for writing popular novels, and in his long writing career he produced many best-sellers. His first novels, however, won him the widest popular and critical acclaim. And one of the first was Early Autumn (1926), the third novel of a tetralogy that also included The Green Bay Tree, Possession, and A Good Woman. Early Autumn was called by The Bookman "a dramtic novel and a stinging satire . an important book and an entertaining one." And The Boston Transcript critic wrote that "we must go far to discover another young writer of the promise and the ability of Louis Bromfield." The forceful pencil-and-wash illustrations of Jerome Pinkney and the text, set in a graceful Bodoni type, are reporduced in The Franklin Library Edition on a fine Warren Offset Cream book paper and bound in classical style in heavily gold-ornamented leather. Bromfield was born on an Ohio farm in 1896, and he maintained two allegiances throughout his life: to farming and to writing. He studied agriculture at Cornell and journalism at Columbia, drove an ambulance in World War I for the French army, spent many years after the war as an expatriate in France, working as a foreign correspondent, art critic, and editor. He even lived for a time in India. Then in 1939 he returned to Ohio and spent the rest of his life at his Malabar Farm, where he experimented with the most advanced agricultural techniques. He wrote several fine books about life at Malabar, including Malabar Farm and Out of the Earth. He also continued to produce popular fiction at the rate of about one novel a year until his death in 1956. Bromfield was a multi-talented man, who simultaneously pursued two full-time careers. Early Autumn is evicence of the skill with which he approaced one of these careers." -- The Franklin Library, from the Preliminary Page.
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
BROMFIELD, Louis. Early Autumn. Franklin Library, Franklin Station, 1977.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by Jerome Pinkney. Full gray cloth stamped "RECORD AND REFERENCE COPY" on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Fine. Presumably one of very few, or perhaps the only copy thus (as opposed to the thousands of leather bound copies of the publisher's "limited edition"). The publisher's file copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$236.44 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.