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Price: US$42.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 733 Pp. Signed Edition In Full Leather, Gilt, All Edges Gilt. With An Introductory Note By Stegner New In This Edition. Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Bookplates.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$56.54 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, unread copy. As new.
Seller: Renaissance Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Stegner, Wallace. The Big Rock Candy Machine. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$63.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "This limited edition of The Big Rock Candy Machine by Wallace Stegner has been privately printed and individually signed by the author" and the publisher's tissue guard is laid-in to protect the signature, this copy is in AS NEW condition with a tight, unread binding, genuine brown leather binding stamped with bright gold title and decoration, four raised spine-bands, all edges gilt, silk moire end-papers, ribbon bookmark and illustrations, a fine gift copy; Signed by Author
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition. Illustrated by Charles Reid. Full leather gilt. Very slightly cocked with tiny spots on the front board else near fine. One of an unspecified number of copies with a special message, Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 733 pages, 8vo. Signed by Wallace Stegner. Limited Edition, privately printed and individually signed. Illustrated by Charles Reid. Bound in genuine leather. Four raised bands along hubbed spine. Includes bound ribbon bookmark. Silk moire free endpapers and inside covers. Gilt page edges. Shelfwear: light fading along edges of free endpapers and inside covers. Otherwise, tightly bound with very clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Saddle brown leather with gilt decoration. Five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. No dust jacket, as issued. 733 pp. with illustrations by Charles Reid. Originally copyrighted in 1938, this is a special, signed, limited edition by the Franklin Library. Included is a special message from Stegner to the subscribers, written for this edition. Fine, tight, clean, unread copy but with fading to edges of silk end papers, as is common with these editions. Signed by Stegner on a front free end paper, with tissue guard.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 6.75 inches). 733 pages; illustrations by Charles Reid. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Wallace Stegner) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. Often called the "Dean of Western Writers," Stegnar won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977. An exceptionally clean, tight (unread) copy in collector FINE condition Size: Thick Octavo
Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Leatherbound. The Franklin Library. Hubbed spine. All page edges in gilt. Bound in ribbon marker and silk moire endpapers. Some faint scratches to gold gilt page edges, else Book is in FINE condition. 1978. SIGNED by the Author. 733 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 733 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full brown leather, lettered and decorated in gold foil, with text block edges in gilt, orange moire endsheets. 733 pp. Signed by author in blue marker on front blank preceding limitation statement, with overlay. As issued, with note to slight rub to bottom corner gilt. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A signed, deluxe Franklin Library edition of Wallace Stegner's hefty semi-autobiographical novel, which is the story of Bo Mason and his family. Immigrants to North Dakota, the Mason family struggles as they are constantly on the move on both sides of the US-Canadian border in the hopes of striking it rich. Includes a special introductory note by the author and illustrations by Charles Reid. Signed by Mr. Stegner on a leaf near front of volume. One of an unspecified number in a limited edition. Franklin Library "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full brown bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Text presented on high-quality papers. Orange silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about-Near Fine copy with four tiny indentations to back cover fore-edge and a few scratches to gilding on lower textblock edge, otherwise bright, newish and lacking additional damages or evidence of having been read. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (12), 733 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited signed edition. Contains "Special Message" by Stegner not found in other editions. Illustrated by Charles Reid. Issued without dustjacket. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. Unread copy in Fine condition. Stegner's fifth novel, originally published in 1943.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$95.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full-Leather. A special Limited Edition, this copy SIGNED by AUTHOR Wallace Stegner in As New condition; Bo Mason, his wife and two boys live a life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune. Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilt edged, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality.
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1978.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Franklin Library's first edition of this title, published by the Franklin Library in 1978. Bound in leather with embossing in gold. All edges gilt. Book marker bound in. Illustrated by Charles Reid. Copy signed by Wallace Stegner. A fine example of this reissue of one of Stegner's earliest - and most memorable - novels.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Wallace Stegner in As New condition; Bo Mason, his wife and two boys live a life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune. Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xvi], 733, [5] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Wallace Stegner in unread Fine condition, only a few rather minute scratches separate it from As New; Bo Mason, his wife and two boys live a life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune. Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xvi], 733, [5] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Franklin Library,, Franklin Center:, 1978.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in is the 22 page pamphlet from the editors of The Franklin Library. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. The Franklin Library,, Franklin Center:, 1978.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in is the 24 page pamphlet titled Notes From The Editors. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid. A tight clean copy with absolutely no prior ownership markings.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Franklin Library,, Franklin Center:, 1978.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. There are two minor scuff marks at the upper edge of the spine one of which mars the gilt border around the upper most title block. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is a small brochure describing the book. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain,was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: x + 733 pp, a novel. signed by Stegner, special message to subscribers, 6.5" x 9.5" light brown leather gilt design & letters & gilt text block all around. Size: Thick Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Big Rock Candy Mountain [SIGNED]. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1978.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small quarto. Gilt-stamped full leather with 4 raised bands over gross-grain endppapers, a.e.g. 733 pages. Color illustrations by Charles Reid. Limited edition Signed by the author.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition. Fine in full leather with gold stamping and raised bands, all edges gilt, silk ribbon place marker, silk endpapers that have faded slightly along the edges, with a special preface by him not included in the trade edition. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: limited signed edition. 5p.l.,733pp. Thick Octavo in original gilt leather binding, all edges gilt with colour illustrations (including frontispiece) from drawings by Charles Reid. very good Signed by Stegner on a tipped in page.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
STEGNER, WALLACE. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1978.
Price: US$169.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full brown leather with gilt decoration to the boards and the spine. All edges gilt; bound in ribbon marker. Illustrated with full colour plates. Signed by Stegner on the second blank page. There is a bit of rubbing to the leather along the outer edges of the boards and spine; there is also an abrasion to the first blank page.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1978 LTD EDITION Privately Printing individually SIGNED by the author ALLACE STEGNER - LIKE NEW - TIGHT BINDING - burnt orange leather with gold accents on the cover/spine and page edging, includes an attached satin bookmark ribbon - includes "notes from the editors" booklet VERY GOOD
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: A lot of 7 volumes. All are attractively bound in elaborately gilt decorated leather of various hues with all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by the author on preliminary leaf with a tissue guard. The 7 volumes are in very good + to near fine condition, with 4 showing some faint water spotting on the gilt at the top edge of the text block, and one (the Stegner) with a few pages slightly bumped and a tiny paint spot at the head of the spine, and one (the Catton) with a white paint stain at the top of the gilt edge and another (the Roth) with a faint tide mark at the top fore-corner of some early and late leaves. Very good+ to near fine condition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1978.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full leather binding with titles and decorations stamped in gilt, ribbed spine, moire endpapers, all edges gilt, sewn-in ribbon marker. Special message to subscriber's by the author not in the first edition. Signed by Stegner on blank endpaper with tissue guard laid-in.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$324.00 + 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.; Signed by Wallace Stegner; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$324.00 + 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. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Fine; As New. Pristine. See scans and description. Signed, limited 1978 Edition. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed, limited edition and First Edition thus. The scarce, original 22-page "Notes From The Editors" is included. Signed by Wallace Stegner in black ink on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Full-color illustrations by Charles Reid, whose soft yet realistic offerings really do reflect the tenor of the novel. Octavo, 733 pp. As New; immaculate, flawless and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the Signed, Limited Edition of Stegner's semi-autobiographical epic 1943 novel. Reid's illustrations are original for this edition, and you' wish you could hang them on your wall. Binding is rich russet leather, decorated and imprinted in gilt; spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, russet moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat, and the paper is 55-pound High Opaque, specially milled for this volume. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless, and protectively archived since arrival; page-marker has in fact never been moved. With the author's newly-contributed "A Special Message to Subscribers from Wallace Stegner" prefacing the novel. Scarce (particularly with the Notes From the Editors, laid-in) and strikingly handsome. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. See images. l-frnkln3
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.