Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library for the First Edition Society, 1979.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NOT an ex library book. Leather bound book with raised bands on spine, print and decoration in gold, First Edition printed on spine, gilt on all three edges. Moire endpapers. Prior owner bookplate on first blank page. Clean interior pages with ribbon marker
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 429 numbered pages. Gilt edges; silk moire endpapers; ribbon marker. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
Jessamyn West. The Life I Really Lived. The Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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!
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Jessamyn West. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$18.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Beautiful copy bound in full leather with raised bands, gilt decoration, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Near fine.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. The Franklin Library., Franklin Center. Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: The First Edition Society. True first edition in full leather binding with gilt lettering, edges and decorations, moire endpapers, ribbed spine. A Fine unopened copy with Note from the Editors insert. No dust jacket as issued.
Seller: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A deluxe Franklin Library first edition of Jessamyn West's novel, which takes the form of a woman's autobiography. The author is probably best known for her "A Friendly Persuasion." With a special introductory note by the author and illustrations by Will Harmouth. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series, published prior to the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich trade edition. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full burgundy bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Text presented in quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Tan silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With light scratching to gilding on textblock fore-edge, otherwise an about-Fine copy: bright, newish and not previously read.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (14), 430 pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.46 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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!
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Jessamyn West. The Life I Really Lived. The Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$26.71 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: West Coast Bookseller, Moorpark, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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!
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
WEST, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in full leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt, raised bands, silk place marker, silk endpapers, with a special preface which does not appear in the trade edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WEST, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin, Franklin Center, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated in b/w by Will Harmuth. 430 pages. Tall 8vo, full gilt-stamped burgundy leather, a.e.g. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1979. A fine copy. Limited first edition has been privately printed exclusively for Members of the First Edition Society.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First thus (Part of the Franklin's Library First Edition series). Luxurious full red leather binding with gilt decorations on cover. Four raised bands and gilt titles on spine. AEG, heavy satin end papers and ribbon page-marker as in all Franklin bindings. As unread. A gorgeous copy.
Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, Canada
Price: US$31.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition. some minor dinging to the gilt on the page edges. We use quality packaging materials.
Seller: Third Person Books, Elk Grove Village, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Fine in full leather with gilt titles and decor, silk endpapers, ribbed spine, AEG, silk bookmark.
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jessamyn West. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979. Finely bound in deep red leather with decoration in gold gilt. All edges gilt. Light tan moire silk end pages. Silk ribbon page marker bound in. Illustrated by drawings in black and white. 430 pages. Privately Printed for Members of the First Edition Society. Near Fine.
Seller: Ellery Center Books, Greenhurst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Adkins Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library 1979, 1979.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Franklin Library 1979 Hardback. No Dustjacket As Issued. First Edition From The First Edition Society Of The Franklin Library. Bound in Full Leather, With Raised Bands, And all Edges Gilded, Gilt Titles and Trim, and with Silk Moire Endpapers. Near Fine condition . Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full red leather, decoratively gilt. Includes Notes from the Editors.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
West, Jessamyn. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First Edition Society. Finely bound in deep red leather with decoration in gold gilt. All edges gilt. Light tan moire silk end pages. Silk ribbon page marker bound in. Illustrated by drawings in black and white. 430 pages. Privately Printed for Members of the First Edition Society.
Seller: Librariana Fine Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Jessamyn West. The Life I Really Lived. Franklin Library, 1979.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This offering is a Deluxe, Limited Edition Franklin Library publication of The Life I Really Lived written by Jessamyn West and illustrated by Will Harmuth. It's deluxe in that it has the "built in" bookmark, gold-gilded page edges, satin-like end pages, and leather-bound boards with a ribbed spine and gold-gilded lettering decorating both the front and back boards and forming the print on the spine. It IS a book in Franklin Mint's The First Edition Society which means that it has also been signed (perhaps laser-printed) and includes a laid-in eight page "Notes from the Editors" pamphlet describing the work. The book was published by The Franklin Library in 1979 and is a stated "limited first edition published by special arrangement with" Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Usually the books in this series by Franklin Library were published a bit before the trade editions so, in reality, the books in The First Edition Society are the true firsts. This copy is in fine condition and has not been read. To my knowledge, the only time it's been opened has been when I opened it to glean the information that I've included in this blurb. What an absolutely beautiful gift . . . for yourself or a loved one! Thank you for looking!
Seller: Ebeth & Abayjay Books, Lima, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition and Limited Edition. With included, separate "Notes from the Editors", now scarce. Octavo, 430 pp.; illustrations executed with distinctive style by Will Harmuth for this true first edition. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the First Edition of West's 1979 quasi-autobiographical (but definitely fictional) novel about a quaker girl growing through the challenges, adventures and dilemmas of her time. Full rich red top grain leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, gold moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 60-pound Franklin Library '1854' White book sheet, typeface is 10-point Baskerville. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New, and never read; has been protectively archived since arrival. Page-marker ribbon has in fact never been moved. Please review scans. With "A Special Message to the members of The First Edition Society" by Snow prefacing the novel (with laser printed signature); the scarce, separate "Notes from the Editors". That pamphlet does show faint toning at top front, and trace soil at bottom back cover. The book itself is of course fully pristine in every way. Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln5
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$294.95 + 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.
Price: US$294.95 + 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. Franklin Library Limited First Editions Society. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original binding. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.