My best friend forever for about 60 years, recently found this exact copy of the 1939 leaves of gold in a second hand shop and sent it to me. Mitchell received the pulitzer prize for fiction for the book in 1937. The book is gorgeous, but the literary works contained within are indeed golden. This edition included a phrase from emersons letter, printed in gold leaf. Gone with the wind is a novel by american writer margaret mitchell, first published in 1936. Leaves of gold by clyde francis lytle and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Last in the dooryard bloomd is whitmans elegy to lincoln after his death. It has beautiful poems, prayers and verses that inspire the soul. I bought this copy for a specific poem in it, and i wasnt especially concerned about the condition of the book. Abraham lincoln wasnt the sort of man who could lose himself in a crowd. Leaves of gold revised edition by lytle, clyde francis. He held up one of bradys photographs of lincoln, and said with great feeling.
It almost seems that iyou could insert your own album page to add something of significance but you cant the. Gold lettering on the cover leaves of gold and has a nice little gold leaves design. What digital items do customers buy after viewing this item. Stephen chbosky mirza waheed, an india author, has penned an enthralling tale of forbidden love in a state which is disrupted by war, blood and politics in his book, the book of gold leaves where the author weaves a painful yet enlightening love story where two young souls meet and fall for the very first time in a wartorn kashmir. Leaves of gold, an anthology of prayers, memorable phases, inspirational verse and prose, clyde francis lytle editor, the coslett publishing company, 1958, revised edition, seventh printing, hard brown boards with three hole punch binding fastened with brown cord, front boards have gold title lettering along with embossed illustration, boards clean with tight binding, 200 pages, contents. It is fashioned like a treasured white album, tied with white cord.
Make offer leaves of gold anthology of prayers inspirational 1962 edition. Unfollow leaves of gold lytle to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. A beautifully leather bound book or one with a pictorial gold leaf cover. Leaves of gold 1963 twelfth edition by clyde francis lytle leather bound book. Buy the book of gold leaves book online at low prices in. An anthology of prayers memorable phrases inspirational verse and prose, from the best authors of the world, both ancient and modern hardcover january 1, 1963. Subsequently i lost the book in one of our many moves. The antique books value guide will help you determine the value of old books. Years ago i had 2 books, apples of gold and leaves of silver which i gave to my granddaughter. White mountain guide with an owner signature of levi lincoln jr. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decadesthe first, a small book of twelve poems and the last, a compilation. I received leaves of gold as a gift several years ago and i loved some of the poems and essays in it. These were the books my grandmother turned to when she has to speak at a church luncheon.
Leaves of gold is one of the classics that will always be on my bookshelf. Married bookdealers joel and garda sloane get mixed up with murder. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to. The book of gold leaves is the sort of book one can read and reread and then read again news on sunday a dazzling and heartbreaking story set in wartorn kashmir essential reading stylist waheed writes about kashmir with compassion, not anger. There are no heroes or villains in this exquisite book, just a palpable grief for what. Looking through books on amazon i came across a book.
Leaves of grass is a poetry collection by the american poet walt whitman 18191892. I received as a present, and every time i have a chance i give it as a present for special occasions. A bluecollar workers encounter with a ufo leaves him a changed man. Ernest hemingway wrote fitzgerald a cutting letter about the book, accusing him of. Virtually every copy has an inscription for a newlywed couple or new graduate. Make certain that there are no loose pages or gatherings of leaves that have.
Leaves of gold and the treasure chest are designed to be kept among your pictures and scrapbooks. An american adventurer competes with the famed mexican bandit to recover a lost gold shipment. I have always loved the book, but never owned my own copy. The wind was howling, whoooooooo, and the leaves were blowing, whish, whish all of a. Walt whitman wishes respectfully to notify the public that the book leaves of. Brings me tears of joy as i thumb through the pages and read my old favorites. True story of mexicos abraham lincoln and his fight against napoleons. Here are maxims, phrases, anecdotes, passages, proverbs and essays f. Gold lettering on the cover leaves of gold and has a nice little.