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1888369787104 E. 26th St. New York 1888. Written in brown ink dated in another hand likely Johnson's 1 p. 8vo. Integral blank leaf apparently removed "Davis and Gilman reported that it was written on the same paper as that of Melville's 29 January 1888 letter to Edmund C. Stedman" Horth; old folds; very good. Custom cloth folding case. Written in brown ink dated in another hand likely Johnson's 1 p. 8vo. In December Rossiter Johnson editor of various encyclopedias dictionaries anthologies and volumes of abridged classics including Melville's piece "The Bell-Tower" in the third volume "Tragedy" 1875 of his Little Classics 1874-81 wrote to Melville requesting that he contribute to a work that Rossiter was editing either the Annual Cyclopaedia or Appletons' Annual Cyclopadia. Melville had written on December 11 declining his invitation: "I am unpractised in a kind of writing that exacts so much of heedfulness-heedfulness I mean of a sort not demanded in some other departments." <br /> This letter is the follow-up returning the proof not present: "Herewith you have the proof. I have supplied the dates and names wanted and see nothing else to do. Many thanks for your courtesy Very truly yours / H. Melville." <br /> <br /> Melville had retired as a customs inspector in New York in 1885 and did not published a book between Clarel in 1876 his death in 1891. Horth Lynn ed. Herman Melville: Correspondence Northwestern U. Press 1993 pp. 503-504 unknown
1864WRCLIT85064Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey 1864. xi2001pp. Quarto. Polished plum-colored cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Lithographed manuscript facsimiles and illustrations. Spine a shade sunned with shallow chips at crown and toe slight edge-wear a bit of foxing early and late old French bookseller's description in corner of verso of front free endsheet offset through tissue to upper blank portion of title old offset from an ancient and absent floral specimen in gutters of pages 42-3 generally a very good copy. First edition of this considerable undertaking to raise funds contemporary with the Baltimore Sanitary Fair to support relief for the aid of soldiers and their families. Includes faithful facsimiles of the contributors' works and includes the first facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg. Other facsimiles of works by other important 19th Century authors include: Francis Scott Key Edward Everett Washington Irving Harriet Beecher Stowe Nathaniel Hawthorne John Audubon Oliver Wendell Holmes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Herman Melville Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau William G. Simms J.J. Audubon and many many others. Melville's "Inscription to the Slain at Fredericksburg" was not collected in book form until 1947. BAL 2418 13672 etc. Cushings & Bailey hardcover books
18522564671852. 2 pp. pen-and-ink on folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Fine. 2 pp. pen-and-ink on folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Secretary of State Trying to Help the Disgraced Oakes Shaw. Secretary of State Edward Everett writes to Secretary of the Navy John Pendleton Kennedy on Justice Lemuel Shaw's behalf to recommend his son John Oakes Shaw for a position in the Navy. Oakes Shaw as he was known was the eldest son from his father's second marriage to Hope Savage. He became the brother-in-law of Herman Meville when the author married Justice Shaw's daughter Elizabeth from his first marriage. In fact Oakes had truly disgraced his family when in 1844 he married an "inopportunely preganant Caroline Caro Sarah Cobb."<br/>Reading in full "Mr. John O. Shaw of Boston a son of Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw of Massachusetts is desirous of being appointed a pursor in the Navy. His father equally respectable as a Magistrate & a citizen desires me to speak a good word for him. I have no knowledge of the young man but I am sure the Chief Justice would not recommend him if he did not think him fully qualified for the place". Parker Herman Melville Volume 1: 1819-1851 pp. 341-343 unknown books
18906040141890. "Melville D. Landon" in black fountain pen ink n.d. ca. 1890. 5" x 3"; 1 page recto only. Very good. "And my heaven continue to protect you from Yours truly' "Eli Perkins" Melville D. Landon Fifth Ave. Hotel New York.". No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1866373840New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. First Edition of Melville's first collection of poetry. x 11-272pp. 8vo 197 x 116mm. Original publisher's brown cloth gilt-stamped spine brown coated endpapers. Bookplates of L.G. Sandford and Lilitas Rumsey Sanford and William S. Reese. Signed by L.G. Sandford 1869 on ffep in pencil. Almost fine minor wear at the hed and tle of the spine. First Edition of Melville's first collection of poetry. x 11-272pp. 8vo 197 x 116mm. BAL 13673 Harper & Brothers unknown
1866HM050New York: Harper and Brothers 1866 First edition first printing with "hundred" misspelled as "hnndred" on copyright page. Publisher's brown C cloth publisher's device in blind to boards spine stamped in gilt beveled edges to boards and brown-coated endpapers. Very good with modest toning to spine very shallow chipping to cloth at spine ends light rubbing to corners of boards and to endpapers small chip and closed tear to fourth front flyleaf slight abrasion to title page chip to top corner of p. 119 and slight separation between pp. 120-121. Overall a handsome and sleek copy. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell box. From the library of Pulitzer Prize winning author Kenneth Silverman. BAL 13673. Melville's reflections on the moral questions of the American Civil War Battle-Pieces explores themes such as the loss of innocence and martyrdom during a time when the nation was in a period of intense conflict. The book was Herman Melville's first volume of poetry with 72 poems about the Civil War and its aftermath the poems are divided into two sections - an untitled first section containing 52 poems that trace the history of the war followed by a section titled "Verses Inscriptive and Memorial". Additionally a prose Supplement at the end of the volume features Melville's thoughts on how the country can heal and move forward. The book was not popular or critically acclaimed in its time selling only 486 copies in two years but received renewed attention and praise at the start of the 20th century. Chiefly a biographer Professor Kenneth Silverman co-directed the American Civilization program at NYU and won the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes for his work The Life and Times of Cotton Mather. Other notable works of his include biographies of Edgar Allan Poe and Samuel F. B. Morse. A magician himself he also profiled the life of Harry Houdini. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. New York: Harper and Brothers hardcover
1866158051866. one of Melville's scarcest New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. Original violet cloth beveled board edges.<br/> <br/> First Edition of Melville's first published volume of verse about the just-concluded American Civil War -- "dedicated to the memory of the Three Hundred Thousand who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under the flag of their fathers." In 1857 Melville stopped writing fiction after the publication of THE CONFIDENCE-MAN -- though he would live 34 additional years; discouraged by the lack of critical acclaim he turned instead to verse to which he had originally aspired. Three years later 1860 he submitted some poems to Harper but his proposed volume was rejected and those poems today are lost. Five years after that spurred on by the fall of Richmond he wrote the 72 poems that comprise BATTLE-PIECES -- the first section of 50 describing the war chronologically event by event and the second section consisting of elegies epitaphs and requiems. His introductory poem "The Portent" not cited in the Contents covers the hanging of John Brown in 1859; two poems after "The Surrender at Appomattox" is "The Martyr" the assassination of Lincoln. Throughout Melville describes not the glory of the war but the horror and the tragedy of the war. As Blanck notes all copies bear the misprint "hnndred" on the copyright page it is small print and the letters "u" and "n" are very similar so a myth has evolved that there are two states. This copy is bound in textured violet cloth Blanck's "red-purple C-like cloth" one of seven possibilities of cloth grain and color no precedence. Condition is very good slight wear at the spine ends and two small dents in the spine; spine a little sunned as always with this color; front endpaper cracked but tight. This is one of Melville's scarcer titles; one can well imagine that Harper printed comparatively few copies of Melville's second attempt at verse having rejected his first attempt outright. Blanck 13673. Provenance: bookplates of Dr. Walter Ralph Steiner 1870-1942 and of Prof. Joseph Vincent Ridgely 1921-2014. unknown
1855008113New York: Dix & Edwards 1855. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. The first appearance of this novella about a revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno appearing in the magazine in three installments on pages 353-367 459-471 and 633-644. Acknowledged as one of Melville's greatest achievements it was included with some revisions in his short story collection "The Piazza Tales" published May 1856. Very Good indeed bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards five raised bands with dark brown calf volume label in gilt title label missing marbled end papers and edges. The complete six monthly magazines with title pages well bound and lacking only the original wrappers. Moderate toning to end papers only interior pages clean and with no foxing or toning. Quite uncommon especially so in collectible condition. Basis for the 1969 French film of the same title winner of a Gold Medal at the 1969 Venice International Film Festival and the NET Playhouse television episode in 1967. American Literature Science and Art Volume VI. Dix & Edwards Hardcover
1855008113New York: Dix & Edwards 1855. SCARCE. The first appearance of this novella about a revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno appearing in the magazine in three installments on pages 353-367 459-471 and 633-644. Acknowledged as one of Melville's greatest achievements it was included with some revisions in his short story collection "The Piazza Tales" published May 1856. Very Good indeed bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards five raised bands with dark brown calf volume label in gilt title label missing marbled end papers and edges. The complete six monthly magazines with title pages well bound and lacking only the original wrappers. Moderate toning to end papers only interior pages clean and with no foxing or toning. Quite uncommon especially so in collectible condition. Basis for the 1969 French film of the same title winner of a Gold Medal at the 1969 Venice International Film Festival and the NET Playhouse television episode in 1967. American Literature Science and Art Volume VI. First Printing. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dix & Edwards Hardcover books
18964772Chicago: Caxton Club 1896. Attractively bound The Club Bindery for James William Ellsworth prominent industrialist and president of the Caxton Club. One of only 3 copies printed on Japan vellum. Superbly bound in full tan morocco by the Club Bindery in 1898 with gilt binder's pallet on front dentelle: ìFor James W. Ellsworth 1898 For James W. Ellsworth" who was for a time the president of the Caxton Club. The binding features and ornate spine gilt stamped design motif on five of six panels covers with single gilt fillet rule and wide gilt-decorated dentelles. With Ellsworthís bookplate on front pastedown. Measures approx. 6.25î x 9.25." Light rubbing to edges and spots to covers; and small closed cracks approx. 1.5" to the top and bottom of the front hinge but still quite sound. ìOf the three copies on Japanese vellum one was reserved for the Club archives and two were sold at auction at the annual meeting in February 1897 to James W. Ellsworth and George S. Payson for fifty and forty-five dollars respectively. The practice of printing and auctioning unbound vellum copies was discontinued after 1917.îìWright Howes eminent authority on Americana called Joutelís JournalÖ The ëmost reliable eyewitness account of LaSalleís two-years wanderings in Texas. The map based on LaSalleís Mississippi explorations was the first accurate delineation of that riveríî Piehl.A reprint page for page and line for line of the first English translation London 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris 1713 in facsimile; and Notes by Melville B. Anderson.ì Fold-out map bound in opposite the original title page. Fine. <br/><br/> Caxton Club hardcover books
1890FB451 /4B<p>Part of a set. tan calf spine with gilt lettering. Believed to be First if only edition prior to modern reprints The "complete list" of publications given in the 1898 edition of "Riding Recollections" notes that this publication was posthumous <strong>Black But Comely Or the Adventures of Jane Lee. </strong>Excerpt from Black but Comely or the Adventures of Jane Lee <em>'Why should he trouble himself about the culprit a journeyman tailor who had stabbed his wife in a fit of drunken ferocity and been convicted on the evidence of his sister-in-law. He could not look along the whitewashed passages of the prison nor into the bare blank cell where the doomed man cowered and Shook before that awful unknown to which he was gliding so smooth and Swift and sure upheld it may be for a moment at a time by the presence of two robust turnkeys who guarded him as a timid passenger feels upheld in a storm by companionship with some stout Skipper and his mate; yet now and again stung to agony at the contrast between their situation and his own. I'vould it have dulled the pieman's enterprise or the appetites of his customers to see the gray drawn face.'</em> <strong>George John Whyte-Melville</strong> 19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878 was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports and also a poet. He took a break in the mid-1850s to serve as an officer of Turkish irregular cavalry in the Crimean War. Major George John Whyte-Melville was born in 1821 at Mount Melville near St Andrews Scotland as a son of Major John Whyte-Melville and Lady Catherine Anne Sarah Osborne and a grandson on his mother's side of the 5th Duke of Leeds. His father was a well-known sportsman and Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. George was tutored privately at home by the young Robert Lee then educated at Eton before entering the army with a commission in the 93rd Highlanders in 1839. He exchanged into the Coldstream Guards in 1846 and retired with the rank of captain in 1849. Whyte-Melville married the Hon. Charlotte Hanbury-Bateman in 1847 and they had one daughter Florence Elizabeth who went on to marry Clotworthy John Skeffington 11th Viscount Massereene and 4th Viscount Ferrard. His marriage was not a happy one and this led to the "constantly recurring note of melancholy" that runs through all of his novels "especially in reference to women". His wife also was not happy with the marriage. In 1849 Whyte-Melville was the subject of a summons for maintenance by Elizabeth Gibbs described as "a smartly-dressed and interesting looking young woman" who alleged that he was the father of her son. She stated that she had known Whyte-Melville since December 1846 and that she had given birth to his child on 15 September 1847. The Magistrate read some letters stated by Gibbs to be from Whyte-Melville in one of which the writer expressed his wish that Gibbs would fix the paternity unto some other person as he did not wish to pay for the pleasure of others. The Magistrate found for the defendant as the written evidence could not be proved to be in Whyte-Melville's hand but allowed the complainant to apply for a further summons in order to obtain proof. Gibbs testified that since the child was born she had received £10 from Whyte-Melville and he had offered her two sums of £5 on condition that she surrender his letters to her and sign a disclaimer on further claims. The case continued on 25 September 1849. Gibbs' landlady supported by her servant testified that Gibbs was in the habit at the time of receiving visits from other gentlemen particularly two one of whom had paid for the nurse and supported Gibbs during her confinement. The magistrate said that there had definitely been perjury on one side or the other and dismissed the summons. After translating some Horace in 1850 Whyte-Melville published his first novel <em>Digby Grand</em> in 1852 which was a success. He went on to publish 21 other novels and became a popular writer about hunting. Most of his heroes and heroines – Digby Grand Tilbury Nogo the Honourable Crasher Mr Sawyer Kate Coventry Mrs Lascelles – ride to hounds or are would-be members of the hunt. Some characters reappear in different novels such as the supercilious stud groom the dark and wary steeple-chaser or the fascinating sporting widow. <em>Bones and I or The Skeleton at Home</em> is an anomaly in his work as it is far from the realms of the hunting field or historical romance. It centres on an urban recluse living in a small modern villa in a London cul de sac looking out on "the dead wall at the back of an hospital". His most famous lyric is also unusual in its unexpected melancholy – the words to Paolo Tosti's song "Good-bye!" Several of his novels are historical <em>The Gladiators</em> being the best known. Whyte-Melville also wrote <em>Sarchedon</em> a historical novel set in Ancient Babylon. He also published volumes of poetry including <em>Songs and Verses</em> 1869 and <em>Legend of the True Cross</em> 1873. However it is for his portrayal of contemporary sporting society that he is most regarded. Henry Hawley Smart is said to have taken Whyte-Melville as one of his models when he too set out to be a sporting novelist. Mrs. Lovett Cameron 1844–1921 acknowledged that her novel <em>A Grass Country</em> was inspired by Whyte-Melville. He also served as one of the two models for the writing of Mrs. Robert Jocelyn. He was the first person to encourage Florence Montgomery 1843–1923 to publish her children's stories and persuaded her to do so. The novelist John Galsworthy admired the "bright things" in Whyte-Melville's novels and wrote that Digby Grand was Jolyon Forsythe's first idol in the <em>Forsythe Saga</em>. The catch phrase for which he is best remembered comes from a song about hunting: "Drink Puppy Drink". This recurs also in <em>The Flashman Papers</em> by George MacDonald Fraser as a frequently mentioned favourite song of the anti-hero. In 1876 Whyte-Melville penned the rarely attributed but widely recognized opening line to the short poem <em>The Object of a Life</em>: "To eat drink and be merry because to-morrow we die."</p> Ward Lock & Co. hardcover
184714721847. Steel-engraving. 110mm by 160mm sheet. From Brees' 'Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand'.<br /> Ref : National Library of New Zealand website.False-mounted. A couple of small foxing spots. unknown
185769525New York: Dix Edwards & Co 1857. Full Description:<br> <br> MELVILLE Herman. The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade. New York: Dix Edwards & Co. 1857.<br> <br> First American edition issued simultaneously with the London edition according to BAL of the author's last work of fiction. The first issue with the "Miller & Holman" imprint on the copyright page. Twelvemo 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 125 mm. 6 blank vi 394 2 blank pp. With initial blank pasted under front endpaper as per BAL.<br> <br> Original brown fine-grain cloth. Boards decoratively ruled and stamped in blind. Spine decoratively ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Green coated endpapers. Some minor chipping to spine. A small amount of repair to head of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A small bookseller stamp to front free endpaper and front flyleaf. First signature a little sprung. Small glue residue to pages 38/39 affecting a few letters. A small closed tear to lower blank margin of pages 21/22 and 23/24 not affecting text. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> The Confidence-Man Melville's unfinished satirical novel was his last work of fiction "written just before the long silence of his later life and expresses a pessimistic view best described by the title of a handbill which figures in the story: 'Ode on the Intimations of Distrust in Man Unwillingly Inferred from Repeated Repulses in Disinterested Endeavors to Procure His Confidence'" The Oxford Companion to American Literature.<br> <br> BAL 13670.<br> <br> HBS 69525.<br> <br> $10000. Dix, Edwards & Co unknown
18803283New York: F.H. Melville 1880. Tri-fold pamphlet 14 x 24.1 cm. Illustrated. Promotional brochure for a New York paper warehouse with products that serve grocers and general stores. Features descriptions and prices for available items including satchel-bottom and old-style paper bags flour sacks twines paper butter dishes spring brass tea coffee and spice scoops and more. Very fine condition. F.H. Melville unknown books
1807245236Boston 1807. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Repaired 5 in. closed tear else fine. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Customs declaration accomplished and signed by Thomas Melvill Inspector of the ports of Boston and Charlestown Revolutionary War hero and grandfather to Herman Melville. The "e" was added to the surname by Herman's mother after the death of her husband. unknown
1807245236Boston 1807. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Repaired 5 in. closed tear else fine. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Customs declaration accomplished and signed by Thomas Melvill Inspector of the ports of Boston and Charlestown Revolutionary War hero and grandfather to Herman Melville. The "e" was added to the surname by Herman's mother after the death of her husband. unknown books
189352203280021West Publishing Company St. Paul 1893. Leather covered. Acceptable. Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1893 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Covers tan leather covered boards with red and black labels on spine show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and soiling. Bumped corners. Spine edge tears. Binding loosening slightly but still intact. Previous owner's name on end paper. Shows it age but pages still quite legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! West Publishing Company, St. Paul hardcover
1853mon0000028395J.W. Parker 1853. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. In two volumes on red clkoth part of spine cover missing on volume 2 J.W. Parker unknown
1878R240167217Hachette et Cie. 1878. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 246 + 249 pages. Plats jaspés. Dos à titre, auteur et tomaison dorés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1878RO30372938Hachette et cie. 1878. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 246+249 pages. Rousseurs. Quelques accrocs au dos. Titre, auteur et filets en doré au dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1879SKU1180216Little Brown and Company 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston 1879; no catalog present; darl cloth coverd boards; edges and corners scuffed; no dust jacket; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; interior is clean and unmarked; 347 pages Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1891Alibris.0039928LITTLE BROWN AND CO 1891. Full leather. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. ELEMENTS OF THE LAW OF TORTS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS BY MELVILLE M BIGELOW PHD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1891-LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER-CONDITION FAIR-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER CR RABIDEAR GREEN BAY WI-382 PAGES-AND. 382 p. ELEMENTS OF THE LAW OF TORTS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS BY MELVILLE M BIGELOW PHD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1891-LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER-CONDITION FAIR-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER CR RABIDEAR GREEN BAY WI-382 PAGES-AND LAST 2 PAGES LOOSE IN BOOK OF SUPPLEM ELEMENTS OF THE LAW OF TORTS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS BY MELVILLE M BIGELOW PHD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1891-LEATHER-BOUND HARDCOVER-CONDITION FAIR-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER CR RABIDEAR GREEN BAY WI-382 PAGES-AND LAST 2 PAGES LOOSE IN BOOK OF SUPPLEMENT SECTION-PAGES 1-6 MISSING. PUBLISHED BY LITTLE BROWN AND CO BOSTON--CONTENTS; CASES CITED INTRODUCTION BREACH OF DUTY TO REFRAIN FROM FRAUD OR MALICE DECEIT MALICIOUS PROSECUTION CONSPIRACY MALICIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH CONTRACT SLANDER AND LIEB --BREACH OF ABSOLUTE DUTY ASSAULT AND BATTERY FALSE IMPRISONMENT ENTICEMENT AND SEDUCTION TRESPASSES UPON PROPERTY CONVERSION INFRINGEMENT PATENTS-TRADE MARKS AND COPYRIGHTS VIOLATION OF RIGHTS OF SUPPORT VIOLATION OF WATER RIGHTS NUISANCE DAMAGE BY ANIMALS ESCAPE OF DANGEROUS THINGS .BREACH OF DUTY TO REFRAIN FROM NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE INDEX. LITTLE BROWN AND CO hardcover
1878SKU1180217Little Brown and Company 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston 1878; black cloth covered boards; edges and corners scuffed with board exposed; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 360 pages Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1875006850New York: J. B. Ford and Company 1875. FIRST EDITION first printing. Full brown cloth with decorative diagonaly black lines across front cover and spine stamped illustration of a man holding a book on centered on the front cover slightly spotted previous owner's name on front endpage frontispiece illustration and numerous other in-text illustrations. Overall in VERY GOOD PLUS condition. A good gift. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. J. B. Ford and Company Hardcover
1877005238Toronto: Belford Brothers 1877 Book. Illus. by Uncle Consider. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red pictorial cloth on boards. Grubby edges and two leaves browned by paper insert but sound and easily readable with no writing. One gutter strained so I glued it. This book is full of delightful inventive nonsense from cover to cover. 248 pp. plus ads. Belford Brothers hardcover
