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1912114Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1912. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.C. Yohn. Small 8vo. Brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering. viii 606pp. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece three full-page color plates. Very good. Small inoffensive stain at rear board corner slightly touching upon gutter corner of pages 550-606. A tight and nice first edition of this bestselling novel by the prolific Indiana writer and poet 1866-1947 who on the side was a diplomat who served as U.S. Minister to Paraguay 1933-35 Venezuela 1935-38 and Nicaragua 1938-41. Choice addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a heavy stock 4 3/4" X 2¼" card boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ink: "Witness my hand! / Meredith Nicholson / Indianapolis / May / 1922." Together with James Whitcomb Riley Booth Tarkington and George Ade this quartette created a surprising Golden Age for this state's literary output in the late 19th/early 20th century. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
197330491Macmillan 1973. 8vo. Uncorrected Proof Copy; original printed wrappers upper cover enevenly faded at edges else a near fine copy. A scarce and invaluable reference. PROOF COPIES ARE SCARCE. Gilson M1609. Macmillan, unknown
197319430William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles CA 1973. 8vo. First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 158. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles CA, unknown
191424934New York: Doubleday Page / The Winthrop Press 1914. Immaculate and tight with minimal edge wear; 32 un-numbered pages single staple at the spine; Two full-color illustrations including front cover. Rear cover advetisement for "Murray's" Restaurant and Roman Gardens at 228 West 42nd Street New York. First Edition. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Two Full-Color Illustrations. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Paperback. Doubleday Page / The Winthrop Press Paperback
191639403Smith Elder & Co. 1916. 8vo. Second Impression thus with portrait frontispiece in photogravure original tissue guard present plates in photogravure all original tissue guards present and facsimiles; in splendid Winchester College prize binding of full tan calf BY RIVIERE boards framed in gilt upper board blocked in gilt with College arms back with raised bands second compartment with green leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt top gilt doublures gilt dentelles marbled endpapers uncut fore-edge very lightly spotted some light and generally inoffensive spotting mainly marginal to text else a remarkably bright fresh copy in well-known and much sought-after prize binding. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER RECTO. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED TO CHARLES OMAN BY WINCHESTER COLLEGE IN 1920 AND BEARS THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE COMPLETED IN MS ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Loosely inserted is a printed invitation card to Oman from the Corporation of London to a formal dinner in 1954. Lee's life of Shakespeare was first published in 1898 and reached its sixth edition in 1908. His new edition rewiritten and greatly enlarged appeared first in in 1915 with the present Second Impression issued in 1916. Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
199700001559Iran Books 1997. Reprint of set originaly published in 1902. Hardcover. New. Red boards All four volumes like new condition. Heavy extra postage necessary. <br/><br/> Iran Books hardcover
19062221586<p>WITH RARE DUST JACKET</p><p>First edition September 1906 so stated. Small octavo. Original gilt stamped green cloth t.e.g. Edited by Anna Harris Smith. Frontispiece portrait. Dust jacket with design that replicates gilt cloth design few small chips; few tears. Very good. 137 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Designed by D. B. Updike The Merrymount Press Boston.</p> Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
19252221742<p>First edition. Octavo. Original bright orange cloth stamped in green. Art deco design dust jacket unclipped; short edge tears designed by Gosman . Very good small corner torn away last two pages. 134 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Filmed in 1929 by James Cruze starring William Haines Greta Garbo Mae Busch.</p><p>Film is believed lost.</p> Brentano's hardcover
1991ML263Hull UK: University Of Hull Centre For South-eastasian Stu 1991. First edition. Paperback. Fine. What is useful about this book is that in many cases the author Hull University's librarian has taken time to look at the books rather than reproducing other people's lists. The result is probably the most comprehensive list for this specialised area of literature that had been produced up to that date. Hill lists 1054 entries in this 142 page book as well as an index of authors. Fine Paperback. First Edition Weight: 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia University Of Hull, Centre For South-eastasian Stu paperback
1902DEMO003083IChicago: C.L. Ricketts 1902. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 160 pages decorated boards & white cloth untrimmed edges worn spine darkened <br/><br/>Author's first book and proof of his activity in the Chicago Literary Renaissance. Hunsberger 44. These essays present a Chicago view of literary realism. In "Realism in Literature and Art" he rejects 'thesis novels' because they falsified human nature in order to teach a theoretical lesson. "The true man neither guiltily conceals nor anxiously explains nor vulgarly parades. He simply lives his life the best he can and lets it stand for what it is." Includes essays on Omar Khayyam Walt Whitman R. Burns etc. C. L. Ricketts was a calligrapher who designed this book and published it. C.L. Ricketts hardcover
196919427William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles CA 1969. 8vo. First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 133. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles CA, unknown
1933015364London: Macmillan & Co 1933. Previous owner's name to front end paper and a little foxing to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked mid-blue cloth boards clear gilt lettering/embossing to front and spine gilt top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Bevelled boards and blue slik page marker. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with chipped/rubbed upper edge and well-sunned spine and some edges. 268pp. A series of letters to his child-friends from the author of Alice in Wonderland full of his humour and quaint conceits and revealing the kindliness and understanding of a universal lover of children. Very scarce with jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Macmillan & Co Hardcover
19692222193<p>First edition thus. 32mo 3 1/2" x 2 3/4". Full gilt stamped blue morocco. Fine. 8 pages.</p><p>This copy is printed for San Francisco bookseller David Magee.</p><p>One of five copies printed entirely on vellum.</p> The Beagle Press hardcover
19102221974<p>First edition. Octavo. Seven b/w illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Original brown pictorial cloth with design in red cream and black of two football players. No dust jacket. Very good. 363 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> The Penn Publishing Company hardcover
19299000Paris: The Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse. Good. 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 365 of 400 total copies; 192 pp.; 8vo; half green morocco and flower patterned paper over boards; spine lettered & decorated in gilt with tilt rule at leather edges on covers; pastedowns & endpapers with matching flower design; top edge gilt. Title and chapter headings rubricated in green. Color illustrations including plates with tissue guards and vignettes. Rubbing to corners through to boards; a bit of rubbing to spine edges; blemish to leather front cover near spine. Otherwise solid interior clean. . The Black Sun Press Editions Narcisse hardcover
1924SB9441NY: Henry Holt and Company 1924. Marbled endleaves. Beautifully clean and tight textblock. Top edges gilt. Half-brown leather and blue cloth boards with a bit of rubbing to the joints 5 raised bands with gilt titling and embellishment. 96p. Authorised Edition. Half-Leather Cloth Sides. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Henry Holt and Company Hardcover
1994039790Taiwan: Heian Intl Pub Co 1994. In Chinese and English. Softcover with 35 color plates. Good to very good condition with some edgewear slight fading to spine and upper left corner of front cover firm binding clean pages no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heian Intl Pub Co Paperback
1991039794Taiwan: Heian Intl Pub Co 1991. In Chinese and English. With 43 color plates. Brown cloth hardcover lettered in gilt illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition with firm binding clean pages no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is near fine with a very tiny smudge to the front panel old price sticker on rear panel no chips or tears. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heian Intl Pub Co Hardcover
1993017632London: The Winged Lion Robert Booth 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to. limited edition - this copy no. 421 of 780; b/w frontispiece. Original patterned boards with paper title labels fine with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight previous owner's neat but lengthy inscription to the front free end-paper otherwise unmarked. Book designed by Simon Rendall printed by Mandersteig at Stamperia Valdonega Verona on Magnani mould made paper. A fine tight copy. The Winged Lion (Robert Booth) Hardcover
