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192385654Boston: The Atlantic Monthly 1923. Hard Cover. near fine. Octavo. 22 cm x 17cm 120pp. . Bound in 3/4 brown leather. Stikeman Binding. Gilt lettering and tooled decorations to spine. Five raised bands. Limited to 585 numbered copies and is SIGNED by A.Edward Newton. Sharp copy. The Atlantic Monthly unknown
1923013938Atlantic Monthly Press 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Superb Copy Fine Copy in Like Jacket. First Edition Without Spine Fade Gorgeous Fresh Copy $3.50 on Spine Superlative Copy. Atlantic Monthly Press Hardcover
1923239216Atlantic Monthly Press 1923. First Trade. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 1/4 black cloth red paper-covered boards paper title labels on the spine and front board. Very Good in a Fair dustjacket. The jacket has long tears at the gutter and flaps now held together with a Brodart. Inscribed and signed by Newton on the ffep. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
1923000739Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Slip Case . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very fine press book beautifully printed on handmade paper. 1/4 bound in green leather over marbled boards. Near mint copy with green stained top and untrimmed bottom and fore-edge. In good solid yet slightly soiled slipcase. this is the page after the dedication page and is written in Olde English which I will translate as best I can. Announcement by desire. by his Majesty's company. At the Theater Royal in Drury-lane this present season being the Spring of 1923. The first performance of Dr. Johnson given by an immortal cast including Sir Joshua Reynolds Mr. Thrale Mr. Thrale Mr.Boswell Mr. Garrick Mrs Thrale Miss Burney Mr. Goldsmith Mrs Woffington and Price adjusted to the boards with alterations by Mr. Newton a gentleman of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Places for the performance many now be featured. Nothing under full price will be taken. no money to be taken at the stage-door nor any money to be returned after the curtain is drawn up. It is hop'd no gentlemen will take it ill that they can't be admitted behind the scenes. VIVANT REX & REGINA. " There is also a facsimile of an attempt by Christopher Morley to dictate to the author a poem which regards his book. Quite interesting and funny. Book would be mint if not for slight fading to spine label which is darkened. Number 312 of 585 copies signed by Newton. A finely printed great collectible. <br/> <br/> The Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
A9781258854782Hardback. New. hardcover
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75-3428Boston MA: Little Brown and Co. 1933. 4to. Hard cover. 223 pp. Very Good.Alfred Edward Newton 1864-1940 one of the most prominent book collectors in the Philadelphia region was born inPhiladelphia on August 26 1864. His formal education was limited but an interest in books inspired his first collecting effortsin the 1880s. His early working life was haphazard: he began working as a grocery stock boy when he was still in his earlyteens spent a few years as a bookstore clerk tried and disliked banking and eventually joined the Cutter Electrical andManufacturing Company in 1895. Five years later he bought it and became president and remained with the company until hisretirement in 1932…….His interests however lay almost entirely in the realm of book collecting – he claimed nine-tenths of his energies were devotedto his library. He married Babette Edelheim daughter of fellow collector Carl Edelheim in 1890 and socially moved in a circle offellow collectors including Moncure Biddle William Elkins and Christopher Morley. His first book The Amenities of Book-Collecting was published by The Atlantic in 1918. It was an enormous success in the circle of bibliophiles throughout England and America and led Newton to a successful writing and speaking career. Additional books by Newton include A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector 1921 The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers 1925 This Book-Collecting Game 1928 A Tourist inSpite of Himself 1930 End Papers 1933 Derby Day andOther Adventures 1934 and Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography 1936. He also wrote two plays Doctor Johnson 1923 and Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party 1930 andmany brochures privately printed for his friends….He primarily collected British literature and was particularly drawn to Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope and SamuelJohnson. Although he had regular dealings with booksellers in the US and England many of his books came from his fellowPhiladelphian the antiquarian bookseller A. S. W.Rosenbach……Newton and his family lived at their estate Oak Knoll in Daylesford Pennsylvania. After a lingering illness Newton died in 1940 described by the Library of Congress as "the most famous and influential of American book collectors." Hisremarkable collection of rare books was auctioned off by Parke-Bernet in 1941 with his personal papers and his publishedwritings being donated to the Free Library by his son E. Swift Newton in 1954.From the collection of Frederick Ruffner. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1933 hardcover
17-4131Boston Ma.: Little Brown and Company 1933. 8vo. 225 pp. Hardcovers. Very Good. Boston, Ma.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. hardcover
TQ-217P-ZPP7Hardcover. Very Good. Atlantic Monthly Press 1933 hardcover. Boxed. Inscribed: "1351 copies of the Dream Children Edition of 'End Papers' have been printed and are inscribed by the author. This is Copy 1345." "The end of all scribblement is to amuse." Cover text and binding almost like new. Box shows general wear mainly to extremities. hardcover
1930038784John Henty Nash 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio. Limited to 350 copies of which this is number 329. Sunned fringe on the top edge. Signed by Newton. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. <br/> <br/> John Henty Nash hardcover
193064184San Franci: Brinted for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Half-cloth. #73/350 signed by the author. Brinted for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash hardcover
192822727Doylesford PA: Oak Knoll 1928. Original wraps. Near Fine. Wonderful 1928 privately-printed keepsake about Lord Nelson by the great A. Edward Newton. SIGNED BY A. EDWARD NEWTON along the title page. 12mo crisp and Near Fine in its blue ribbon-tied wrappers. Tasteful very small bookplate Louis Grabosky at the front pastedown otherwise very clean internally. Oak Knoll unknown
1937951Y49Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press 1937. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 6". None. A pleasing signed limited edition printing of A. Edward Newton's address on Sir William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2000 numbered copies of which this is number 14.Signed by the author to the limitation page. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This address was delivered during the 1937 University of Pennsylvania graduation ceremony in which American industrialist and book collector A. Edward Newton received the degree of Doctor of Laws. Here Newton discusses English jurist justice and Tory politician William Blackstone best known for his authoritative 'Commentaries on the Laws of England'. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with light bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is also very smart with sunning to the spine and minor shelf wear. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
1937951Y5Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press 1937. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 6". None. A signed limited edition printing of A. Edward Newton's address on Sir William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2000 numbered copies of which this is number 999. Signed by the author to the limitation page. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This address was delivered during the 1937 University of Pennsylvania graduation ceremony in which American industrialist and book collector A. Edward Newton received the degree of Doctor of Laws. Here Newton discusses English jurist justice and Tory politician William Blackstone best known for his authoritative 'Commentaries on the Laws of England'. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities and minor fading to the spine head. Dust wrapper is sunned and chipped to the spine. With a 1" closed tear to the fly leaf and a couple chips to the remaining edges of the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
1937951Y6Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press 1937. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. A pleasing signed limited edition containing A. Edward Newton's address on law and William Blackstone. The limited first and only edition of this work consisting of 2000 numbered copies of which this is number 506.Signed by the author to the limitation page. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This address was delivered during the 1937 University of Pennsylvania graduation ceremony in which American industrialist and book collector A. Edward Newton received the degree of Doctor of Laws. Here Newton discusses English jurist justice and Tory politician William Blackstone best known for his authoritative 'Commentaries on the Laws of England'. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with light bumping to the extremities only. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and rear panel. With light edge wear and a couple minor closed tears to the spine head. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
1937000153Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. #352 of 2000 signed by author in recognition of The University of Pennsylvania conferring of doctor of law degree. This is a copy of the lecture he gave that day Feb. 16th 1936. Book in unopened condition. Jacket in VG spine faded and neatly repaired on verso unclipped$2.00 cover which has tanning at folds and browned at spine else fine. <br/> <br/> University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
1933208722New York: Edie-Davidson 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Rubbing along panel edges. Edie-Davidson hardcover
1924000897Philadelphia Pa: A Edward Newton 1924. 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This interesting and a must for any A. Edward Newton Collector is a letter written by Newton to a reader/collector which deals with the sale or in Newtons words " Do you wish me to give you the Wilson volume or sell it to you. Personally I loath Mr. Wilson." Newton must have received a discourse on Wilson by Mr. M.P. Klingel to who he wrote the letter. Newton says he is sending under separate cover this suppressed plate from " Farce" Plate shows Wilson stuffing a mail box with letters to Germany. Two very interesting pieces along with a cardboard spacer with a unknown signature on it and the words " This Copy" The letter is dated May28th 1924. A fine early 20th century and A. Edward Newton collectible. <br/> <br/> A Edward Newton unknown
0267480598.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1941168477New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc hardcover
0331717972.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ria9783734048791_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections by A. Edward Newton hardcover
75-3424Boston MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1918 . 4to. Hard cover. 355 pp. Very Good with title label.Alfred Edward Newton 1864-1940 one of the most prominent book collectors in the Philadelphia region was born inPhiladelphia on August 26 1864. His formal education was limited but an interest in books inspired his first collecting effortsin the 1880s. His early working life was haphazard: he began working as a grocery stock boy when he was still in his earlyteens spent a few years as a bookstore clerk tried and disliked banking and eventually joined the Cutter Electrical andManufacturing Company in 1895. Five years later he bought it and became president and remained with the company until hisretirement in 1932…….His interests however lay almost entirely in the realm of book collecting – he claimed nine-tenths of his energies were devotedto his library. He married Babette Edelheim daughter of fellow collector Carl Edelheim in 1890 and socially moved in a circle offellow collectors including Moncure Biddle William Elkins and Christopher Morley. His first book The Amenities of Book-Collecting was published by The Atlantic in 1918. It was an enormous success in the circle of bibliophiles throughout England and America and led Newton to a successful writing and speaking career. Additional books by Newton include A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector 1921 The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers 1925 This Book-Collecting Game 1928 A Tourist inSpite of Himself 1930 End Papers 1933 Derby Day andOther Adventures 1934 and Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography 1936. He also wrote two plays Doctor Johnson 1923 and Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party 1930 andmany brochures privately printed for his friends….He primarily collected British literature and was particularly drawn to Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope and SamuelJohnson. Although he had regular dealings with booksellers in the US and England many of his books came from his fellowPhiladelphian the antiquarian bookseller A. S. W.Rosenbach……Newton and his family lived at their estate Oak Knoll in Daylesford Pennsylvania. After a lingering illness Newton died in 1940 described by the Library of Congress as "the most famous and influential of American book collectors." Hisremarkable collection of rare books was auctioned off by Parke-Bernet in 1941 with his personal papers and his publishedwritings being donated to the Free Library by his son E. Swift Newton in 1954.From the collection of Frederick Ruffner. Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918 hardcover
75-3421Boston MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1918 . 4to. Hard cover. 355 pp. Very Good. No label.Alfred Edward Newton 1864-1940 one of the most prominent book collectors in the Philadelphia region was born inPhiladelphia on August 26 1864. His formal education was limited but an interest in books inspired his first collecting effortsin the 1880s. His early working life was haphazard: he began working as a grocery stock boy when he was still in his earlyteens spent a few years as a bookstore clerk tried and disliked banking and eventually joined the Cutter Electrical andManufacturing Company in 1895. Five years later he bought it and became president and remained with the company until hisretirement in 1932…….His interests however lay almost entirely in the realm of book collecting – he claimed nine-tenths of his energies were devotedto his library. He married Babette Edelheim daughter of fellow collector Carl Edelheim in 1890 and socially moved in a circle offellow collectors including Moncure Biddle William Elkins and Christopher Morley. His first book The Amenities of Book-Collecting was published by The Atlantic in 1918. It was an enormous success in the circle of bibliophiles throughout England and America and led Newton to a successful writing and speaking career. Additional books by Newton include A Magnificent Farce and Other Diversions of a Book-Collector 1921 The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers 1925 This Book-Collecting Game 1928 A Tourist inSpite of Himself 1930 End Papers 1933 Derby Day andOther Adventures 1934 and Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography 1936. He also wrote two plays Doctor Johnson 1923 and Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party 1930 andmany brochures privately printed for his friends….He primarily collected British literature and was particularly drawn to Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope and SamuelJohnson. Although he had regular dealings with booksellers in the US and England many of his books came from his fellowPhiladelphian the antiquarian bookseller A. S. W.Rosenbach……Newton and his family lived at their estate Oak Knoll in Daylesford Pennsylvania. After a lingering illness Newton died in 1940 described by the Library of Congress as "the most famous and influential of American book collectors." Hisremarkable collection of rare books was auctioned off by Parke-Bernet in 1941 with his personal papers and his publishedwritings being donated to the Free Library by his son E. Swift Newton in 1954.From the collection of Frederick Ruffner. Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918 hardcover
1924967P57Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1924. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6". Not Stated. An illustrated essay discussing the joys of book collecting bound by Charles E. Lauriat. Bound by Charles E. Lauriat of Boston.'The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections' is a lovely work lauding the delights of book collecting reflecting the joys and intricacies of being a bookworm.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece thirty-eight monochrome plates and in-text illustrations. Collated complete though the copy is misbound pagination being:By the American industrialist and avid book collector A. Edward Newton. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth to the boards bound by Charles E. Lauriat. Externally generally smart with light rubbing to the leather. Spine is discoloured. Minor bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. A few light marks to the boards including a small dampstain to the front board. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Very Good The Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
