Chicago: The Cuneo Press, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations. 200pp. Top edge gilt. Illustrations. Near fine. Uncut. Quite tight and handsome first edition of this publisher's keepsake, an annual holiday compilation -- this year featuring tales by George Ade, Hamlin Garland, Sarah Orne..... More
New York: Beadle and Adams, [1870]. Paperback. 16mo. Orange pictorial wrappers. viii, 94pp, (6pp ads). Good plus. Chipped at head and tail of slim spine, but overall fairly attractive, clean and handleable; usual delicacy and usual even age toning. Interesting, eclectic collection of short oratorical speeches from authors today largely..... More
New York: The Review of Reviews Corporation, December 1934. Paperback. (Vol. XX, No. 120). 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. Pp. 609-736. Illustrations, numerous advertisements. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, though front and rear wrappers bright and remarkably free of edge tears -- overall a quite handsome copy. Selections include Ernest Hemingway's..... More
New York: The Saturday Review Associates, 6 August 1949. Paperback. (Vol. XXXII No. 32). 4to. Stiff blue glazed pictorial wrappers. 186pp. Illustrations, advertisements. Good plus. Some edgewear and rubbing, but overall tight, clean, decent. Decent copy of this 25th anniversary issue, featuring a "Who's Who" list of contributors. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, April 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCI, Number 4). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 193-256, pp. 21-32. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Some edgewear, small edge tears and rubbing to wrappers. Contents include (among other things) Thomas Wolfe's short novel "A Portrait of Bascom Hawke,"..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, August 1931. Paperback. (Vol. XC, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 119-232, pp. 21-30. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include Struthers Burt's "This Subtle Land," Lloyd C. Douglas's "The Legacy of Israel"..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, August 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIV, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 8pp, pp. 65-128, pp. 9-12. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned; minor bit of edgewear. Contents include (among other things) Andre Maurois' "Kate -- A Story," Ludwig Lewissohn's "A Bourgeois Takes..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, December 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 6). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 32pp, pp. 321-384, pp. 33-36. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Some edgewear and small edge tears. "Christmas Fiction Number," with contents including (among other things) James Boyd's "The Gizzard of a Scientist --..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, December 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIV, Number 6). Small 4to. Stiff yellow glazed wrappers. 26pp, pp. 321-84, pp. 27-34. Illustrations, advertisements. Very good. Spine slightly sunned and with small chips at head and tail; some minor edgewear. Contents include (among other things) Caroline Gordon's "Old Red..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, February 1931. Paperback. (Vol. LXXXIX, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 28pp, pp. 115-233, pp. 28a-58. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include George Seldes' "Is the Cannon-Fodder Ripe?", Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' "Cracker Chidlings," Lewis..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, February 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIII, Number 2). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 14pp, pp. 65-132, pp. 15-18. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Stuart Chase's "World Without Money," Evelyn Scott's "Turnstile --..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, July 1931. Paperback. (Vol. XC, Number 1). 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 16pp, 116pp, pp. 17-28. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine sunned to yellow, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include Waldo Frank's "The Ordeal of Cuba," Edmund Wilson's "The Despot of Dearborn," Kay..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, June 1933. Paperback. (Vol. XCIII, Number 6). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 12pp, pp. 325-388, pp. 13-20. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Thomas Wolfe's "Death the Proud Brother -- A Story,"..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, March 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCI, Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 129-192, pp. 21-32. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) V.F. Calverton's "The Liberation of American Literature," Edmund Wilson's..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, May 1931. Paperback. (Vol. LXXXIX, Number 5). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 40pp, pp. 465-584, pp. 41-68. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) George Seldes' "Twilight of the Dictators," John Dewey's "Is..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, November 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 5). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 24pp, pp. 257-320, pp. 25-32. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) John Galsworthy's "Flowering Wilderness -- Part III -- A...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, October 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 4). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 16pp, pp. 193-256, pp. 17-24. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include (among other things) Clarence Darrow's "The Massie Trial," William Rose Benet's "Answering..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, September 1931. Paperback. (Vol. XC, Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 20pp, pp. 223-344, pp. 21-34. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned, some edgewear and small edge tears. Contents include Andre Maurois' "The Three Ghosts of America," Waldo Frank's "Mexico," Norman Macleod's..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, September 1932. Paperback. (Vol. XCII, Number 3). Small 4to. Stiff orange glazed wrappers. 8pp, pp. 129-192, pp. 9-16. Advertisement illustrations. Very good. Some edgewear, small edge tears and rubbing to wrappers. Contents include (among other things) part one of John Galsworthy's novel "Flowering Wilderness," Alvah..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 1907. Paperback. February 6, 1907 edition (No. 453) of "Pluck and Luck: Complete Stories of Adventure." 4to. Pictorial color wrappers. 30pp, (2pp ads). Good plus. Outer wrappers faintly age toned and a tad edgeworn; inner text pages moderately age toned and a bit delicate as..... More
New York: Walter Neale, 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth. 191pp. Very good. First edition of this odd little collection by a publisher noted mainly for their Civil War issues. Boldly signed by Abrahams on the front flyleaf. Uncommon. KRICK 3. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 251pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition. Uncommon comic detective novel set in the Old West. Title continues on jacket, “…And of his Friend and Colleague, Phineas Courtney and their mutual Companion..... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1875. Small 4to. Stiff orange pictorial wrappers. Pp. 483-560, (8pp ads). Illustrations. Good plus. Outer wrappers quite frayed and edgeworn, with large chip at lower right of rear wrapper and some archivally closed edge tears, though front pictorial wrapper still attractive; internally tight and very good..... More
N.p. Westvaco, [1972]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, slipcase. 171pp. Frontispiece, decorations, decorative endpapers. Fine/very good. Minor archival slipcase repairs. Tight and handsome copy of this Christmas keepsake published by this Virginia paper firm in an unspecified limited edition. Hoosier humorist, columnist and playwright Ade (1866-1944) first published this in..... More
New York: The Library of America, [2005]. Hardcover. Edited by Michael Sragow. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, ivory slipcase. 748pp, (5pp). Illustrations, decorative endpapers, sewn-in tan satin page marker. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition thus (volume 160) of this selection, elaborated on title page as "Agee..... More