frontispiece maynard dixon (8 Ergebnisse)

Decorated Red Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Frontispiece By Maynard Dixon; Cover By H. W. Maclellan (illustrator). First Edition. 411 Pp. A Scarce Novelized Treatment Of Contemporary Labor Issues. Gilt Lettering On Cover And Spine; Black Decorations Of Music, Mission, Steam Whistle, Etc. On Covers. One Of The Author's Own Copies.Mitchell Was A Prolific English Writer Who, After A Prolonged Stay In British India, Settled In Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Newspaper Editor. Some Of Mitchell's Writings Include Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure And Children's Books.

Brown Decorated Cloth. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 411 Pp. Gilt Lettering And Black Decorations (Music, Mission Bell\Tower, Etc.) On Front Cover And Spine. A Novelized Treatment Of Contemporary Labor Issues. This Copy Inscribed By Mitchell "With Kind Regards From The Author" To Judge Ben B Lindsay Of The L A Juvenile Court, Who Wrote On Social-Legal Issues, And With Lindsay's Judicial Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Quite Worn And Frayed At Corners, Hinges Broken At Endpapers. Mitchell Was A Prolific English Writer Who, After A Prolonged Stay In British India, Settled In Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Newspaper Editor. Some Of Mitchell's Writings Include Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure And Children's Books. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. First Edition. 411 Pp. Orange Cloth, Gilt Lettering And Black Decorations (Music, Mission Bell\Tower, Etc.) On Front Cover And Spine, Clean And Bright. A Novelized Treatment Of Contemporary Labor Issues. This Copy Inscribed By A Relative To His Granddaughter, Dated 1924. Mitchell Was A Prolific English Writer Who, After A Prolonged Stay In British India, Settled In Los Angeles Where He Worked As A Newspaper Editor. Some Of Mitchell's Writings Include Fantasy, Mystery, Adventure And Children's Books. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Frontispiece By Maynard Dixon; Cover By H. W. Maclellan (illustrator). 1st Edition. Light Wear.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Frontispiece By Maynard Dixon; Blashki, L. M. Keeler, A. B. Dewing, Etc. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Vol Xxxiii, No. 197. Cover By Carlton Fowler, Printed In Red. Lightly Used, No Fading Or Stains Or Marks, Slight Wear At Edges, A Few Very Short Tears. The London Story Was Later Reprinted In "The Son Of The Wolf", London's First Book.

Slate-grey Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ. First Edition, First Issue, First State. Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Printing, First Issue, First State On All Known Points. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Copies Of Second Printing, 1004 Copies Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Collation: 1(4), 3-22 (6) As Required For First Printing. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand, The State #1 Per Woodbridge, No Known Priority.) Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. All Of These Points Are Present In This Copy. Consistent With More Recent Bibliographic Information, There Is A Comma After Copyright Date, A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken. An Attractive Near Fine Book With Very Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings, And Quite Scarce Thus.This Copy With The Original Bookseller's Label From W.F. Purnell, Sacramento, Circa 1900.

Slate-grey Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ. First Edition, First Issue, First State. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before Rear Free Endpaper. (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Embossed Slate Grey Cloth With Silver. Near Fine. First Trade Printing, First Issue, First State On All Known Points. Collation: 1(4), 3-22 (6) As Required For First Printing. Binding With Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin & Co. Without Periods Around Ampersand, The State #1 Per Woodbridge, (No Known Priority.) Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For The First Binding : 1. Perfect (&) On Spine; 2. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And Perfect "T" In "Might" In The Bottom Two Lines, Page 147 (Henry's Second And Third States And Later Issues Have Imperfect Letters, But Some Copies With Second State Binding And Period After Date On Copyright Page Also Exist); 3. No Stub Between Pp 6-7 (Also Seen On Some Copies In Second State Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page; 4. Sets Of Binding Threads Between Pp 6-7, 18-19, 30-31, And Every Six Leaves To 246-247. . Consistent With Recent Bibliographic Information, There Is A Comma After Copyright Date, Apparently A Simple Distinguishing Point Of The First State Of The Title Page Of This First Edition. Perfect "E" In "Spruce" And "T" In "Might" Bottom Two Lines, Page 147. Lastly, The Type On Pp. 65 And 67 Is Unbroken But Ink Is Missing In A Straight Thin Line Extending Through Three Words Near Bottom Of P. 65, "Flight", "Perfect", And "Exist", As If A Wire Had Lain Across The Type; Copies Also Exist With Perfect Type But Second Binding And With Period After Date On Copyright Page. An Attractive Near Fine Book In All Earliest States [Aside From Some Rare Preliminary Bindings] With Some Rubbing At Corners, No Previous Owner's Names Or Other Markings, And Scarce Thus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Illustrated by (frontispiece) Maynard Dixon (illustrator). Early printing (G-R). (no dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn, binding intact, front cover and spine gilt lettering rubbed and dulled, slight bumping/fraying at the tips; contains some interesting additions and annotations, discussed in the Notes]. Western adventure novel set in Northern Mexico, involving the exploits of a trio of hard-bitten outlaws -- "The Three Bad Men of Las Bocas," as they are dubbed at the outset of the story. The British-born author (1867-1919), whose last published book this was, had relocated from England to Canada in 1886 and subsequently to Oakland, California, in 1895; previously a soldier, farmer, and working man, he began his writing career around 1901, and his stories soon began appearing regularly in such publications as Munsey's Magazine and Harper's Monthly; his first book, "The Probationer, and Other Stories," was published in 1905. During his time in Oakland, he became friendly with a number of members of the Bay Area literary crowd, including Jack London (to whom "Over the Border" is dedicated) and poet George Sterling. He was regarded as something of an expert on Mexico, having made several trips to that country on assignment for Harper's and the Oakland Tribune, and at least one of his earlier novels also had a Mexican setting. During World War I he served as a war correspondent for the Tribune, but fell ill just after the Armistice with a stomach ailment (which turned out to be cancer), returned to the U.S., and died in New York in January 1919 at the age of just 52. This copy of the book has some added front matter that provides some provenance and suggests an interesting possibility. First, at the top of the front endpaper is a typewritten excerpt from a letter written by one George Broadhurst, presumably the English-born playwright and theatrical producer of that name (who was about the same age as Whitaker and was also resident in California in the last years of his life), stating this opinion: "I should think that Mrs Whitaker would be able to dispose of the picture rights to this book for a very substantial sum, as, in my opinion it would make a splendid screen play." (This is identified as an "excerpt from letter written by the above to Harper and Bros.") Below that are two handwritten notes: (in ink) "Property of Mrs. Herman Whitaker / 1457 Ogden Drive - Hollywood / Phone 579-085"; and (in pencil) "Kindly be careful of this copy as it was the only one obtainable." Add to this the presence, on a couple pages of the preliminaries, of the stamp of "Al Cohn, 224 Markham Building, Hollywood, California," and a picture emerges of a grieving widow (she would have been the second Mrs. Whitaker, the author's first wife having died in 1905) striving to peddle her recently-deceased husband's works -- possibly her best assets -- to the movies. (This was not without precedent, as Whitaker's 1909 novel "The Planter" had been made into a silent film of that name by the Mutual Film Company in 1917, and "Over the Border" itself.) And -- lo and behold! -- George Broadhurst was right: this novel *was* eventually sold to Hollywood and it served as the basis for one of director John Ford's best silent features, THREE BAD MEN (1926), and an early talkie remake, NOT EXACTLY GENTLEMEN (1931). I like to think that it was this very copy -- perhaps via the energetic efforts of agent Al Cohn -- that led to the movie sale, and that the proceeds therefrom helped to sustain the widow Whitaker in her later years. (It might be further noted that this book, although not marked as such, was part of the collection of MGM writer/producer Carey Wilson, which was acquired by ReadInk several years ago -- although this may be a meaningless connection, since both film versions were produced by the Fox Film Corporation.) (Also NOTE that the book was published in May 1917, but that the printing code in this copy (G-R) indicates a July 1917 printing.).