George richards illus (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First printing of this edition. Octavo. Green cloth, gilt ttles; pictorial endpapers; 290pp; illus. Tight, clean and square; Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. This copy amusingly inscribed on verso of front free endpaper: "As a testament of ability to sell Good Books in Nashua / to Elizabeth M. Stevens from Goodman's Bookstore / W.P. Goodman," dated Dec. 1933. The venerable establishment of Goodman's, under the proprietorship of William P. Goodman and later his son, W.P. Goodman, Jr, was said to have held the largest stock of books of any New England bookseller north of Boston. Founded in Manchester in 1881, the firm persisted in business through at least the late 1980s.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Green Cloth gilt titles. Some stains of the covers. 144 pages. GOOD binding. Three color plates and black and white illustrations by George Richards. No past owners' names or other markings. One tiny vintage bookstore label from "Raggy Books Salisbury, Conn." on the rear endpaper. Endpapers are fanciful circus two-toned green and white with a carriage and angels hovering above.…

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 144 pp. Three color plates; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.75 price present. Green cloth stamped in gilt and black; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket chipped with short tears along edges and rubbing to spine. Light shelfwear to edges of boards. Binding is sound. Touch of fading to endpaper and pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good copy.…