Latham oneill (2 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's binding of red cloth over boards, titled in gilt with pictorial device to front cover; top edge gilt; x,512pp; frontispiece and five unnumbered leaves of plates after original illustrations by O'Neill Latham. Mild bumps to board corners, but overall a bright, clean example, Near Fine in the attractive publisher's cloth. Early pencil ownership signature of an "H.S. McMillan" to front endpaper. Wilson's second published book, a portrait of the nouveau-riche in Gilded-Age Manhattan. It was the first of many commercial successes for Wilson, who would go on to write such best-sellers as Ruggles of Red Gap (1915) and Merton of the Movies (1922). The Spenders was adapted for the screen in 1921, a silent film directed by Jack Conway, starring Claire Adams and Robert McKim. Overlooked by Hanna. SMITH W-723.…

Zustand: Near Fine. Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition. Signed by Harry Leon Wilson without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 512 pp. Illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, complete. Red blind-stamped cloth decorated in gilt with illustration mounted to front; top edge gilt. Light wear to extremities; a couple scuffs and smudges to rear board. Binding is sound and interior unmarked. Near Fine.…