robert borthwick adam (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. Photographs by Robert M. Adam (illustrator). Undated edition, inscription inside from 1947. Illustrated, stapled booklet. Scuffing, crease affecting some pages and dust spotting on cover and spine.

Zustand: New.

Blue Cloth, Gilt. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + Jacket. Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Three Volumes In Original Blue Cloth, Gilt Lettering And Rules, Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. In The Original Dust Jackets, Lightly Worn, Spines Sunned With A Few Damp Spots, A Few 1/8" Chips At Top And Bottom Of Spine Of Vol. 2, 3" Closed Tear Down The Rear Spine Edge Of Vol 1. No Names Or Marks. International Orders Require Additional Shipping And Insurance.

Both letters fair, on aged paper. Letter One: 12mo, 4 pp. Discussing the possibility that McCamic might be able to 'stop-over in New Haven' on his journey to Smith. 'You might be interested to see the proofs of the Bibliography'. 'This has been a hard letter to write, and doesn't sound as cordial as I should wish, [.] I wish I could invite you to stay with me on the night of the 15, but I live in a small apartment and have no accomodations [sic] for guests'. Letter Two: 10pp., small 4to. In this letter Pottle deals in details with queries regarding the publication history of three books acquired by McCamic: Boswell's 'Dorando'; 'The History of the Douglas Cause in General' by Francis Douglas of Aberdeen; and Boswell's 'Essence of the Douglas Cause'. He ends with a discussion of the current prices for the books. 'The Essence is a rare book - no copy in the British Museum, though that doesn't mean much. Adam has been after a copy for years. Grant in Edinburgh put one in a catalogue for £1; he had a score of orders for it, as you can guess. McKinlay (being on the spot) nabbed it; I gave him $50 for it. A little later he picked up another which Tinker bought for $75. [.] Adam has, so far as I can discover, the only copy of Dorando in this country (a splendid copy of the large-paper first). [.] Tinker has had only one chance at a Dorando (that was another large-paper first), but while he was pondering the price, the dealer decided to keep it himself.'.