optimist von james stephens (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. E. rare. Signed. 5pp. No. 24/83 copies. Quarter cloth, decorated boards, deckle edges. Previous owner's bookplate, remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . Signed Copy.

Zustand: Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. E. rare. Signed. 5pp. No. 24/83 copies. Quarter cloth, decorated boards, deckle edges. Previous owner's bookplate, remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . Signed Copy. Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First Edition. One of 83 copies signed by author, of which this is no.29. Octavo (23.5cm); linen-backed boards decorated in red green and gold; illus. Signed by Stephens on the half-title page. Worn at the corners, else Very Good. Distributed by Random House when it was transitioning from a distributor of fine press books to one of the premier publishers. Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet and early BBC commentator. Slide Mountain Press was founded by James Raye Wells who also founded two presses in NYC at about the same time. Fountain and Bowling Green Press. Slide Mountain published rarities by Huxley, E. A. Robinson and Frost. An attractive copy of a scarce and fragile book. [77292]. Signed.