1915, ISBN: 27f32fb6f92a2e0878cecfb2f27ba6c0

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John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English edition of the author's first book, one of 300 copies (from an initial print run o… mais…

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English edition of the author's first book, one of 300 copies (from an initial print run of 1,000 which made up the 1909 first edition) printed and bound in the US and offered to the UK market with a cancel title page but retaining the US publisher's imprint at the base of the backstrip. 8vo. 279pp. Blue vertically ribbed cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. Cloth rubbed at the spine ends, with a little loss, and with just a touch of further chafing to the corner tips. Masonic bookplate (Library of the Masonic Homes Elizabethtown, PA.) to the front pastedown alongside a similar inkstamp and with a second stamp to the base of a single text leaf. A lengthy but superficial crease to the half-title, and with a short tear to the head of one text leaf, and one more to the base of another. A very good copy of an uncommon book. No dust wrapper called for. Wilson A1b.., John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1915, 3<

1927, ISBN: 27f32fb6f92a2e0878cecfb2f27ba6c0

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Later edition of Gertrude Stein's first published book; a trio of novellas from the perspecti… mais…

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Later edition of Gertrude Stein's first published book; a trio of novellas from the perspective of different women, dealing with race, gender, romance, and other themes, each set in the fictional town of Bridgeport, Maryland. Written in Stein's repetitive and simple prose, a modernist style which is said to build upon itself. Text is unmarked. Red cloth with gilt lettering, over patterned cloth. Small chips and tears to the publisher's dustjacket, and sunning to the spine. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket., Albert & Charles Boni, 1927, 3<

1927, ISBN: 27f32fb6f92a2e0878cecfb2f27ba6c0

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Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.1], [PU: John Rodker,, London,], First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 279. Original publisher's blue boards, lettered black on cove… mais…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.1], [PU: John Rodker,, London,], First U.k. Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 279. Original publisher's blue boards, lettered black on cover and spine. Slight fading at spine and some browning to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed. Decent copy.<