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New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Light foxing; contents clean; Good 1st Edition; Scarce; Signed and inscribed,"Sinclair Lewis To My Old Friend Herbert Herron Carmel, April, 7,1933." to the front free endpage of this first edition bound in lightly worn gray cloth with faint hint of red discoloration along rear gutter. Modest professional restoration to the dust jacket's spine ends - small chip to lower front corner. Collector's label affixed to rear pastedown. Complete in 217 bright fresh pages. $1.25 along the spine of the jacket (only 4000 printed) From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

New York, NY.: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition in First Issue dust jacket which shows professional restoration to the head and tail of the spine and upper margins. There is very slight discoloration to the upper margins of the covers. There are 2 thin stain spots on the top, exterior edge of the pages. - otherwise book is a Fine and fresh 1at issue in a VG dust jacket and all housed in a custom cloth clamshell with "D. Scriven" in gilt on the upper cover of the box. From the collection of Donald Scriven. Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

Paris: Honore Champion, Editeur. Very Good. 1902. In Cardboard cloth-tied Portfolios. The original printing of this famous scholarly achievement complete in 35 fascicules published between 1902 and 1910. This is a dialect atlas of Romance language varieties in France, Southern Belgium and Western Switzerland. The basis of the work was the 700 interviews carried out in person by Edmont using a questionaire of over 1,500 items. These questionaires were then processed by Gillieron and his assistants and led to the creation of 1920 "dialect maps" which make up the finished product. The ribbon-tied cardboard portfolios which house the 35 fascicules of this set are 23 by 15 inches -- and the fascicules containing the 1,920 maps each retain the printed title wrapper/covers and measure 22 by 14 1/2 inches. Very Good condition. .

New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover in jacket. Signed / inscribed by Dos Passos in blue ink to the half title page - rubbed edges to the pictorial boards with black cloth spine with original paper label - complete in 404 bright pages. Dust jacket with tape to verso at head and tail of spine and is also edgeworn - with some light discoloration / staining along the spine. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! ; Signed by Author .

New York: Robert Ballou. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. First edition bound in green cloth with slightly toned edges complete in 325 bright pages. Darkened dust jacket with a few small chips / edgewear including flap foldlines. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

New York, NY.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. The corners and edges of the book are rubbed and there is general foxing to the boards. The dust jacket has some chipping with loss to the upper panel and head of the spine, BUT the first edition is rarely found in this first issue dust jacket and it is exceptionally difficult to find an example with a great Thurber inscription like this: "To a gent who knows the answer, but won't tell, and who had the good judgment to give up free love for free lancing, a slightly less precarious occupation. James Thurber" .

New York, NY.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe. Very Good. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Edition (11,000 printed) with Washington D.C. bookseller's "ticket" to rear pastedown; bit of foxing to the endpages. The original color pictorial dust jacket has a chip at the base of the spine with loss to publisher's name; edge-wear, and foxing to dj spine and rear panel, else Near Fine book in VG dust jacket and scarce thus. .

Baton Rouge, LA.: Louisiana State University Press. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine condition in a Fine unfaded dust jacket which retains the original $15.95 price on the front flap. Printed in a small number (under 1,000?) by the LSU Press in 1985. .

(Place Not Identified): (No Publisher) N.D.. Very Good. Hardcover. This is a Cruikshank "made up book," a collection of 97 Wood Engravings in a lovely gilt tooled, full morocco binding by "G. P. Putnam's Sons." The binding is Signed at the rear, "The Knickerbocker Press." The size is 6-3/4" X 4-1/2" and a good number of the engravings are "inset" into the pages, the rest are mounted. There is a bit of shelf rubbing to the bottom edges, but otherwise all is fresh and fine. Fine Binding (Knickerbocker Press); Signed by Author(s) .

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardback in Dust Jacket. First edition bound in gray boards lightly edge worn complete in 237 bright pages - small abrasion to rear endpage - sticker? Edgewear to the green pictorial jacket with small loss to spine ends and corners. Otherwise a bright lovely copy from the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

Richmond, VA.: The Colonial Press/Everett Waddey Co.. Very Good. 1905. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library with markings. The books in this 13 Volume set are all hard-bound in gray paper covered boards with tan cloth spines, with printed paper labels on the upper covers and spines. The covers show edge-wear, light soiling to the spines, and light rubbing to the corners. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean. The books in this set are all in nice condition despite the library markings. This set is a Limited Edition, #151/500. .

New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Signed 1st edition bound in green cloth lightly rubbed along edges particular to lower corner and lower edge with small nick. Signed / inscribed by Roberts on the patterned end pages. Complete in 300 bright fresh pages. Toned dust jacket spine and a few chips with some modest loss but remains a lovely jacket. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

Boston: Belknap and Hall. Very Good. 1792. First Edition; First Printing. Ex-library in red cloth bindings with gilt titling. First two years Massachusetts Historical Society, for the Year 1792-1793 - ex-lib with small numbers to spine and bookplates but otherwise quite clean and fresh with original blue paper printed wrappers bound in at the rear. Measuring 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches bound in a sturdy maroon cloth and contents bright and complete. Volume II includes "An Historical Journal of the American War," pages 41 through 246. ; Thin Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

New York: Aldred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Bound in green paper covered boards with black stamping on the upper cover and with gilt and black stamping on the spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling/toning. The DJ is a bit short, trimmed-down at the bottom edge. The covers show light sunning to the spine, and light edge-wear. The binding is solid and contents are bright and clean. .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardback in dust jacket. First edition bound in pink cloth with black lettering lightly edgeworn in a scarce darkened dust jaket which is NOT price clipped though the $2.00 is very faded. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature! .

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Very Good. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, first issue with type broken on page 35, line 32. Bottom corners slightly bumped, still Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket which shows very light rubbing at the spine ends. The author's first book, preceding the American edition, describing his experience and impressions of WW I. .

Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The State Department of Archives and History. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Ex-Library with some markings. The issues in this lot are hard-bound through Volume 36 in brown buckram with gilt stamping, on the spines, with the rest soft-bound in printed wrappers. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. .

Gainesville, FL: Florida Historical Society. Very Good+. 1908. Hardcover. THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. Volume 1 through 72. Ex-Library with some markings. Volumes 1 through 54 are hard-bound in maroon buckram with gilt stamping and white manuscript lettering on the spines, the rest or soft-bound in printed covers. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean. Additional shipping costs will be quoted. .

Preble County Ohio: By the Author. Very Good. 1813. Hardcover. RARE NEW LEXINGTON OHIO (PREBLE COUNTY NOT PERRY!) MANUSCRIPT LEDGER 1813 -1840'S - FOR "GENERAL STORE ?" APPARENTLY RUN BY WILLIAM AND THOMAS NISBET WHO WERE PART OF THE "FOUNDING FAMILY" OF THE TOWN. 13 by 8 inches (1 3/4 inches thick) in an full leather binding from the early 19th Century. The ledger details the sales to local residents of New Lexington in the period 1813 through the 1830's. The name of the proprietors of what may have been a "general store" (?) is Nisbet -- including a William and also a Thomas Nisbet at different times. The ledger is filled with 334 pages of entries regarding sales of a wide variety of products including: coffee/tea, flour, whiskey, cider, pine and cedar boards, books, calico, socks and suspenders, beef, mutton, salt, corn, etc., etc. Names of the customers with their purchases through the years include: John and Enoch Banfill; Samuel Kercheval; John… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches in original blue cloth with white titling to upper cover and spine. Few spots of modest discoloration to upper cover; remains of dust jacket (both flaps and rear panel) laid-in. Very Good condition and signed and inscribed by the author ".with fondest hangover, Dawn." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages; Signed by Author. 2nd Printing, without the Scribner's "A." ; Signed by Author(s) .