Parnassus On Wheels

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1919. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED TO RAYMOND E. RUBICAM AND DATED BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY ON FFEP. Raymond E. Rubicam was an American advertising pioneer who co-established the Young & Rubicam Advertising Co., 190pp., bound in 1/4 green cloth over gray paper covered boards lettered in dark green, spine gilt;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Good Only.. Octavo. Mottled blue cloth over navy spine, gilt ruled. Blue design of horse-drawn bookwagon to front, plus lettering. Yellow lettering to spine. Shelfwear and staining to edges of boards. Moderate age toning. Author's signature to front free endpaper. This is a worn yet solid copy of a… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Trade Edition. Flexible cloth. A stated First Modern Library edition, 1931 (confirmed) of Christopher Morley's cherished 1917 novel, featuring his Professor Roger Mifflin and Helen McGill characters. The professor has a mobile bookshop in a van, pulled by his horse, Pegasus. --- In Toledano spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1917. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first state. Quarter cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. A bit of soiling on the boards, else a near fine copy lacking the dust jacket. The classic story of a traveling bookseller, and his heartwarming adventures.

New York : J. B. Lippincott, 1955. First Edition, Later Impression. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 160p., ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling ; Fiction.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine, gray boards, horse and carriage design to front board. Inscribed to the ffep by Morley. Ex-college library gift copy with minimal library markings (bookplate to fep and pencilled number at rear, no other library markings. ) First edition, first… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author (name only) to front endpaper. Flexible red leather covers with gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front cover, top edge gilt, title page ruled in red & black with red central device, 7-1/4" tall, 190 pp. Minor slant, light wear to… Saber más sobre este artículo

J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO. hardcover. Used; Very Good. nice clean copy

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1917. 1955 reprint. HC w DJ. PC VG+/VG+. Clean, sound copy. Unclipped DJ, some wear to spine, in protector. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

Rough Cut Pages, light toning else contents appear unblemished in pictorial boards displaying moderate surface/edge/wear, as shown. Parnassus on Wheels is Morley's first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care… Saber más sobre este artículo

N.P.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Bookselling Novel. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (viii), 190 pages. Reprint of the first edition. With a jacket that shows the horse driven bookwagon on the front cover. Lacking dust jacket. Spine lightly soiled. Else very good.

This is Modern Library #190.

Book. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1977 STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN LIKE NEW HARDCOVER AND GOOD BRIGHT JACKET-GREAT!.

Doubleday, Page, 1921. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1921. 190 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Reprint. Very Good+ /Very Good. Grosset & Dunlap edition in dust jacket. Bright blue cloth boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Very light soiling to cloth, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tarrytown, NY: Booksellers House, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 130p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine faded and creased. Tiny, spotty brown stains in the margins of pages xiv-xx and page 1. Otherwise clean and tight.

One tiny stain to front cover. Otherwise clean and unmarked.

New York: The Modern Library, 1940. 2nd Thus. Very Good. Second or later edition with a reset title and dedication page. No jacket. Red cloth over boards with gilded lettering and frames around black labels on front and spine. Bumped corners, sunning to spine, slightly cocked, bookplate on ffep, and siganutre of former owner on half-title. Interior is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 142 pages .

NY. Good in Fair dust jacket; Cloth; Random House. Dust wrapper fair, chipped along all edges, light soiling. Unclipped dust wrapper with price of $1.25. Red cloth with gilt lettering and black boxes. Edges are rubbed, with slight sunning to edges. Rockwell Kent end papers. Modern Library #190, published in this format… Saber más sobre este artículo