Bliss Arthur Ames Editor (3 results)

Buckram. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Edition. Tan buckram, lettered in black. Very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. 92 pp. Author's calling card laid in. Scarce original issue, not the more common 1941 Northampton reprint. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Printed for private circulation, 1912. 92 pages, hardbound. VG with light soil to the brown cloth binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Printed for private circulation, 1911. Original 1911 first printing -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. "MDCCCCXI" (1911) is imprinted at foot of the title page. Copyright 1912. First Edition. Theodore Bliss autobiographical account of growing up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and his career in the book trade until 1873. Gives many details on the practices and personalities of the Philadelphia book trade. Also included are his reminiscences of the Civil War era, e. g. he cites statistics on deaths in Confederate prisons, other casualties, etc. Bliss tells how, as an officer in the Union League, he worked "to raise and train colored troops." Bound in the original tan buckram, stamped in black. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 92pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.