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Limited Editions Club. A CHRISTMAS CAROL IN PROSE BEING A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS BY CHARLES DICKENS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON ROSS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.
Dickens, Charles [Charles John Huffam Dickens], 1812-1870. Stephen Leacock [Stephen Butler Leacock], 1869-1944 (Introduction). Gordon Ross, 1872-1946 (illustrator). D.B. Updike (designer, printer). The Limited Editions Club, Inc. - L.E.C. - LEC.
Published by Boston: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club at The Merrymount Press, Christmas, 1934., 1934
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star seller#653 of limited edition of 1500 copies SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Lacks publisher's slipcase. No dust jacket present (LECs were issued with glassine djs). Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. Green cloth spine frayed at ends; peeling losses to most of spine's paper title label; green paper boards rubbed with some toning; board edges w…orn particularly at corners; small dark brown stain to front board. xii, 100, [1] pages. Muted reddish-brown top edge; deckle fore-edge and bottom edge. Publsiher's unpaged rear colophon features illustrator's red ink signature "Gordon Ross" as well as ink copy# and limitation statement. Dark staining at tops of endpapers; stains, some pencil marks, and light soiling to interior leaves. Binding is firm. A good copy.
Twenty-Four Negro Melodies Transcribed for Piano
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel; Booker T. Washington, pref.; D.B. Updike, printer
Published by Oliver Ditson Company [1905], Boston, 1905
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Folio (31.5cm); publisher's green cloth-backed decorative card wrappers; [2],ix,[5],127pp.; chiefly sheet music. Spine ends, wrapper extremities rubbed and textblock rather shaken, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper ("M.A. Wentworth"). Good or better overall, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Fo…rms part of the Musicians Library series. Landmark collection of African-American spirituals, by the first musician of African descent to gain true eminence as a composer in the European classical style.
Published by Cleveland [Ohio] The Rowfant Club, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 173.74
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Colophon: "Reprinted from the First Edition of the Dictionary in the Charles Orr Memorial Collection of the Rowfant Club Library, by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston. One hundred ten copies have been printed, of which this is number 107." 7 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. 3…2 pp.+ colophon with printed device. Title page in red & black. Light brown/tan cloth spine with gilt title; large swirl pattern marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. Lower & upper sides of spine show minor wear, slight rubbing to cover corners. A Leo Wyatt bookplate featuring a frog design is on the front paste-down. A near fine copy.
Published by Apellicon Press, [Boston], 1930
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Limited to 275 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth-backed decorative boards, paper spine label printed in gilt; [6],40pp. Signed by the author on half title. Board extremities darkened, spine faded; interior unopened. Very Good and sound overall. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Signed.
Published by The Merrymount Press Boston 21 June, 1906
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 180.00
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Printer. Three pages, 8vo. "I write to tell you that the [memorial] tablet [for Wilkins Updike] is completed and in place at St. Paul's Church, Wickford, and I enclose herewith a small photograph of it which you might like to see (ENCLOSED]. He doesn't feel a memorial service is appropriate, buyt gives notice of what is planned…in the Church to commemorate their grandfather (e.g. an essay prize on a point of local history). "As I considered myself simply a treasurer for the fund for the rest of the family. I submit herewith an account of the disbursements which I think you will find in order". He also encloses his visiting card.
More imagesPublished by Club of Odd Volumes, Boston, 1906
- First Edition
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 193.05
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Condition: Very Good. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1906. First Odd Volumes Edition Limited to 114 copies. Tall octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers; xi,[1],130pp.; four leaves of plates, including folding maps and facsimiles, woodcut illus. adorning title page and colo…phon. Moderate wear to board extremities with brief exposure, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy of this uncommon and handsome Odd Volumes production.
