Doten Dana (15 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Cloth, paper title lable on spine, w/o jacket. 190 pages; illustrated. An inquiry into the nature and origins of that curious but universal folk-custom, with an exposition of the rise & fall of Bundling in the Eastern part of North America. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Lee Brown Coye (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good condition. Binding solid. Pages clean. Dust cover in tact but a bit tattered and shows some wear. Lee Brown Coye (illustrator).

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: The Countryman Press and Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. 8vo., 190pp., illustrated with drawings by Lee Brown Coye. Very good, clean, attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Doten, Dana. THE ART OF BUNDLING. Being an Inquiry into the Nature & Origins of that Curious but Universal Folk-Custom, with an Exposition ofthe Rise & Fall of BUNDLING in the Eastern Part of North America. New York: The Countryman Press and Farrar & Rinehart (1938). Possible firstedition. (Additional printings not listed.) Illustrated by Lee Brown Cove. 190pp, 8vo (circa 6" wide x 8 3/4" tall). The spine has a blue imprint on a tanpaper label. Blue cloth (hardcover). Interior pages lightly toned. Blue cloth exterior shows wear, damp-ringed and speckled. Unmarked, clean andtightly bound. In good condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good first edition lacking dust jacket. Binding is good. Cover has a moderate amount of shelfwear.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Bundling, Courtship, New England ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tight binding. 1937 edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Copyright 1937 by the Vermont State Planning Board. Original dark green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Boards show rubbing, edge and corner wear, with heavier wear at the spine ends and along the joints; gilt lettering remains visible with some fading. Pages show expected age toning with scattered light foxing. Illustrated map endpapers are present. Previous owner's name, "Helen P. Harold," written in pencil on the front endpaper. No dust jacket present. Please Zoom Photos. Description Vermont: A Guide to the Green Mountain State, part of the American Guide Series, written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Vermont and sponsored by the Vermont State Planning Board. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston in 1937 and printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge. The Vermont Federal Writers' Project was directed by Dana Doten, who is credited with the book's preface and served as the principal editorial figure behind the project. The volume also includes a foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins and a contribution by noted Vermont author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Paul W. Benedict is credited with the cartographic work. An illustrated WPA-era guide to Vermont covering the state's communities, history, geography, culture, landmarks, roads, and touring routes. The volume includes detailed touring information and map endpapers with a "Key to Vermont Tours," identifying main tours, side tours, and bridle trails. An important Depression-era Federal Writers' Project publication and collectible historical reference on Vermont and New England.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor wear/ tear along dust jacket edges, but its protected by a mylar cover. Pages are tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 190pp. Drawings by Lee Brown Coye. Small bookshop label on front fly, corners lightly rubbed, spine slightly cocked, very good in a good only dustwrapper with tears and chips on spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. x, 190 p.p. Cloth. Tears along edges of dust-jacket, chip to top edge of front cover. Small stain to top of rear cover of dust-jacket. Discolouration to spine of boards, some to extremities. Paper label pasted to spine with small stain. Bumping to extremities. Interior clean. Book is in near fine condition. Coye, Lee Brown (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hbk 190pp. illus woodcuts by Lee Brown Coye no dj blue boards spine ends and corners slightly scuffed, now in custom acetate jacket otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy of this charming book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. A Guide to the Green Mountain State. Bookplate on half title page. Spine somewhat faded. Jacket is worn, chipped, and creased around edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Guide Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. What remains of the DJ is in two pieces: the flap from the front and the back cover with flap. The front panel is missing entirely. The back cover is frayed one quarter inch on all edges except the flap with multiple tears and chips as a result. Fortunately the text on flaps is complete and the wonderful woodcut on back cover is in fine state (by Lee Brown Coye whose illustrations appear throughout the book in fine condition). As for the book, as is common with this title, the spine is lightly sunned and a single chip on the paper title label. Binding has loosened from usage (opens readily to pastedowns) and small separation gap exists at head. Dampstain at tail, a few spots on front, none affecting interior. Text is evenly and mildly age toned, crisp and compelling. Author inscription on FFEP: "For Grace Burley, not only a good friend but this book's first audience, with kindest regards and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, Dana Doten. Washington, D.C. Dec. 14, 1938." 190 pages. Two clipped newspaper reviews laid in. Lee Brown Coye (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Brown cloth with printed label on spine. Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye. Presentation copy: "To. with sincere regards and best wishes for happy bundling. Dana Doten 12-7-38." Rare signed. Lee Brown Coye (illustrator). By the Author.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.