Eunice Winters General Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 577 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have some rubbing and bumping to corners. Text block has minor scuffing on exterior edges, some staining to last end paper, and a library due date card and sleeve on rear paste down. Ex-Library. NOTE: Shelved in ND-B. 1374412. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine; variable, mostly minor, bumping to extremities; fore-edge sag, common in heavy volumes stored upright on the shelf, with corresponding soil/rubbing to fore end of bottom page edges on each volume, a cosmetic flaw that does not extend to page surfaces; else Fine. Hinges sound, spines straight, pages clean and bright; all folding plates are in perfect condition. Dust jackets Good+ overall, with faded spines; variable amounts of edgewear and minor soil; in archival mylar sleeves. All are First Editions, dated 1950 (vol 1) to 1952 (vol 4) with no additional printings noted. Dr. Adolf Meyer (1866-1950) did not live to see publication of the first volume. Laid in is: a packing slip from The Johns Hopkins Press to Mrs. Adolf Meyer, dated 1/10/51, for the first volume; A slip of paper printed "With the Compliments of the Author"; and a once-folded prospectus or "Special Pre-Publication Offer" for the set. On last page of the prospectus is a photo portrait of Meyer with the pencil notation below: "This is a good likeness. I have, however, some others just as good but in which he did not look quite so serious." The laid-in items have tanned edges and various, mostly minor, degrees of edgewear. Book.…