Roberts Adolphe Editor (5 results)

Wrappers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. G. Good Minus Copy of the 17th edition printed in 1967 with fold out map. Covers have soiling and wear. Location: T14.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st ed. 192p. Original cloth. Moderate cover soil. Former owner's name. No Jacket. SIGNED by Roberts. Called itself a quarterly magazine in book form. Only four issues were published. Roberts is often regarded as having some African ancestry but he always denied it and the evidence supporting such ancestry is not overwhelming.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First Edition. New York: The Parade Publishing Company, 1926. Very Good condition. Bound in the original green cloth, which is still bright (without any of the usual fading). SEE PHOTOS. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. The fourth and apparently final issue of this short-lived magazine in book form. Hardcover. It was edited by Jamaican-born Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962), who also contributed to this issue a short editorial, a play (THE QUEEN'S TENT, pp. 62-80), an article (AL SMITH FOR PRESIDENT), and a book review. This issue is filled with short stories, poetry, and essays. Of special interest is Adolphe de Castro's 17-page essay, AMBROSE BIERCE AS HE REALLY WAS, AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND DEATH. Adolphe de Castro met Bierce in 1886, became his protà gà , and "wrote" a novella in collaboration with him. The article published here is the basis for the controversial explanation of Bierce's 1913 disappearance into revolution-torn Mexico. (de Castro claimed that Bierce had been shot by soldiers under orders from Pancho Villa). Other contributors to this issue are George Sterling (another Ambrose Bierce protà gà ), David Warren Ryder, Eleanor Ranos, Helene Mullins, Isa Glenn, H. M. Hamilton, S. Bert Cooksley, Lillian White Spencer, Louise Rice, Solita Solano, William Salisbury, Halpin O'Reilly Gilbert, Arthur Robson, Marcia Nardi, Eleanor de Nardi, Cary Ranck, Walter Haviland, Louis C. Fisher, Charles Divine, Robert Napier, Pauline de Silva, Eva Balfour, etc. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 191pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The third volume (of four published) of this hardcover magazine. Fine in a very good plus example of the very scarce dustwrapper with small nicks at the top of the front panel and a couple of modest tears. A hardcover quarterly literary magazine with contributions by Roberts, Louis Adamic, George O'Neil, Helene Mullins, Louise Townsend Nicholl, and others. This copy Signed by Nicholl at her contribution. The Jamaican-born Roberts was a prolific writer who wrote primarily on Caribbean themes. Very scarce in jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. The first volume (of four published). Contemporary owner name, fine in boards and a very good example of the very scarce dustwrapper with a good size chip on the rear panel. A hardcover quarterly literary magazine with contributions by Roberts, George Sterling, Richard LeGallienne, Gamaliel Bradford and others. The Jamaican-born Roberts was a prolific writer who wrote primarily on Caribbean themes. Very scarce.