Steese Edward Editor (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Edge wear and corner wear. Spotting on the FEP and BEP. Paper on spine has tearing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait of Abeel by Edward Steese (illustrator). 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Poet Neilson Abeel (1902 - 1949) was a graduate of Princeton, and a benefactor to the Princeton Library. This book, simply titled "Poems by Neilson Abeel" was published by Princeton University Press in 1951 in a limited edition of 150 copies. This is Copy No. 133, so inked on the limitation page (see picture provided above). The handsome portrait of Mr. Abeel, used as the frontispiece, was painted in 1925 by Edward Steese, who also compiled and edited the book. Beneath the portrait is a facsimile of Neilson Abeel's signature . The book includes a number of poems about Princeton. Mr. Steese, as well as being a poet and architect, is esteemed for his efforts to preserve historic architecture of New York City. On the front flyleaf is a gift inscription to "Mrs. Havens" signed by "Stachy Abeel". Stachy could have been a diminutive of Stacy or Stacie. The flyleaf has a later ownership signature and the impressed stamp of Peggy Prout. TITLE : Poems by Neilson Abeel AUTHOR : Neilson Abeel (1902 - 1949) EDITOR : Edward Steese (1903 - 1981 . Architect, artist, and poet) ILLUSTRATOR : Edward Steese IMPRINT : Princeton University Press PLACE : Princeton DATE : (1951) EDITION : First Edition, Limited Print Run of 150 Copies of which this is No. 133) STATUS : OP ? Out of Print ? Scarce SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Limited Edition, Inscribed and signed by Stachy Abeel Limited Edition; Slim Hardcover with frontispiece; unpaginated; 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", slate-gray cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. CONDITION . -- VERY GOOD -- A previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted: EXTERIOR ? Mild rub, else clean and attractive. Gilt title bright. BINDING ? Solid . Tight INTERIOR ? The aforementioned inscription and signatures, with embossed stamp - else clean and unmarked throughout. A very nice specimen of a scarce book.