Taylor Bert Lester (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Shelf 540 Paper lightly tanned; rer hinge cracked; half title page and FFEP partially stuck together; name on early pages; some light foxing; spine strip separated along front hinge; soiling and rubbing to coves with wear at corners and edges; Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Arranged by Henry B. Fuller, who also provides introduction. n.p.

First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Frank A. Nankivell. Fine, a lovely fresh example, in rich, satin-finish chianti cloth with gilt script lettering and stunning illustrative device of the title character, done in gilt and cream; no dust jacket. A discreet owner bookplate to pastedown detracts not at all. Wild and witty pastiche of a Three Musketeers-style adventure novel, with lots of silly faux-Spanish and French; Nankivell's brilliant illustrations mischievously skewer the then voguish super-detailed pen-and ink style with a cartoonish irreverence.…