Model Primer by Field Eugene (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. PAPER COVERS, SMALL CHIP OF SPINE. PRINTER'S LABEL ON THE FRONT COVER. "BUSKIRK ENGRAVER AND STATIONER PRINTER AND LITHOGRAPHER 6 TH AVE. NY". PICTURES BY "HOP." THIS IS A VERY RARE "SECOND" EDITION OF EUGENE FIELD'S ICONIC "THE MODEL PRIMER." THERE IS A FOLD OF THE FRONT COVER. TWENTY HUMOROUS ESSAYS BY EUGENE FIELD THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN 1881 IN "THE DENVER TRIBUNE" NEWSPAPER WHEN HE WAS THE YOUNG EDITOR. ILLUSTRATED BY "HOP." THIS EDITION CONTAINS TWO ADDITIONAL ESSAYS, NUMBER 1 " THE POLICEMAN" AND NYMBER 7 " "THE FISH." BAL 5726.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Brooklyn, Tredwell (1882) . BAL 5726. A reprint of the Tribune Primer (1881) with the addition of two pieces. Printed wrapper (worn, spine chipped) , Contents very good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. Illustrations by Hop. Second edition with two additional pieces. First issue with Brooklyn imprint. Original pictorial wraps, chipped, and housed in later papers. 44pp. Pictorial title and 20 illustrations. Field's first book and signed by Field on the first blank in 1895, uncommon. Because of condition, sold as is.

Paper Back. Condition: Good. The second edition of Field's first publication in book form. The cover and half title have the spine edge chipped away from the staples and both remain attached only along the top third. The forecorners are bumped and very lightly creased; there's a small chip at the bottom of the front panel; the rear panel is modestly soiled and has two longer creases near the forecorner. The interior is generally clean and the illustrations undamaged. Still a presentable copy of a rather scarce title.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Second edition of author's first book, and the first edition, first issue using this title, expanded with two extra pieces not found in the 1881 edition *BAL* 5726. Pictures by Hop. 16mo. 44pp. Brown pictorial wrappers. Text lightly foxed, covers have moderate wear on spine, slight chipping at top edge of first few pages, else a very good copy. Author's first book, published in 1881 as *Tribune Primer*, this 1882 edition has two extra pieces not contained in the 1881 edition. Seven Gables Bookshop, in their Catalogue 30 of "First Books," described the 1881 edition as "one of the top rarities in American literature." This 1882 edition is becoming increasingly scarce in the first issue, with the Brooklyn imprint, and especially in this condition.

FIELD, EUGENE. The Model Primer. By Eugene Field of the Denver Tribune. The Pictures by L. Hop. Brooklyn, NY, Fred Tredwell (1882). 12mo. 44pp. Second edition of Author's first book, which was first published in 1881 as "The Tribune Primer." First issue under this title, with Brooklyn imprint. Contains twenty humorous sketches, each illustrated, two of which were not in the 1881 edition. Pictorial tan wrappers. Spine partly gone; some internal foxing, and tiny marginal tear to two leaves. A good copy of an increasingly scarce issue.