A Collection of 10 Inscribed and 1 Signed Work. First or limited editions housed in custom half leather slipcases with linen chemises

Published by New York, Paris, 1939

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Ten titles are variously inscribed to J. M. Kennedy. (for example) His illustrated work -"A Book of Americans" has on the front free end paper. " We couldn't put in all the great, Or even all the small." Stephen Vincent Benet Only the "The Ballad of Duke's Mercy" is not also inscribed. However it is a limited ediiton and signed by Stephen Vincent Benet. All titles are housed in period custom-made half leather slipcases with light green cloth chemises. 1. The Beginnings of Wisdom. New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1921. vi, 359pp. Original black cloth with orange lettering and ruling on cover and spine, in light green chemise with silk pull-band, housed in brown half-leather slipcase over light green cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. 2. Young People's Pride. New York. Henry Holt. 300pp. Original light blue cloth with dark blue lettering and ruling on cover and spine, in original illustrated dustjacket, in light green cloth chemise with silk pull-band, housed in red half leather slipcase with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Dustjacket with small chips along edges and rubbed. 3. Jean Huguenot: A Novel. New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1923. 292pp. Original purple cloth with blind-stamped ruling and gilt lettering on cover and spine in original dustjacket illustrated by A. D. Rahn, in light green cloth chemise with pull-band, housed in green half leather over light green cloth slipcase with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Dustjacket with wear along edges, small chips and rubbed. Slipcase with minor wear to spine. 4. The Ballad of William Sycamore: A Poem. New York. Edmund Byrne Hackett for the Brick Row Book Shop. 1923. ii, 9 (1)pp. Original light green paper-covered boards with black lettering in decorative label of cover with light green cloth chemise with pull-band, housed in green half leather over light green cloth slipcase with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Spine lightly sunned. 5. Tiger Joy: A Book of Poems. New York. George H. Doran. 1925. 119pp. Original blue half cloth over decorative paper-covered boards with black lettering on orange paper labels on cover and spine, in light green cloth chemise with pull-band, housed in red half cloth slipcase over light green cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. 6. The Barefoot Saint: A Short Story. Garden City, New York. Doubleday, Doran and Company. 1929. 72pp. Illustrated yellow cloth with brown lettering and tooling on spine with red cloth chemise with decorative paper-covered spine, housed in wooden slipcase with brown lettering on paper label of spine. Housed in additional three quarter red leather over red cloth slipcase with gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Burgundy edges. Frontispiece. Decorative title page. Some scuffing along edges and spine of slipcase. 7. The Litter of Rose Leaves: A Short Story. New York. Random House. 1930. 20pp. Original rose wraps with black lettering on paper label of spine, in green cloth chemise with pull-band, housed in brown half-leather over light green cloth slipcase with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Title page with decorative frame in black. 8. A Book of Americans. New York. Farrar & Rinehart. 1933. 44/367. 114pp. Original light blue cloth with black and silver emblem and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine in original illustrated dustjacket, in light green cloth chemise with pull-band, house in green half leather over light green cloth slipcase with gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine. Cloth covers unevenly faded, spine faded. 9. A Portrait and a Poem. Paris. Printed by Marcel Servant. 1934. 27 (1)pp. Original three-quarter leather over red boards with gilt lettering on spine, in light green chemise with pull-band, housed in red quarter leather over light green cloth with gilt lettering and tooling on spine; raised bands. Gilt top edge. Fro.

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Title
A Collection of 10 Inscribed and 1 Signed Work. First or limited editions housed in custom half leather slipcases with linen chemises
Author
Stephen Vincent Benet
Publisher
New York, Paris
Publication year
1939
Condition
Very good to fine
Dust jacket
very good
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.

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