VALLEE, Rudy. VAGABOND DREAMS COME TRUE. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., (1930). First trade edition; inscribed by Vallee in red ink on the t.p.: "To Paul, in friendship. Rudy Vallee." Photo illustrations. 8vo.: xiii, [14]-262, [1] pp. Black cloth, title in gilt to spine, facsimile signature and vingette illustration gilt-stamped to upper board, illustrated endpapers, top-edge stained red. Text leaves are lightly and evenly toned. Shallow dampstain along top-edge of upper board and a faint spot of dampstaining at inner margin of endpapers. Slight edgewear to bottom edge of cloth and corners, and a short tear at crown. In a photo illustrated dust jacket showing the Vagabond Lover on the front panel; it is heavily edgeworn and chipped, moderately soiled, and has light dampstain at the top-edge of the front panel. While the limited edition of this book is fairly common, signed copies of the trade edition are scarce. Seller Inventory # 64696

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Title: VAGABOND DREAMS COME TRUE

Publication Date: 1930

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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OUR STOCK of some 30,000 volumes includes one of the largest and finest inventories of books relating to Japan and East Asia in the country. In addition to a large general antiquarian stock, our areas of particular expertise are: children's books, photographica, Americana, historical archives, women's books, color plate books, early maps and atlases, sets and fine bindings, American and British literature, Japanese woodblock print books from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and travel and exploration. We buy and sell books in all these categories. Through the years, we have issued over 50 catalogues of general antiquarian and literary materials, along with 30 catalogues relating to Japan and East Asia. Members of the firm travel extensively in America and Asia, to buy libraries and to attend bookfairs and auctions.

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