A Formidable Collection of Seven First Editions.
MUNRO, H. H. (SAKI]
Sold by Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since April 4, 2012
Sold by Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since April 4, 2012
Reginald. London; Methuen & Co., (1904). First edition. Small octavo. Publisher?s gilt-ruled red cloth, gilt cover and spine lettering. A very good copy.The Chronicles of Clovis. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912. First edition. Octavo. Publisher?s sage green cloth with lettering in white on spine and front cover, front cover with an image of a man in a hammock. Spine with a very little soiling, else a very good copy.When William Came. London; John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. Octavo. Publisher?s red cloth blind stamped in a geometric pattern on front, gilt spine and cover lettering. Two large inscriptions on the front endpaper (one 1915 and again in 1932), else a very good copy.Beasts and Super Beasts. London; John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1914. First edition. Bound as above but in blue cloth. A very good copy.The Square Egg and Other Sketches, with Three Plays and Illustrations. With a Biography by His Sister. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1924). First edition, second issue (with the Corrigendum). Bound as above but in mauve cloth. Inoffensive bookplate of Catherine Howard Chapin (dated February of 1925). Very good.The Background. A Short Story by Saki (H. H. Munro). (Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago, 1930). First separate edition. Typeset and illustrated by Kam Young Wong at the A.I. C. Inscribed to her advisor in English on the front endpaper and in Kanji in the rear. Very good.The Short Stories of Saki [H.H. Munro]. Complete with an Introduction by Christopher Morley. New York: Viking Press, 1930. First American edition. Octavo, Publisher's bright blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Small previous owner's signature at the top of the front endpaper. Very good.Also included is The Satire of Saki by George James Spears (1st in a price-clipped jacket) and Saki: A Life of Hector Hugh Munro with Six Short Stories Never Before Collected by A. J. Langguth (first in an unclipped jacket). Along with an Advance Reading Copy of the same.
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