Published by Little, Brown & Co., 1930
Seller: Sperry Books, Rollinsford, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Little Brown 1930 hardcover translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul, ex reference library w/ markings, first edition, worn and faded blue cloth boards w/ chipped spine, no jacket, frontis from 1858 ambrotype by T P Pearson, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
Published by Little, Brown, 1930
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Laughlin, Alice D. (illustrator). #23/775 signed by the author; bound firmly in designed paper covered boards & black cloth spine, with gingerly toned plate; rear board gently bowed. Pages unmarked & clean throughout--with woodcuts by Alice. D. Laughlin. Limited Editions; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Museum of Modern Art [1948], NY, 1948
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gray illustrated wraps with visible edgewear and bump to spine, clean, no spine crease; former owners signature, dated 1948 of artist/illustrator Alice D. Laughlin, on the half-title page, o/w clean and unmarked copy. 83 pages, illustrated, plus 2 die-cut thin paper inserts. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Published by Self-Published / The Peabody Press, Nashville, 1937
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Staple bound wraps, crease to frotn cover, else light wear, unmared clean pages. Typewriter font, single space, single side [note blank sides are counted as pages, so total is less than 65 pp], illustrated. 123 pp. + 13 pp. bibliography The author was Instructor of Printing, George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. Ex-librisAlice D. Laughlin, artist/illustrator, dated 1938. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Published by Little, Brown, and Company, 1930
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Signed by both thew author and the illustrator, Alice D. Laughlin. One of 775 copies signed by the author. Bound in illustrated boards with a black cloth spine. Boards are clean with some rubbing at the corners. The binding is loose and cracked at the front gutter. Dedication page is torn horizontally. Illustrator has inscribed the front attached endpaper to a friend. The author has signed the limitation page. This is number 264 printed of 775.
Published by Little Brown, Boston, 1930
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Condition: Very good. 25 cm; viii, 505 pages. Copy number 750 of 775, signed in ink by Emil Ludwig. In decorated paper-covered boards, cloth spine with printed paper label. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Extra printed paper label laid in. Very light foxing on endleaves only. With dedication to Thomas Edison. First English language edition, limited to 775 copies and signed.
Published by Albert & Charles Boni, Inc./The Studio Limited, NY/London, 1928
Seller: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Vellum backed with patterned boards -- spine with light discoloration, boards with abrasion to rear cover front edge to the press board, o/w light abrasion to cover corners, tightly bound, top edge gilt, bright; text unmarked, pages bright and clean. Ex-libris Alice D. Laughlin with her signature on the front flyleaf, and dated 1930. viii + 186 pages, b/w facsimiles with high 40 quality reproduction of pages and dust jackets, many in color, some are tipped-in plates. A very pleasing copy. No dust wrapper, if issued. Includes articles on: Great Britain by B.H. Newdigate, pp. 2-6; The United States by W. Ransom pp. 6-10; France and Belgium by Clement-Janin, pp. 10-16; Germany by J. Zeitler pp. 16-20; Holland by S.H. De Roos; Italy by A. Calabi; Russia by P. Ettinger; Austria by R. Junk; Czechoslovakia by J. Krecar; Hungary by J. De Vegh; Poland; Switzerland by A. Altherr; Jugo-Slavia by A. Schnieder; Scandinavia by A. Billow. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Published by Little, Brown & Co, Boston, Mass, 1930
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Alice D. Laughlin (illustrator). First Edition (NAP). Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul. Quarto ((9.75" x 6.50"). Black and white patterned boards. White paste-on to black spine, with title, author. Limited, Numbered and SIGNED edition #603/750, signed by author opposite copyright page. Woodcuts by Alice D. Laughlin. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's bookplate -- fabulous drawing of an old-time city streetcar conductor in front of his streetcar -- to front pastedown. Several very small minor blemishes to spine. pp. [2], viii, [4], 505; including index. Very tight and very brigh. Signed.
Published by Little, Brown and Co: Boston, 1930
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Illus by Alice D. Laughlin, 10 x 6.5", 3/4 red leather; marbled boards, teg, SIGNED BINDING BY BENNETT, NY, 505pp with index, covers rubbed and darkened, outer hinges starting, hinges loose, textblock edges toned, long ink inscription from former owner on front blank else a decent, decorative binding. LIMITED TO 775 NUMBERED COPIES (this one #174) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.