Cable George, Signed (54 results)

No Binding. Condition: VG. Sized about 2 x 3.25 inches, on paper, attached to card stock, generally clean and bright: "Yours Truly / G. W. Cable.". Signed by Author(s).

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. 1974; off-white illustrated glossy paper covers with black titles; covers contain rubbing and shelf wear; covers contain sun damage and discoloration; light foxing on interior; Interior is unmarked; signed typed letter by the editor laid in; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 39 pages. Signed by Editor.

Yohn (illustrator). First edn. 8vo, pp. 215. Little soiled red cloth stamped in black, a very good tight copy. Margaret Armstrong art nouveau design on the upper cover of flowers depicted in black. BAL 2371. Cable moved to Massachusetts after his calls for prison reform and greater rights for Blacks alienated him from some in Louisiana.

No Binding. Condition: VG. Sized about 5.5 x 5.75 inches, on paper, 10 lines, attached to card stock, very clean and bright: "New Orleans, July 14, 1882 / Miss M. S. Remann / Springfield, IL / Dear Miss / I thank you heartily for the kind / and appreciative letter in which you ask for my auto- / graph. Your good wishes are a valued encourage- / ment. / Yours truly / G. W. Cable.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 320p octavo, illustrated. Signed by Cable in 1907. The book is blasted. meaning it is in terrible condition but offered only because it is from the celebrated library of Frederick W Skiff who mentions over his bookplate that Cable sent this to him. Offered here only in case someone needs it for some reason. Needs a complete repair.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later edition. 12mo, 448 pages, untrimmed, cloth with a new, striking, floral, Margaret Armstrong-designed top cover, sunned spine (as is common) and top cover, head of spline split. Inscribed remarkably by Cable at Northampton, MA, 1906: "Love my book and you become / part author of it.".

Charles Scribner's Sons: NY 1906. Illus by Albert Herter, 8 x 5.5", bound in full dark crushed morocco with marbled end papers, 234pp, aeg, hinges cracked, spine top lightly chipped, binding has been recolored. Author's first book. MOUNTED TO TITLE IS SENTIMENT SIGNED BY CABLE CUT FROM LETTER. ALSO AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (with initials, in pencil) FROM CABLE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Color Illustrations (illustrator). Signed and inscribed by Author. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped, spine extremities rubbed. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

Condition: Very Good. A Memory of Roswell Smith (1892) ? Privately Printed First Edition Signed by George W. Cable A Rare Intersection of Literary and Publishing History from the Renowned De Vinne Press Acquire a deeply personal artifact of American letters with this 1892 First Edition memorializing Roswell Smith, the titan behind The Century Company. This volume is more than a biography; it is a testament to the golden age of American publishing, captured in a privately printed run that was never intended for the general public. Collector Highlights: Signed by George W. Cable: This copy features a significant 1916 inscription from the celebrated American novelist: "With every good wish, ever, yours truly, G.W. Cable, 1916." Cable was a primary author for Smith's Scribner's Monthly, making this a remarkable association copy. The De Vinne Press Imprint: Printed by the legendary Theodore Low De Vinne, whose press was synonymous with the highest standards of 19th-century typography and bookmaking. Publishing Pedigree: Roswell Smith (1829-1892) was the visionary who, alongside Josiah Gilbert Holland, transformed Scribner's Monthly into the iconic The Century Magazine and founded The Century Company. Bibliographic Reference: A verified collectible, cited in BAL 2359 and Foley (p. 39). Condition & Binding: Binding: Housed in its original and elegant Vegetable Parchment, a delicate material chosen for its sophisticated, vellum-like appearance. State: Very Good. The spine is slightly darkened and shows light wear consistent with a 130-year-old volume, but the binding remains structurally sound. Interior: The text block is tight and the pages are remarkably well-preserved. Includes the portrait frontispiece of Smith. Format: 8vo (Octavo). An essential acquisition for collectors of George W. Cable, De Vinne Press imprints, or the history of American publishing. [Store Loc. 2.3]. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 12 mo of maroon cloth with horizontal red lines dividing the front cover and spine, with author and title stamped in gilt on the spine. Scuff/scratch on the rear cover. End papers with a small floral motif of light grayish greens. Signed by George W. Cable on the ffep, with smaller gift inscription to former owner, signed by Louise Cable. There is a spine crack at the second fep. but the book cover is still firmly attached and it is a surface crack. Frontis drawing reproduction of Cafe des Exiles. Sheet laid in of "C' page from a dictionary includes a brief biography of Cable. 8 pp. of other available Scribner's books follow the last page. 303 pp. Fiction, Novel, The South, New Orleans, Signed books, Antiquarian Books. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Merest touch of shelfwear - a very nice, clean, bright, tight copy. Inscribed and signed "For Mr. And Mrs. Hooker". Flatsigned G. W. Cable. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: very good. xxxii,224pp. Limited and signed edition of which this is number 242. Octavo. Illustrated with coloured plates from paintings (including frontispiece) from John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Original gilt decorated red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine in good slightly torn slipcase. Decorative endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed. Small tear to bottom corner of front cover. very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small 8vo, red cloth stamped in gilt and black, 311pp., publisher's terminal ads. **This copy with ANS from Red House, Paradise Road, Northampton Mass., dated August 21, 1888, to Curtis (". Your letter 18th is rec'd. I shall, with great pleasure, be up on the train you have indicated"). BAL 2368. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Alonzo Kimball (illustrator). First Edition. Red cloth, binding design of flowers, cannon balls, and ramrods by Margaret Armstrong. Lightly rubbed edges and extremities, lightly soiled, moderately soiled spine panel. Tipped-in signature of author on oaktag note card on FEP. BAL 2376; Gullans & Espy 58. Civil War novel set in Carrollton, Louisiana (now part of New Orleans). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Novel of a Creole orphan raised by Cajuns (Acadians), a nostalgic romance of rural south-central Louisiana and its French-Canadian community. INSCRIBED by the author opposite the half-title, with a further pencil gift note below. Cable, ostracized by his Southern community for his progressive views on race, had moved to Massachusetts before writing this book, which neatly evades most questions of race. Decorated hardcover, as pictured; design by Margaret Armstrong. Later printing, 1899, first published 11 years earlier. General wear, corners bumped & rubbed, small stains, spine faded/tanned; minor cockling to pages. Text clean; vii, blank, 314 pages. Size: Small Octavo. Inscribed by the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Deluxe binding. Quarter moroccan leather.Owned and signed by Mary Cadwalader Jones, American author and socialite. 1850-1935. Binding tight. Text clean. 155 pp. Overall G-VG.

hardcover. Condition: good. First. 8vo, pictorial olive cloth; rubbed. Boston: James Osfgood, 1885. First Edition. Second issue, with table of contents. Inscribed by the author, "If this book - first edition - is to be your repast let this page be your boutoniere - and me be - Yours truly.". In a 1/4 blue morocco slipcase.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. A Tale of the Mississippi. Illus. by F.C. Yohn. 8vo, red cloth. N.Y., 1914. First Edition. Inscribed by Cable: "I was at the old landing a few days ago, but what a change!" Fine copy, in a 1/4 blue morocco slipcase.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Darkened spine. End papers beginning to separate at hinges. First edition per BAL 2350. Some minor edgewear to top and bottom of spine and corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author Signed/No Personal Inscription.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Scribner, 1899. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed by Cable: "May these pages strengthen your heart.". Fine, in a 1/2 blue morocco slipcase.

Hardcover. First Edition. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. BAL 2385. INSCRIBED to "My dear Mrs. Baker: /Here let you and Louise and Lucy/and me and these lovers, all, join/hands. Ever--/Yours truly" & SIGNED by the author in Northampton in 1919. A desirable copy of Cable's last book inscribed to a friend of his daughter, Lucy. Mrs. Charles Baker's cousin, Everett Wheeler, married Alice Gilman, daughter of Cable's friend and the first president of Johns Hopkins, Daniel Gilman. Front hinge cracked but tight. Spine sunned and a little frayed; fore-edge of cloth discolored and worn. Good copy with fine inscription.

Hardcover. First Edition. 311 pages plus 4 pages of other books by Cable. Cable's Civil War romance. Inscribed by the author and his wife on front free endpaper: 'To / Our friend and neighbor / A Tale of shot and sabre / And passion strong / And love, and song / For trumpet, lute and tabor. / from George W. and Louise S. (in her hand) Cable / Christmas 1901. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth. Cover with bright gold lettering with black decoration. Spine is faded. Mild edge and corner wear, corners bumped. No dust jacket. Rare with signatures of both husband and wife.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo., olive green cloth lettered in gilt with ornate gilt cover and spine designs; top edge gilt; spines ends and corners rubbed. Illustrated edition, with eight full-page and fourteen smaller page photogravures by Albert Herter. This copy inscribed by Cable: "Reading this book we are each other's guest. Yours truly, G. W. Cable, Northampton, Mass., Dec. 1906," on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy of a significant work. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. [Profusely signed Anthology] 129 literary pieces, 126 of them signed by the authors, as issued. Authors include: Henry Augustin Beers, Richard Edwin Day, William Henry Pickering, Albert Shaw, George Washington Cable, Walter Phelps Dodge, John Erskine, Carl Van Doren and many others. Bound in contemporary brown cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Front joint frayed and cracked. Top edge gilt. Marbled end sheets. xx, [2], 582, [2] pp. Limited edition of 251 copies. (This copy out of sequence.) 3 pieces were not signed, due to illness, etc. as noted in the postscript. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tight binding, solid green boards with gilt decoration, gently rubbed corners and spine ends, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, tissue protected frontispiece, gilt top edge, clean, unmarked pages throughout. In mylar cover. Inscribed and dated by author on front end paper, "In the house of the lovely children. Yours Truly, G.W. Cable, New Rochelle, Nov. '02.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes, complete (First and Second Series); 12mo., blue cloth lettered in gilt; top edges gilt; tender front hinge, loosened front endpaper, slightly rubbed. Early printings. BAL 2330. Presentation copies, twice inscribed to Helena de Kay Gilder: "To Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder from Geo. W. Cable, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1883," on the half-title pages; with Helena's ownership signatures on both front pastedowns and her husband Richard's library bookplates on both front endpapers ---- Helena de Kay, an accomplished artist who served as an occasional model and was the unrequited love of the painter Winslow Homer, helped found the Society of American Artists. She married Richard Watson Gilder, the iconic editor of Century Magazine, to which their friend Cable often contributed. A significant work with a distinguished provenance. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Albert Herter (illustrator). 1st Edition. Inscribed "In going through this volume for the sake of it's beautiful pictures, please do not skip all of the letters "sic" for indeed I am Yours truly G. W. Cable Northampton, Mass., Nov. 1901. Some rubbing to lettering on cover. A gift from eleven classmates at Smith College, Northampton, Mass. A couple of sheer protective tissues protecting photogravuers loose. Title page torn at spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1897 New Orleans SIGNED Old Creole Days by GW Cable Slavery Racism Louisiana George Washington Cable was a 19th-century American writer who is best recognized by his works on Creole life and native New Orleans culture. His best collection of works, eventually titled Old Creole Days , included seven short stories describing French Creole family life and the multi-cultural society of the pre-Civil War American south racism, slavery, and immigration. These stories, which were first published in Scribner s Monthly, include: Cafe des Exiles Belles Demoiselles Plantation "Posson Jone'" Jean-ah Poquelin 'Tite Poulette 'Sieur George Madame Delicieuse This 1897 edition includes the author s inscription! Item number: #14330 Price: $499 CABLE, George Washington Old Creole days. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. 1st edition thus Details: Collation: Complete with all pages [6], 234 8 photogravures Provenance: Author s Inscription G.W. Cable, 98 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure Decorative cloth Size: ~10in X 7in (25.5cm x 17.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 14330 Photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. A Very Good copy of this Limited Editon.Number 29 of 204 copies on Japan Paper.Some soiling to vellum covers.This copy inscribed by Cable on half title page.Also signed by the illustrator Albert Herter on illustrated page opposite Title page.Also laid in is 2 page letter from Cable to a Miss Gilman concerning cable's speech at the Ladies home Culture Club. Inscribed by Author(s).

viii, 234 [1] pp. With illustrations by Albert Herter. 8vo, publisher's full gilt vellum, t.e.g., in plain cloth wrapper. No. 2 of 204 copies on Japan Paper. Boards very slightly bowed; but a very attractive copy. Signed and inscribed by G. W. Cable to his wife (1897) and daughter (1920).