Cournos John Editor (11 results)

hardcover. John C. Wonsetler (illustrator). reprint. 8vo, 274 pp., Edited & with an introduction by John Cournos. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Prior owner's book plate on inside of the front cover. Boards are red. 310 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name; 676 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A 1951 reprint of the 1930 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting 20 short stories by American authors such as Twain, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, London and many others. The stories are arranged so as to show the progression of their craft by American storytellers. Edited, and with an introduction, by John Cournos. Number 840 in Everyman's Library Fiction series. --- In EL binding style 3 with full carmine cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. In red dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' design to front panel. --- With sunning to spine ends and general age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound and unmarked copy. Dust jacket with chips, chafing and creasing to extremities. A couple of tears have been repaired with tape on verso of spine, otherwise intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xii, 372 pages.

Reprint (of a title first published by Everyman in 1930). Hardcover. Very good in very good (red-coloured, fragile) dustjacket with a few tiny professionally closed tears. With an introduction by the editor.

Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean with book edges slightly dirty. Exact publishing date is not listed within the book. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Green cloth cover is rubbed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is worn but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $3.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 8.5 X 5.9 X 1.5 inches.

Hardcover. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The overlapping edges of the covers are heavily chipped. [4], pages 1-14 & [1-4]. Illustrated with a 3-1/4 inch high by 3 inch wide tipped in bookplate for "Martha Thornton McAllister" by Plank engraved on tissue, 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank and 3 tipped-in illustrations after etchings by Frederick Harer. Internally near fine with the first and last signatures remaining unopened. Very good. Number 264 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.The contents include: "Frederick Harer - Etcher An Appreciation" by John Cournos, "Isadora Duncan Dancing" by Louis Untermeyer, "On Applause in the Theatre" by Gordon Craig and "This Youth - Gentlemen! A Play in Two Scenes" by Margaret Scott Oliver writing pseudonymously - "Translated from the Hungarian of Etga Arrm by S. Thuner". George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.80 inches. This item is printed on demand.