Irving Bacheller, Signed (52 results)

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. White Rule And Floral Decoration With Gilt Lettering On Olive Covers. Signed By Author On Front Endpaper And Dated 1904. Covers With Minor/Moderate Shelf Wear. Binding Cracked By Rear Cover With Webbing Just Visible But Not Broken. Webbing Also Barely Visible In Middle Of Text But Not Broken. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dark greenish cloth covers with elaborate gilt design on cover, book is 7 1/2" tall. 279pp. . . . . Book VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean solid text, tiny edgewear cover, no dust jacket. . . . . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, INSIDE COVER, also with signature of former owner on flyleaar, And with remains of envelope from author to former owner, And little magazine picture of author. . . . . Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Wolcott Adams (illustrator). in red cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on front cover and lettering in green on spine. Signed by Bacheller on half-title page. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping of ends of spine and corners. Moderate shelf wear. Photos upon request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (1906), First Printing, Good to Very Good/no dj, octavo, 340pp., bright red cloth hardcover, backstrip slightly sunned, exlibris with remains of packet on rear endpaper but o/w text unmarked, binding tight, Signed in full on front free endpaper in his tiny handwriting: "With best wishes Irving Bacheller.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. Rae, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by the Author on the half-title page. xiv, 318pp, bound in blue cloth, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, NOR INSCRIPTIONS, dust jacket NOT price clipped, and is in a protective mylar cover. Tale of Tipton Roys, a young Vermonter, who after his Mother's death, takes to the road with his faithful dog Bing. Soiling to covers, dust jacket has edge wear/tear, with chips. BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NA. Assorted (illustrator). First. Signed 'With Best Wishes from Irving Bachellor' . 78 pages, bds are fairly worn but the contents are VG. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very good. - A 2-1/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide slip of cream-colored paper is signed "Irving Bacheller". 2 pieces of tape adhere to the verso where the autograph has been removed from an album. Very good. In the mid-1880s journalist and author Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States,Through this business,which provided specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers, he brought to American readers the writing of such British authors as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. He also established a working relationship with young author and journalist Stephen Crane whose "The Red Badge of Courage" became famous after it appeared in syndication. Bacheller was also the author of several successful novels.

Limp back. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Suede leather covers with leather title/author label; color illustrations by Nellie Eldridge; with 14 pages. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book has modest wear, small bump on front cover. Inscribed by the Author at the 23rd ABA book sellers meeting from the Forbes library autography collection. Signed by Author(s). Ex-Library.

Macmillan: NY 1923. 7.5 x 5", lcoth, 201pp, inner hinges cracked, spine lettering gone, covers moderately stained. FIRST EDITION, WITH SLIP SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON OCCASION OF THE 23rd ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS' ASSOCIATION.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No edition stated. Illustrated by John Wolcott Adams. Blind embossed red cloth with green lettering on front board and spine. Half-inch chip on spine head affecting the spine title, extremities worn, thus good only. Inscribed by the author on the front fly. A novel about young Lincoln.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Anna Paine (illustrator). Pub by The Roycrofters, 1901. NOT exLib. VG or better cond. in brown suede leather with bright gilt lettering on front cover. SIGNED by Anna Paine who created the beautiful hand-colored illuminations. Yapped edges. Rich brown cloth inside pastedowns. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. Beautifully colored title page. Hand-made pape rtextblock. 14pp + 2pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG or better condition. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. NOTE: We are fortunate to have a very large number of Elbert Hubbard / Roycrofters titles in stock -- some listed online, some not -- & we'd be happy to answer any questions and/or to combine postage for multiple purchase. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harper, NY, 1906, first edition, 339 pages, INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper: "With best wishes/Irving Bacheller", illustrated with b&w map as tissue-guarded frontis, 5 in. x 7.5 in., hardcover, red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, top page edges possibly once tinted and now faded, corners and spine ends mildly bumped with minor wear, spine and portion of rear cover faded, gilt on spine lightly chipped, covers slightly scuffed and soiled, former owner's small pencil name on front free endpaper and ink last name on first blank leaf, front endpapers and tissue as well as title page show faint foxing, otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good- (VG-) 4188 [(s)0510KW]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner (illustrator). First Edition. Mild rubbing and bumping to green cloth, spine a bit darkened. Lightly cracked binding and clean text. Small tear along gutter of ffep. No ex-lib marks or stamps. Bookstore address label on rear pastedown. Author signature and personal inscription on ffep dated Christmas 1911.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 158 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original decorative green cloth over boards, stamped in blue, green, white, and gilt, black and white plate folding frontispiece, signed by the author on half-title. "This is a tale of youthof its loves and dreams and hazards, and of the incredible riches of purity which often belong to it." Very Good, light edgewear, some fading to spine.

Hardcover. Illustrations by John Wolcott Adams. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering. 416pp). Frontispiece, 5 full-page plates. Very good. Lightly edgeworn, mainly at corners and along faintly-sunned spine. Tight and decent first edition of this fictionalized Lincoln biography by the popular, prolific American journalist and novelist (1859-1950) -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a lovely Autograph Note Signed from Bacheller, 1p, 5" X 7¼", New York, NY, 11 October 1940. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. On his imprinted personal letterhead and penned in black ink in his usual neat tiny script, Bacheller sends this admirer "Thanks, many thanks for your kind words." Gates no doubt sent him birthday greetings for his 81st birthday on September 26. MONAGHAN 2402.

First edn. 8vo, PP. 201. A fine copy in chipped and worn dj. Signed by the author. An American newsman, Bacheller (1859-1950) is best remembered for his Eben Holden, the story of a young man in the mid 19th century, which sold over 1,000,000 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 302 pgs. Inscribed by author, "Yours Sincerely, Irving Bacheller, Riverside Conn. 12/8 '09" Green cloth boards with stamped tree design and gilt titles on cover and spine. Corners bumped. Bottom edges of boards shelf bumped. Topstain faded. Spine straight and tight. Pencil price on front pastedown, otherwise Free of marks. Clean bright pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, one quarter red cloth over brown paper over boards, stamped in black, black lettering on spine, printed dustjacket, black and white plate frontispiece, signed and inscribed by author at front free endpaper. Poetry collection. Near Fine, light shelf wear, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips, tape reinforcements at verso, darkening to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. viii, 302pp. Decorative green cloth blind and gilt-stamped on front board and spine. The tree is blind-stamped and there is no top staining as shown in other copies. Extremities lightly rubbed with spine mildly cocked, else a near fine copy. Inscribed by Irving Bacheller on front flyleaf: "Yours for peace, Irving Bacheller.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First printing. 5 X 7 inches high. 192 pages. Tan cloth with paste on illustration on the cover. "Published September, 1912 I-M" on copyright page (1st printing). Signed by author on ffep, with an inscription, "Introducing the Honorable Socrates Potter to my friend Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, Irving Bacheller ~ N.Y. Dec. 19 1912". Albert Bigelow Paine was Mark Twain's biographer and author of many children's books and other biographies. Condition of the book is Very Good; spine is lightly stained and darkened from sun, spine slightly cocked, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Fiction RGR.

BACHELLER, Irving. VERGILIUS. NY: Harper, 1904. Sm. 8vo., decorative olive cloth. First Edition. Signed inscription from Bacheller on front endpaper. Very Good (tiny stain front endpapers). $65.00.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1941]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), map endpapers; xiv,318pp.; illus. Jacket margins a bit chipped, light dust-soil to lighter portions, corners bumped, cloth margins very lightly toned, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED by author on half-title. Jacket faded at spine, minor foxing at inner jacket edges, in mylar. General shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

First Edition. Original decorative cloth. Historical novel of ancient Rome. This copy with a nice several line inscription by Bacheller at front free endpaper, signed and dated 1904. Very Good-Near Fine copy, minor shelf wear, slightest cocking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by John Wolcott Adams. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Light foxing on plates and adjacent pages, boards and spine lightly soiled, very good, lackind the dust jacket. Inscribed by Bacheller on half-title page: "Plan [In The Days of Poor Richard]. Theme: the birth of a new faith in humanity, and of a great nation. Characters to incarnate. The staunch integrity and its leadership, Franklin.Set down for Professor Clyde Tull with many good wishes by Irving Bacheller. Nov. 15 '22.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Frontispiece by "Varson." Octavo. 331 [1] pp. Spine trifle sunned, modest wear, near fine lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed on the front fly in Bacheller's lovely manuscript: "Young Mr. McCarthy used to say- 'No I don't smoke but sometimes I carry a cigar in my mouth just for the sake of appearances.' Irving Bacheller. Christmas, 1913.".

Hardcover. Illustrations by John Wolcott Adams. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 416pp, (12pp ads). Frontispiece, 5 full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and moderately age toned, with a few tiny edge chips. Just a G & D reprint of Monaghan 2402, a fictionalized Lincoln biography by the popular, prolific American journalist and novelist (1859-1950) -- but what a copy! Not only is the invariably-absent pictorial dust jacket present and quite attractive, but tipped to inner flyleaf is a superb Autograph Note Signed from Bacheller, 1p, 5" X 7¼", New York, NY, 2 December 1941. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. On his imprinted personal letterhead and penned in bright blue in his usual neat if miniscule script, Bacheller sends this admirer "Thanks for your kind good wishes and the little book, so well written, which I have read with interest." Gates almost certainly sent him a copy of his 1941 booklet "Amberglow of Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Charles Child (illustrator). Second Printing. Second Printing. Octavo, original green cloth over boards, stamped in black, stained top edge, color illustrated dustjacket, signed by author on front free endpaper. "The story of a young Abe Lincoln." Very Good, light shelf wear, in Very Good dustjacket, a few small nicks and chips, light fading to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, "H-M" on copyright page. Octavo, original brown cloth over boards, color illustration pasted to front cover, stamped in red and black on spine, black and white plate frontispiece, five additional plates, signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. "A story of fashionable extravagance and of the successful efforts to restrain it made by The Honorable Socrates Potter, the genial friend of Lizzie." Near Fine, light shelf wear, front hinge cracked, darkening to spine.