Makeever Idael (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 91 p. 24 cm. B&w frontispiece of the author. Green cloth hardcover with gold print. Corners bumped, light wear to edges. Some soiling and thumbing to inside, esp. dedication page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. Stromsburg, Nebraska: Idael Makeever, 1899. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/no dust jacket. Very scarce book of poems by Idael Makeever (1867-1954), poet and fiction writer born in Valparaiso, Indiana and long-time resident of Nebraska. Book is bound in dark green ribbed cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration in upper left corner of cover. Bevelled edges. Light surface wear to corners, no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers (lightly pencilled previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper). 92 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 88 p. 24 cm. B&w frontispiece portrait. Cream cloth hardcover with gold print. Cloth is soiled and corners bumped. Some soiling and thumbing to interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Osceola, NB, E.A. Walrath, 1891. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author. Uncommon. No copies located in commerce. In the preface the author claims to have read little accounts of earlier tales of the Wandering Jew, Ahasuerus in this tale, taiking his inspiration mostly from the Bible. He also notes how he intends to sell no copies of the book, but to give it to friends. An interesting tale, written in the first person, describing encounters with Ahasuerus, Elijah and God. Boards a little grubby with some rubbing to the edges, gift inscription to the front pastedown. The signature had been scribbled out in pencil, this has been removed to reveal the inscription, but there is evidence of it having been there.