Published by Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill, 190, 1900
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine,cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.
Published by NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1903, 1903
Seller: Pepper's Old Books, Hanson, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by F C Yohn & ** FG 517**.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1900
Seller: Shadetree Rare Books, Chatham, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictorial Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Solid copy. Slight browning to pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Historical fiction, published 1900, concerning a young girl on the northwestern frontier and Vincennes (now part of Indiana) during Revolutionary times. Illustrated in black and white. Green cloth lettered in gilt and black with an illustration of a fortification on the front cover, printed in gilt, white, brown and blue, 420 pages plus advertisements. Some cover wear, mainly rubbing to the corners and spine ends, a bit of wrinkling to the spine, good hinges, clean pages free from names or other markings. There are no loosened pages, but the text block bows out a bit so that the outer page edges are in line with the covers and are not recessed as they would normally be. A clean and attractive copy. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by No edition stated, published by The Bowen-Merrill Co., Indianapolis. Copyright by the publisher, 1900., 1900
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Name, place, and year on front free endpaper. Binding is shaky. Spine tips and cover corners are worn. One inch scar on back cover. Vertical spine edges are rubbed. 419 pages plus ten pages of ads.
Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1901
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by F.C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn (illustrator). The original dust jacket bears a closed one-inch tear to top of rear panel, and is somewhat darkened to spine. Crossed sword-and-tomahawk device printed in black to jacket spine remains strong, but the original author name and title there, in a red ink famously prone to sun-fading, are barely visible. Book itself shows some cosmetic erosion of the cloth where front board meets the spine (though board is still firmly attached.) This is the second state, with titles in black to darker blue cloth-covered boards; no gilt accents. No dates showing except 1900 copyright, and "Bowen-Merrill" of course was to become "Bobbs-Merrill" in 1903, but glossy frontispiece (still protected by its tissue guard) and the five additional glossy B&W internals, while they remain firmly attached, are in sepia, neither color nor true B&W, again indicating the second state. (First edition, first state -- which this is not -- would be identified by gilt accents to lighter blue front board and spine, by color frontispiece, by five glossy internals in true B&W rather than sepia, by 12-page ad section at rear rather than 14 pp., by absence of any ad there for this title, and by printer credit "Braunworth, Munn & Barber.") Printer credit here reads "Braunworth & Co.," indicating a 1901 or 1902 printing. This later printing also adds at rear the acknowledgment "to the historical work of the late Hon. William H. English, and to his son, Capt. William E. English, for most valuable historical documents and details connected with the annals of Old Vincennes. . . ." All illustrations signed F.C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn, the Indianapolis artist (1875-1933) best known for his painting of Washington at Valley Forge, and who also (appropriately enough) designed the early (1929) 2-cent U.S. commemorative postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the victory of George Rogers Clark at the Battle of Sackville/Vincennes. Historical novel about -- of course -- Vincennes and the Revolutionary War. 419 pp. followed by 14 pp. section of publisher's ads, which section includes an ad for this title, advertised (confusingly enough) as "with five illustrations and a frontispiece in color." Reduced from $105.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 419 pages; Very minor cover wear and just a touch of darkening to spine.
Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1900
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by F.C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn (illustrator). 1st Edition. The original dust jacket bears a closed two-inch tear to top of front panel. It is somewhat age-darkened, though printed on brown paper to begin with. Crossed sword-and-tomahawk device printed (in black) to jacket spine remains strong, but the original author name and title there, printed in a red ink famously prone to sun-fading, have indeed virtually faded away. Book itself is lovely, with strong gilt to both front board and spine, with only minor rub to corners, though this volume is no longer tight enough to close its own text block; grade the book "very-good-minus." Small bookseller's pencil notes to FFE. No dates showing except 1900 copyright, and "Bowen-Merrill" of course became "Bobbs-Merrill" in 1903. Glossy FULL COLOR frontispiece is still protected by its tissue guard, and the five additional glossy B&W internals also remain firmly attached, though it appears they never had guards. (First edition, first state -- as here -- identified by gilt accents to front board and spine, by color (not sepia) frontispiece, by glossy internals in true B&W rather than sepia, by 12-page ad section at rear rather than 14 pp., by absence of any ad there for this title, and by printer credit "Braunworth, Munn & Barber.") All illustrations signed F.C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn, the Indianapolis artist (1875-1933) best known for his painting of Washington at Valley Forge, who also (appropriately enough) designed the early (1929) 2-cent U.S. commemorative postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the victory of George Rogers Clark at the Battle of Sackville/Vincennes. Historical novel about -- of course -- Vincennes and the Revolutionary War. 419 pp. followed by 12 pp. section of publisher's ads. Here reduced from $145.
Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1900
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn (illustrator). First Edition. 419 pages, plus 12 pages ads. Green cloth. Color frontis. 5 B&W plates. Page 420 blank. Some wear at spine extremities and tips of corners. Light surface rubbing. Some staining to the rear board. Spine just a bit sun-darkened. Some spine lean. Somewhat shaken; rear hinge has been re-glued. 1-1/2" closed/repaired tear at the top edge of the front flyleaf. Previous owners name pencilled on the front flyleaf. Page edges a bit age-darkened. ; FFH18C.
Published by Bowen Merrill, Indianapolis, 1900
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn (illustrator) (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boardos. Wner insciption & slight cock. Indian War Novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.