Calloways Code by O Henry (3 results)
Published by The Winthrop Press 1914
- Softcover
Seller: Stephen Peterson, Bookseller, Eden Prairie, MN, U.S.A.Stephen Peterson, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32-page, stapled, 2.75" X 2.25", booklet that was given away with a product, probably Omar Cigarettes. Booklet has two sets of heavy-paper wraps. The outer wrap has a color cover, and most of rear, outer wrap is missing, apparently from having been torn away from packaging. The inner wrap is int…act with a green-and-orange drawing on white front wrap, color frontis on inside of front wrap, and advertisment for twelve-volume set of O.Henry's works on inside of rear wrap. Save for missing most of rear, outer wrap, the booklet is VG with very light wear to corners and very light soiling to wraps.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday Page / The Winthrop Press, New York 1914
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Clausen Books, RMABA
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Illustrated Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Immaculate and tight miniature, with minimal edge wear; 32 un-numbered pages, single staple at the spine; Two full-color illustrations, including front cover. Rear cover advetisement for "Murray's" (Restaurant and Roman Gardens) at 228 West 42nd Street (New York). Size: 64m…o - up to 3" tall. Two Full-Color Illustrations (illustrator). Paperback.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerOne page on wove paper, 21 lines in pencil, headed with [page] number 7. 4to. A page from a working draft of Calloway's Code (varying slightly from the published text, which first appeared in Munsey's Magazine, September 1906, and was collected in Whirligigs): "Great! said Boyd. ^It's an anagram. "My first is a Russian general.…Go ahead, Scott." "No, that won't work," said the city editor. "It's undoubtedly a code. It's impossible to read it without the Key. Has the office ever used a cipher code?" "Just what I was asking," said the m. e. "Hustle everybody up that ought to know. The message must be read in some way. [Struck out: Something important big has happened to] Calloway has got hold of something big, & the censors have put the screws on, or he wouldn't have [struck out: sent] cabled in a lot of chop suey like [this]." [Struck out: The oldest brightest, wisest, The] Throughout the office of the Enterprise a dragnet was sent, hauling in such members of the staff as would be likely to know of a code, past or present, by reason of their wisdom, information, natural intelligence, or length of servitude. They came . Autograph material by O. Henry is uncommon. Two chips, affecting a word or two, bottom of page uneven. Good plus One page on wove paper, 21 lines in pencil, headed with [page] number 7. 4to.
