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Published by University of Kentucky Publicati, 1940
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear. No jacket, if issued. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback book in very good condition.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1940 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 142 Language: English Pages: 142.
Published by University of Kentucky, 1940
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 114 pp; Very nice book in original glassine cover. Signed by Dr. Thomas D. Clark with presentation to previous owner. Clark wrote the introduction.
Published by University of Kentucky Library, 1940
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 115 pp; Nice and attractive book.
Published by University of Kentucky Publications Committee, Lexington, KY, 1940
Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. b-108. XV + 115 pp. Decorated boards w/black cloth spine. Boards rubbed w/1" open frayed strip along top of spine. Corners bumped. EP's yellowed and page edges dusted. Hinge beginning to loosen slightly at bottom front w/corresponding tear at title page.
Published by From the Press of William Farquar, Louisville, 1814
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[2],179,[1]pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and paper- covered boards. Calf and boards heavily worn, paper partially perished on boards, substantial chips to upper outer corner of both boards. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout, as usual. Minor marginal loss to a few leaves (one just touching a few letters), closed horizontal tear across five leaves neatly and unobtrusively repaired. Contemporary ink notes and ownership inscriptions on endpapers. Withal, a good copy, in original condition. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. One of the great rarities of early midwestern books, here in an entirely unsophisticated copy, in the original binding. The author, William Littell, was a prominent Kentucky lawyer with a taste for satire and poetics. His first published work, AN EPISTLE FROM WILLIAM, SURNAMED LITTELL, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE REALM OF KENTUCKY, was issued in Frankfort in 1806 and reprinted in FESTOONS OF FANCY. According to the DAB, these works were "of such a character to bring him into disrepute and to give him a reputation for flippancy and scurrility that he never succeeded in living down." In fact, they are lively political satire, and it seems unlikely that Littell suffered the castigation that the priggish DAB biographer suggests. This copy bears contemporary ink notes and ownership inscriptions of Samuel Cooper, a Louisville resident, on the endpapers. The notes read "Samuel Cooper his Book price 75 cents - 1818," "August 4 1818 Coopers" and "Mr. Saml Cooper's Book Bought in Louisville Price 75 cts 1818," providing significant provenance and early price information. "FESTOONS OF FANCY is not only the first important book of poems printed west of the Alleghenies, but it is almost certainly the first book of any kind printed in Louisville" - Streeter. Howes calls it "the first humorous book produced West of the Alleghanies [sic]." Quite rare in the market, this is only the second complete copy ever offered by this firm. No complete copies are listed in auction records since the Streeter copy, which sold to Goodspeed's for $2,000 in 1967. STREETER SALE 1648. HOWES L378, "c." GRAFF 2508. AII (KENTUCKY) 507. KENTUCKY HUNDRED 35. JILLSON, RARE KENTUCKY BOOKS, p.52. JILLSON, EARLY KENTUCKY LITERATURE, p.53-55. COLEMAN, KENTUCKY RARITIES 78.