Optimist by Stephens James (8 results)
More imagesPublished by The Slide Mountain Press, Gaylordsville, CT 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. (8) pages. Limited to 83 numbered copies and signed by the author on half title. Printed and bound by James and Hilda Wells. The third book published by the press. Illustration by William H. Cotton. An absolutely pristine copy…. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. Slide Mountain Press (illustrator).
Published by Gaylordsville, Slide Mountain Press, 1929. 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 185.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Headpiece illustrations by William H. Cotton. Original tan linen spine, paper label, over patterned boards. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. #61/83 numbered copies, signed by Stephens on the half-title page. Thisd book printed by the Slide Mountain Press. Signed by Auth…or(s).
More imagesPublished by The Slide Mountain Press, Gaylordsville, CT 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, new black cloth spine. (8) pages. Limited to 83 numbered copies. Signed by the author on half title. Printed and bound by James and Hilda Wells. The third book published by the press. Illustration by William H. Cotton. Spine repaired. Covers rub…bed and scuffed, mainly at fore-edge corners. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, new black cloth spine. Slide Mountain Press (illustrator).
Published by The Slide Mountain Press 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 265.54
US$ 12.03 shippingShips from Ireland to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Condition: Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. E. rare. Signed. 5pp. No. 24/83 copies. Quarter cloth, decorated boards, deckle edges. Previous owner's bookplate, remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . Signed Copy.
Published by The Slide Mountain Press
- Hardcover
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.Kennys Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 268.43
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Condition: Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. E. rare. Signed. 5pp. No. 24/83 copies. Quarter cloth, decorated boards, deckle edges. Previous owner's bookplate, remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . Signed Copy. Books ship from the US and Ireland.
More imagesPublished by The Slide Mountain Press, Gaylordsville, CT 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. (8) pages. Limited to 83 copies, this copy not numbered. Presentation by the author to the printer. Printed and bound by James and Hilda Wells. Illustration by William H. Cotton. Covers lightly soiled. Notation on colophon. qu…arter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label. Slide Mountain Press (illustrator).
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSTEPHENS, James. Optimist. Orig. cloth-backed patterned paper boards. Gaylordsville, NY: The Slide Mountain Press, 1929. First edition. Bramsback 299. One of 83 copies signed by the author, this being no. 80. With a drawing by William H. Cotton. Boards toned, else very good. Signed.
More imagesPublished by The Slide Mountain Press, Gaylordsville [CT] 1929
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. One of 83 copies signed by author, of which this is no.29. Octavo (23.5cm); linen-backed boards decorated in red green and gold; illus. Signed by Stephens on the half-title page. Worn at the corners, else Very Good. Distributed by Random House when it was transitioning from a distributor of fine press books to one… of the premier publishers. Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet and early BBC commentator. Slide Mountain Press was founded by James Raye Wells who also founded two presses in NYC at about the same time. Fountain and Bowling Green Press. Slide Mountain published rarities by Huxley, E. A. Robinson and Frost. An attractive copy of a scarce and fragile book. [77292]. Signed.
