Optimist by Stephens James (7 results)

Slide Mountain Press (illustrator). 8vo. 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.

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 Author(s).

Slide Mountain Press (illustrator). 8vo. 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 rubbed and scuffed, mainly at fore-edge corners. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, new black cloth spine.

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.

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.

Slide Mountain Press (illustrator). 8vo. 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. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, paper spine label.

First 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.