Prose Quartos: First Edition (14 results)
More imagesPublished by Random House, New York 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA
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Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Card covers of different color with paper spine labels, spines sunned with some uneven fading to covers, mild chipping to spine labels; original cloth-coverd slip case is scratched, sunned and slightly worn. Contains the prose pieces: The Litter of the Rose Leaves by… Stephen Vincent Benet; Tabloid News by Louis Bromfield; Gehenna by Conrad Aiken; Feathers by Carl van Vechten; American County Fair by Sherwood Anderson; and Fine Furniture by Theodore Dreiser. Limited to 875 copies. Size: 8vo. Uncredited (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Random House, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Lacking *Gehenna* by Conrad Aiken. Toned spines and slight wear at extremities, very good in a very good or better slipcase with light rubbing and sunning. One of 875 copies. Includes five out of the six separate works in stiff wrappers with paper spine labels, housed in publisher'…s slipcase. Works include: *The American County Fair* by Sherwood Anderson, *The Litter of the Rose Leaves* by S.V. Benet, *Tabloid News* by Louis Bromfield, *Fine Furniture* by Theodore Dreiser, and *Feathers* by Carl Van Vechten.
Published by Random House, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tim Clark Books, Somerville, MA, U.S.A.Tim Clark Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Six prose examples from that days top Random House writers. 875 copies for Random House. The spines of the little books have some sunning, and the F in FINE FURTITURE has been rubbed. Paper labels. FINE FURNITURE by Dreiser, AMERICAN COUNTY FAIR by Anderson, FEATHERS by V…an Vechten, GEHENNA by Aiken, TABLOID NEWS by Bromfield, and THE LITTER OF THE ROSE LEAVES by Benet. The slip case is solid and has a paper label to the back spine which shows some dampstain. This affects only the top third of the label, and only the N in TABLOID NEWS is obscured. The case has a little sunning, and a little shelf wear. There is a slight bump to the corner (top back ).
More imagesPublished by Random House, Southworth Press, N Y 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: poor man's rare books (mrbooks) IOBA NJB, Vineland, NJ, U.S.A.poor man's rare books (mrbooks) IOBA NJB
Contact seller4-star sellerWrappers. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 1st. frontis'; Limited edition 'PJ' of 875 copies. - Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Dreiser, Stephen Vincent Benet, Louis Bromfield, Conrad Aiken, and Carl Van Vechten. ; Stephen Vincent Benet- "The Litter of the Rose Leaves". Theodore Dreiser- "Fine Furniture". Sherwood Anderson-… "The American County Fair". Carl Van Vechten- "Feathers". Conrad Aiken- "Gehenna". Louis Bromfield- "tabloid News". Louis Bromfield- "Tabloid News". Louis Bromfield- "Tabloid News"- wrappers in vg slipcase.
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- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. First Edition, Limited 1/875 copies. Octavos. In Very Good condition with a Good plus slipcase. Slipcase mildly torn on three fore corners, larger tear on one fore corner. Spines brown, label with black lettering. All spines tanned. Mild general shelf wear. CONTENTS: "Litter of Rose Leaves" (20 pages) -- "Tabloid News…" (31 pages) -- "Gehenna" (12 pages) -- "Feathers" (23 pages) -- "American county Fair" (13 pages) -- "Fine Furniture" (35 pages). Shelved in Fiction Anthology. 1412943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by Random, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.Uncommon Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Near VG Plus. Slipcase. Limited First Edition. One of 875 sets with minor discloration of some spines, appears never to have been read. Slipcase is heavily worn. Book.
Published by Random House 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.Eureka Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTrade Paperback. First Edition. Six chapbooks each bound in various colored wrappers issued together in a slipcase. 1: The Litter of the Rose Leaves by Vincent Benet. 2: Tabloid News by Louis Bromfield. 3: Gehenna by Conrad Aiken. 4: Feathers by Carl van Vechten. 5: American County Fair by Sherwood Anderson. 6: Fine Furnature by… Theodore Dreiser. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback) with paper label on color-faded spines. In a very good black slipcase with a paper label on the back and a 3-1/2 inch tear along one corner.
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- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, one of 875 copies. Wraps are sunned at the spine and slightly worn at extremities, else very good to near fine in a slipcase somewhat faded, and rubbed at extremities. Six separate works in stiff wraps, paper spine labels, housed in publisher's slipcase. Works as follows: "Gehenna"… by Conrad Aiken, "The American County Fair" by Sherwood Anderson, "The Litter of the Rose Leaves" by S.V. Benet, "Tabloid News" by Louis Bromfield, "Fine Furniture" by Theodore Dreiser, and "Feathers" by Carl Van Vechten. A very good set.
Published by Random Hosue, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.Great Expectations Rare Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Six chapbooks bound in stiff card covers, housed in original linen covered slipcase with paper printed spine label. Includes: Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Litter of the Rose Leaves"; Theodore Dreiser, "Fine Furniture"; Sherwood Anderson, "The American County Fair"; Carl Van Vechte…n, "Feathers"; Conrad Aiken, "Gehenna"; and Louis Bromfield, "Tabloid News". Limied to 875 copies. First edition. Each chapbook bound in different color card stock, with paper spine label. "American County Fair" toned to light brown at extremities. Slipcase shows light toning/fading along edge of one side and paper spine label darkened from age, though still quite readable. All volumes in fine condition, except as noed above. Slipcase is clean and solid, with no tears or splits. A very good+ or better set in a very good slipcase.
Published by Random House, New York 1930
- First Edition
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
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Condition: Very good. 1st. One of 875 copies of this set of six stories: Stephen Vincent Benet, THE LITTER OF THE ROSE LEAVES ; Louis Bromfield, TABLOID NEWS; Conrad Aiken, GEHENNA ; Carl Van Vechten, FEATHERS; Sherwood Anderson, THE AMERICAN COUNTY FAI; Theodore Dreiser, FINE FURNITUR. Each volume is bound in wraps and in a sli…pcase. with green printed label on spine.
Published by Random House, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller6 vols. 8vo, publisher's wrappers with printed paper labels, in slipcase. First edition. Sunned at spines; tiny chips to spine labels; light use to slipcase.
More imagesPublished by Random House, New York 1930
- First Edition
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB)
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Six vols., 8vos, stiff wrappers with printed spine labels. Limited to 875 copies. Includes original contibutions by: Stephen Vincent Benet, Louis Bromfield, Conrad Aiken, Carl Van Vechten, Sherwood Anderson, and Theodore Dreiser. Very nicely printed and illustrated by Paul Johnston. Neat bookplates to inner front…wrappers; slight fading to spines and some loosening of a couple of the labels, otherwise nice copies in the original slipcase, lightly marked.
Published by NY: Random House, 1930
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Six wrappered volumes housed in publisher's slipcase. All near fine with lightly sunned spines. Box has two bumped corners and some faint sunning, else also is near fine. The six volumes are: Conrad Aiken's GEHENNA, Sherwood Anderson's AMERICAN COUNTRY FAIR, Stephen Rose Benet's LITTER OF ROSE LEAVES, Louis Bromfi…eld's TABLOID NEWS, Theodore Dreiser's FINE FURNITURE, and Carl Van Vechten's FEATHERS. Each volume was limited to 875 copies. For the set.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerPROSE QUARTOS. Six separate works: "Gehenna" by Conrad Aiken; "American County Fair" by Sherwood Anderson; "The Litter of the Rose Leaves" by S.V. Benet; "Tabloid News" by Louis Bromfield; "Pink Furniture" by Theodore Dreiser; and "Feathers" by Carl Van Vechten. Each bound in orig. wrappers with paper label on spine in publisher…'s box. N.Y.: Random House, 1930. First edition. Limited to 875 copies. A fine set.
