Third Violet by Crane: First Edition (23 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Soiling and small stain to covers, former owner's signature on front flyleaf, lightly foxed endpapers, still a very good copy.

203p., cloth, bookplate on front endpaper, covers soiled and spotted, paper browning, good. First edition. BAL 4078. Crane's 4th novel, which he described as a story "of life among the younger and poorer artists in New York.".

1st. ed.tan buckram. v.g.covers dusty. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume III only. Edited by Fredson Bowers. Introduction by J. C. Levenson. First edition thus. Very good in brown and mustard cloth. No dust jacket, as issued. ; 492 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 203 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's tan buckram with red and black lettering to spine and cover with red ornaments to both. (Stallman: 13) First edition. The Third Violet by Stephen Crane is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the main character, Will Hawker, a painter who returns to his family home in the countryside after time spent in the city. As he settles back into rural life, he encounters romantic interests and aspirations within a social setting filled with families vacationing at the nearby Hemlock Inn. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the bustling scene at a mountain train station, where Will disembarks, feeling an immediate sense of nostalgia and longing as he navigates the chaos of arriving guests. Hawker quickly becomes captivated by a young woman named Miss Fanhall, whose presence sparks both admiration and insecurity within him. As he meets his family and reflects on his artistic aspirations, tension builds both within him and in the competitive dynamics presented by the arrival of a wealthy rival, Oglethorpe. The opening chapters set the stage for exploring themes of love, aspiration, and social class amidst the backdrop of a vibrant summer in the country Condition: Corners gently bumped, lightly soiled and foxed, spine age toned else about very good.…

203 pp. 12mo, publisher's buckram stamped in gold, red and black. First edition. Text a little over-opened in places; still, tight and sound. The cloth is dust-soiled and mottled at the spine and edges (by silverfish, probably).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First English edition. Thick 12mo, 220 [ages. tan cloth, corners bumped; ex libris William Sahud. [Stallman 14].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. About Very Good, lacking the jacket. Beige buckram, generally soiled and toned, a few scars. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's name inside the front board, clean otherwise. The fourth novel from the author of The Red Badge of Courage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. About Very Good. Early leather binding with five raised bands, dulled gilt on the spine, rubbed at the hinges. Square and firmly bound but with the first few leaves becoming loose, original cloth cover bound-in at the rear, bookplates inside the front board and on the front endpaper. Crane's attempt at a romance novel, with contemporary critics calling it "vacuous trifle," and "as inane a story of summer resort flirtations as was ever written.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Third Violet" by Stephen Crane. William Heinemann, London. 1897 first UK edition first printing. Book in good condition.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 1st issue. of Crane's fourth book. In the original cream pictorial tan buckram cloth, slight edge wear but tight and handsome. rare thus. Crane was a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania and is among today America's greatest writers. He is a poet in prose.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine+. First Edition. First Printing of Crane's fourth book, widely dismissed on publication as a partly autobiographical potboiler but is now ranked among the author's unfairly forgotten works. Crown 8vo (183 x 118mm): [4],203,[1]pp. Publisher's tan buckram, spine and upper cover ornamented and lettered in red, black and gilt, top edge stained orange, others rough trimmed; ownership signature, dated 1897, on fly-leaf. Spine dust-soiled, topstain lightly faded, one corner bumped, but an excellent example, firmly bound, crisp and clean throughout. BAL 4078. Stallman 13. Williams & Starrett 13. Wright III, 1258. Sorrentino, "Stephen Crane's Struggle with Romance in The Third Violet" (American Literature, Vol. 70, No. 2 [June, 1998], pp. 265-291. Ford Maddox Ford called The Third Violet his favorite of Crane's work, and Crane's biographer, Paul Sorrentino, has called it a "self-conscious parody of the romance novel" and "Crane's thoughtful response" to the battle between realistic and romantic fiction of the late nineteenth century. Life among New York's bohemian set. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1897, first edition, first printing. Yellow cloth over boards with red, black and gilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine. Tinted top page edges, for edge and bottom page edges, deckled. No tears, bent pages, nor any writing, previous owners label on the inside front cover. No Dust Jacket. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe the spine are moderate with light soiling to the front and back boards. Text remains bright and clean, binding a secure, a solid collectible book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Copyright date 1897, first edition, tan cloth with red, black, and gilt stamping. Trade Edition.Spine slightly discolored, slight lean to spine; corners bumped; overall very good.

First Edition. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket. 1897. First Edition. 8vo., 203 pp. . Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket. no illustrations (illustrator).

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 203. Bound in cream buckram, stamped in red, gold and black. Spine darkened, (red letters worn). BAL 4078; Williams and Starrett page 31, Stallman 13, Wright III, 1258. A very good tight copy. A story of bohemian life in New York.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was shipwrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation. [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This is a near-fine copy, its only blemish being a small spot of wear at the head of the spine. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.…

First British edition, published within a month of the New York edition. WILLIAMS & STARRETT 14. BAL 4078n. Tan cloth, stamped in black and orange. Spine slightly cocked and a bit darkened or foxed, bookplate on front pastedown, usual offset to endsheets as well as from bookplate, otherwise very good.…

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was shipwrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation. [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This copy is in fine condition, with very little of the cover soil and darkening that is typical for this light-colored binding. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.…

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was shipwrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation. [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This is quite simply a fine, bright, clean copy -- essentially as new; this is especially remarkable for such a light-colored, soil-prone binding. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.…

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Original tan cloth decorated in red, black and gilt, with dust jacket. First Edition of Crane's sixth book, a romance about young impoverished artists. It was not long after he finished writing this, and before it was published, that Crane was shipwrecked near Jacksonville, as he was headed off to cover the war in Cuba (Crane had to spend three days in an "open boat"). THE THIRD VIOLET was something of a success, but artistically it seemed a distinct blot on Crane's reputation. [One reviewer observed,] "We hope that THE THIRD VIOLET, which is a hopelessly scentless one, will be the last of its kind, and that instead of violets Mr. Crane will give us war -- war -- war." [Stallman] This was to be the last of Crane's four Appleton books to appear in this tan binding. This volume is in very good-to-near-fine condition (faint discoloration/foxing of the coarse cloth, booklabel removed from front free endpaper); the uncommon dust jacket is very good (a stain on the rear panel, some wear, reinforcing paper on the verso of some edges, spine darkened as usual). The volume's endpapers have the appropriate "shadows" showing that a jacket has always adorned this copy. Williams & Starrett 13; Blanck 4078.…