Three Midsummer Days, First Edition (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Mint green cloth stamped in brown and gilt. Illustrated with plates by Hal Hurst and C.C. Cooper, Jr. Foxing on title and frontispiece, title page coming loose, small stain on top corners of pages, red stain on rear board near foredges, a good only copy with "Maria H. Eakin" inked on title page and blank preliminary. Short story about flirting on the Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Scarce novel from this Philadelphia author. *OCLC* locates only six copies.

First edition. Inscribed by the author. Printed for private circulation. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. With an attractive card 1892 concert programme laid in. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with slight bumping to the extremities. The contents, with a few light finger marks to the prelims and a small circular mark to the last few pages, are otherwise clean throughout. Most of the signatures remain uncut. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page "Mons. Wolfe [sic] from / yours sincerely / May Brotherhood / 1892". We believe the recipient to be the Dutch violinist Johannes Wolff, an original programme for Wolff's June 29th 1892 London concert is loosely laid in. A love story following a young girl and her suitors across three different midsummer days. From the library of Martin Stone. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

FIRST EDITION. Orig. olive-green cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Inscribed by the author on titlepage: 'To Mr. Coeurn (?) with kind regards from yours very sincerely, M.H. Brotherhood 1891.' Not in Wolff; BL only on COPAC. 'Let it be plainly understood, please, that this is essentially a simple story for the simple-minded; those of you whose mental and moral organs are of complicated construction kindly put aside the work at once; as it will do naught but raise your righteous ire against the illiterate nonsense.'.