WANTED A MATCHMAKER

PAUL LEICESTER FORD

Published by Dodd, Mead, & Co., NY, 1900

About this Item

TITLE: WANTED A MATCHMAKER 1900 illustr/HowardChandler Christy AUTHOR: PAUL LEICESTER FORD PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: Dodd Mead and Co., NY 1900 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket CONDITION: (All defects if any are formulated into pricing by ViewFair Books books. If we miss any defects are highlights on any book, our policy is to make immediate amends to any customer): There is some scuffing and fraying to the top and bottom edges of the spine. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. The stamp/sticker on the back board is from the library. There are some stain like streaks to the front endpaper, but they may not be stains, just age streaks. There is some cracking and chipping to the half title page. Nicely done book on the inside with green flower decorations on the side of all the pages. There are mild spots on a page near the center. Book is without marks or writings other than those of the library, pages are clean, book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: unnumbered pages BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition. Dodd Mead and Co., NY 1900. Fair/None dust jacket condition. With Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Margaret Armstrong. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. Original green cloth decorated in dark green, light green, red and white. First Edition of this tale by Paul Leicester Ford, published two years before he was murdered by his brother, at the age of forty. (His brother Malcolm during the 1880s had been the greatest amateur athlete in the country, but was disinherited by his parents because he chose athletics over a "real job"; in 1902 he came to ask for money from his brother Paul -- who was anything but athletic, having a childhood spinal injury that stunted his growth --, was refused, shot him dead, then killed himself.) This is one of the more highly-sought Margaret Armstrong books, since she provided not only the cover design but also the margin decoration for each page. The other illustrator, Howard Chandler Christy, is also collected today. InvCode zt65 ViewFair Books : Size: 5 ½ x 8 ½.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WANTED A MATCHMAKER
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead, & Co., NY
• Publication Date: 1900
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book