----------A very large book, 14 1/2" x 11", beige cloth covers with dark brown and gilt label. After the 4 page foreword, the book contains a list of portraits, then the full-page, hand-tipped-in portraits with tissue guards, and with biographical text. The portraits and biographies included are-- John Erskine, Sinclair Lewis, H. G. Wells, Edna St Vincent Millay, Royal Cortissoz, G. K. Chesterton, Christopher Morley, Ida M. Tarbell, James Truslow Adams, Fanny Hurst, Walter de la Mare, Dorothy Thompson, H. M. Tomlinson, G. B. Stern, James Shotwell, Edna Ferber, Lion Feuchtwanger, Walter Lippmann, Lowell Thomas, Joseph Auslander, Rhabindraneth Tagore, Irving Bacheller, Alfred Noyes, Pertinax, William Brown Meloney, Kahlil Gibran, Alexander Woollcott, Sir Philip Gibbs and Rupert Hughes.- - -VERY GOOD CONDITION, lovely contents, paper used is very heavy and fine, lightly soiled covers- - - - - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, on the blank page after the front flyleaf " For the Clark Meners from Leonebel Jacobs".

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Title

PORTRAITS OF THIRTY AUTHORS- - - signed- - - -

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY and London

Publication Date

1937

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Very Good

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Signed by Author(s)

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We have been booksellers since 1982 -- since 1995 we have been selling books on-line. We specialize in art, history, biography and literature but have significant collections in other topics. We can be reached by phone or email.-- We also have an open bookshop -- Little Red Book Shack, always open, day and night All books $.50- and $1.00 -- payment by the Honor System into a locked box on the porch of the main house. All books in 4 buildings on the property and all music related items, books/records/sheet music, etc, in "vinyl room" at end of the house. ......Just a note about book condition: We recognize that our online books are being bought sight-unseen. Therefore, we try to be conservative in any description of book condition. We want each of our books to be a pleasant surprise. Thanks, and phone or email for any more information, Melanie

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PAYMENT- Check or money order, ....Books are returnable if not as described. We describe the average solid clean used book as VERY GOOD and we describe any defects. We say if the dust jacket is present, and describe any defects. Books in better than average condition we call Near Fine, Fine, or As New. Book in less than average condition we describe as Fair or Poor. Books in fair or poor condition are listed only if we feel that their true value justifies them being offered- despite their disapp...

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