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Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since May 27, 2000
First LEC edition in floral linen cloth binding. Preface by William Makepeace Thackeray. Darkening to spine else a very good copy. SIGNED by the illustrator. Signed by Illustrator. Seller Inventory # 008200
Title: The Sir Roger De Coverly Papers
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York
Publication Date: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Thus.
Seller: Canal Bookyard, Upper Black Eddy, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gordon Ross (illustrator). Gold titles on red/brown cloth, 198 pages including notes plus 12 full page illustrations and 28 pages of introductory material. Some very light soiling to cover. Seller Inventory # 018969
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover in slipcase. Condition: Very Good+. 6 x 9, 198 pgs, beautiful color illustrations. Prefatory notes by W.M. Thackeray. Written originally for The Spectator, the wonderful stories of this fictional, 16th century gentleman. Seller Inventory # 22302
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine+. No Jacket. Gordon Ross (illustrator). First Edition Thus. The Heritage Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1945. First (1st) Edition Thus. Near Fine+ condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, soft white, tight, straight and square with no markings other than the remains of occasional erasures of underlining in pencil in the first 63 pages. The Binding is fulll reddish-brown cloth, color uniform throughout, with design, title and author in bright gilt to the front board, the same to the spine, off-white endpapers unmarked except for a prior owner's name plate on the front endpaper, and all corners square and sharp. No Dust Jacket. Twelve (12) color illustrations by Gordon Ross on unnumbered pages. xi+198 pages, including the Prefatory Notes by William Makepeace Thackeray, XXVI chapters, Translations of the Mottoes and Some Notes, etc. 6 3/8" x 9 1/2". Sir Roger de Coverly is a fictional character, devised by Joseph Addison, who portrayed him as the ostensible author of papers and letters published in Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's journal. The Spectator. The name of the character is taken from the name of an English and Scottish country dance from the 17th century, which is also referenced, inter alia, in a short story, "The Bedford-Row Conspiracy", by Thackeray. Seller Inventory # 000899
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This old book with slipcase is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a Signed, Limited Edition hardcover book with 198 pages including many color illustrations. This is book number 767 of 1500 copies. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The illustrator signed the Limited Edition page. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1945 as the published date. The padded floral covers are clean with a tiny snag mark on the front. This old book with slipcase looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box! Seller Inventory # 16764
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gordon Ross (illustrator). Limited Edition. Date on front free end paper. Number 268 of an edition limited to 1500 copies in a Very Good slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # 004488
Quantity: 1 available