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Kenneth Roberts. Arundel. Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, 1931.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Black cloth, blue lettering, lightly rubbed, text solid. Maine; 6943
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. The Lively Lady. Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1931.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Large 12mo. Black, cloth binding with stamped, green ship design and lettering to front cover and spine. Beautiful, illustrated map endpapers. Includes an inscription from Roberts to a friend, dated the year of publication. This is the classic series from Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novelist Kenneth Roberts, all featuring characters from the town of Arundel, Maine. Arundel follows Steven Nason as he joins Benedict Arnold in his march to Quebec during the American Revolution. Rabble in Arms continues with the exploits of Benedict Arnold, and includes many of the characters from the first book. The Lively Lady is a novel about the War of 1812 and tells the story of U.S. sea captain Richard Nason as he is captured by the British and sent to Dartmoor Prison. Captain Caution is another seafaring tale of the War of 1812. Very Good. Corners bumped. Rubbing to spine head and tail. Soiling to back cover. Minor sunning to page edges.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 376pp, [1]. Black cloth, title in green on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Top edge dyed green, illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, lightly bumped at edges of spine, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, faint sunning to spine, light wear to edges and flap folds, rear panel soiled, light transference to verso. Cover art by N.C. Wyeth still vibrant and clear. Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) wrote historical fiction, winning the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1957 for his novels focusing on early American history.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. The Lively Lady. Doubleday, Doran,, Garden City:, 1931.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 inches with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and lightly worn. In a very good+, price clipped second state dust jacket with a 1/4 inch chip from the lower edge of the spine area and with rubbing to the folds. Signed and inscribed by the author in pencil on the title page and dated at Kennebunk Beach in the year of publication. This copy is covered by the second state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Arundel".just below the title on the front panel. Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. The Lively Lady. Doubleday, Doran,, Garden City:, 1931.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Very near fine in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and the ghost of what may have been a book plate on the front paste down. In a very good+, unclipped first state dust jacket with rubbing to the fold to the front flap and several vary short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed and inscribed to A. P. Tedesco by the author on the title page. This copy is covered by the first state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel" while the second state dust jacket reads: "A Chronicle of Arundel". Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. The Lively Lady. Doubleday, Doran,, Garden City:, 1931.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine dimpled inward towards the text block; else fine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the title page which does not hide the "first edition" slug. In a very good+, unclipped first state dust jacket with light wear and several short closed tears to the ends of the spine area and to the upper edges of the panels. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts book plate attached to the dedication page. This copy is covered by the first state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel" while the second state dust jacket reads: "A Chronicle of Arundel". Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.