Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited edition (750 copies), bookplate on the ffep, lfep removed, library marking on the spine, embossed library stamp on the title page, clean pages, solid, lightly rubbed and bumped patterned boards, text in excellent condition. Last free endpaper has been removed. It probably had a library pocket on it?
Seller: Pensees Bookshop, Charleston, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Patterned cloth covers in tidy condition, very slightly darkened on the spine, Francis Edwards reference library bookplate, contents clean Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: This is the 15th book published by the First Edition Club, limited to 750 copies. Designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press, Plaistow.; Limited Edition; 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 ''.
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.76 + shipping
Description: Original publisher's cloth hardback, decorated spine and front- and backcover, lettering spine, large 8vo: title-page printed in red & black, x, 126pp., [ij], footnotes, conclusion, index, colophon. Rebacked professionally with original spine mounted. Printed in 750 copies. Very fine copy. Volume 15: The First Edition Club.
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 24.5 x 17cm. Floral patterned cloth binding. VG+ a bit of toning on spine. 126 pgs with index plus colophon. 750 copies printed at the Curwen Press. Includes Scottish clubs. A critical historical survey that includes many groups that published limited edition books.
Seller: Carl Blomgren Fine Books ABAA, petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo. viii (ii), 126 (8) pp. Printed at the Curwen Press: Limited First Edition, 1929. 1/750 copies. Inked name and owner's stamp on ffep. Age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7" x 9.5". Decorative cloth with black lettering to spine. In Mylar protector. Size: Large Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. viii, 126 pp. Decorated cloth binding. One of 750 copies. Corners bumped. Some fading to spine. With light general wear, a good/very good copy.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1929. Limited edition of 750 copies, designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Very attractive printed cloth binding with floral design. Spine very slightly darkened and small amount of staining down the back edge of spine. Housed in a printed paper covered slipcase which has some heavy staining on it and is lightly rubbed around edges. Still a very good copy. 126 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . First edition, limited to 750 copies, commissioned by The First Edition Club ; designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press.Illustrated. Decorated cloth covers. A bit of wear to spine ends. Very Good +. Printed in red and black. Chapters on BIBLIOMANIA, COLLECTORS AND OTHERS, etc. No jacket. A glassine jacket may have been issued.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Price: US$86.00 + shipping
Description: 126 p. One of 750 copies, designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. From the library of Crosby Gaige. Very good condition; decorative cloth soiled! spine darkened
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.92 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original, floral motif, decorated cloth. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages; Limited edition; One of 750 copies printed, with the 15th book published by the First Edition Club. With printing in red. Designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Physical desc.: 126 p. ; 25 cm. Notes: One of 750 copies printed, with the 15th book published by the First Edition Club. With printing in red. Subject: Book clubs (Bookselling) - Great Britain. Book clubs (Bookselling) - Ireland. Great Britain - Learned institutions and societies. Ireland - Learned institutions and societies. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine+, 1/750 copies, lovely copy; minor signs of use; 126 pp.
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Striking colour patterned linen boards. Roy.8vo, c.pp136 in red & black throughout, endpapers just lightly spotted, excellent bright attractive copy of a book more often found in rather dulled condition. ** Handsome Curwen Press Limited Edition : designed by Oliver Simon : the particularly attractive binding designed by Rutherston[?]. The only survey of its kind. ***** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.
Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 750 copies only, specially printed by th Curwen Press for the First Edition Club 1929. Striking colour patterned linen boards thought to be by Albert Rutherston. The only survey of its kind. Elegant typography in red & black throughout, endpapers lightly spotted. Clean and tight and very attractive copy of a book designed by Oliver Simon.
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original, floral motif, decorated cloth. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 126 pages; Limited edition; One of 750 copies printed, with the 15th book published by the First Edition Club. With printing in red. Designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Physical desc.: 126 p. ; 25 cm. Notes: One of 750 copies printed, with the 15th book published by the First Edition Club. With printing in red. Subject: Book clubs (Bookselling) - Great Britain. Book clubs (Bookselling) - Ireland. Great Britain - Learned institutions and societies. Ireland - Learned institutions and societies. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 1/750 unnumbered copies. 8vo. viii, (2), 126 pp. Title-page imprint, shoulder notes, and colophon printed in red. "On the study of texts, on the appeal of antiquarianism, on wayfarings among forgotten books or rare editions, and the contribution these ventures bring to our knowledge of history, of social life, and of literature, are founded those societies whose work this essay follows" (Preface), e.g., Roxburghe Club, the Camden Society, the Hakluyt Society, the Harleian Society, the Selden Society, the Shakespeare Society, the Early English Text Society, the Type Facsimile Society, the Baskerville Club, the Bibliographical Society (London), among some 60 others discussed. Very good. Original patterned cloth, spine title. (10559).
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited to 750 copies, commissioned by The First Edition Club and designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press. Illustrated. x, 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Illustrated. x, 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, limited to 750 copies, commissioned by The First Edition Club and designed by Oliver Simon at the Curwen Press.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.