Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of essays by Machen, published following Nathan van Patten's investigation into their convoluted publishing history. Limited edition of 178, of which this is marked "out of series". Fading to slipcase, fading of the gilt lettering on the leather label. Quarter linen, pale green paper boards. Previous owner's bookplate. xv, 70, [2]pp.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Arthur Machen. Bridles & Spurs. The Rowfant Club, Cleveland, 1951.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 20 of only 178 copies. Quarter linen over sage paper boards. Gilt title and author to label to spine. Deckle edges. Housed in matching patterned paper-covered slipcase. Some fading to edge of slipcase, otherwise, a very nice, nearly new copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 70 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Arthur Machen. Bridles & Spurs. Rowfant Club, Cleveland, 1951.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: xv, 70, [1] pp. plus frontispiece portrait, 8vo, quarter natural linen, pale green paper sides, edges untrimmed, paper label on backstrip titled in gilt, slipcase. Printed by the Grabhorn Press on mould-made paper. Design on title page and chapter headings by Mallette Dean in gold and black. Laid in is a printed announcement of this publication from the publisher. No. 104 of 178 copies. This copy is that of James Strohn Copley (1916-1973), the journalist, newspaperman, and publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune (his sale, Sotheby's, June 17, 2010, lot 235), with his bookplate on the front pastedown. A fine and fresh copy of the book in a very good slipcase (scuff marks on one side, evidence of sticker removal on the other, lightly rubbed at some edges). Mallette Dean's gorgeous designs remain vibrant. Magee 510.
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Machen, Arthur. Bridles & Spurs. The Rowfant Club, Cleveland, 1951.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xv, 70p. Original cloth-backed boards in a slipcase. Slipcase has some fading around edges as well as bits of wear. No jacket (presumably as published). Copy No. 35 of an edition limited to 178 numbered copies. Typed Letter laid in about the possibility of a limited offering of titles between the Caxton and Rowfant Clubs.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Machen, Arthur. Bridles & Spurs. Rowfant Club, Cleveland, Ohio,, 1951.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition #161 of 178. 4to.(26cm), xv, 70pp., portrait. 1/4 linen over sage paper boards. Gilt title and author on spine label. Patterned paper-covered slipcase. Some fading from sun to edges of slipcase. Printed at Grabhorn Press. Book is fine.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Machen, Arthur. Bridles & Spurs. Rowfant Club, Cleveland, 1951.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 168/178 copies. Presentation copy to maestro Yehudi Menuhin in 1953. Signed by 12 members of "the Saturday luncheon group". Mould-made paper, 12 gilt-embossed devices by M. Dean, half linen and cloth over boards. Fine in a lightly faded slipcase.
Seller: Black Butte Books, Sisters, OR, U.S.A.