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Price: US$39.95 + shipping
Description: New York: The Colophon, 1931. Laid-in are two pieces of ephemera from the publisher: a prospectus for CITY CHILD by Selma Robinson with decorations by Rockwell Kent. The prospectus has a Rockwell Kent illustration. Also laid-in is a notice for a 1931 "first exhibition" of Colophon artists' designs and authors' manuscripts. Very Good+ condition. NO chips or tears. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Part 6 only. Includes articles on Huckleberry Finn, Richard Savage, Robert Burns portraits, "Pacific News" (this signature printed by the Grabhorn Press), and "Wood Nymphs", a linoleum cut by K. M. Ballantyne. Designs by T. M. Cleland. Among the contributors are Willa Cather on her early novels, Stanley Morison, and A. E. Coppard on first getting into print. Bound in the original pictorial boards. . First Edition, Limited 3,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Ballantyne, K. M.; & Rockwell Kent (ephermera). 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
ROBINSON, SELMA; KENT, ROCKWELL. CITY CHILD. COLOPHON, NEW ROCHELLE, 1931.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: BOOK STORE STICKER ON FRONT INNER COVER. PRINTED ON SHOGUN JAPANESE PAPER AT THE WALPOLE PRINTING OFFICE IN NEW ROCHELLE, AND BOUND BY PETER FRANCK, WITH THE LITHOGRAPH PULLED FROM THE STONE BY GEORGE MILLER. THIS COPY IS NUMBER 170 OUT OF 300 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: LIMITED ED 64
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
ROBINSON, Selma. City Child: Poems. , 1931.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: ROBINSON, Selma. City Child: Poems. Original cloth-backed fancy boards, printed paper spine label, housed in publisher's cloth and printed boards slipcase. New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. First edition. One of 300 copies on Japanese paper printed at the Walpole Printing Office signed by the author. Lithographic frontis and illustrations by Rockwell Kent, who also signed the book by leaving his mark, a thumbprint within a red heart, on the colophon. Small bookplate, else fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Selma Robinson; illustrated by Rockwell Kent. City Child. The Colophon Ltd., 1931.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1931. 64 pp. First limited edition (No. 252 of 300), printed exclusively for subscribers to The Colophon. Printed on Shogun paper at the Walpole Printing Office, SIGNED on the limitation page by the author and by illustrator Rockwell Kent with a red heart fingerprint stamp. Teal blue cloth spine with black and white art deco patterned paper over boards and a paper title label on the spine. In VG condition with lightly toned pages and protective plastic cover. Slipcase missing. Some page gatherings remain uncut at head. Includes the lovely bookplate of Smith College graduate Ellen Cox Ewing (Class of 1929) and her husband Thomas Stone, a Canadian diplomat. Ellen and Tommy were married in August 1930; she and their baby daughter died in childbirth the following June.
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
KENT, Rockwell. ROBINSON, Selma.. City Child: Poems.. The Colophon Ltd., New York, 1931.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 64 [1] pp. With Decorations by Rockwell Kent. Tall 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards in slipcase. First edition; No. 74 of 300 copies, signed by Selma Robinson and by Rockwell Kent, using his mark. Old armorial bookplate; a few light stains to front endsheets; very slight use to boards in a lightly sunned slipcase.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Robinson, Selma. City Child. Poems. The Colophon Ltd, New York, 1931.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Copy 267 of 300 copies each signed by the author and with Kent's heart-shaped fingerprint marking. Plate and decorations by Rockwell Kent. 64 pp. Printed on Shogun Japanese paper at the Walpole Printing Office. 1 vols. 8vo. With Kent's fingerprint marking. Mill/back/3/3/ Original cloth-backed decorated boards. Some light darkening of spine, else fine. Bookplate. Original publisher's box Plate and decorations by Rockwell Kent. 64 pp. Printed on Shogun Japanese paper at the Walpole Printing Office. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Copy 267 of 300 copies each signed by the author and with Kent's heart-shaped fingerprint marking.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Robinson, Selma. City Child. The Colophon Ltd, 1931.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Signed by Robinson and by Rockwell Kent with his heart mark. Light foxing to endpapers. In a Very Good+ slipcase.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Selma Robinson. City Child. The Colophon Ltd, New York, 1931.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Robinson's poetry is enhanced by Rockwell Kent's illustrations, in one of 300 copies of this book, all signed by Robinson and printed on Japanese paper. Robinson's career began with this collection of poetry, and became the editor of McCall's magazine in 1956. Blue cloth spine with art-deco design paper covered boards. Slipcase with same blue cloth with printed paper wrap. Paper title to spine. One of 300 copies, signed by Selma Robinson, and with a red heart "fingerprint" stamp from Kent. Fore and tail edge of pages are rough-cut. Condition: Paper covers to slipcase are slightly faded. Very minor bumping to corners. Book is near fine, text and illustrations are vibrant and clean. Page gatherings remain uncut at head.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
Robinson, Selma and Rockwell Kent. City Child: Poems. Colophon Ltd, New York, 1931.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: Gray and light blue paper boards with slate blue cloth spine; white title block with black lettering on spine; 64 uncut pages with small bw illustrations throughout. Matching slipcase. "This book, one of three hundred copies each signed by the author and by the artist exlusively for subscribers to the Colophon . This copy being number 209. [Signed] Selma Robinson. Rockwell Kent his mark [red heart]. VG+/VG (book and covers are very clean and clear. Slipcase has light age toning and light shelfwear)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Robinson, Selma and Rockwell Kent(illustrator). City Child. The Colophon Ltd, New York, 1931.
Price: US$231.75 + shipping
Description: Narrow Octavo. Limited to 300 copies. The present copy is #201 signed by Selma Robinson and with Rockwell Kent's mark, a red heart thumb print. This copy printed on Shogun Japanese paper at the Walpole Printing Office, bound by Peter Franck with a full-page lithograph by Kent. Bound in 1/4 blue cloth over decorative gray paper covered boards, paper spine label lettered in black, housed within publisher's slipcase, some toning to slipcase. A very nice copy.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Robinson, Selma & Kent, Rockwell. CITY CHILD. Farrar & Rinehart, 1931.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: CITY CHILD, The Colophon Ltd. / Farrar & Rinehart, 1931, first edition, fine in like clear plastic dust-wrapper with a tiny chip to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and fine slip-case. 1/300 copies SIGNED by the author with a fingerprint of Rockwell Kent as issued.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED. 64pp. Small octavo [22 cm] Teal blue cloth spine with black and white patterned paper over boards, and a printed paper title label on the spine. Top edge trimmed; other edges rough-trimmed. Printed on Shogun Japanese paper. In a matching thin card slipcase. The book is in very good condition, with only minor toning of the covers, and the slipcase is in very good condition, with age-toning and light rubbing at the corners. With decorations by Rockwell Kent. Number 84 in an edition of 300, printed exclusively for subscribers to The Colophon, A Book-Collector's Quarterly. Signed by Selma Robinson on the limitation page. Rockwell Kent has signed as well, by leaving his mark, a thumbprint within a red heart, on the limitation page, below Robinson's signature.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.