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Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright NY (c1931), 1931.
Price: US$7.40 + shipping
Description: 589pp. large 8vo Red cloth & black cloth back 1st Edition Spine heavily sunned, a few light cover spots, occasional light foxing, moderate cover wear: VG- no dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn A history of myself. Horace Liveright New York 1931, 1931.
Price: US$7.65 + shipping
Description: First edition 589pp ex libris (pockets and stamps), fair (bruised corners, rubbing, front board starting)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Dreiser, Theodore. A HISTORY OF MYSELF: Dawn. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$7.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (1931), 589pp, sun fading to spine, soiling & shelfwear to cover, corners slightly bumped, front inner hinge broken, owner's name to fep, no dj, some underlining.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, 1931.
Price: US$9.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Library rebind woith red cloth, hardback. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Dreiser, Theodore. DAWN: A HISTORY OF MYSELF. Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
Price: US$10.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 589 pages. Minor sunning at spine; a trace of speckled fading on cover; corners lightly bumped through to boards; faint tanning on endpapers & all-edges. Size: Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall
Seller: Bertram Books And Fine Art, West Point, VA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Theodore Dreiser. Dawn: A History of Myself. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., (1931). First Trade Edition. Large 8vo. 589 pages. Black & red cloth, lettering dulled, head of spine frayed, short crack to front joint, top corners bumped, old & small clear tape repair to short tear at edge of title page (darkened). Good, lacking dj. ; Lg 8vo ; 589 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, NY, 1931.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition bound in black and red cloth. A Very Good copy. Ru bs and some frays to the bottom edges of the boards. Rubs to the corne rs and spine tips. Fading to the spine. Toning to the pages. No dust j acket.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. A History Of Myself; Dawn. Horace Liveright, Inc, Ny, 1931.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 589Pages; 94 Chapters. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Page Edges Cut Roughly And Slightly Darkened. No Markings On Pages. Maroon And Black Hard Covers With Gild Lettering On Front Cover And Spine. Moderate Shelf Wear. Autobiography Of Theodore Dreiser; Rare Vintage Copy
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn. Horace Liveright, 1931.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good. Some silverfishing to boards, and wear; soil, creasing, and chipping to dj. Still a good copy.
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. Dawn - A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931.
Price: US$21.95 + shipping
Description: Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. 1st Edition / 1st Printing (Liveright - 1931) Binding is tight and square with all pages intact. Pages are clean with no marks or writing observed in text. From private collection, dust cover is in archival mylar.
Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn. Horace Liveright Inc, 1931.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo 589 pp. Autobiography of the first 19 years of Dreiser's life, which he withheld for years due to its frank discussions of adolescent sexuality, finally publishing in 1931. Recognized as a classic upon publication, compared to Rousseau's Confessions and The Education of Henry Adams. #00131. good: fading and spotting to boards, age wear, sunned spine, bumped corners. Some toning on paste downs, bookplate on front paste down, some foxing. text clean, binding tight
Seller: Matthew's Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.
Dreiser, theodore. DAWN , A HISTORY OF MYSELF. horace liveright, 1931.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Description: very good hardcover good jacket many chips, fold holes
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, Inc, New York, 1931.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Spine stained and faded, offsetting on endpapers, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 589 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Deep red covers with black faded spine. Internal pages darkened on edges, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 2233211
Seller: Monroe Street Books, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: a History of Myself. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped with tears and nicking; else a very good+ copy in a fair DJ. 589 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn. , 1931.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: DREISER, Theodore. Dawn. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Horace Liveright, [1931]. First edition. A fine copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore.. Dawn: A History of Myself.. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 589 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine, tight and sound copy in a jacket with several clear tape repairs on verso to short tears, and some chipping to the extremities of the spine and the rear flap.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, E-005, 1931.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Horace Liveright, New York. 1931. 589 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (piece missing from the front panel of the DJ). Bound in black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The autobiography of Theodore Dreiser, the American novelist and journalist. Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) , American novelist, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and attended Indiana University. He began his writing career as a newspaperman, working in Chicago, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. His first novel, Sister Carrie (1900) , was purchased by a publisher who thought it objectionable and made little effort to promote its sale. With the publication of The Financier in 1912, he was able to give up newspaper work and devote himself to writing. He became known as one of the principal exponents of American naturalism, and in 1944, he was awarded the Merit Medal for Fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 589 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
DREISER, THEODORE.. DAWN. HORACE LIVERIGHT, INC, NY, 1931.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description:
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Theodore Dreiser. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher cloth with all first edition points. Minor scratches along bottom front cover, else near fine. Out of print. Large quarto size with quality heavy paper. Binding is cloth boards.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Dreiser Theodore. Dawn a History of Myself. Horace Liveright Inc, New York, 1931.
Price: US$61.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine and front panel. Slight rub to top edge of spine. Pages very slightly yellowed to edges. Number 51 of a limited edition of 275 copies, signed by Theodore Dreiser on the Limitation Page. Black slip case.
Seller: Webbooks, Wigtown, Wigtown, United Kingdom
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. , 1931.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: DREISER, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Original cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Horace Liveright, [1931]. First edition. With the bookplate of noted collector Estelle Doheny. Minor chipping to d/j, front free endpaper and pastedown toned, else very good or better.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn: A History of Myself. Horace Liveright, Inc, New York, 1931.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (24.5cm); black and dark red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in silver and gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-589,[1]pp. Mild offsetting from flaps onto endpapers, faint foxing to text edges, else clean internally; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.00), showing modest shelfwear, some dust-soil, and scattered foxing, with some toning and several small, nicks, tears, and attendant creases to extremities; Very Good. A memoir of Dreiser's early youth.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. Dawn. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Bookplate on front fly, else fine in very good dustwrapper with some chipping, rubbing and a two inch section of the bottom of the spine missing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn: An Autobiography of Early Youth. Horace Liveright, Inc, New York, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. [iv], 589 pp. Publisher's red and black cloth with gilt stamping. A Fine copy, sharp and bright, in unclipped dust jacket with rubbing along folds and a few scuffs to spine, basically Near Fine. An attractive copy of the writer's memoirs.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn; Autobiography of Early Youth. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Horace Liveright in 1931. In publisher's black and red cloth, lettered in silver and gold. A fine example of the book. Price clipped dust jacket very good with wear to ends of spine and tips and a tear to the upper front panel. Nail head sized chip to lower front panel where abutting the spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore.. Dawn. A History of Myself.. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 589 pp. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket designed by Politzer. First edition. Almost a fine copy, in a dust jacket with some soiling and edgewear.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn. Horace Liveright Inc. New York, 1931.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good limited edition book in good box. Both book and box are numbered 109 out of 245 for sale and 275 editions in total. Signed by the author on the limited edition page. Black cloth covered boards are clean, spine is lightly rubbed but gold text is still intact. Box is rubbed and separating at upper and lower seams. Edges are exposed in several places. Lower edge has a loss of 1 2/3" by approx. 1 7/8". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore.. Dawn.. Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine hardcover copy in black and red cloth, in a Fine pale green, black and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with two tiny closed tears. First Trade Edition. 589pp. An Autobiography of Early Youth. Q03709
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. Limited Edition of 275 copies signed by Theodore Dreiser at limitation, this being #262. Large octavo. 589 pp. Black cloth with beveled edges stamped in gilt; gilt topstain. Housed in publisher's slipcase with title label to front. A couple minor scuffs to rear board and binding is sound. Ownership stamps to front and rear pastedowns and pages otherwise unmarked. Slipcase with minor edgewear and scuffing, else sound and sturdy. A remarkably well-preserved copy.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DREISER, Theodore [589] pp. Horace Liveright, Inc. 1931 9 5/8" x 6 5/8" Dust jacket artwork by Politzer
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Dawn. Horace Liveright, New York, 1931.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With 3 NOTES from Dreiser laid-in. All dated 1917, 1 SIGNED by Dreiser-2 probably partial and unsigned. Handwritten. Fine in excellent, bright jacket. Very clean and attractive!
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 275 copies of which this is no. 54. Large octavo (24cm.); original black gilt-lettered cloth in custom matching slipcase, top edge gilt, others untrimmed; [6],589pp. Fine. Signed by the author on colophon.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
DREISER, Theodore. DAWN: A HISTORY OF MYSELF. Horace Liveright, Inc. (1931), New York, 1931.
Price: US$1562.50 + shipping
Description: There was also a limited signed edition of 275 copies. This copy is INSCRIBED for Ralph Fabri "love included" and SIGNED by Dreiser in May of 1931 (The book was published May 8.). Fabri was a Hungarian painter who was commissioned to paint a portrait of Dreiser's cousin and companion Helen in 1929 and who became Helen's confidant as she poured out her troubles over Dreiser's womanizing. Dreiser would marry Helen in 1944, a year before his death. Fabri, who became a lifelong friend of both Dreisers, was eventually put in charge of supervising the construction of Dreiser's monstrous home, Iroke, that would prove to be an albatross to the writer in his later, more difficult financial years. Some sunning to the spine which has minor wear at the head. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.