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Burke, John [Pulitzer, Ralph]; Kent, Rockwell (illus). DREAMS & DERISIONS.. Pynson Printers, 1927.
Price: US$247.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. #197, signed by Rockwell Kent. Slicpase shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, and tanning. Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows minor wear and rubbing to the extremities. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Burke, John [Pulitzer, Ralph]. Dreams and Derisions. Pynson Printers, 1927.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Rockwell Kent, limited edition, #73 of 200. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards, printed endpapers, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, in original slipcase. Near fine condition with moderate fading and small ding to tail of spine, slipcase toned. -- Poetry by Ralph Pulitzer, son of Joseph Pulitzer, decorated by his friend Rockwell Kent. Despite the small print run, there are differences in the contents of some printings; this copy includes the poems "Strange Lady," "I Know Not" and "African Adieu.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, in brown half morocco over marbled boards, housed in the publisher's paper covered slipcase; this is #2 of 200 copies signed by illustrator Rockwell Kent; the binding has minor rubbing and the slipcase a bit of soiling.; all edges of the textblock are rough cut.~~Overall, a nice copy of this uncommon Rockwell Kent title. Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Burke, John (Pulitzer, Ralph). Dreams and Derisions. Pynson Printers, New York, 1927.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition of 200 copies, this being no. 147. Signed by the illustrator Rockwell Kent on the limitations page. Signed a second time by Kent at the front of the book where he has inscribed it to William B. Thorsen, who edited "The American Book Collector" magazine, and later started and published "The Amateur Book Collector" magazine. Near Fine. Leather spine and corners over decorated boards. Touch of wear to corner tips. Very slight sunning to spine. The plain tan colored slipcase (also numbered "147" at tail of spine) is very Good with some light soil.
Seller: Brazos Bend Books, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
John Burke [Ralph Pulitzer]. Dreams & Derisions. Pynson Printers Inc., New York, 1927.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: number 32 of only 200 copies. Quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Signed by Rockwell Kent. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Pulitzer, Ralph. Dreams & derisions. Pynson Printers], [New York, 1927.
Price: US$812.50 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 200 copies (this, no. 28) illustrated and signed by Rockwell Kent; 4to, pp. 98, [2]; original half sheep over marbled boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt; the sheep is a bit scuffed, else very good. Without the publisher's slipcase. This copy with the bookplate of Nelson Doubleday, and with an inscription on the flyleaf: "To Patty Doubleday with affectionate regards from Ralph Pulitzer, August 2, 1927." The first 100 copies of the edition contained three more poems and 3 more illustrations than the second 100.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Full moroccan blue leather with brown, turquoise and red onlay, elegantly gilt. Binding signed by Grabau, 1928. Top edge gilt. Limited edition (152 of 200), signed by the illustrator, Kent Rockwell, on the limitations page. Satin endpapers with gilt leather edges, marred only by a bookplate, ex-lib title page and p67 are stamped, otherwise a exquisite book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada