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Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday, 1899.

Price: US$8.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No dust jacket. Back hinge a bit cracked. A little writing on panels/front end page. Very Good condition.

Seller: Rare Reads, Athens, GA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday-Mcclure - NY, 1899.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st Ed - Rubs, foxed, soiled - G

Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 384 pages. First edition, second state, with "brain of Zeus" appearing at page 342 and only one of the mistakes at page 245 fixed (line 12 still ends in "eye," but line 16's "so pretty" has been changed to "her heart"). The corn cob at spine is pointing down, with the ear at top and the corn kernels at bottom. Lacking the rare jacket. Green cloth with titles and decoration in gilt, yellow, and red. Cloth clean and bright with light shelf-wear, bruising to spine tips and fore-edge corners, heavy bump to bottom edge of rear panel. Spine cocked forward slightly. Binding intact. Bookplates at front paste down and verso of FFEP, with the remnant of a third at lower FFEP. Pages lightly toned, text unmarked. Despite flaws an attractive copy.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, NY, 1899.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: New York, NY: Doubleday & McClure Co. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1899. . Decorative Cloth. later printing . 8vo., 384 pp., cover rubbed, page toning, hinges cracked, writing on ffe, .

Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. NY: Doubleday & McClure, 1899, 1899.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, third issue of the author's first book. Page 245, line 12 ends in the word "glance". A very good copy with no dust jacket. Small bookseller's stamp on the front endpaper, and the start of a hinge split at the top of the front hinge. The rear pastedown has a small creased tear at the foredge. Still a tight and clean copy, with the colors and printing on the front boards and spine bright and clear.

Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday & McClure - NY, 1899.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Appears to be a third state of the 1st Ed., missed by Russo and Sullivan in their bibliography - Corner dent, rubs - G

Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: viii, 384 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition, third state. Russo & Sullivan, p. 3. Old ink ownership signature on front free endpaper; very slight rubbing at extremities.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: viii p., 1., 384 p.; 21 cm. Good. No dust jacket. Front hinge loose but still attached. 0 0.0

Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1899.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Green decorative baords with stamped design of an ear of corn with red lettering. Light wear to the boards; dusty pages with rough edges and light damp staining to the edges. Author's first book with a classic opening line."There is a fertile stretch of flat lands in Indiana where unagrarian Eastern travelers." Newton Booth Tarkington (1869 – 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike. Several of his stories were adapted to film. He served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest.

Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. 12mo. Green fabric with stamped, red bands to front cover. Red lettering and white designs to front cover. Stamped, white lettering to spine. Author's first book. Good. Minor soiling to covers. Sunning to edges. Minor foxing. Some ripping to textblock.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$29.00 + shipping

Description: 384p. Author's first book

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

Booth Tarkington. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, 1899.

Price: US$34.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This is Tarkington's first novel of which he explores the subject of corrupt law making, which he based on his personal experiences as a member of the legislature between 1902 and 1903. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 384 pp, publisher s green cloth stamped in red, cream, and gilt (corners bumped, wear along edges, light soiling, good or better), in mylar wrapper. All first state points are present but the ear of corn on spine faces down. Multi-Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Magnificent Ambersons first novel Photos available by request. International customers will be charged actual shipping costs.

Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. Doubleday & McClure, 1899., 1899.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: Later state with two of the four points ("eye" on p.245.12 and "brain of Zeus" on p.342.23). 384pp. Spine slightly cocked and a bit darkened, name and street address inked on half-title page, else a near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday McClure Company 1899, 1899.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: first edition, first state ed. hardback very good condition in green cloth with a pen name on the free front end page- no dust jacket - shipping via USPS

Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, first edition, first printing. Second issue of binding with ear of corn pointing down on spine. "brain of Zeus" appears on page 342, line 23, line 12 on p. 245 ends with "eye," line 16 on page 80 contains "so pretty,". Binding has minimal wear, and bright color. Page 293 opened roughly and portion attached to p. 295. Two by five inch piece missing from back free endpaper. Contents otherwise in very good condition, hinges tight, pages clean. I have made a mylar jacket for this book.

Seller: Collectors Cabinet, Teaneck, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$49.97 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, third issue, with all the text corrections, with the ear of corn pointing down. Author's first book. Russo & Sullivan, page 3, Currie, page 45. Dark topstain, uncut edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Wayward Books, south dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$52.00 + shipping

Description: 384p. Author's first book Good condition dampstain on front endpaper half title & t.p.

Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. NY: Doubleday & McClure, 1899, 1899.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first issue of the author's first book. Very good+ with no dust jacket. The spine is just slightly leaned; gift inscription fron Christmas 1899 on front endpaper. The ear of corn on the spine is pointing down, the cloth is a lighter green than later issue copies, and all four textual issue points are present. A relatively nice copy, with very little wear to the cloth.

Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Early edition, not a first. Very good, slight rubbing to spine tips.

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. New York Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899., 1899.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: Pencil signature, bottom corner of half-title cut away. Very gd. First issue, with the correct first issue readings on pp. 245, 291 and 342. Author's first book. 1st edition. Binding is Cloth.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth.. The Gentleman From Indiana.. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition, 1st state. Cloth with decorated front cover and gilt-stamped spine. Front inside hinge is fragile. Otherwise a nice copy of Tarkington's first book. Russo and Sullivan 1899.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday, New York, 1899.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, corrected issue of the popular novel of manners. Faint wear and light spotting to boards, mostly at corners, two ownership inscriptions on front endpapers, otherwise fine and quite bright.

Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday and McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Bound in original pictorial cloth with ear of corn facing upright on backstrip. Former owners name and small stamp inside front cover . First edition, first issue of authors' first book. Points: P. 245, line 12, last word "eye"; line 16, "so pretty." P. 291, line 7, reads "brainy bumps". P. 342, line 23, reads "brain of Zeus." Sligh t tear to upper spine along outer front joint, extending 1 1/2" from top. With clipped signature of Booth Tarkington, on card stock, laid-in. But for tear along out joint a Very good copy. Blanck p.48 9.

Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, secondary binding, first issue text. Binding slightly cocked, spine rubbed, modest wear to the extremities, about very good. Painter Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts' copy with her bookplate on front pastedown and owner signature on front fly. Author's first book.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, BOOTH. GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. , 1899.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: TARKINGTON, Booth. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. First edition. Green cloth stamped in red and yellow, top edge stained green. Ownership, spine just a little darkened, otherwise a very nice, sharp copy.

Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is in incredible condition for being one hundred one years old; everything is intact, the edges of the pages are a bit torn and there is slight discoloration on the front end papers Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Text with all first issue points. First state of the binding with the ear of corn pointing up on spine. Author's first book. Original green, yellow and red pictorial cloth. Small picture of author with short bio tipped to front pastedown. Small stain in the gutter margin pages 247-251otherwise bright and fine. [see pictures] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue points in text but corn on spine points down, original green cloth over boards, red and cream stamping on spine and front cover, gilt stamped text on spine, publisher stained top edge. American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkington's first novel. Very Good; light shelf wear, lacks front free end paper.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Company, NY, 1899.

Price: US$99.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Decorative cloth, gilt titles, green topstain. First edition, first issue with points: page 245: 12, last word "eye," page 245: 16 "so pretty," page 291: 7 "brainy bumps" and page 342: 23 "brain of Zeus." However the spine has the corn pointed down. Slight corner wear, spine slightly indented, joints mildly rubbed, trace soil. Lacking the DJ. Housed in a cloth slipcase with chemise. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday, McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Lacks the front free endpaper, owner stamp else near fine.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition of the author's first book; latter state, p. 245, ln 12 last word is "eye", but ln 16 reads "her heart', p. 342 ln 23 "brain of Zeus", p 291, ln 7 "a square brow", with the ear of corn on spine pointing down. Very good+, green cloth stamped with green and yellow, gilt title on spine, green page tops. Light rubbing to tips, three small spots on spine, one on back, the largest of these spots is 1/2".

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. NY. Doubleday & McClure Co. 1899., 1899.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Lacking the first issue points. VG+ in woven green cloth stamped brightly in red, white, and gold on the front boards. With a touch of fraying to the top of the spine. Overall, a handsome, tight copy. First Edition.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday, McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, Third Issue. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth stamped in red and craem. Fine copy and unusual thus

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday McClure, Garden City, NY, 1899.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 384 pages, First edition. His first book, first state text with second issue binding with the ear of corn on the spine upside down. Fine book. No dust jacket. A very nice copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first issue. Author's first book. Very good, no jacket. Prev. owner's small bookplate on inside front paste-down, ink name and Dec '99 on top of title page.

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana.. New York Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899, 1899.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, green cloth, stamped in yellow and red, corners a trifle bumped, t.e.black. Bookplate of the Carlisle House Library (private collection) FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; first state of the text in the second state of the binding with the ear of corn pointing down.

Seller: Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 384 pp, faint inscription fr original owner on ffep, first issue, 2nd state of binding, blue cover cloth with no wear, fr lower corner board bumped, dimmed but VG spine letters and red fr cover design, stained top edge VG+, deckled foreedge, in glassine wrapper Size: Octavo

Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., Garden City, 1899.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Garden City: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. First edition, first printing in second state binding. 12mo. Green silk with decoration in yellow and red. Upside down corn on spine. Page 245 line 12 ends in "eye" and line 16 "so pretty". No ownership marks. Light wear to boards. Very good.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. Original green cloth, lettered in green, red, and yellow, decorated in red and yellow, top edge stained green, untrimmed; in a red half-morocco slipcase (a bit worn). First edition of the author's first book; first issue of the text; second issue of the binding (with the ear of corn on the spine pointing down). Penciled ownership signature dated October 1899 (month of publication) on front free endpaper. A very good to fine copy. Russo & Sullivan, pp. 5-6. (BA). Spine just a shade dull, two clippings about Tarkington pasted to inside front cover

Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, NY, 1899.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: With all points, corn cob upright

Seller: Muse Book Shop, DeLand, FL, U.S.A.

Booth Tarkington. The Gentleman from Indiana - 2 Books - One Inscribed. Doubleday & McClure Company, New York, 1899.

Price: US$187.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two first edition copies, one of them signed and inscribed. The first copy is 1st edition, 1st issue with a first state binding. It has both mistakes on page 245, with line 12 ending in "eye" and line 16 reading "so pretty". Pictorial cloth boards with top stain. Ear of the corn pointing up as per first state binding. Book is about VG with owner name and stamp in the front dated November 1899. The 2nd copy Is a first edition, 3rd state with both mistakes on page 245 corrected. Also with 2nd state binding with ear of the corn pointing down. Signed and with a wonderful inscription by Booth Tarkington, in which he quotes from Lewis Carroll's; "The Walrus and the carpenter", which is also the title of chapter IV of the novel. Inscription dated Febr 21st 1900. 2nd copy maybe Good+ , shows some loses to the spine. Inside front hinge showing some separation with the front free endpaper lose (containing inscription). A great set showing the issue points for the first edition with a wonderful inscription by Tarkington. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899.

Price: US$189.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, second state. Corrected printing of the author's first book with "her heart" on page 245, line 16 (changed from "so pretty" in the first state). Decorated binding, design not attributed. No DJ. Covers show some shelf wear at the corners and spine; corners lightly bumped; rear cover soiled. Prior owner's bookplate on FFEP and small bookseller's label on FEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Good+

Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, secondary binding. A touch of wear to the rear interior hinge else a particularly crisp, fine example, square and with the topstain, paint and gilt all richly colored. An unusually nice copy of the author's first book.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., New York, 1899.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 384pp.; HB green w/orange-pic.cover-gilt spine; rubbed wavy bttm.edge; rubbed on edges&corners; ft.hinge cracked; PON; clean,tight pgs. signed & inscribed by Tarkington. 1/1000

Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. , 1899.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co, First edition A good copy with just a hint of starting at the crown.Inner hinge cracked Inscribed by Tarkington who points out a point that he considers proof of this being a first edition. He points to  .on page 342 a tired young writer let Aphrodite rise__?__the brain of Zeus in the proof sheets and found her thus rising in the first printing of the Book. Booth Tarkington May 31.1930 Signed by Author(s)

Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Booth Tarkington. The Gentleman From Indiana SIGNED. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue wit all textual errors present. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.25" with 379 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor scuffing to rear board. Minor bumping to all corners of book. Front hinge is cracked. Signed on front endpaper. Rear hinge cracked. The Gentleman from Indiana recounts the adventures of John Harkness, who graduates from Princeton University and takes over the ownership of a local newspaper in Plattville, Indiana. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N6-106).

Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. Doubleday and McClure Co., New York, 1899.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 384 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth (lacking dust jacket). First edition with all first issue points called for by Merle Johnson. First binding, with the corncob upright on the spine. Small attractive bookplate neatly tipped into gutter; ink name and date to front free endpaper; front hinge jsut starting; otherwise a bright, attractive copy with the gold bright on the spine.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana.. Doubleday and McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: 384 pp. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth. First edition; third issue of text; the corncob is upside down on the spine. Cocked; rear hinge neatly repaired; a very good copy. Inscribed by Booth Tarkington on the front free endpaper.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday, McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition with all first issue points, in second issue binding. Light wear to the edges else very good. The first book by the two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. All points for first issue text block (e.g. "so pretty" on p. 245, line 16) and for first state boards (e.g. ear of corn pointing up). Onion skin paper with bookseller's penciled notes regarding points laid in. Owner inscription dated 1900. (Russo & Sullivan, pp. 3-6.) A very handsome copy of this classic. Very light shelf wear, dated inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt and red ink lettering, red and cream ink decorative elements, grey/green topstain. 8vo. viii, 384pp.

Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, BOOTH. The gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$281.25 + shipping

Description: First edition of the author's first book, being the "Author's Autograph Edition" limited to 1000 signed copies, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 384; original pictorial green cloth stamped in red and white, top edges stained green, limitation statement signed by Tarkington on front pastedown, some light wear and rubbing, hinges starting, else very good. First edition, later issue of the author's first published book, with "her heart" - originally "so pretty" - in line 16, p. 245. Johnson, High Spots, 71: "Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbitt era when moonlight still created glamour."

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Company, NY, 1899.

Price: US$299.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green textured cloth stamped in red/yellow, titled in gilt and red, dark topstain. First edition, second state, with all first state points (Russo and Sullivan) but the corn on spine points down. Inscribed by Tarkington to the ffep, with date. Edges mildly rubbed, slightly cocked, lacking the DJ. Tarkington's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, viii, 384 pages; VG-; Green-yellow spine (slipcase) with raised bands and gilt lettering; Boards show mild wear to head/tail of spine, bottom corner of back cover is slightly bumped, and a small white stain appears just below the title on spine; Textblock has deckled edges, and the ffep / front pastedown have begun to separate from the rest of the textblock; Meets first issue points: page 245, line 12 "eye" -- page 245 line 16 "so pretty" -- page 291, line 7 "brainy bumps" -- page 342, line 23 "brain of Zeus"; However, the corn graphic on spine is pointed down; Housed in dark green 1/4 leather-bound and cloth slipcase, with matching cloth chemise; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346258. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first state with "so pretty" on p. 245, line 16. viii, [2], 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A very attractive copy of Tarkington's first book. Russo & Sullivan, pp. 3-6 Original green-gray cloth, white and red stamped design of a corn stalk (with the ear pointing up, surround a red block with green lettering. Bookplate. Very minor wear to corners, else fine. Bookplate of Charles H. Platt, pencil notation "Brick Row Nov 1929" (from their First Books catalogue) First edition, first state with "so pretty" on p. 245, line 16.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$302.50 + shipping

Description: First printing (with "so pretty" p.245, line 16) in the second state binding (with the corncob on the spine pointing down). Octavo (21cm). Original green cloth, stamped in yellow and orange, top edge stained grey; plain endpapers; [x],384pp; title page vignette. A straight, unfaded copy with minor shelf wear, slight discoloration to endpapers: Near Fine. A lovely copy of Tarkington's first novel. "Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbitt era when moonlight still created glamour" (Johnson). Now neglected but renowned in his day, Tarkington is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. WRIGHT 5369. JOHNSON High Spots p.71.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth.. The Gentleman from Indiana. The Doheny copies of the first editions in first & later states of the text of the author’s first book in custom green cloth wrappers & green morocco trimmed green cloth slipcase.. New York: Doubleday and McClure,, 1899.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first issue of text with last word "eye" p. 245, line 12, "so pretty." p. 245 line 16, "brainy bumps" line 7 p. 291, & "brain of Zeus." line 23 p. 342. Original red & cream-yellow decorated green ribbed cloth. Gilt lettered back with ear of corn on back-strip pointing down. Name & “December 25, 1899” on front free endpaper. Custom green cloth wrapper with brown leather gilt lettering piece in custom green cloth double slipcase with green morocco trim where it is housed with a later issue copy of the first edition (as follows): The Gentleman from Indiana. Tarkington, Booth. New York: Doubleday and McClure, 1899. First edition, later issue of text with last word "glance" p. 245, line 12, "her heart." p. 245 line 16, "outlining a square brow" line 7 p. 291, & "the white sea foam." line 23 p. 342. Original red & cream-yellow decorated green mesh cloth. Gilt lettered back with ear of corn on back-strip pointing down. Name & “November 23, 1899” on front free endpaper. Custom green cloth wrapper with brown leather gilt lettering piece in custom green cloth double slipcase with green morocco trim where it is housed with a copy with the first issue text. Near fine & fine clean copies. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. $400 The Doheny copies with Estelle Dohenys oval gilt stamped green morocco book plate on the front paste down endpaper of each. Typed & by hand notes on the issue points laid in. Johnson, High Spots p. 71. H8332.

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Description: 384 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. Tarkington's first novel and first edition/first state with "eye" and "so pretty" on p.245 and "brain" of Zeus on p.342. Also, in the earliest binding with the ear of corn on the spine pointing up. Ownership signature dated the year of publication. Tarkington, a Midwestern regionalist set much of his fiction in his native Indiana. BROCCOLI & CLARK p.369. Clean, fresh copy, tiny front cover spot. Orig. green cloth stamped in red and tan, spine gilt lettered. Teg green. Near fine in very good lined brown cloth chemise, and housed in a near fine brown morocco slipcase, spine sunned

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman From Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Co., NY, 1899.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Hardcover, first edition. A beautiful copy of the first book published by Booth Tarkington, one of only 3 two time winners of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction . This copy is as new - NO marks in or on the book. The front cover floral illustration is bright and clean ; gold titles on the spine are bright and unfaded. Dark Green stained top page ends. Pages are clean and bright - it is hard to believe this copy is over 100 years old. Wrapped in a mylar cover.

Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth (1869-1946). [Princeton] The Gentleman from Indiana [Inscribed Association copy]. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.

Price: US$765.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Printing of the author's first novel, inscribed on fly-leaf: "'Well the old Triangle knew the music of our Tread, / How the peaceful Seminole would tremble / in his bed. / Newton Booth Tarkington." First State of text (with correct points on pp. 245, 291, and 342) "probable" later state binding (see discussion in Russo & Sullivan) with ear of corn on spine pointing down. Crown 8vo (200 x 128mm): viii,[2]384pp. Publisher's green mesh cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gold and scarlet, top edge stained dark green, others untrimmed, manuscript ex-libris (apparently of a family member) in elegant script on front paste-down: W. S. R. Tarkington / Christmas 1900 [overwritten on "1899"]. Spine slightly darkened, extremities lightly rubbed, but Near Fine or better. Russo & Sullivan, pp. 3-6. Johnson (High Spots), p. 71 ("Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbit era when moonlight still created glamour."). Seybolt, p. 68. First Fruits, p. 22. Wright 5369. Probably inscribed to a friend from Tarkington's Princeton days, since these are the lyrics to the Princeton Triangle Club's song, an amateur musical comedy troupe named after the percussion instrument. ("Seminole" refers to seminary students.) As president of the Princeton Dramatic Association, Tarkington wrote a musical parody of Julius Caesar that became the group's first production after its name changed to Triangle Club. He also started a campaign to raise money for the construction of a building to house the club. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana.. New York Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899, 1899.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, green cloth, stamped in yellow and red, corners a trifle bumped, t.e.black; rear inner hinge cracked but firm; half-morocco slipcase with cloth chemise FIRST EDITION of the author's first book; first state of the text in the first state of the binding with the ear of corn pointing up; ownership signature of Elizabeth F. M. HuntLAID IN'Lemperly's bookplate signed by the author and an A.L.s, 1 1/2 pp. 1100 North Pennsylvania Street, July 5, 1900:"I very gladly sign your label which I enclose, and also allow me to congratulate you on the very artistic design [E. D. French 1900]."About the first edition of 'The Gentleman from Indiana': I do not know where a copy is obtainable yet there should be no difficulty about it, since it was a large edition, 5,000. I fancy Mr. J. L. Thompson (of Doubleday, Page & Co.N.Y. City) would know just where to find one.| Thanking you for your interest, I am | Very truly yours, | Booth Tarkington".This copy has appeared twice at auction, at Parke-Bernet, January 4-5, 1940 "The Library of Paul Lemperly", Lot 941 ($40); and again at PB on January 18. 1961 Lot 579 ($37) when it was purchased by a Richmond maritime collector from whose estate we recently acquired it. Interestingly, somewhere between 1940 and 1961, the book and letter were separated for there is also included a dealer's description of the letter alone, Item 243'possibly from one of Walter M. Hill's catalogues, and a note "April 5'1946 Walter M. Hill 'The Gentleman from Indiana' .Signature laid in [presumably on the bookplate'no mention of A.L.s]." Possibly Hill split the objects and catalogued them separately in a 1946 catalogue, and a single purchaser reunited them, perhaps Ms. Elizabeth F. M. Hunt?A real insight into the collecting habits of one of the founders of the Rowfant Club. The bookplate reads: "This Volume, | For Insertion in Which the Author | Has Been Pleased to Write His Name | [blank] | Is The Property of | Paul Lemperly."

Seller: Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books, A.B.A.A., Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.