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Crane, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. Edward Arnold, USA, 1896.
Price: US$15.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thias is the first American edition in greenish-brown cloth with embellished title on front cover. 178 and 8 pages. Front endpaper stuck down to front pastedown (and bit dmaged. )Fairly clean tight text but front cover bit marked and spine rather faded. So jusrt a good reading copy.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, NY, 1896.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 178 pages before publishers ad section. Spine is darkened, and cloth cover is soiled. Interior very good. A tight solid copy.
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen.:. George's Mother.. Edward Arnold, New York, London, 1896., 1896.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 177pp., light brown cloth, stamped in black. Covers somewhat marked and darkened, end-papers and prelims a little spotted, but a very good copy.
Seller: Charles Cox Rare Books , Bude, United Kingdom
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, 1896, 1896.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition Very good (the spine is darkened, with a little tearing at the top; there is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown; overall, fairly nice condition for a book of this age)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, NY, 1896.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine and boards (near the joints) darkened. Traces of shelfwear. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Lacking the rear free endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Jon Speed: The Book Scout, Azle, TX, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. Edward Arnold, London & New York, 1896.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 16mo, black cloth, some spotting; ex libris Wm. Sahud [Stallman 7; BAL 4073]. Essentially issued simultaneously with the American by this publisher
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Stephen Crane. George's Mother.. London and new York, Edward Arnold,, 1896.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Crane, Stephen, George s Mother. London and new York, Edward Arnold, 1896, Small 8vo 120mm x 180mm. Blue cloth with Light grey titles to front and spine. Pp185, pp6 publishers adverts. Binding a little shelf worn and bumped, all pages a little age toned to edges, otherwise bright and clean throughout. Published in the year he met his lifelong partner Cora Taylor this work is an example of Crane s use of realism to expose social ills. Much comment had been made to this work and that of the life of his mother and brother. A good book from this writer who was to die some 4 years later at 28 years of age.
Seller: Roz Hulse, Plymouth, DEVON, United Kingdom
Stephen Crane. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Edward Arnold, 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 177 pp. + 8 pp. advertisements. Beige baords stamped in black. Toning and soiling to boards and corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound. A few bookseller scribbles in pencil to preliminaries, but otherwise pages clean and notable bright. [BAL 4073].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing FFEP. Cloth soiled and darkened on spine. Edges a bit soiled. Text is clean. A nice, tight copy. [Loc.Rare]
Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 1 vols. 12mo. BAL 4073; Starrett 9 Original tan cloth with title and author decoratively printed in black. An exceptionally fine copy of a book usually found in deplorable condition, Bath, N.H. Public Library "Rules and Regulations" label on front paste-down endpaper and label on rear paste-down endpaper library stamps on front free endpaper,
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, London, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8 pages publisher's advertisements at the back. 177, [8, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of a young man and his mother in New York. BAL 4073; Starrett 9 Original tan decorated cloth. Ex-library with pocket and markings, some soiling and rubbing, else a very good copy 8 pages publisher's advertisements at the back. 177, [8, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Stephen Crane. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "George's Mother" by Stephen Crane Edward Arnold, London -1896 first UK edition - 186p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in original binding George's Mother is a novel by American novelist Stephen Crane, first published in 1896. The novel relates to Crane's earlier novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, as the title character of that work makes a brief appearance. Rare first UK edition of this work by Crane, of America's finest 19th century authors.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Arnold, London, 1896.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CRANE, STEPHEN. George's Mother, London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1896.12mo, new edition, pp. 185, 6 (ads), black cloth boards with white stamped lettering on spine, white stamped lettering and border on upper panel, bookplate on free front endpaper. This copy was released in the first year of publication but binding and pagination are at variance with the first edition. See First Printings of American Authors, V.1., p. 80.Condition of this book:Boards rubbed and worn at extremities.Leaves clean and tight, with foxing and browning to preliminaries. Very good overall. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 19th century; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52053.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen.. George's Mother.. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 177 [8, ads] pp. 12mo, publisher's decorated tan cloth. First edition. BAL 4073. Two short tears to top of front free endpaper; some very minor foxing to pastedowns; slightly cocked; otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First English Edition of author's Forth Book. BAL 4073. Octavo. Original navy cloth over boards, gray lettering and border on front cover and spine. Very good, slightly cocked, spine ends and corners bumped, slight wrinkling to rear cover, spine faded.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen.:. George's Mother.. Edward Arnold, 1896., 1896.
Price: US$115.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English Edition. 185pp., navy fine diagonal ribbed cloth, stamped in pale blue. End-papers a little spotted, otherwise a lovely fresh copy. Much less common than its American counterpart.
Seller: Charles Cox Rare Books , Bude, United Kingdom
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, NY / London, UK, 1896.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 177 pp + adverts. Previous owner's 'ex-libris' plate inside fr pastedown. Binding firm and holding, with slight forward lean, pages clean except for a pencil mark on p 73 margin, otherwise unmarked, textblock darkened with age Buff cloth soiled by time, dark brown letters legible, lower hinge cloth wrinkled at spine tail. with a spot of wear along the fr hinge, Lower board fr forecorner bumped slightly. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
CRANE, STEPHEN.. George's Mother. New York: Edward Arnold, 1896, 1896.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Title page a little creased; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. Edward Arnold, New York, NY, 1896.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Edward Arnold. Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket. 1896. 8vo., 186 pp. . Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 177pp, 8pp ads in rear. Original tan cloth, black lettering and decoration. No darkening of spine but a uniform overall age-drkening to some degree. Expertly repaired tear to upper right corner of title page. Clean pages. Stephen Crane was a prolific American writer during the late 19th century. Most notably known for his works in the "realist" tradition, he was an inspiration for writers throughout the 20th century, including Ernest Hemingway. He lived a short life, dying at the age of 29 in 1900.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. Edward Arnold, New York, 1896.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small Octavo. 177pp., (8)pp.ads. Bound in tan cloth lettered and decorated in black, previous owner's bookplate, internally clean and bright, binding sharp. In all, a very nice copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. George's Mother. New York: Edward Arnold, 1896., 1896.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (117, adverts). Octavo, in brown cloth with black lettering, decoration to front cover and spine. Opens at p. 96, scattered spots on rear cover, lightly age-toned. Very good.
Seller: Trillium Antiquarian Books, Peterborough, ON, Canada
CRANE, Stephen. George's Mother. , 1896.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: CRANE, Stephen. George's Mother. Original cloth. New York: Edward Arnold, 1896. First edition. BAL 4073. Fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. Edward Arnold, London & New York, 1896.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 185,[1],[6]pp. Black cloth, stamped in bluish-white. Ink name "Dudley James" and date "14. vi. 96" on front pastedown, spine slightly cocked, minimal rubbing at edges, very good. First UK edition, published more or less simultaneously with the US edition. If correct, the ownership signature is dated the day after the book was published. Uncommon. BAL 4073n. WILLIAMS & STARRETT 7. WRIGHT III:1251.
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
CRANE, STEPHEN.. George's Mother. New York: Edward Arnold, 1896, 1896.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Minor endpaper stains; a very good copy in a custom cloth slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. GEORGE'S MOTHER. , 1896.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: New York / London: Edward Arnold, 1896. 8 pp undated ads. Original tan cloth. First Edition of Crane's fourth book (just after THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE). This is a tale of a church-going mother and her idealistic expectations for her saloon-going son (Crane's mother and brother are much in evidence). Like Crane's first book, MAGGIE (A Girl of the Streets), this is a tale of the degradation of life in the slums of New York City's Bowery. GEORGE'S MOTHER has received almost no critical consideration at all, although it is eminently more satisfactory in its realism, more convincing in characterization, and less bizarre in style than MAGGIE. The depiction of the relationship between George and his mother is not only decidedly superior in its elaboration and psychology to that between Maggie and her mother, but is also Crane's most significant exploration of the relationship between parents and children. [Brennan] In 1900 (the year of Crane's death from consumption at age 28), Heinemann of London published these two novellas together, as BOWERY TALES. This is a near-fine copy -- spine slightly darkened as usual, but without soil or wear. Williams & Starrett 6; Blanck 4073. Provenance: bookplate of Syracuse attorney Ephraim James Page (1867-1950).
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
CRANE, STEPHEN. George's Mother. London: Edward Arnold, 1896, London, 1896.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dark Blue Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Small tear in front endpaper, foot of spine trifle rubbed. Bookplate of Robert McAlmon. Almost all of his library is at Yale.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
CRANE, Stephen. George's Mother. Edward Arnold, New York and New York, 1896.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. 12mo. Tan cloth stamped in black. The spine a bit toned, else near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.