Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Magaret Deland:. Old Chester Tales. Harper & Brothers 1923, 1923.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Description: HB/noDW boards marked , spine weak , good reading copy, Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Seller: Jenny Hurst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
Deland, Margaret (ill Howard Pyle). Old Chester Tales. Harpers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice Bright copy except for spine a little sunned and stain on front cover. With four black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 348pp.; HB beige w/brwn.-pic.label cover; rubbed w/scuff,biodegrade,tp.edge; wear on edges&corners; endpapers tanned w/lt.tan on pgs. "The Romance of American History" illus.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Has the ex library with the usual markings, Bottom and top edges are heavily rubbed, binding is tight
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harper Brothers Publishers, New York, 1923. First edition (with copyright page code B-X). Book condition: good. Some bumping to corners - especially to upper front. Some wear to head & tail of spine. Indentation to lower edge of front board - approx 1.5cms wide x 1cms high. Boards a little soiled. Titles to spine faded. Text block very sound. and very clean internally. Endpapers a little tanned and soiled. Very faint tendency to tanning to a narrow border around some oage edges. No dust jacket. This is a companion to the Howard Pyle's famous Book of Pirates. There are over two hundred pictures, of which twenty are in full colour. These represent some key events in American history. The narrative and the descriptive captions are embellished by decorative cuts. The book is a fine example of Howard Pyle's work. A heavy book but no additional shipping costs to UK post codes.
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom
Johnson, Merle. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$29.97 + shipping
Description: Black cloth with tan paper cover illustration and brown lettering; 345 pp. with illustrations throughout. With extensive text material about US history and a list of illustrations. VG with a few ex-lib. marks, including bookplate inside cover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Francis J. Dowd [ed]. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A few crayon marks on boards, some dust/age wear. Pages have occasional dust prints, overall clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1923, 346pp, illus., pastedown to front cover, heavy wear to cover, corners worn, ends of spine pulled out, browning to eps, gift note to fep, some foxing throughout, binding is beginning to weaken, no dj.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tall 8vo (9" x 6 5/8"), light red cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover with elaborate blind-stamped figures and decorations surrounding titles;' profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle with decorative frontispiece, title page, Preface, & many Illustrations; 12 B&W half-page head-pieces for each story; & 48 vignettes; xiv + 318 pages + [2] Colophon. Weight: 1 lb. 8 oz. Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911) was a major American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. This volume has 12 well known stories: Overall in Very Good Condition: tight, internally unmarked pages, light wear to cloth, very light uniform toning. No previous owner markings.
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A complete copy of this very early edition. Copyright page has Harper's code of "L-X" making this an early printing but still from 1923. This copy has an incomplete dust jacket with 90% of the front and rear panels present but the spine is completely missing. There is also a faint damp-stain mark to the bottom of the pages, more pronounced at the beginning. All plates present. The book remains solid and complete. Too large for the scanner. Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book Of The American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Xiv, 344 Pp.Early But Not First Printing, 1923. Wear, No Marks, All Lettering Strong, Paste-On Cover Illustration Bright And Clean, Hinges Intact.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
PYLE HOWARD. BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. HARPER AND BROTHERS, NY, 1923.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: INTERIOR OF THIS BOOK IS FINE STATED FIRST EDITION THE COVER IS SOILED LOWER RIGHT CORNER BENT SPINE LETTERS ARE FADED 3 INCH SPINE RIP NEEDS REPAIR BACK HINGE IS STARTING A HEAVY BOOK BUT SUCH A WONDERFUL PATRIOT ONE
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, unmarked, very nice copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 346 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, 1923.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WEar to corners. Soiling and staining to paper boards. Hinges are sound.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Merle Johnson. Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Romance of American History. Narrative DescriptiveText from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd. Condition: VERY GOOD
Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Janvier, Thomas A.. IN OLD NEW YORK. Harper, NY, 1923.
Price: US$45.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY, Harpers (1923). New edition of the 1894 work, with illustrations by Howard Pyle and W.A. Rogers.Very good condition in good dust jacket.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 348 page. The Romance of American History pictured by Howard Pyle compiled by Merle Johnson wiht Narrative compiled by Merle Johnson with Narrative Descriptive text from original sources, edited by Francis J. Dowd. Stated First Edition with B-X below copyright information. DJ has small nicks and tears along edges with a few small chips lacking. dj in mylar protector. shipping will be extra for this large book, please inquire. ; 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Very Good- (minor edgewear; corners reinforce). Gorgeous color plates by Pyle. Out of print and scarce. 1st/2nd issue edition. Binding is cloth boards.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio 13" - 23" tall; 345 pages; Stated first edition with code letters B-X. Covers with light soiling, rubbing and wear. Touch of fading to spine.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 346 pp. 202 illustrations, 21 in full color. Boards are scuffed with edgewear, lettering on spine cover has faded. End pages have aged. Gift inscription on fep dated 1927. The first 4, and final 5 sheets have foxing. Text is clean with no markings. This large, heavy book will require significant extra charges for Priority or International shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harper Brothers Publishers, New York, 1923. First edition (with copyright page code B-X). Book condition: very good. Only very minor shelf wear. Very slight bumping to corners and to head & tail of spine. Very sound binding and very clean internally. Some marking to a small number of pages (pp 30, 47 58, 109 & 295) - a couple of these look like grubby little finger marks. It looks as if the heads of pp 336 & 337 had adhered together slightly at some time as there is some slight surface abrasion as if the pages have had to be separated, but this is minor in nature. Very faint tendency to tanning to a narrow border around some oage edges. Endpapers slightly tanned. Dust jacket condition: good. Unclipped jacket with some wear around the edges. Small amount of loss to tail of spine together with a closed tear that extends upwards by approx 5cms and then horizontally to about three quarters of the spine width. Some rubbing and chipping - mainly to lower edges and especially the back. Jacket in a protective wrapper. The book also comes with a slipcase which is in fair condition. It is sound but is a little grubby and chipped here and there. This is a companion to the Howard Pyle's famous Book of Pirates. There are over two hundred pictures, of which twenty are in full colour. These represent some key events in American history. The narrative and the descriptive captions are embellished by decorative cuts. The book is a fine example of Howard Pyle's work. A heavy book but no additional shipping costs to UK post codes.
Seller: Ariadne Books, PBFA, Eynsham, Witney, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Quarter brown cloth with stamped spine titles to tan paper boards with a bordered color paste-on with titles above. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Shelf handling wear with rubbed corners and a darkened spine. Folio; 9.25 x 12.25 in. [iv] + xviii, 348 + [2] pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with 19 full color plates. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. He founded his own school of art and illustration, named the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. The scholar Henry C. Pitz later used the term Brandywine School for the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region, several of whom had studied with Pyle. Some of his more notable students were N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ethel Franklin Betts, Anna Whelan Betts, Harvey Dunn, Clyde O. DeLand, Philip R. Goodwin, Violet Oakley, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Olive Rush, Allen Tupper True, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Jessie Willcox Smith. He is also well known for his illustrations of pirates, and is credited with creating what has become the modern stereotype of pirate dress. He published his first novel, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Weekly and St. Nicholas Magazine. His novel Men of Iron was adapted as the movie The Black Shield of Falworth (1954).
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA- FABA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, 1923.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wear to corners and spine ends. Paper on corners worn through. Two previous owner inscriptions. Hinges are very sound.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Without dust jacket. First Edition. First issue with"B-X" on copyright page. Publisher's pictorial boards. Spine somewhat faded. Wear to tips. Cloth rubbed on three of the tips. Back cover has a few small spots/rubs. Small smudge on title page. Binding is tight and square. Overall very good+ condition. Additional shipping may be required due to size.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight bumbing to corners and trace of wear to spine ends. Owner's gift note. Dust jacket has pieces missing on top edge (up to 2" x 2"). Jacket in mylare protector. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 346 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Munroe, Kirk. The Flamingo Feather. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto (7.25" x 9.75"), navy cloth, gilt, with pictorial paste-on cover illustration. 222pp. Illustrated with 10 color plates and endpapers by Frank Schoonover. A few stains on the covers and the cloth a little puckered on the spine, but quite an attractive book. Historical fiction set in Florida in the 1500s with stunning illustrations by Wilmington, Delaware artist Frank Schoonover. Schoonover studied under Howard Pyle, and became one of the Brandywine School artists of the "Golden Age of Illustration"
Seller: Austin's Antiquarian Books, Wilmington, VT, U.S.A.
Pyle, Howard 10t. HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. Harper, NY, 1923.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: GOOD book, no DJ. Worn extrems. Faded gilt spine lettering but still legible. FINE contents, zero internal flaws. 12.5" high. Tips just worn through to underlying boards. Spine ends with 1/8" chips & 1/4" tears. Clean covers and bright attractive pict label. GOOD book 1st Ed 1/2 black cloth. Paper boards. Pict front cover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This large heavy book has a black cloth spine with very faded lettering. Brown paper over boards, black lettering and center paste-down illustration. There is edge wear, severe corner bumping with board showing. Small blue dot front cover hinge, near head of spine. The head of the spine was torn at one time and has been glue repaired. Foot of spine has 1 1/4 long, 3/4 high section chipped and missing. Book plate inside front paste-down, small spill mark upper edge. Due to the large size and weight of this book, it may require additional shipping. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sm. folio. xiii. 346pp. Grey cloth with paste-on color plate in original dust jacket. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners rubbed. Head and tail of spine and parts of edges chipped. One by two inches of bottom edge on dj missing. Bookplate of previous owner to endpaper. Color frontispiece. "The Romance of American History pictured by Howard Pyle. Compiled by Merle Johnson: with Narrative Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd." Illustrated with full-page color and b/w and in-text b/w plates. Letters "L-X" on copyright page. Overall very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large quarto (12 1/4" x ,9"), beige cloth with brown lettering on spine and front cover with glossy colored plate depicting "La Salle Christening the Country 'Louisiana,'"profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle with more than 200 images (many being full-page plates in color or black & white) plus in-text B&W vignettes, xiii, [xiv-xviii] + 344 + [345-348] pages. Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911) was a major American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. After his death, the publisher collected a number of his pirate stories and illustrations and published them as Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates (1921); then, this collection: Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit, compiled by the distinguished historian, Merle Johnson. Overall in Very Good Condition: tight, internally unmarked pages, moderate wear to cloth and front cover plate, very light uniform toning and the occasional small smudge to paper.
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper Bros, 1923.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit'. Harper Bros 1923 first edition. Inscription, a little light rubbing. Spine lettering rubbed. Very good.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, Harper code L-X. Illustrated in color and b&w. Very good, black cloth backed, brown paper-covered boards, color illustration paste-on and title in brown on front cover, gilt title on spine, yellow page tops. Front cover has two small spots, one small tear to cloth at spine foot, corners worn, some small stains along bottom of front paste down and ffep, endpapers are slightly yellowed, text is white, clean, and unmarked.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Compiled by Merle Johnson. Narrative descriptive text from original sources edited by Francis J. Dowd. Color frontispiece and numerous color and b/w illustrations. 347 pages. Thick 4to, cloth-backed boards with color plate mounted on front cover (spine dulled). New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition [B-X February]. A very good(+) copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Top edge has two 1" tears top edge, top edge heavy wear, illustration is a little scuffed, edges worn, spine darkened with tears head/tail. Brown boards with pictorial pastedown have three bumped corners, black cloth spine has some wear head/tail. Pencil name two front endpapers, paper edge foxed. 1923 first edition B-X (Feb 1923). All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good, edge & corner wear, edge of one plate is worn; hardback
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$142.51 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed pictorial boards. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Scans etc. On request. ; 344 pages; Description: xiii p. , 2 l. , 344, [2] p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates. 32 cm. Notes: From the sixteeth century to the close of the Civil War. Subjects: United States--History. [B-X stated]. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Pyle, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper & Brothers - New York, 1923.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Heavy black buckram quarter-bound to spine over tan paper on boards. Pasted on full color illustration on front in Fine condition with sharp corners. Book overall is tight, square and relatively sharp-cornered with no markings or flaws inside or out, other than prior owners name and date in pencil on fly-leaf. Small crack in rear of binding inside back cover. 17 color illustrations and probably 300 b&w's by the author, mostly drawn from 19th century Harper's Magazine. Stated as First Edition and First Printing with"B-X" on copyright page. 9 x 11, approx. 500 pages (unpaginated). Without DJ, covered in archival quality mylar.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth spine with boards and color illustration paste-down on front cover. Minor rubbing to board lower edges otherwise very nice. "The Romance f American History Pictured By Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson: with Narrative Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd". FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page with code letters B-X
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed pictorial boards. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Scans etc. On request. ; 344 pages; Description: xiii p. , 2 l. , 344, [2] p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates. 32 cm. Notes: From the sixteeth century to the close of the Civil War. Subjects: United States--History. [B-X stated]. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Howard Pyle. Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit. Harper & Brothers,, New York:, 1923.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Very good+ in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine, black text on the front board with an illustrated paper label which shows no wear or rubbing. Without a dust jacket. 448 pages of text and illustrated with 201 drawings and plates plus the frontispiece. Nineteen of the plates are in full color. "The romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson, with narrative descriptive text from original sources edited by Francis J. Dowd."
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. (12 1/2 x 9") 346pp. Stated first edition with correct publisher's code. Tan and black boards with pictorial paste-on to front cover. In color pictorial dust jacket. Jacket has some fairly large pieces missing at top of spine and top of back cover. Many color and black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Howard Pyle. Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit. Harper & Brothers,, New York:, 1923.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Very near fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine, black text on the front board with an illustrated paper label which shows no wear or rubbing. In a good unclipped (but not priced) dust jacket with 1/3" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area, a two inch wide by 2" deep chip at the lower edge of the rear panel and with numerous closed tears to the edges of the front panel. 448 pages of text and illustrated with 201 drawings and plates plus the frontispiece. Nineteen of the plates are in full color. "The romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson, with narrative descriptive text from original sources edited by Francis J. Dowd."
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first issue with"B-X" on copyright page. Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original pictorial boards and cloth, spine fafed else almost a fine copy Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. Large 4to First Edition, first issue with"B-X" on copyright page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Compiled by Merle Johnson. xiii, 344 pp. Pictured by Howard Pyle in black and white and color. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed lettered boards with applied color illustration on front panel, in dust jacket. First edition. A fine, bright copy in a jacket formerly split at folds, now neatly repaired with Japanese tissue; some small chips and repaired tears.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: xiii [2] 344 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards in illustrated dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy in a jacket with some slight use at edges and rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; publisher's pictorial boards; very good in a dust jacket with some chips and interior tape mends. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. Harper and Brothers, 1923.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: A nice copy of the 1923 stated 1st edition. Bright and VG+ in a VG example of the uncommon dustjacket. The jacket has a bit of customary chipping along the spine ends and the top edge of the front panel but still virtually completely intact and clean and well-preserved. Thick quarto, 346 pgs., beautifullly illustrated by the great Howard Pyle. A very presentable copy.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$598.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. One quarter black cloth with printed paper over boards; full colour plate to the front board. Yellow topstain. Illustrated throughout in black and white, with full colour plates. Previous owner's inscription to the first blank page; one ot two signatures just starting but the binding is sound. Cased in the original box with a title plate to the upper right corner of the lid [the title plate is the same as the title page, but interestingly has the date 1922 on it]. The box is worn and in fair condition.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pyle, Howard. HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. Harper, 1923.
Price: US$622.45 + shipping
Description: HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, Harper, 1923, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper with one tiny short closed tear. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white by the author/artist.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Francis J. Dowd. Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1923. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Hardcover. 12.75 x 10 inches. xiii, 348 pages. Number 37 of a 50 book special edition that is signed by Francis J. Dowd and Merle Johnson as well as containing many tipped-in plates. The binding is tight. Front and rear free endpaper are foxed, corners bumped, covers have shelf wear, and are damp stained, the spine is bumped and has shelf wear.
Seller: The Next Chapter LI, Huntington, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited first edition, one of only 50 numbered copies signed by Johnson and Dowd, this copy with a previously unpublished mounted illustration of a pirate by Pyle made available by Frank Schoonover for this edition. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original quarter white cloth, brown paper boards with pictorial paste-on. Top edge and fore-edge uncut. Illustrated by Pyle with 22 beautiful tipped-in color plates plus a profusion of black-and-white images. xviii, 346 pages. Signed by Johnson and Dowd on limitation page. Bottom margin of title wrinkled from bookplate pasted onto its verso (the copyright page), else a bright copy with no edge wear and with the white spine clean.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, deluxe issue. No. 30 of 50 copies signed by Merle Johnson & editor Francis J. Dowd, with an extra plate. Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original white cloth-backed spine with grey boards. Very good plus copy Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. Large 4to First edition, deluxe issue. No. 30 of 50 copies signed by Merle Johnson & editor Francis J. Dowd, with an extra plate.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. , 1923.
Price: US$3300.00 + shipping
Description: PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. The Romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson: With Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd. Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. Large 4to. New York: Harpers, 1923. First edition, deluxe issue. No. 30 of 50 copies signed by Merle Johnson & editor Francis J. Dowd, with an extra plate. Original white cloth-backed spine with grey boards. Very good plus copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.