Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Booth Tarkington. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran. 1934., 1934.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. VG book, no DJ. [0603]
Seller: Old Friends Used Books, Manchester, CT, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, N. Y., 1934.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. 8vo in green cloth with darker green on spine. Cover divided into rectangles and bordered by dark green lines with a boy and a dog in central box. Corner and spine end wear with a couple of small light spots on cloth. Firm binding. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked. Narrative about a little boy of seven years old. 382 pp., followed by 2 page publisher's note. Fiction.
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
BOOTH TARKINGTON. LITTLE ORVIE. DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & CO, GARDEN CITY. N.Y., 1934.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NICE FIRST EDITION OF TARKINGTON'S CLASSIC, LITTLE ORVIE. SPLENDID PICTORIAL FRONT BOARD IN VIVID GREEN WITH AN EMBOSSED PICTURE OF A BOY AND HIS DOG. MINOR WEAR TO TOP OF SPINE. SMALL CIRCLE ON BACK BOARD. TOP OF PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY SOILED. PAGES UNCUT, BINDING TIGHT, PAGES CRISP AND CLEAN. EMAIL ME FOR FURTHER INFO OR PICTURES. THANKS!
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934.
Price: US$32.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 383 pgs. Bound in original green illustrated publisher's cloth. Corners are gently rubbed. Deckled page edge. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure.
Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1934.
Price: US$35.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. A VG+ copy in a G/VG dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1940 film " directed by Ray McCarey and starring Johnny Sheffield, Ernest Truex and Dorothy Tree.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1934.
Price: US$39.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth; Brehm, George (illus). Little Orvie. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1934.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Hardcover. The basis for the 1940 film of the same name. A tale of a boy and his dog. A handsome copy in an increasingly uncommon DJ. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, minor chipping (head and heel), very light soiling, else bright. Green cloth boards, dark green ink lettering and decorative elements. Small 8vo. 338pp plus 2pp Publisher's Note.
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good book in Good dust jacket. Jacket has large chips at head and foot of spine, smaller chips elsewhere. All four corners are clipped, but price of $2.50 is intact. Jacket is now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book cover is lightly rubbed at extremities. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. A solid copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 383 pages. J6
Seller: Sweet Beagle Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. NY Doubleday Doran 1934., 1934.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: VG. Illustrated cover boy with dog, green binding, sl edge wear, owner name fep. Illustrated by Illus by George Brehm. 1st ed ss.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, First Edition., 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in bright green pictorial stamped cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Book is in near fine condition, generally crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket shows some wear but remains fresh and bright. 8vo 383 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Plus copy of the first edition. The green covers have minor rubbing to edges, scuff mark on spine. And two tiny tears at top edge of spine. First endpaper has gift inscription to former owner, small name sticker. Contents are excellent. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. A handsome copy of the first edition, stated. . Little Orvie is younger than Penrod, his predecessor in Tarkington's novels, but is easily recognizable as a Tarkington boy. An excellent if somewhat unappreciated book, and the basis for a 1940 movie of the same name. A handsome copy of the first edition, lacking the dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 383 pages. L3
Seller: Sweet Beagle Books, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
TARKINGTON, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1934.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Light wear to the boards, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper, housed in a stiff, cloth-covered, folding chemise with a bookplate on one pastedown, in a slipcase covered in half leather and cloth covered boards, with five raised bands, leather scuffed in several places. Basis for the 1940 film of the same name, a pleasant period vehicle about a boy and his dog.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first printing. Illustrated in b&w. Inscribed and SIGNED by Tarkington on half title (Christmas 1934). Near Fine, green cloth with stamped two-tone green illustration on front. Jacket is pretty worn around the edges with several small edge tears along fore-edge, complete except for small chips at spine ends and corner tips, red title on jacket spine is faded with small stain.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
TARKINGTON, Booth. Little Orvie. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1934.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Light wear to the boards, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author at a later date. Basis for the 1940 film of the same name, a pleasant period vehicle about a boy and his dog.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With a Warm, Personal Presentation Inscription in the hand of Booth Tarkington. With illustrations throughout, both in full-page and within the text by George Brehn. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the spine lettered in black, the upper cover with a pictorial decoration and overall design in black. x, 383, [2] pp. A very good copy with some wear to the spinal extremities and some spotting to the cloth. With a note in a child's hand that this is "my book", front inner hinge and rear hinge with a bit of separation at the join of the free-fly and pastedown. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED VERY WARMLY BY BOOTH TARKINGTON. The inscription reads: "For Dolly Silberman with love from Betty Trotter and inscribed enthusiastically by Booth Tarkington, Indianapolis, February 11, 1945 (First edition)". One of the most popular of Booth Tarkington's many novels.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.