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Kenneth Roberts. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1940.
Price: US$22.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Printed Dec. 12, 1940. Very good plus inside and out with just a touch of wear and handling. See pictures for further details, description.
Seller: Dean's Books, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth.. Oliver Wiswell.. Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1940.
Price: US$24.18 + shipping
Description: 836 p. Size: 1120 g.
Seller: Antiquariat D. Gorodin, Freiburg, Germany
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York . Doubleday, 1940.
Price: US$26.60 + shipping
Description: 836 p. 23 cm Ambientada en la Guerra de Independencia americana En inglés. Firma del anterior propietario, Buen estado
Seller: LIBRERÍA SOLAR DEL BRUTO, Puente Tocinos, Murcia, Spain
Kenneth Roberts. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City ,New York, 1940.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition after the printing of the limited edition of1000. The book is bound in blue cloth with title and author in gilt on the spine. Spine has faded. Corners are softly rolled and spine caps lightly worn. Endpapers illustrated with"Thomas Buell's Map of Loyal Long Island 1776-1778." By Ernest Clegg in color. Otherwise, pages are lightly age-toned, clean,smooth and unmarked.836 pages.
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. OLIVER WISWELL. Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1940.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1940, 836pp, maps to eps, blue cloth, slight shelfwear to cover, corner crease to rear free ep, slight rubbing to eps, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940.
Price: US$31.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2nd printing. Lacks jacket. Bookplate of the late John Westerberg (a bookseller who operated as The Yankee Peddler) on front endpaper, front hinge weakening, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1940 Hard Cover. 836 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers. The novel begins in April 1775, when the protagonist is ejected from his home by American rebels, and ends in 1783, when the war has ended and he and other Loyalists leave their home country to establish roots in Canada. In between, the author manages to have Oliver plausibly meeting some of the most interesting characters involved (General Howe, John Vardill, John Cruger, etc) and at the scene of many of the war's most interesting events (the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, the rebels' surrender of New York, the intrigue-ridden courts of Paris and London, the trek to Kentucky by fleeing Tories along Boone's Wilderness Trail, the siege of Ninety Six and Benedict Arnold's campaign in the south, and the Loyalists' post-war settlement in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Gibralter, Bermuda and the Bahamas). Furthermore, we become involved in the personal lives of several main characters: the young Mr. Wiswell, his resourceful and loyal friend Tom Buell, Sally Leighton -- the rebel girl Oliver leaves behind, and the irascible Mrs. Belcher Byles. In the course of the novel we come to have genuine affection for these characters.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Kenneth Lewis Roberts. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$34.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover, no dust cover. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing. Binding is intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts.. Oliver Wiswell (first trade edition).. Doubleday Doran, 1940.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: VG book without jacket. First printing after limited edition of 1000 copies. Blue cloth cover, map endpapers, 836pp. Cover has very slight rubbing on edges, lightly soiled by use; binding tight and square, interior unmarked except for very small number on front free endpaper. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, NY, 1940.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of this novel of the American Revolution that emphasizes the Loyalist point of view. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, KENNETH. OLIVER WISWELL. DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & CO., N.Y., 1940.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SOLID & CLEAN WITH CHRISTMAS 1940 INSCRIPTION. MAP LIKE ENDPAPERS. 836 PAGES. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Robert, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$43.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book divisions: I. Boston, I I. New York, I I I. Paris, I V . The Wilderness Trail, V. Ninety Six, V I. Land of Liberty. 836 pp. Book is set during the American Revolution and is narrated by Wiswell from a Loyalist perspective. Map ep's. Blue cloth covered boards have faded gilt text/decorations on spine, title blindstamped on front panel. Book has scuffed extremities, lightly bumped corners. A great historical read. Book weighs nearly 2 1/2 lb. and may incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 154632.
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday Doran (1940), NY, 1940.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The American Revolution from a Loyalist's point of view. Blue binding, moderate edge wear, owner inscription title page. top fore-edge partial stain.
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940.
Price: US$50.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Interior is complete, clean and text is unmarked. Binding has separated at last page of story. Top page-edge is tinted blue. Hardcover has navy boards with gold lettering & designs, but no DJ. POS in front end papers, with erasure of another's name and markings. This copy stated to be from the 1st Edition after the printing of a limited edition of one thousand copies (most of these were signed and in 2 volumes). The endpapers by Ernest Glegg will be enough to make you want this 836 page book. they are beautifully illus. in beige, brown and reds and are of front: Thomas Buell's Map of Loyal Long Island, 1776-1783 and back: Buell's map of Virginia and the/Carolina's showing Boone's Wilderness Road to KY.
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. , 1940.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Original cloth, pictorial gilt spine, map endpapers, non-priceclipped dust jacket. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. First trade edition. Slight toning to exterior leaves, d/j spine sunned, else very good or better.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Roberts, kenneth. OLIVER WISWELL. doubleday doran, 1940.
Price: US$59.00 + shipping
Description: near fine book very good -fine price clipped jacket
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., NY, 1940.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, second printing before publication (November 22, 1940). Publisher's full navy cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, top edge blue, maps on endpapers. In this novel, Kenneth Roberts portrays a very different side to the story of the American Revolution, that of the loyalists (those colonists who supported the British monarchy). Spanning the years from 1775 to 1783, "Oliver Wiswell" traces the adventures of a Yale student who is deeply loyal to the established government of the colonies. This wonderfully far-ranging novel is packed with battles, sudden flights, escapes, intrigue, massacres, romance, and exile as it follows Wiswell, a spy for Sir William Howell (Commander in Chief of the British Armies) on Long Island, as well as in Paris and London. He captures a sloop single-handedly and joins Benedict Arnold against the American revolutionaries of the southern colonies. "Oliver Wiswell" did no less than challenge the accepted perceptions of the loyalists. Though branded by history as cowardly traitors, many of them were men of strong convictions and fierce courage, sometimes defeating triple their number of Continental troops and militiamen in battle. With strong historical detail and vivid depictions, Roberts explores the hearts and minds of those men and women who opposed the Revolution. . Gift inscription (Christmas, 1940) on half-title, front hinge separating (but holding) at title page, else near fine; unmarked, tight, and square. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is lightly soiled and chipped, with small loss at the heel. VERY GOOD/GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 836 pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DJ art and map endpages; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 836 pages; 1940 Doubleday Doran. HC/DJ 1st trade edition, 2nd (pre-publication) printing [after a special limited edition]. A sound clean copy in original blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in blind to cover. Top edge color moderately faded. Toning to the gutters of the pictorial map endpages, of the sort generally seen in books published in the early 1040's. Dust jacket with illustration by Wood is edge worn with a moderate color shift to the spine panel from sunning. Prior owner has used cello tape on the reverse to reinforce folds and edges, a horizontal separation across the spine panel and with 3 spots externally to closed edge tears. $3.00 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Jacket in general is clean and not unattractive VG/G+ . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, KENNETH.. Oliver Wiswell.. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth, dust jacket chipped and worn, book very good plus. First trade edition.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo. Ltd. numbered SIGNED edition 1043/1000 copies. SIGNED by author. T.e.g. Deckled edges. Slight shelfwear to edges. Rubbing to spine title of vol. 1. Slight rubbing to cloth binding. Light stains to slipcase. Rubbing and fading to slipcase. Edgewear to slipcase. Slipcase splitting at rear top edge and rear joint. VG in VG slipcase. THE SET:
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. OLIVER WISWELL. Doubleday Doran, NEW YORK, 1940.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: An excellent copy of the first Trade Edition in an attractive jacket with a small closed tear and mild wear at spine ends, $2.50 price on flap. States "First Edition after the printing of a Limited Edition of One Thousand Copies". A terrific copy of this historical tale of the American Revolution, with the striking Grant Wood-illustrated jacket.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: //NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //NOT PRICECLIPPED// NEW MYLAR COVER// first edition after a limited edition of one thousand copes//price sticker removal mark on the front of the jacket
Seller: BC BOOKS, APOLLO BEACH, FL, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. OLIVER WISWELL. Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$93.44 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Front hinge starting. Dust jacket front panel separated at gutter. Rubbing, few open tears throughout.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Kenneth Roberts on his special printed leaf at front (which reads 'Kenneth Roberts Inscribed for a [blank] by a neighbor and well-wisher.' This copy just signed (no recipient's name). A near fine first edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has slight fading and edge wear with one tiny closed tear).
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Blue topstain. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Colorful map-endpapers. 836pps. Stated First Edition (following a signed limited edition.) A previous owner's name is neatly penned in the upper corner of the front endpage. Also, the blue topstain is slightly faded. Otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is faintly soiled and has light rubbing wear to the extremities; the original price (3.00) is intact. "Spanning the years from 1775 to 1783, 'Oliver Wiswell' traces the adventures of a Yale student who is deeply loyal to the established government of the colonies. This wonderfully far-ranging novel is packed with battles, sudden flights, escapes, intrigue, massacres, romance and exile as it follows Wiswell, a spy for Sir William Howe (Commander in Chief of the British Armies) on Long Island, as well as in Paris and London. He captures a sloop single-handedly and joins Benedict Arnold against the American revolutionaries of the southern colonies. 'Oliver Wiswell' did no less than challenge the accepted perceptions of the loyalists. Though branded by history as cowardly traitors, many of them were men of strong convictions and fierce courage, sometimes defeating triple their number of Continental troops and militiamen in battle. With strong historical detail and vivid depictions, Roberts explores the hearts and minds of those men and women who opposed the Revolution." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.
Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$107.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in very good condition. Signed by author. Limited edition, number 446 of 1050. Volume 1 only.
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 1050 signed and numbered copies printed, this being #719. Two volumes in the original bround cloth with gilt titles on spine. Lacking the original slipcase but doe come in a later buckram case. A Fine set with just a hint of light rubbing along the tops of the spines.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell (2 Volume Set). Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volume set. Signed and numbered by Kenneth Roberts. Number 385 of 1050. Bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. Lacks the slipcase.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, New York, 1940.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: KENNETH ROBERTS. Oliver Wiswell in 2 volumes, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1940.Octavos, No. 817 of an edition of 1,000, pp. 411; 412-849, olive cloth boards with beveled edges, gilt lettering to spines, blind-stamped monograms on fronts, top edges gilt, some leaves unopened, lacking slipcase, signed on the limitation page by the author. Sprawling Revolutionary War novel with a Loyalist as the hero.Condition of these books:Faint wear at edges, overall near fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 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: 2-3 kilos. Category: Fiction; United States; 1940s; Military & Warfare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54283.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell (2 Volumes). Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Produced in a limited edition of 1,50 copies, 1,000 of which were for sale, this being #566 and signed by the author on the colophon. 411, 415-849 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with gold embossed titlinig to spine, top edge gilt, color maps illustrate the endpapers of each volume. Both volumes retain the original clear plastic dust jacket and are encased in a matching cloth slipcase in Very Good condition with a paper title pasted to front cover.
Seller: Craig Olson Books, ABAA/ILAB, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volume set, numbered 205 of 1050 copies, signed by the author on a limitation page. Brown hardcover cloth bindings with minor brwning/sunning to the spines and minor shelfwear. Lacking the dustjackets and slipcase. The endpapers are map illustrated. Top edge git. Vol. I: [x], 411 pages. Vol. II: [iv], [412]-849 pages, including a bibliography. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of Oliver Wiswell after Grant Wood's painting. Numerous pages are uncut and unopened. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Wood, Grant. Limited Special Two-Volume Edition. no. 584 of 1050 copies signed by the author. Color frontispiece after Grant Wood. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gray buckram, about fine, t.e.g., rest uncut. Bookplate of Clarence Dillon, Dunwalke Library and signature of his son C. Douglas Dillon on ffep Color frontispiece after Grant Wood. 2 vols. 8vo Limited Special Two-Volume Edition. no. 584 of 1050 copies signed by the author.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. OLIVER WISWELL. Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
Price: US$156.60 + shipping
Description: OLIVER WISWELL, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, first edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth boards with gold spine lettering and design, blue top page stain (light smudging), maps on endpapers. Some smudging on front cover. Dust jacket not price clipped ($3.00) - DJ sunned, as is usually seen with this edition. Mylar cover. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper, as well as a Christmas message on the half-title. 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing 1st Printing
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Copy #2 of 1050 copies signed by the author. Lovely copies. Although nothing in the books explicitly indicates as much, this set from the library of Nelson Doubleday.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. 836pp. Fine in a slightly sunned else about fine dust jacket. A nicer than usual copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. Oliver Wiswell 2 Vols.. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Brown buckram with T.E.G. in excellent condition.Slipcase very good.Limited edition #348/1050. signed by Roberts, beautiful 2 vol. set.
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. OLIVER WISWELL. Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: OLIVER WISWELL, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, first edition, 2 volumes, fine in near fine slip-case. 1/1,050 copies specially bound and SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. , 1940.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Description: ROBERTS, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Two vols. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1940. First edition. One of 1,050 copies, numbered and signed by the author. Fine in a worn slipcase.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. Oliver Wiswell (Limited Edition). Doubleday, Doran Co.,, New York:, 1940.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in brown buckram covered boards with beveled edge boards, gilt text stamping on the spines and gilt edges to the top edges of the text blocks. Neither volume has its original cellophane wrapper (which are seldom seen), but both books are contained within a very near fine slipcase with an undamaged paper label. This set is signed by Roberts and numbered 120 out of only 1,050 copies printed and sold. This title was a best selling novel for Roberts. It provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. After reading it one is astounded that the war was even won by the American forces.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran Co., New York, 1940.
Price: US$262.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in bevelled brown buckram covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spines and gilt edges to the tops of the text blocks. Signed by the author and numbered 496 of 1,050 copies on the second free end page. Facing this page is the very attractive book plate of owner William Brumder. The same bookplate also appears in the second volume on the front free-endpaper. This is a wonderful set in very fine condition unfortunately without the original slipcase. Roberts' best selling novel which provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. Extra postage for this 5 lb set
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth.. Oliver Wiswell.. NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Description: NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1940, first edition. Two volumes, de luxe binding, TEG, full red leather, two gilt rules around front and back covers, spine with five raised bands with title, author, volume number, and date in gilt along with other gilt rules and decor, marbled endpapers with gilt decor around inside front and rear covers, with Thomas Buell's map of Loyal Long Island 1776-1783 to show Howe's victory over the rebels at Brooklyn Aug. 27, 1776 and the capture of New York Sept. 15, 1776 in Vol. I, color frontispiece portrait of Oliver Wiswell from the painting by Grant Wood, Buell's map of Virginia and the Carolinas showing Boone's wilderness road to Kentucky in Vol. II, No. 182 of 1,050 copies Signed by Roberts, this was Doubleday, Doran publishing executive Malcolm Johnson's copy with a letter of provenance from his daughter-in-law, Johnson is one of several people acknowledged by Roberts just before the beginning of the book, although the standard signed/limited edition of this book (in brown cloth) came with a slipcase, it is unlikely that this de luxe binding was issued to Johnson in that manner. Minor damp staining to bottom spine of Vol. I, both volumes with wear to leather along the spines, else a very solid set.
Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Oliver Wiswell. Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts. Two volume limited edition in publishers slipcase. Publisher: Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1940. First edition so stated on the copyright page. Signed and numbered on the limitation page. This being number794 of 1050 copies. Bindings are in fine condition. Pages 3-411, 415-849. Contents clean. Top edge gilt. Slipcase is in fine condition, original slipcase re-papered, original label present. Inventory #20-055. Price: $500.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.