Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Kenneth Grahame. Pagan Papers. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1898.
Price: US$17.60 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1898. 3rd Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription, marking and sticker to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board. Wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. PAGAN PAPERS. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London/New York, 1898.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 192p. Ex-library. A small green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges rubbed and faint sticker residue on spine. A few library markings inside, plus some underlining and marginalia in colored pencil. Most text unmarked. Binding secure for reading purposes. Short pieces by the author of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Measures approx. 7" x 4.5"
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. Pagan Papers. John Lane; The Bodley Head, 1898.
Price: US$42.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1898. Sixth Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to front board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. Pagan Papers. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1898.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: On the verso of half title page is printed: "This Second Edition of 'Pagan Papers" - the First American one - is practically a re-issue, for the first time, of the English book, published at the end of 1893, and long out of print; less the 'Golden Age Stories, subsequently issued in another form." Contents: The Romance of the Road . . . .The Romance of the Rail . . . .Non Libri Sed Liberi . . . . Loafing . . . . Cheap Knowledge . . . .The Rural Pan . . . . .Marginalia . . . . .The Eternal Whither . . . . .Deus Terminus . . . .Of Smoking . . . . An Autumn Encounter . . . . The White Poppy . . . . A Bohemian in Exile . . . . Justifiable Homicide . . . . The Fairy Wicket . . . . Aboard the Galley . . . . The Lost Centaur . . . . Orion. Two tiny points of foxing on title page, a bit of faint foxing on back endpapers. Cover not rubbed but there is a faint stain on spine, a little speck of white below title on spine. Small faint stain on back cover. There is a very small spot beneath the "h" in Grahame on the front cover. It looks to perhaps be a tiny hole burned by a spark or maybe an ash from a reader's pipe while he was enjoying the essay on Smoking! Overall a tight, clean very desirable copy. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2" Green cloth stamped in gold.192 pp. plus publisher's ad for Some Press Opinions of The Golden Age and printer's colophon
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. Pagan Papers. John Lane: The Bodley Head, London, 1898.
Price: US$57.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good used condition. Covers & spine have wear, tear, bumps & marks. Front inner hinge strained. Previous owners bookplate on first page. Some age discolouration marks to first few & last few pages. Newspaper clipping about Kenneth Grahame has been stuck to the inside of front cover.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. Pagan Papers. London & New York: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1898.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third edition. Small 8vo (Approx. 4 ¼ in. x 7 in.) 192 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling and border on the front panel, gilt title on the spine. Top-edge gilt; other edges uncut. Age-related brown spotting to end-papers. Gift inscription in ink on f.f.e.p.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Grahame, Kenneth. Pagan Papers. John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1898.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition or early reprint. No DJ or initial sales price data. Light wear and soiling to the covers and spine; spine darkened and lettering faded; foxing to the endpapers. Gift inscription (dated 1898) and a small bookseller's label on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. TEG. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
GRAHAME, Kenneth. Pagan Papers. The Bodley Head, London, 1898.
Price: US$272.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is the sixth edition of Pagan Papers, a collection of eighteen essays on subjects as diverse as "Smoking", "Loafing" and "The Romance of the Road". Blue cloth, near fine, 8vo-sized hardback with gilt lettering to spine. 192pp. Pre-dates The Wind In The Willows by ten years. What makes this book so special for a Grahame collector is the fact that it still has its original dustwrapper - very plain looking powder blue with dark blue lettering to the spine: "Pagan Papers.Kenneth Grahame.5/- net.The Bodley Head" This dustwrappered example from 1898 is rather rare and a not unimportant piece of publishing history.
Seller: MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom