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Doyle, Arthur C.. Rodney Stone Â. D Appleton and Co. 1896, 1896.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: ed. hardback Near very good condition in red cloth with a bit of bumping and spiine fading - no dust jacket - shipping via USPS
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Rodney Stone. D.Appleton and Company, 1896.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sidney Paget (Illustrator). Wear to spine. Chip to top of spine. Spine cloth darkening. Light discoloration to rear end papers. 408pp. + 14 ads.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1896.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: 406p., illus. Very good condition, spine lightly rubbed
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. RODNEY STONE. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, red with silver print; Boards in red cloth with gold and silver print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, blemish to rear bottom edge, else clean and strong; Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, penciled initials on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, cracked front hinge, light age-toning to paper, clean text; 408 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1356804. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
DOYLE, A. Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. 12mo. Red fabric binding with gilt and silver embossed designs and lettering to front cover. Silver lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations. Rodney Stone?is a?Gothic?mystery and boxing?novel by Scottish?writer Sir?Arthur Conan Doyle?first published in 1896.The eponymous narrator is a?Sussex?country boy who is taken to?London?by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. The novel interweaves Rodney's coming-of-age story with that of his friend Boy Jim's boxing endeavors, and a large portion of it deals with the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, such as?Jem Belcher,?John Jackson,?Daniel Mendoza,?Dutch Sam, and others. The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the?Prince Regent,?Lord Nelson,?Sir John Lade,?Lord Cochrane?and?Beau Brummell. It was adapted into a 1913 silent film,?The House of Temperley, directed by?Harold M. Shaw. Good. Fraying to corners. Minor sunning to spine. Binding tight. Textblock clean.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton, 1896.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Arthur Conan Doyle. RODNEY STONE. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$71.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Red cloth cover with silver and gilt stamped emblem is worn at extremities but clean, bright and overall in very good- condition. Boards are straight. Spine is cocked. Binding is tight. Name and address of former owner on front paste down in antiquated ink "Arthur Hays Richardson, 39 East 83 Street, New York City." He is listed in the "American Institute of Homeopathy Transactions of the Sixty-First Session." Pages are clean and in very good condition.
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. RODNEY STONE. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US edition of Doyle's historical novel, a thrilling story of boys, blacksmithing, bare-knuckle boxing, and beaux Brummel, set around the turn of the 19th century and featuring several cameos by famous Regency personages of interest. 7.25'' x 5''. Original silver- and gilt-stamped red cloth. Brown endpapers. Black and white illustrations by Sidney Paget. 408 pages followed by publisher's catalogue. Small ink notation and short closed tear to front endpaper, faint ownership stamp to half-title page. Front hinge cracking but firm; rear hinge starting. Rubbing and edgewear to spine and extremities.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Doyle, A. Conan. RODNEY STONE. Illustrated. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Lacking the dust jacket, but a clean sharp copy. A Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896. The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is the son of a sailor and wishes to go to sea himself. 408 pages with ads. Front panel design is very bright, silver and gilt with frontis illustration, "Down we thundered together." A near fine clean copy lacking the dust jacket
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. No DJ. Decorated Binding; design not attributed. Moderate wear and soiling to the covers and spine; spine lettering dimmed. Age-related tanning of the pages. Illustrated with 12 drawings in black-and-white by Sidney PAGET. Unmarked pages. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Good+
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1896.
Price: US$196.02 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 408 pages plus 14 pages of ads at the rear of the book, book is in wonderful condition. A very scarce book This book came from the personal library of I.E. Phillleo. INTERNET INFO REVEALED THAT: "IRVING E. PHILLEO Mr. Philleo, a lifetime resident of this community, died at his home April 21, 1935 at age of 75. He was the eldest son of one of the earliest pioneer families. His father's picture - H. B. Philleo - is shown on page 29 Mr. Philleo was born in the then town of Grand Rapids Feby. 11, 1860. He attended the local schools and early entered the news paper business with his father. When J. D. Witter opened the Bank of Centralia in 1887 Mr. Philleo was selected as its first cashier. In 1900 he was engaged by the Kellogg Bros Lumber Co from whose employ he retired after 32 years employment, Mr. Philleo retired because of ill health about three years ago. He was active member of both the Masonic and Elks Lodges. Funeral services were conducted by the Masonic order. Mr. Philleo was married to Minnie Spafford Feby 11, 1885. Miss Spafford was also a member of one of the earliest pioneer families. Mrs. Philleo died March 29, 1929. Surviving Mr. Philleo is the only daughter Mrs. Otto Labus." This book is in NEAR FINE CONDITION
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Rodney Stone. D. Appleton and Co, New York, 1896.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Original red cloth, original illustrated dustjacket. Historical novel of the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, such as Jem Belcher, John Jackson, Daniel Mendoza, Dutch Sam, and others. Very scarce in original 19th Century dustjacket. Near Fine but for some wear at top spine end, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, split along front spine edge.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.