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Crane, Stephen. The Monster and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Matching dates, edition not stated. Full brick cloth boards with black & gilt lettering and decoration, top edge stained orange, other edges untrimmed, plate illustrations, 189 pp. + publisher ads. Includes "The Monster", "The Blue Hotel", and "His New Mittens". Speckling to about half of front board, darkening to spine, bookplate to front endpaper, pages clean and binding solid.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Stephen Crane. The Monster and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. [i]-[iv]+189; [blank]+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece, 11 plates inserted and text illustrations. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine, black decorative symbols on front cover, deckle edges. Spine and rear cover have spotting. FFEP has been removed. (BAL 4085). Book is solid, square, and tightly bound.
Seller: EGR Books, Centreville, VA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephem. The Monster and Other Stories. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1899.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reddish cloth over boards with gilt titles and black decoration. Spine is somewhat sunned and titling faded. Very light wear, otherwise, and only mild interior toning. Former owner's name on title page. The top right corner of the Illustrations page has been torn away because it was carelessly cut open, the torn away part is still attached at the top of the preceding page. Some other pages in the book are still unopened. Square and securely bound with no tears or parting. Except for fading on spine, this book would be very good+ to near fine. This is a first edition copy of Crane's collection of the title story plus "The Blue Hotel," and "His New Mittens," The Blue Hotel" being, of course a major Crane work, frequently anthologized. BAL 4085. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 189 pages
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Monster and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1899.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899 (Association copy - Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Three short stories by Crane, "The Monster", "The Blue Hotel", "His New Mittens." 189 pp plus two pages of ads for books by Lillian Bell and Richard Harding Davis. 23 illustrations by various artists. Endpapers are laid with horizontal wiremarks .A library set of rules from the long-defunct "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" is pasted on the front papers along with a library stamp which is also on the title page. Needless to say, the book is way,way overdue.The front and back hinges are cracked, but the text is clean and unmarked. The red boards decorated with gold stamping and black cartouches are soiled,bumped at corners, faded along spine. There is an indecypherable library sticker on spine. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Monster and other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardcover (1899, c. 1899) in orange fabric boards with gold gilt titles and black title decorations, no DJ, 189 pages with 2 pages of book ads in rear, well preserved inner hinges with period signature to FEP, all 14 illustrations present: frontispiece without tissue; of remaining 13 three are laid in and last 2 are not full page plates, slight binding alignment lean to cover boards, cover corner tips are bumped, not an x-lib, foxing specks to frontispiece and title page, dust spot and fade to "and" on the front cover board, see photos
Seller: Philosopher's Stone Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vi + 189 pp + ii adverts, list of approx 24 illustrations, The Monster, Bue Hotel, His New Mittens. 5" x 7.4" russet-red cloth boards. Spine cloth darkened a bit, gilt letters intelligible. Front cover gilt letters uneven sheen but intact, black fr cover design VG. Binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. Spine cloth tips, faintly worn, top and tail. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-188 [189] [190: blank] [191-192: ads], 25 illustrations, twelve on inserted plates, original terra cotta cloth, front panel stamped in black and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained terra cotta, other edges untrimmed. First edition. Collects "The Monster," "The Blue Hotel" and "His New Mittens." Several of Crane's stories show "a darker side of his sensibility." Notably "The Upturned Face" [not in this collection] "The Blue Hotel," and "The Monster." "Crane's contribution to American horror literature, while not directly classifiable as such, place him as a master of exposing the unnamed fear that rests within" (Sullivan, ed., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 100). "The Monster," a Whilomville story first published in HARPER'S MAGAZINE in August 1898, "is a powerful attack upon the stupidity and intolerance of a town that is ruled by the psychology of the herd. A Negro saves a little boy from being burnt and, falling, overcome by the fumes in the laboratory of Dr. Trescott, the boy's father, has his face eaten away by an acid falling on it. At first he is a hero, but his deformity makes him an object of horror; finally even the doctor's practice is affected by his refusal to abandon the Negro . Through one character, that of an old maid, who alone refuses to follow the herd, Crane conveys the acid comment of an uncompromising individualist upon the brutal instinct of the small-town mind" (Quinn, American Fiction, p. 536). "The reader is compelled to trace the true source of horror in this trenchant example of the American Gothic and finally to judge for himself who the real monsters are by a nervous glance in the mirror" (Frank, Through the Pale Door 102). BAL 4085. Wright (III) 1255. Williams and Starrett 23. Spine panel slightly darkened, faint soiling to upper edge of rear cover, a nearly fine copy. (#167295)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. THE MONSTER AND OTHER STORIES. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1899.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [i-ii], [i-vi], [1-189] pages. In Good condition. Bound in red-orange cloth with gilt lettering and black decoration on front cover. Head edge of textblock dyed red-orange. Boards show light sunning to spine and rubbing to corners. Textblock has stamp from previous owner on both pastedowns, plate between pages 14 and 15 detached but present, splitting to gutters between pages 64 and 65 and between 144 and 145, and tearing to plate between pages 68 and 69 repaired with tape. Shelved Room A. BAL 4085. 1372318. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [i]-[iv]+189; [blank]+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece, 11 plates inserted and text illustrations. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine, black decorative symbols on front cover, deckle edges and head end pages stained orange-red. (BAL 4085) First edition. Stephen Crane was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. The eighth surviving child of Methodist Protestant parents, Crane began writing at the age of four and had published several articles by the age of 16. Having little interest in university studies, he left school in 1891 and began work as a reporter and writer. Crane's first novel was the 1893 Bowery tale Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, which critics generally consider the first work of American literary Naturalism. He won international acclaim for his 1895 Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, which he wrote without any battle experience. In 1896, Crane endured a highly publicized scandal after acting as witness for a suspected prostitute. Late that year he accepted an offer to cover the Spanish-American War as a war correspondent. As he waited in Jacksonville, Florida for passage to Cuba, he met Cora Taylor, the madam of a brothel, with whom he would have a lasting relationship. While en route to Cuba, Crane's ship sank off the coast of Florida, leaving him adrift for several days in a dinghy. His ordeal was later described in The Open Boat. During the final years of his life, he covered conflicts in Greece and lived in England with Cora, where he befriended writers such as Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells. Plagued by financial difficulties and ill health, Crane died of tuberculosis in a Black Forest sanatorium at the age of 28. At the time of his death, Crane had become an important figure in American literature. He was nearly forgotten, however, until two decades later when critics revived interest in his life and work. Stylistically, Crane's writing is characterized by vivid intensity, distinctive dialects, and irony. Common themes involve fear, spiritual crises and social isolation. Although recognized primarily for The Red Badge of Courage, which has become an American classic, Crane is also known for short stories such as The Open Boat, The Blue Hotel, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and The Monster. His writing made a deep impression on 20th century writers, most prominent among them Ernest Hemingway, and is thought to have inspired the Modernists and the Imagists. Condition: Extremities lightly rubbed else a very good copy.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Monster And Other Stories. Harper & Bros, New York and London, 1899.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards have a bit of wear to the edges of the spine and the extremities, with darkening. And some moderate overal mottling to the cloth. Still attractive. The pages are clean, having no markings or folds. There are no previous owner signatures found. There is a bit of toning, but much less than expected for a book over 100 years old. The title story is a fascinating tale of a negro servant who is disfigured while saving his master's child. Enough said of offerings which speak loudly for themselves. Acquire, enjoy, and share what the self-actualized author has discovered in his extensive intellectual travels to prepare this very informative writing for public edification. Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item of 189 moving pages. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a permanent character lacking in transitory electronic renderings.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. The Monster And Other Stories. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1899.
Price: US$265.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards have a bit of wear to the edges of the spine and the extremities, with darkening. Still attractive. The pages are clean, having no markings or folds. There are no previous owner signatures found. There is a bit of toning, but much less than expected for a book over 100 years old. The title story is a fascinating tale of a negro servant who is disfigured while saving his master's child. Plate at page 85 is separated but laid in. It appears two other plates may be missing.
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
CRANE, Stephen. THE MONSTER; and other stories. Harper, NY, 1899.
Price: US$314.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 189 + adv. Bound in red cloth stamped in black and gilt. A fine copy. BAL 4085; Williams & Starrett 23. The other stories are "The Blue Hotel" and "His New Mittens."
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Crane, Stephen. THE MONSTER and Other Stories. Illustrated. , 1899.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 2 pp undated ads. Original red-orange cloth decorated in black. First Edition. "The Monster" is a tense tale about a black man who, rescuing a white boy from a fire, in effect loses his face to the flames -- becoming a "monster" to the local white citizenry despite his heroic deed. Though Crane wrote it as "an appeal for brotherhood between white and black" [Stallman], the story was largely condemned as too horrific for the reading public. The two "other stories" are "The Blue Hotel" and "His New Mittens." This is a bright, near-fine copy (spine slightly darkened as usual, a little foxing there too; there is a 1905 signature at the top of the title page). Williams & Starrett 23; Blanck 4085.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.