Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 525 numbered copies, signed by Davis on the limitation leaf and signed by Dreiser at the end of the foreword he wrote for this book. Folio. [10, preliminary matter and foreword] plus 20 full page illustrations by Davis with Dreiser excerpts on the opposing versos. Publisher's extended black cloth spine over boards of silver and gold, gilt lettering on cloth in front board, No slipcase although most of original acetate still present. Corners sharp and contents clean. A very good copy.
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 374 of limited edition of 525 copies, SIGNED by the artist AND the author. Folio Hardcover. Very Good, boards slightly bowed, front hinge cracked, most pages uncut at top edge
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Signed and Limited Edition. 4to. Half binding with hardcover paper design and black cloth. Stamped, gilt lettering to front cover. Signed and limited edition. Former owner signaute to front endpage. Includes many of the artist's drawings. Very Good. A small tear to front endpage. Some stray marks to textblock. Some ripping to cover. Corners rubbed. Soiling to back cover.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. Gold and Silver foil over cloth spine, near fine, original glassine complete but torn on rear panel. In original publisher's slipcase. One of 525 copies. The copy is unsigned. Illustrated by Hubert Davis. Each illustration is accompanied by text by Theodore Dreiser.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: 4to, unpag.; cloth-backed silver- and gold-foil covered boards. Edition limited to 525 numbered copies, this is number 487, and, although called for, is signed by neither author nor artist. It would appear that they ran out of steam signing so many copies. Still, a handsome and delicate publication.
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$94.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition limited o 525 numbered and signed copies. unpaginated Folio. Hardcover, half black cloth covering the spine, gilt letters on the front cover. Boards designed with silver and gold foils. Occasional signs of oxidation naturally appearing on this series, overall very well preserved in near fine condition, comes with a plastic cover protecting the boards, torn with chippings. Edges untrimmed, unopened. In original slipcase, usual signs of shelf wear to the slip case, closed tears, slight chippings. Including 20 black and white lithographs by Hubert Davis. Signed and numbered by him on the publication info page. Foreword signed by the Theodore Dreiser. Internally clean and tight. Excellent condition. Copy #355/525
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. Number 389 of only 525 copies SIGNED by author and illustrator! Slight rubbing/storage wear to gilt boards, otherwise book is VG. Original clear glassine jacket is torn and needs replacing. Slipcase has some chipping, scuffing, beginning to fall apart at bottom. Pages clean, NO foxing or markings, binding tight.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 20 full page illus., 15 x 11.5", gilt-lettered cloth backed silver/gold boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spine ends (especially lower) fraying, contents with minor finger soiling, but still a decent copy, largely unopened! LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #398), SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, HUBERT DAVIS. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, THEODORE DREISER, AT THE END OF HIS FOREWORD.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth-backed gold and silver paper over boards, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; in black cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 20 drawings by Hubert Davis. Number 178 from a limited edition of 525 copies, with a foreword signed by Dreiser, and limitation page signed by Davis. Hand-set by Paul J. Wienes, and printed at the press of August Gauthier. Corners and spine tips gently bumped; rear board faintly rubbed. Slipcase quite worn (scuffed and chipped along the edges).
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$113.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 525 copies. unpaginated (28 handmade leaves). Folio. Hardcover, half black cloth covering the spine, gilt letters on the front cover. Boards covered with silver and gold sheets. Occasional signs of oxidation naturally appearing on this series, overall very well preserved in near fine condition, comes with a plastic cover protecting the boards. Edges untrimmed. In original slipcase with a gold label on the front and gilt lettering, usual signs of shelf wear to the slip case, top edge with a closed tear, slight chippings. Including 20 black and white lithographs by Hubert Davis. Signed and numbered by him on the publication info page. Foreword signed by the Theodore Dreiser. Internally clean and tight. Excellent condition. Copy #58 of limited 525 copies. Comes with a beautiful fairy tale & folklore poster (postcard, approx 150x100 mm) designed by Kay Nielsen, 1975. Inscribed on rear side.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 525 copies, signed by Dreiser and Davis on the limitation page and again my Dreiser at the end of the Foreword. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Quarter black buckram with silver and gold foil on the boards, rubbed at the surface and edges. Square and firmly bound, a gift inscription on the front endpaper from Myrtle R. Butcher, the sister of Dreiser's second wife, Helen Esther Patges. A unique association to the author and his family.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated. Folio, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth-backed boards covered in gold-and silvered paper, in glassine and publisher's slipcase with label printed on gold. First edition; No. 253 of 525 copies, signed by Hubert Davis. Very slight rubbing to boards. Only portions of the glassine wrapper, repaired with tape, are present. The board slipcase is quite worn at the joints, repaired with tape, and lacking a small section of the bottom panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Gold and silver foil over cloth spine, gilt titles. Very good with some rubbing along bottom edges and bottom of spine. One of 525 copies, signed by Hubert Davis on the colophon and signed by Theodore Dreiser at the end of his forward. Illustrated by Hubert Davis, with text by Theodore Dreiser.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 20 striking drawings. One of 525 numbered copies, printed on fine wove paper. Signed by neither Davis nor Dreiser, although called for. Folio, bound in cloth and metallic foil over boards. Fine in a worn slipcase. Uncut and unopened.
Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, BCN, Spain
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover binding with black cloth spine and gold and silver foil covered boards; in excellent condition remaining bright, with minimal shelfwear. Original slipcase remains intact, with wear and chipping to the seams. Number 394 of 525 copies of a limited edition signed by the artist and the author. Contains 20 black-and-white illustrations by Hubert Davis. Size: Folio
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Particularly good-looking exemplar of an unusual artistic homage to some fine writing (or is it the other way around?). Either way, 20 quite arresting drawings by Hubert Davis. Bound in folio format, measuring 14 1/2" tall x 11" wide in the original publisher's black cloth over boards, augmented with silver and gold, gilt lettering to front cover, stiff plastic over-wrapper. Midnight black endpapers front and rear. Housed in original publisher's slip-case in Very Good condition, just scuffed a bit at tips, else nearly Near Fine. Typography by Paul J. Wienes in a stated Limited Edition on heavy, lovely hand-made paper, this being copy 153 of 525, and then signed there with calligraphic flourish by Hubert Davis at Colophon opposite title page. Foreword by Theodore Dreiser, author of An American Tragedy, Sister Carrie and other classics in American literature of the first half of the 20th century. Signed by him at a second Colophon. He notes that three things "arrest" him about Davis's artistic commentaries on Clyde Griffiths and his family life cycle. He contributes also commentaries on Davis's illustrations opposite each one.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Dreiser after the forward but not signed by Davis Limited edition #475/425 ed. about very good condition in foil and cloth binding in a slipcase with general wear
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Folio. Quarter cloth and gold and silver paper over boards. Corners a little bumped else near fine in worn slipcase. One of 525 numbered copies Signed by Dreiser and Davis.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, 14 1/2" x 11" with black and white illustrations by Hubert Davis. Type hand set by Paul J. Wienes in a Limited edition, copy 198 of 525, signed by Hubert Davis, and with a Foreword by Theodore Dreiser, signed by him. Orig. black, silver and gold covers printed in gilt. Fine in fine plastic overwrapper in very good, chipped slipcase
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: No. 358 of 525 copies signed by Hubert david and Theodore Dreiser. Tall folio. Unpaged. Hand set by Paul J. Wienes and printed at the press of August Gauthier. Twenty plates with accompanying text on the facing versos. Black cloth spine over gold and silver foil boards. Uncut and unopened. Slight wear, fine in worn slipcase No. 358 of 525 copies signed by Hubert david and Theodore Dreiser.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.