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Washington Irving. Abu Hassan and The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good copies in good plus double slipcase. Vellum spines with gilt titles. Offsetting on page 7 of Abu Hassan. Slipcase has fraying to edges and some sun-fading.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
IRVING, Washington. Abu Hassan (Hitherto Unpublished). The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.
Price: US$30.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A deluxe edition offering the previously unpublished play by Washington Irving (1783-1859) which features his Abu Hassan character, borrowed from the Arabian Nights. One of a limited edition of 455 unnumbered copies, published for members of the Bibliophile Society. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. With tissue-protected facsimile pages from Irving's original manuscript. Bibliophile Society Announcement to Members laid in. (Note: Washington's "The Wild Huntsman" is not present.) --- In full olive linen-finish cloth-covered boards backed in vellum, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Top edge gilt, remaining textblock edges deckled. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, some dulling to top edge gilding, and soiling to vellum, otherwise a very nice copy: clean, and bright.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 83 pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
IRVING, Washington. ABU HASSAN; (Hitherto unpublished). Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, pp. 83. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. One of 455 copies. A nice copy. BAL 10209. Issued with "The Wild Huntsman" A play.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: pp. 83, 113. Royal 8vo. Two volume uniformly-bound set in matching publisher's slipcase. Green linen boards, over 1/2 vellum with gilt lettering to spines. T.e.g. Books near fine, slipcase a bit rubbed and one corner frayed; else good. Tipped-in leaf precedes title page, bearing Certificate of Issue of the Bibliophile Society advising that this edition is limited to 455 copies, 'Printed for Members Only'. The accompanying slipcase is in two parts. See BAL 10209, 10210.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Irving, Washington. The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, MA, 1924.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition. One of 455 copies printed. Original publisher's green cloth binding. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 113 pages, complete. Gilt lettering on spine. Pages and covers are very clean and intact; binding is tight. Includes a black and white plate that designates this book as one of 455 copies printed for members of The Bibliophile Society. Listed in Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) 10210.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1924. Number printed not stated, printed in 1924 exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society. Illustrated with a tipped-in two-sided black and white plate of the original manuscript, another plate with the Bibliophile Society coat of arms. Green cloth with vellum-like spine, gilt top, other edges uncut. Little wear but with some foxing to the spine strip, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages. Armorial bookplate of Samuel E. Winslow, Stonewall Farm, Leicester, on front pastedown, no other markings. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to, hardcover. No dj. Vg+ condition. Two volumes, housed in a fully intact slipcase. Vellum spines, Contents crisp, clean, no marking or writing. Bindings sturdy and tight. 83, 113 pp Edition limited to 455 copies
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
IRVING,Washington. Abu Hassan, The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. Hardcovers in original green cloth slip case. Good binding and cover. Rubbing to case, bubbling to slipcase spine. Book in near fine condition. Clean, unmarked pages. BAL 10209, 10210.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.12 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked vellum-backed buckram boards. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 113 pages; Related Names; Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Der freischu tz. Ref; BAL 10210.u. - Limited to 455 copies. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
IRVING, Washington. THE WILD HUNTSMAN and ABU HASSAN. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.
Price: US$67.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, pp. 113, 83. Two volumes. Published by the Bibliophile Society exclusively for members, limited to 455 copies. Previously Unpublished. TEG, other edges uncut. A fine pair in VG slipcase.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked vellum-backed buckram boards. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 113 pages; Related Names; Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Der freischu tz. Ref; BAL 10210.u. - Limited to 455 copies. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan & The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society - Boston, 1924.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 2 volumes - the Wild Huntsman and Abu Hassan. 1/2 vellum on spine over green cloth. Tissue guards in front and throughout on various plates reproducing author's handwritten sheets. Limited Edition - 1 of 455 copies. Top edge gilt. Introduction by George S. Hellman. Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society,
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Washington Irving. The Wild Hunstman. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited edition of 455 copies of this previously unpublished play for members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston. Green cloth covers over velum spines; pages trimmed & gilded to top edge only. Introduction by George S. Hellman; various plates reproducing author's handwritten sheets. No signatures or other ownership marks.
Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom
IRVING, Washington. THE WILD HUNTSMAN; ABU HASSAN. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. Large 8vo, pp. 113, 83. 1/455 copies. Quarter vellum, green boards, gilt lettering. Engraved title pages and facsimiles. Spines slightly soiled, o/w nice in little worn box. BAL 10209, 10210 First editions, each one of 455 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society. Langfeld & Blackburn, page 49-50. Two hitherto unpublished plays. Two separate titles, but issued together as a boxed set.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Washington Irving. The Wild Huntsman. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Wild Huntsman and Abu Hassan. 4to. 2 volumes. 1/2 vellum and Holland boards, teg, in custom original slipcase with paper spine label. Set and the box are both very fine to ex. fine, bright unopened and unread as issued. Hittherto unpublished works by Irving published by W.K. Bixby and his Bibliophile Society 1 of only 495 copies.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$199.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 83 pp.; HB. 2-volume set lacking original telescoping slipcase. Includes very scarce publisher's prospectus announcing the upcoming publication of the set. One of a limited edition of 455 only for members of the Bibliophile Society. Both are dramas bu Irving. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., f.e./b.e. deckled, frontis w/ tissue guard, each book includes several pages each of facsimiles of the handwritten manuscripts; a.e. tanned, eps foxed. Cover: green boards with ivory parchment backstrip, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, spines lt tanned w/ a few spots, v lt soil.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: With an introduction by George S. Hellman. 2 vols., vellum spines with gilt lettering over original greeen cloth. One of 455 sets for members only. Printed at the Torch Press on Deckle d'Aigle paper. Both volumes with b/w facsimiles of corrected manuscript pages by Irving. The volumes are near fine, in a slisghtly freyed original cloth slipcase. BAL 10209 and 10210.
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.