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London, Jack. Theft: A Play in Four Acts. The MacMillan Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition (1910.) Hardcover lacking dust jacket in taupe variant binding. 12mo with 272 pages. The book is in good condition with some shelf wear, bumping to edges, darkening to spine and soiling to covers. Previous owner's stamp on title page and page 272. Previous owner's contemporary bookplate on front paste down (Edward M. Kahn.) Some yellowing due to age. Interior is clean. Brown spine/black text. #031471 Size: 12mo
Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Theft. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$405.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Xii, 272 Pp. White Cloth Spine Stamped In Black With "The Macmillan Company" At Base Of Spine, Maroon Ribbed Cloth Boards Stamped In White On The Front Cover, Top Edge Gilt. One Of 900 Copies Only Of The First Printing, With Broken Type On Pp 47 And 65. Sisson & Martens Identify A Primary Binding, With "The Macmillan Company" At Base Of Spine And Top Edge Gilt, Like This One, Others In Olive Cloth Without Gilt. Would Be Near Fine, Slight Rubbing, No Marks Or Bookplates, But Front Endpaper Entirely Removed, And Part Of White Stamping On Front Cover Has Flaked Away Although Lettering Still Readable.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack.. Theft: A Play in Four Acts.. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: xii, 272 pp. 12mo, publisher's maroon and white cloth, t.e.g. First edition. BAL 11919. White spine slightly dust-soiled; two tiny (1/4") tears at the head of the backstrip; white titling on front board nearly entirely flaked; but tight and sound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. Theft: A Play in Four Acts. Macmillan Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. 12mo (17.5cm). First state of text (per Woodbridge), with battered type on pp. 47 and 65. Variant binding of gray cloth, titled in black on spine, unstamped on front cover; xiv,[1]-272pp. Tight and square in the original cloth, just a trifle rubbed; internally fresh, clean and unmarked. A Near Fine copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Edition of 990 copies. The principal binding, noted by both Blanck and Sisson, was of white cloth over maroon cloth sides, with top-edge gilt and the front board stamped in white. Both also note variant (probably remainder) bindings in either olive or red full cloth with plain top edges, identical to our copy except in color of cloth; we have noted additional variants in taupe and blue-gray. BAL 11919. SISSON & MARTENS p.49. WOODBRIDGE 80.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$688.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Xii, 272 Pp. Light Brown Cloth With Title And Author In Box At Top Of Spine; The Primary Binding Is In Maroon And White Cloth, Variants Identified In Sisson/Martins In Gray Cloth And Olive Cloth, But This Is An Unreported Variant In Light Brown Cloth; All Of The Plain Cloth Bindings Are Probably Remainder Bindings. One Of 900 Copies Only Of The First Printing, With Broken Type On Pp 47 And 65. Near Fine, Clean, Hinges Tight, Lettering Strong, No Fraying, No Marks, Slight Dust And Discoloration To Cloth.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. Theft, A Play in Four Acts. MacMillan Co, New York, 1910.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, later state binding. Original gray cloth. Scarce and early London play. Near Fine, spine moderately darkened, contemporary bookplate at front pastedown.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
LONDON, Jack. Theft. A Play in Four Acts. , 1910.
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Description: LONDON, Jack. Theft. A Play in Four Acts. Orig. cloth in the olive green variant binding. N.Y.: The MacMillan Co., 1910. First edition. BAL 11919. Spine lightened, else a near-fine copy of one of the scarcest London titles.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
London, Jack. Theft. Macmillan Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$1425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 272 pages. First edition, first printing. First issue with maroon boards and white spine with the top edge gilt. Title and author boxed in white in upper right hand corner of the front cover. One of 990 copies. White on front partially rubbed otherwise near fine book with very slight wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.