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Booth Tarkington. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, 1922.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 504p. DELUXE FINE BINDING. A hardcover book bound in 3/4 navy blue leather with blue cloth boards, five raised bands on the spine with gilt trim, and a gilt top foredge. Very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed, a bit more heavily at the corners, and light rub marks on back cover. Interior clean and tightly bound. Volume I only of THE WORKS OF BOOTH TARKINGTON, a limited edition set, #99 of 1,075.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth (1869-1946). The Works of. Doubleday Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1922.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Number 816 of the Seawood edition of 1075 numbered and registered copies, each with a signed portrait in Volume One. 18 vols. 8vo. Currie, pp.147-148; Russo and Sullivan, p.211 Bound in three quarters grey morocco, t.e.g. One cover off, some slightly rubbed. Good copies Number 816 of the Seawood edition of 1075 numbered and registered copies, each with a signed portrait in Volume One.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$430.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fifteen volumes bound in light blue-gray paper-covered boards, light tan cloth backstrips with paper printed spine labels, top page edges gilt, others not trimmed; each volume numbered 147 of 1075; Vol. I is signed by the publisher on limitation page, and signed by Tarkington under the portrait frontispiece; all volumes clean tight and unmarked, very light age toning to outer edges of text block, light rubbing to paper spine labels, overall VG or better throughout; this is a heavy set, no international shipping
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
TARKINGTON, Booth. Alice Adams. Doubleday, Page and Co, Garden City, New York, 1922.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Seventh Edition stated on spine of jacket. Thelma Cudlipp Grosvenor dustjacket art. Pulitzer Prize winning novel and basis for the RKO-Radio photoplay starring Katharine Hepburn . An uncommon early printing of this work. Dustjacket priced Net $1.75. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped half inch deep, some shallow loss to edges of rear panel.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. The Works of Booth Tarkington. Doubleday, Page & Co, 1922.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE WORKS OF BOOTH TARKINGTON Seawood Edition Complete set 27 vols Tarkington, Booth Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York (1922-1932) Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1922. Hardcover. top page edges gilt, others not trimmed; each volume numbered 254 of 1075; Vol. I signed by the publisher on limitation page, and signed by Tarkington under the portrait frontispiece. A very handsome set in ½ Maroon Morocco maroon cloth side with richly gilt spines certainly a nice display of a large set. The Works of Booth Tarkington, Seawood Edition, 27 volumes (1922-1932), contains no first printings. This Seawood Edition was limited to 1,075 numbered and registered copies. Vol. I bears a portrait signed by the author. The volumes were issued originally in blue boards with tan grained linen back with tan paper labels on spine. Both the Autograph Edition and the Seawood Edition were initiated by Doubleday, Page and completed by Doubleday, Doran. Ref, A Bibliography Of Booth Tarkington 1869-1946 By Dorothy Ritter Russo and Thelma L. Sullivan (pg. 211) Large set extra shipping will apply
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada