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Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited to 440 copies of which this is #169. Signed. Foxing of endpapers. Worn on edges of boards, especially corners. Corners bumped. Chip missing from cloth on spine. Top of spine worn with tears 1 1/4" down each side of spine. Interior clean and unmarked. Previous owner's sticker inside front cover.
Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 425 pages. One quarter black cloth over burnt orange and black batik cloth, burnt orange paper label to spine; signed by author in blue ink to limitation page, # 191 of 440 copies. Minor wear to boards, corners bumped and rubbed, softening to spine head & tail, spine label lightly chipped; binding slightly shaken. A very good copy.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.
Price: US$78.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edition limited to 440 numbered copies. Paper over boards worn through at corners. Chipping to top and bottom of paper label on spine.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liverwright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 425 pages; [SIGNED Limited Edition] 1927 Boni & Liverwright. Signed by Dreiser in an edition limited to 425 copies, this copy numbered 273 on the limitation leaf. Snugly bound and neat in black quarter cloth backed spine with prited paper title label and decorative orange and black paper covered boards. Pages unopened; an unread copy. Superficial shelf rubbing bottom edges of the boards; title label a little toned. Slipcase retains side and rear panels but missing top and botto. Prior owner reinforced the joints with heavy clear tape on the inside surface. Book VG++ in fair only remanant of a slipcase. ; Signed by Author
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK NODustjacket, NF-/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, SIGNED Limited Numbered 1st Edition, #391/440 COPYS, 1927, Dates Match on Title & copyright pg, orange and black batik crepe paper covered boards DECORATED CLOTH Cvr with Glossy black spine & PASTEDOWN Label with chip & Tear but Titles Intact, Some pgs Uncut, Interior nice tight clean light wear, Fox, 425 pgs, Cvr corners tiny Nicks Tears ,Worn on corner edges of boards, 8vo. Decorative paper-covered boards over black cloth. Browned paper label to cloth spine. Pages cut unevenly; Large Octavo, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other inscription present.
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by the author without inscription or other markings. Edition of 440, Number 114. Box shows shelf wear and has been taped to hold together.
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore.. CHAINS, Lesser Novels and Stories.. Boni & Liveright: NY, 1927.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Description: 9 x 6, cloth backed marbled boards with paper spine label, 425 pp, covers a bit worn, spine darkened, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, minor edge- toning, in well worn, browned, splitting slipcase. LIMITED TO 440 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore.. Chains. Lesser Novels and Stories.. NY. Boni and Liveright. 1927., 1927.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With matching dates of 1927 on the title and copyright pages. Special signed/limited edition. Signed/Limited edition: #291/440 cc signed by Theodore Dreiser. "This edition of Chains consists of 440 numbered and autographed copies, of which 425 are for sale. Signed in ink "Theodore Dreiser" and underscored"on the limitation page. VG in black cloth spine with paper label, and batik paper-covered boards. The label is lightly chipped and worn. Light foxing to the edges of the rear paste-down. A very good, solid copy of the signed limited edition. First Edition. With matching dates of 1927 on the title and copyright pages. Special signed/limited edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains; Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY AUTHOR at limitation page, #241 of 440 copies, 425 of which were for sale. Very Good Plus, corners rubbed. Quarter black cloth over marbled boards. most pages yet uncut. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains: Lesser Novels and Stories. Boni & Liveright, 1927.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED TO 440 copies of which this is numbered 432. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no other inscription present. Minor rubbing to lower tip edges of covers; tiny chip to edge of spine label; else very good+, clean and tight. Scarce Dreiser item.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. CHAINS. Boni & Liveright, 1927.
Price: US$261.00 + shipping
Description: CHAINS, Boni & Liveright, 1927, lst ed., slight wear to the lower corner tips, else a fine copy. 1/440 specially bound and SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Dreiser, Theodore. Chains.. Boni & Liveright,, 1927.
Price: US$435.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited. Deco cloth. Excellent. 8vo., Limited to 440, SIGNED BY THEODORE DREISER.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.