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Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday and McClure, New York, 1899.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in original pictorial cloth with ear of corn facing upright on backstrip. Former owners name and small stamp inside front cover . First edition, first issue of authors' first book. Points: P. 245, line 12, last word "eye"; line 16, "so pretty." P. 291, line 7, reads "brainy bumps". P. 342, line 23, reads "brain of Zeus." Sligh t tear to upper spine along outer front joint, extending 1 1/2" from top. With clipped signature of Booth Tarkington, on card stock, laid-in. But for tear along out joint a Very good copy. Blanck p.48 9.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. , 1899.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co, First edition A good copy with just a hint of starting at the crown.Inner hinge cracked Inscribed by Tarkington who points out a point that he considers proof of this being a first edition. He points to ÃÂ .on page 342 a tired young writer let Aphrodite rise__?__the brain of Zeus in the proof sheets and found her thus rising in the first printing of the Book. Booth Tarkington May 31.1930 Signed by Author(s)
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Booth Tarkington. The Gentleman From Indiana SIGNED. Doubleday & McClure Co, New York, 1899.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue wit all textual errors present. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.25" with 379 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor scuffing to rear board. Minor bumping to all corners of book. Front hinge is cracked. Signed on front endpaper. Rear hinge cracked. The Gentleman from Indiana recounts the adventures of John Harkness, who graduates from Princeton University and takes over the ownership of a local newspaper in Plattville, Indiana. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N6-106).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two first edition copies, one of them signed and inscribed. The first copy is 1st edition, 1st issue with a first state binding. It has both mistakes on page 245, with line 12 ending in "eye" and line 16 reading "so pretty". Pictorial cloth boards with top stain. Ear of the corn pointing up as per first state binding. Book is about VG with owner name and stamp in the front dated November 1899. The 2nd copy Is a first edition, 3rd state with both mistakes on page 245 corrected. Also with 2nd state binding with ear of the corn pointing down. Signed and with a wonderful inscription by Booth Tarkington, in which he quotes from Lewis Carroll's; "The Walrus and the carpenter", which is also the title of chapter IV of the novel. Inscription dated Febr 21st 1900. 2nd copy maybe Good+ , shows some loses to the spine. Inside front hinge showing some separation with the front free endpaper lose (containing inscription). A great set showing the issue points for the first edition with a wonderful inscription by Tarkington. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 384 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
TARKINGTON, BOOTH. The gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure, New York, 1899.
Price: US$281.25 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's first book, being the "Author's Autograph Edition" limited to 1000 signed copies, 8vo, pp. viii, [2], 384; original pictorial green cloth stamped in red and white, top edges stained green, limitation statement signed by Tarkington on front pastedown, some light wear and rubbing, hinges starting, else very good. First edition, later issue of the author's first published book, with "her heart" - originally "so pretty" - in line 16, p. 245. Johnson, High Spots, 71: "Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbitt era when moonlight still created glamour."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Tarkington, Booth. The Gentleman from Indiana. Doubleday & McClure Company, NY, 1899.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green textured cloth stamped in red/yellow, titled in gilt and red, dark topstain. First edition, second state, with all first state points (Russo and Sullivan) but the corn on spine points down. Inscribed by Tarkington to the ffep, with date. Edges mildly rubbed, slightly cocked, lacking the DJ. Tarkington's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$574.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing of the author's first novel, inscribed on fly-leaf: "'Well the old Triangle knew the music of our Tread, / How the peaceful Seminole would tremble / in his bed. / Newton Booth Tarkington." First State of text (with correct points on pp. 245, 291, and 342) "probable" later state binding (see discussion in Russo & Sullivan) with ear of corn on spine pointing down. Crown 8vo (200 x 128mm): viii,[2]384pp. Publisher's green mesh cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gold and scarlet, top edge stained dark green, others untrimmed, manuscript ex-libris (apparently of a family member) in elegant script on front paste-down: W. S. R. Tarkington / Christmas 1900 [overwritten on "1899"]. Spine slightly darkened, extremities lightly rubbed, but Near Fine or better. Russo & Sullivan, pp. 3-6. Johnson (High Spots), p. 71 ("Politics and love in a growing mid-west town of the pre-Babbit era when moonlight still created glamour."). Seybolt, p. 68. First Fruits, p. 22. Wright 5369. Probably inscribed to a friend from Tarkington's Princeton days, since these are the lyrics to the Princeton Triangle Club's song, an amateur musical comedy troupe named after the percussion instrument. ("Seminole" refers to seminary students.) As president of the Princeton Dramatic Association, Tarkington wrote a musical parody of Julius Caesar that became the group's first production after its name changed to Triangle Club. He also started a campaign to raise money for the construction of a building to house the club. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.