Tarkington, Booth. Penrod Jashber. , 1929.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: New York, Doubleday Doran & Co, , Later printing octavo. A good copy in dj.Djlacking the spine portion , chipped on the rest, separating at one fold.Inscribed to Millicent Hammond daughter of an old school mate of Tarkington's Signed by Author(s)

Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth Grant, Gordon. Penrod Jashber. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1929.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition stated. Signed, and dated (August 26, 1942), ffe. A square tight copy with unmarked text. Endpapers with faint spotting. Blue cloth boards lightly rubbed and spotted. In unclipped dj ($2.00) whose verso extremities are reinforced with brown 'library' tape (this is NOT a library copy). Lightly worn dj with short tears, tiny chips, faint creasing to extremities. Spine faded, blue and white lettering mostly unaffected but red is now light yellow. Dj now protected in removable mylar cover.

Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. Penrod Jashper. Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1929.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, inscribed one day before publication date. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 321pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to His Secretary, Pre-Publication. Inscribed to Tarkington's amanuensis/secretary Elizabeth (Betty) Totter, who, during the author's growing blindness, seems to have taken down this novel by dictation, and probably prepared it for publication as well: "For Betty, who worked so long and hard on this book, in and out of hospitals, from the grateful and devoted Booth Tarkington, Kennebunkport Spt. 12, 1929" She is the dedicatee of his novel Rumblin Galleries. Publisher's blue cloth, in a fine pictorial dust jacket by Gordon Grant. Very minor wear to jacket Illustrated by Gordon Grant. 321pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, inscribed one day before publication date.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.