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James Huneker. Painted Veils. New York:Boni and Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 1/2" x 9 3/4" high. 294 pages. # 1057 of a limited edition of 1200 copies. Signed by author on limitation page. Blue boards with parchment paper spine & label on spine. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Spine darkened, label on spine chipping, corners bumped. Text is clean & complete. Binding is tight. 0.0
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, New York, NY, 1920.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Some shelf wear. ; SIGNED by the author. Copy #981 of 1200.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
James Huneker. Painted Veils (VG++ 1920 Ltd.Ed. hc). Boni and Liverigh, 1920.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Pub by Boni & Liveright, 1920, NAP, Limited Edition #798/1200 SIGNED by author James Huneker. NOT exLib. Near-Fine cond. hardcover now in archival grade Brodart, no dj. Blue bds, 1/2 Vellum w/ black title block & bright gilt lettering on slightly darkened spine. Blue pastedowns & eps. Book is complete, intact & unmarked. 294pp + 3pp. Square, straight, tight & clean, overall Near-Fine cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
James Huneker. Painted Veils. Boni And Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Description: 294 pages. One of 1200 pages. A novel by prominent arts and culture critic of the early 20th century. A portrait of the artsy, uptown 1920s New York crowd. Signed by the author on limitation page, #768/1200 copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in paper over boards and parchment paper spine. Spine is tanned. Covers are mildly scuffed and there is mild edge wear. No dust jacket. Former owner bookplate on front pastedown.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edition limited to 1,200 copies. Paper worn through to boards at corners. Bookplate.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, NY, 1920.
Price: US$24.75 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, #568 of 1,200 copies, signed by the author. 294pp., blue paper boards, vellum spine and panels, spine label. Bottom tips slightly bumped. Private bookplate on front endpaper. A remarkable copy. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. New York,N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, 1920, 1920.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards,Leather Spine Label. Good/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered/Signed. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.Number 729 of a Limited, Signed Edition of 1200 copies.Parchment spine.Some interior foxing.two bookplates,Corners and extremities of spine worn,leather spine label perished,spine a bit age-darkened and rubbed.Lacks the box.294 pages.
Seller: From Away Books & Antiques, Greenville, ME, U.S.A.
HUNEKER, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Gathering in the front loose and laid in, spine modestly toned, very good in a good only dust jacket with the front panel detached (but present), and a toned spine with shallow chips at the ends. One of 1200 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
James Huneker. Painted Veils. Boni And Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: 294 pages. One of 1200 pages. A novel by prominent arts and culture critic of the early 20th century. A portrait of the artsy, uptown 1920s New York crowd. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with light toning to the spine and a short tear to the rear panel. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy number 306.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Author. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This edition, the first, was limited to 1200 copies, of which, this is no. 76. Author has signed just below the limitation statement. Dark green boards, with same color used for dust jacket and end papers. Spine in vellum, with title & author label. Pages uncut. Bookstore stamp on front free end paper and limitation page, very small gift inscription on fly title, and two small listings (about the size of an address label) from book catalogs describing this book affixed to top of limitation page. Slight stain on flyleaf right at binding, about 6 inches long. This is a very nice copy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 14 oz. Category: Fiction; Books; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000340.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
HUNEKER, James. PAINTED VEILS. Boni and Liveright, NY, 1920.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, pp. 294. Paper over boards. Spine Browned, edges littsle scuffed; cover shows a little insect damage, o/w a VG tight copy. A novel. One of 1200 copies, numbered and signed by the author.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First, limited edition, no. 1022 of 1200 copies, SIGNED by the author on limitation page. Fine in very good jacket/wrapper. Jacket is slightly sunned on spine and top front, small scuff to back.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
James HUNEKER. Painted Veils: [a novel]. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$64.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paper-backed boards. Spine darkened, covers slightly marked, corners rubbed. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies signed by the author, this copy inscribed additionally on the limitation page by the publisher to Julie Lasdun, "Dear Julie This is the only copy of this book that I have been able to lay my hands on in two years. If dear old Huneker were alive he would say something special in it for you. Failing that accept it from its publisher as a true evidence of his friendship. Horace B.R. January, 1924". Painted Veils, originally entitled "Istar, Daughter of Sin", was the author's only novel. James Huneker (1857-1921), a critic, turned down by his usual publisher, Scribner's, took his risqué story to Horace Liveright. "The book," records Liveright's biographer Tom Dardis, "recounts the activities of a Wagnerian soprano called 'Istar' who deliberately debauches a theological student. Other characters included a young prostitute and Moana Milton, identified as a 'maternal nymphomaniac' . . ." The ruse of issuing the book on subscription as an expensive limited edition worked: every copy sold before publication.
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by the author. #716 of 1200. letters on outer spine missing. Prior owner stamp.
Seller: A. Richard Books and More, Washington DC, DC, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. PAINTED VEILS. Boni and Liveright, NY: (1920), 1920.
Price: US$65.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 294 pp., plus 4 unpaginated pp. to finish the book. Signed and numbered by the author, tattered blue dust jacket
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
James Huneker. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A fine copy of this best known work by Huneker. Binding is 1/4 vellum colored spine over green boards with fine paper label at spine. #20 of 1200 printed. Privately printed for subscribers only. 7 line book dealer description on verso of back board dated 1949 Jacket is VG with chipping to spine ends and extremities. jacket quite good but somewhat fragile and freshly repaired at spine folds. Exlibis on front paste-down Publishers? SLIPCASE included. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
HUNEKER, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 821 of 1200 Signed copies. Ends of the spine darkened, else fine in near fine, slightly faded dustwrapper with a small stain to the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition, No. 722 of 1200 copies & signed by the author. Condition: dust jacket shows minor chipping to edges with minor soiling & some rubbing to folds @ hinges; tear to DJ at bottom of spine. Light wear to binding; early bookseller's catalog entry mounted on 1st free endpaper; else a very good copy. No illustrations. Pages: 298
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited to 1200 copies on Blandford paper. Small chip at tip of front board, else a very good, attractive copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1920.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, [11], 294pp, [4]. Tan cloth, marbled boards, title printed on spine. Wear to edges, bumped corners, some loss of marbled paper on front cover. Gray endpapers, previous bookshop sticker on rear panel. Top edge dyed blue. In deluxe red leather pull-off case, near fine, with gilt title, raised bands, lined in felt. From a signed limited edition of 1200 copies, this being number 396, signed by the author.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
HUNEKER, James.. Painted Veils.. New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920)., 1920.
Price: US$113.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 of 1200 copies signed by the author. Sm.4to., orig. cream paper spine, blue paper boards, spine label. Bookplate, bottom of spine a bit darkened o/w a near fine copy in the d/w which has some minor wear to the spine ends.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: PAINTED VEILS, by JAMES HUNEKER. SIGNED & INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY in SPECIALLY PRODUCED PRESENTATION SLIPCASE. Association Copy: Signed and Inscribed to THOMAS L. RAYMOND who was twice MAYOR of NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, and a friend of Huneker. The book is one of 1200 SIGNED and NUMBERED copies. However, THIS COPY has "Presentation" handwritten by Huneker instead of a number, and the HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTION:"For Thomas L. Raymond / My friend The Mayor / James Huneker" below the printed statement of limitation. In addition, Huneker has hand corrected a single work on the last page, crossing out the word "lamp" and changing it to "map". Published by Boni & Liveright, New York, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, vellum spine and blue paper covered boards, spine title label with gilt titling and gilt border, 6.5x10 inches, 294 pages plus 2 unnumbered final pages. With blue paper DUSTJACKET (same textured blue paper as used on the endpapers) that is printed in black on the spine with the title and the following statement: "Privately Printed For Subscribers Only". This special Presentation Copy comes with a Presentation Slipcase and Chemise (a folding encasement that protects the book when it slides in and out of the slipcase). The slipcase is half leather with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering, including the words "PRESENTATION COPY" and the place/date "NEW YORK 1920". James Huneker died in 1921, the year after he signed and presented this copy. Condition: VERY GOOD BOOK, light sunning and a bit of corner tip wear to the covers, overall tight, bright, clean and clear, a solid, very nice book; in a complete but only FAIR DUSTJACKET, fair because the dj is completely split along the front spine fold and is starting to split on the rear spine fold and both splits have been repaired / reinforced with clear tape on the backside of the dj, the dj is also sunned / toned at the spine; in a VERY GOOD CHEMISE; in a GOOD PLUS SLIPCASE that has some rubs/scrapes to the spine and to the front corners but is still solid, lovely and doing its job well. RARE FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY, in a SPECIAL PRESENTATION SLIPCASE and CHEMISE. About James Huneker (from Wikipedia): ******JAMES HUNEKER, b. 1857 d. 1921, was one of America's leading literary and music critics, and the author of several novels. Few American writers elicited the adulation that Huneker received from his colleagues in his lifetime and immediately after his death. "There was no one like him," art critic Henry McBride wrote of Huneker. "His strength lay in his knowledge of life and his ability to write." Art historian Jerome Mellquist agreed, noting that "Huneker could impart a grace and a quality of spiritual audacity unsurpassed by any critic of his generation." Huneker's friend H. L. Mencken described his dinner table conversation as "a really amazing compound of scandalous anecdotes, shrewd judgments, and devastating witticisms." Numerous memoirs from the period recall him as an unforgettable personality. PAINTED VEILS, published in the last year of his life, was considered a racy novel.****** Thomas Lynch Raymond, Jr. (to whom the book was inscribed and presented), b. 1875 d. 1928, served two nonconsecutive terms as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1928.
Seller: Blank Verso Books, Napa, CA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni and Liveright, 1920.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: #299 of 1200 copies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.
Huneker, James. Painted Veils. Boni & Liveright, [New York, 1920.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 735 of 1200 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Correction in pen on last page. 294, [4] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Huneker was of course America's leading literary and music critic of his day, and Painted Veils, regarded as daring at the time, is still perhaps his most famous work. Provenance: Mrs. J Insley Blair (morocco Blairhame bookplate) Original parchment-backed cloth, gilt and black spine label, blue paper dust-jacket. Custom chemise and slipcase. A touch of fading to jacket, else fine First edition, 735 of 1200 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Correction in pen on last page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.