[Rarebooks] FS: 2 fine old fiction

Gerard Gormley gerard at shore.net
Sun May 23 10:58:30 EDT 2004




For your kind consideration ---




Fothergill, Jessie~.  THE FIRST VIOLIN~.  NY NY, USA: Henry Holt,
1878.  Keywords: Very hard to find -- Out of Print -- Antiquarian
(100+ years) --  Fiction (a musical novel) -- Literature --
English language.  First US Printing (No Additional Printings
indicated) + (Same Date on title-page & copyright-page).
Hardcover.  No dust jacket.  432 pages.  Binding height: 6-3/4".
Publisher's gold full cloth, titles black-stamped, ads on end
papers.  Book Very Good: bookplate on front fixed end paper, name
penned on front fly leaf, light bumping to fore-corners, moderate
rubbing (with slight loss) to spine-top/bottom, titles a bit
faded front & back, spine sun-darkened, light soiling overall,
spine cocked.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.  [Digital
JPEG image () available on request].  2272~.  US$60.-


Jewett, Sarah Orne~.  THE TORY LOVER~.  Boston MA, USA: Houghton
Mifflin, 1901.  Keywords: Americana -- Antiquarian (100+ years) -
- Fiction -- Illustrated --  Literature -- Marine-Nautical --
Military-War-Spy -- Travel-Description-Exploration -- A novel set
in 1777, based on travels of 'The Ranger' & its captain John Paul
Jones, & concerning 'a young American officer during the
Revolution and his conflicting duty to his king and to his native
land' -- English language.  First Edition, Later State with 1901
date on title & copyright pages but without the September 1901
publisher's statement on copyright page; 33 lines of text on p.
154; & spelling "lackyng" on p. 278.  Hardcover.  No dust jacket.
405 pages: 4 black & white plates from illustrations by Marcia O.
and Charles Woodbury.  Binding height: 7-7/8".   Publisher's full
blue linen cloth decoratively gold-stamped to front (coat of
arms) & spine.  Book Fine: lightest rubbing to fore-corners.
Binding strong & tight, cloth & gold-stampings bright &
beautiful, insides Fine.  [Digital JPEG image (2) available on
request].  2273~.  US$96.-

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