[Rarebooks] FS: Finely Bound Works of Irving Bacheller, many SIGNED, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $390 NET

BACHELLER, Irving. WORKS. New York: Various publishers. First Edition 
and reprints. A collection of 9 books by Bacheller, some signed and some 
first editions, all uniformly bound in 3/4 red morocco leather and 
marbled boards with gilt rules, five raised bands, gilt-decorated and 
lettered spines, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Includes: DARREL OF 
THE BLESSED ISLES [Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company (1903)], First 
Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; EBEN HOLDEN [New York: 
Harper & Brothers (1900) Reprint, part of the Pine Tree Edition of his 
Works] with a full-page SIGNED INSCRIPTION in 1918 to Edmund L. Dow "my 
friend and benefactor" on the front blank. In part: "I send this my 
first child and other members of my library family. You can rely upon 
them to sit quietly in a corner and speak only when they are spoken to. 
They will not talk loudly or dirty"; THE TURNING OF GRIGGSBY. BEING A 
STORY OF KEEPING UP WITH DAN'L WEBSTER [New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers 1913], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; 
THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN. A TALE OF THE BATTLES OF PEACE [New York & 
London: Harper & Brothers 1909], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on 
the front blank; KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE [New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers (1911)], Early Printing, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on 
the front blank "This Lizzie business/began, I fear, in the/Garden of 
Eden"; "CHARGE IT" OR KEEPING UP WITH HARRY [New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers (1912)], Early Printing, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on 
the front blank to Dow; VERGILIUS. A TALE OF THE COMING OF CHRIST [New 
York & London: Harper & Brothers 1904], First Edition, SIGNED by the 
author on the front blank; THE MARRYERS. A HISTORY GATHERED FROM A BRIEF 
OF THE HONORABLE SOCRATES POTTER [New York & London: Harper & Brothers 
1914], First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the front blank; and D'RI 
AND I [New York & London: Harper & Brothers (1901)], Early Printing, 
SIGNED by the author on the front blank. Two or three volumes with pages 
roughly opened resulting in a few tears. A bit of light wear and rubbing 
to corners and spine tips, but a Near Fine, bright set in an attractive 
binding. (#018972)        $500

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