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Mount Vernon, New York: The Golden Eagle Press, 1942. Very Good condition in an ill-fitting clear plastic dust jacket. Contains a Stephen Crane frontispiece and the first book appearance of Crane's "On the New Jersey Coast." Also includes "Some Curious Changes in Book Titles," a "Prelude" written by Ellery Queen especially for this volume. (The book is dedicated to Frederic Dannay). The volume is advertised elsewhere as containing "first edition material" by H. L. Mencken, Edgar Saltus, Carolyn Wells, Mark Twain, Edmund Pearson, Vincent Starrett, etc. Signed by Earl Walbridge, who Honce thanks in print for reading proofs. Presentation "Season's Greetings" leaf laid in. Top edge gilt. Bound in the original cloth, stamped in gold on the spine, Walbridge authored POETRY OF THE SUPERNATURAL; LITERARY CHARACTERS DRAWN FROM LIFE; numerous contributions to THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; etc. Williams/Starrett 42. . First Edition, Limited 100 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/in clear plastic dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xxiv, 115pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 023392
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Public Papers of a Bibliomaniac, ...
Publisher: The Golden Eagle Press, Mount Vernon, New York
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: NOT a library discard
Condition: Very Good condition
Dust Jacket Condition: in clear plastic dust jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition, Limited 100 copies.
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