A Hazard of New Fortunes (Modern Library No. 25)
by HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine. Charming aquatic bookplate to front pastedown. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking rare dust ja
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1917. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very near fine. Charming aquatic bookplate to front pastedown. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking rare dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.625 in. 332 pp. Toledano Binding Style No. 1 in original chocolate brown 'limp croft leather', gothic Boni & Liveright device in gilt to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine; blue marbleized endpapers. First Printing, with publisher's 35-title catalogue (C3) preceding title page. Black & white frontispiece. Two volumes in one. Introduction by ALEXANDER HARVEY. A very fresh copy of this early and scarce Modern Library title. Andes 25.1.1B. Toledano 25.1.
Synopsis
A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells. First published in 1890, the book was well-received for its awareness of social injustice—indeed, the book, considered by many to be his best work, was one of three Howells had written with Socialist and Utopian ideals in mind; The Quality of Mercy in 1892, and An Imperative Duty in 1893.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1007
- Title
- A Hazard of New Fortunes (Modern Library No. 25)
- Author
- HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine. Charming aquatic bookplate to front pastedown. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking rare dust ja
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
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