James Lane Allen
by Townsend, John Wilson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Co.. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.. 1927. Hardcover. Cloth-backed printed boards. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. From the library of the Kentucky Headquarters Library of the General Federation of Womens Clubs with their bookplate and label ghost on front endpapers and call numbers on spine and copyright page. Frontispiece photogravure portrait and facsimile signature of Allen and two other illustrations. A posthumously published look at the life and work of Kentucky author James Lane Allen (1849-1925) , most famous for his novels A Kentucky Cardinal and A Choir Invisible, and his shorter stories for contemporary literary magazines. Allen and Townsend were Kentuckians, friends, and literary colleagues, and snippets of their mutual correspondence sprinkled throughout. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 124 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38130
- Title
- James Lane Allen
- Author
- Townsend, John Wilson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, pages toned.
- Publisher
- Courier-Journal Job Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Louisville, KY
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- James Lane Allen, Kentucky Authors, Kentucky Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary History and Criticism;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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