March to Quebec by Roberts, Kenneth - 1938-01-01

first edition first printing hardcover; no dust jacket; gift inscription front free end paper, text unmarked; little age tone; cloth cover has little rub and bump to corners and spine ends, bright gilt titling; no dust jacket HC7

Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. Book After Roberts had provided a volume of the original source material used in his research in the limited edition of "Northwest Passage," his readers requested he provide the sources for his first novel, "Arundel." The blurb on the front flap of the dust jacket notes, "The present book, composed of authentic journals, diaries and letters from which the vital background of Arundel was drawn, is the first step in this direction." Roberts provides his own notes, "amplifying and clarifying" the sources. This is the Sept. 9, 1938 First Edition, which was followed by eight more printings through 1959. Roberts added new material in the second (Nov. 14, 1938), third (1940) and eighth (1953) printings Size: Octavo (8-9"). 657 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight and unmarked with the pages somewhat toned from age. Very Good+ hardcover… Read More

New York, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. Stated - Published Sept. 9, 1938. Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Reddish Buckram Cloth With Gilt Lettering And Rules Within A Black Field On The Spine. The Pastedowns Are A Map Of Arnold's Expedition. The Top Edges Are Dyed Red. The Book Has Minor Wear. Former Owner's Signature On The Ffep. The Text Appears To Be Clean And Without Marks. Light Dust Soiling Of The Top Edges.

Doubleday, 1947., 1947. Later ed. 720p. Maps. Rubber stamp inside. Price clipped. Top of jacket chipped. Very Good/Very Good copy. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

Doubleday Doran & Co.,, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. First pages are uneven. The title page is glued back in and the seam is split in that area. No Dust jacket. REadable copy. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

doubleday, Doran, 1938. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rear hinge has been decently repaired. Shallow chipping to jacket at spine ends and ends of flap folds. .

New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc., 1938. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, published September 9, 1938, so stated. Rust cloth with black title panel to spine with gilted tiles and rules. This copy is VG+ in a Good , unclipped ($4.00), DJ. Exterior is clean and attractive with minimal edge wear. Top page edges dyed rust. Front of pages deckled. Interior is unmarked, clear, and firmly bound. Scattered foxing and modest, even age toning throughout. DJ has a 3" closed tear at front/bottom near the spine, a missing1" x 3/4" peice at the top of the spine, and other moderate wear along the edges. Spine is also modestly sunned..

Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1938. First Edition. Near fine in redish cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine with map fixed end papers and with a prior owner's name on the first free end page. In only a good, price clipped dust jacket with numerous large chips from the spine area and a large 1 1/2" by 3" chip from the front panel. 657 pages including an index, text and illustrated with one two page topographic map with annotations by the author. Following the writing of Arundel, Roberts compiled the journals of the members of Arnold's expedition to Quebec. This volume formed the basis of that research. A valuable original source of information for this early part of the American Revolution. 657 pages including an index.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Dustjacket. A fine copy of the first edition, salmon-colored rough weave cloth in fine condition. With one laid-in ANS on Robert's letterhead with Kennebunk Beach, MAine address dated Dec 14,1927 to NY bookseller Peter Decker declining a title, ordering another and one TNS on same stationary tipped in at half title dayed July 26, 1939 to Decker discussing a booklet ion the Loyalists.

1938. ROBERTS, Kenneth. March to Quebec. Journals of the Members of Arnold's Expedition Compiled and Annotated. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. xiv, 657pp. Portrait frontis., map. Map endpapers. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Very good.