Quaint Companions by Merrick, Leonard ; Introduction by H. G. Wells - 1924

E.P. Dutton, 1924. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . Ex-library with typical marks, wear to the edges. Broken front hinge, pages yellowed; a reading copy of an old book. Introduction by H.G. Wells. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 195735. .

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1924. Very Good. Reprint. Very good. One of 1500 copies printed. The name of the former owner is written on the inside of the front cover in ink. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1924. "This edition is limited to 1550 copies, of which 1500 copies are for sale". Paper-covered boards quarter bound in tan cloth. Top edge gilt. Boards and spine are scuffed, with bits of the paper peeling off the boards. Small spots of foxing to the fore edge. Otherwise a fine, unmarked copy in a square, tight binding. Appears to be unread.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback. New.

E. P. Dutton. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. 299 pages. Red cloth boards, clean. This book is about the tragedy of racial miscengenation. H. G. Wells states "It is, perhaps, the most sympathetic and understanding novel, in its intimate everyday way, about the clash of colour and race-prejudice and racial quality that has ever been written in English..." Lee and his son David's conversation about marriage led to Lee saying "Because the coloured man who marries a white girl is a fool, David. He won't be happy." . Contains a small card with the name "Dr Louis Hamman" affixed to the endpaper, with the date 1924 written on the edge of the card. Dr Hamman (1877-1946) was a prestigious physician at The Johns Hopkins University, head of the Phipps Tuberculosis Clinic. Hamman-Rich syndrome is named after Dr Hamman .

Paperback / softback. New.

New York USA: E. P. Dutton & Co. Hardback. With an Introduction by H. G. Wells. This edition is limited to 1550 copies, of which 1500 copies are for sale. 299 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Near Fine. Cloth & Boards. First Thus. 1924.

London: Grant Richards. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Attractive green cloth cover with art nouveau decoration. Minor rubbing to corners. Spotting to text block, internally clean and tight, but for a name stamp to title page and this stamp repeated on the outside of text block but without distracting from the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paperback / softback. New.