Queer Books by PEARSON, Edmund - 1928

Constable., 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 298 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Ex Libris plate to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate tanning to pages and text block edges; slightly lighter to pastedowns and free endpaper. Hinges are lightly cracked (heavier cracking to rear) but boards remain firmly attached. Binding otherwise remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable mottling, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heaver tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1928. first edition. hardcover. very good: age wear to boards and spine, writing on FFEP, toning to endpapers and paste downs. text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 298pp. +illustrations. Book by librarian and early true crime writer humorously surveying literary fads of the late 1800s/early 1900s. #01126.

Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Garden City, New York, U.S.A: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Doubleday, Doran, 1928 First Edition, so stated on copyright page. Hardcover Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. Frontispiece and 41 quite delightful illustration plates. Edmund Pearson discusses weird, curious, or eccentric books and authors-quite unusual. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brick red cloth, three gilt decorations like hinges, on each side of spine, quite clean and unmarked, spine heel frayed. spine head , hinge and edges rubbed, corners lightly scuffed. All edges rough cut. Sewn binding tight and solid; backstrap loosened from crash. Pages are toned, very clean, no markings of any kind. Contents: I. Temperance Novels, II. Making the Eagle Scream, III. Alonzo and Melissa, IV. The Tribe of Gifted Hopkins, V. The Unfortunate Lovers, VI. Genteel Behaviour, I, VII. Genteel Behaviour, II, VIII. Crochets, IX. Side-Whiskers and… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1928. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Decorative brown cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pages age-toned, owner's name penned on front pastedown and title page, gutters cracked, closed tear in mid-spine, gilt tarnished, cloth modestly soiled, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering & hinge decorations on tan covers. 8vo, 297 pages. An unusual book - about unusual books. Chapter titles are: Temperance Novels; Making the Eagle Scream; Alonzo and Melissa;The Tribe of Gifted Hopkins;The Unfortunate Lovers; Genteel Behaviour, I & II; Crotchets; Side-Whiskers and Seduction;The Baedeker of Banner Elk; Lilies and Languors; "From Sudden Death," I & II; The Three Sisters; and, A Yankee Casanova. Ex-library copy with bookplate on the inside of the front cover & ref. no. on the lower spine.

UsedVeryGood. No dust jacket, but book is in overall good solid shape

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo, brick red cloth titled in gilt on the spine & in gilt with decorations in gilt on the front cover. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed & soiled. x & 298 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. There are scattered stains, including to the title & frontispiece & to the margins of some other plates. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Among the contents are chapters titled "Temperance Novels", "The Tribe of Gifted Hopkins", "Crotchets", "Side-Whiskers and Seduction", "A Yankee Casanova", etc.

Constable and Company Ltd. Used - Very Good. 1929. 1st ed. Cloth, octavo, 298 pp., illust. Bookplate to fpep. Front hinge barely starting but quite sound. Small bumps to back board at outer ege. Near fine. (Subject: Books on Books.)

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1928. Very Good++ condition. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1928. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. With 42 illustrations including a frontispiece. About weird, curious, or eccentric books and authors. Contents: I. Temperance Novels, II. Making the Eagle Scream, III. Alonzo and Melissa, IV. The Tribe of Gifted Hopkins, V. The Unfortunate Lovers, VI. Genteel Behaviour, I, VII. Genteel Behaviour, II, VIII. Crochets, IX. Side-Whiskers and Seduction, X. The Baedeker of Banner Elk, XI. Lilies and Languors, XII. "From Sudden Death," I, XIII. "From Sudden Death," II, XIV. The Three Sisters, XV. A Yankee Casanova. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brick red cloth.. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good++ condition/No dust jacket. 8vo. x, 298pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.