The Scarlet Plague by London, Jack - 1915

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 216 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. A Near Fine Book, Gilt Still Brilliant, Immaculate, No Marks Or Stains Or Wear. Dj Priced $2.75, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, Light Edge Wear With A 1/4" Squarish Chip At Top Of Front Panel, A Few Very Short Edge Tears And A Few Minute Losses, Some Internal Tape Reinforcements. Inscribed In 1947 To Elizabeth Ann Mcmurray, A Bookstore Owner, Writer And Later An Editor, "With All Friendly Wishes + Thanks" And Signed By Gore [Vidal].

Concentric Circle Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 95 Pp., Illustrated With Tipped-On Color Plates By Druks. A Near Fine Example With Only A Trace Of Wear, And A Faint Reading Crease Next To Spine. Inscribed "September 28, 1979 / For Grace Rosenberg / With Best Wishes / Renate Druks".

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 296 Pp + 12 Page Catalog At End. Beige Covers, Printed In Red, With Color Embossed Illustration On Front Cover And Color Decoration On Spine. Fine, No Wear Or Damage. Bookplate Of Christian And Lou C Bors, By Witte, On Front Pastedown. Very Scarce, Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holdings Of This True First Edition, Preceding The Grosset & Dunlap Edition.

New York: Roger L. Stevens Circa 1959 Or 1960, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Studio Copy Of The Original Script For The Three Act Version By Gore Vidal, With No Other Authors Credited. Black Wraparound Card Covers Lettered In Silver, "Hart Stenographic Bureau" Name/Address/Phone At Top, Title At Center.Title Page With Wm. Morris Agency Sticker And Roger L Stevens Name And Address At Bottom (No Copyright Notice Or Date But Probably Circa 1959/1960). Cast Of Characters Page, Act One Scene Page, 36 Pp,26 Pp, 23 Pp (Each Act Numbered Separately By Act, Scene And Page). Inked Number "44" At Top Of Title Page Which Apparently Is The Tracking Number For A Limited Distribution. Our Researches Indicate Only One Institutional Holding, In Arizona.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1929. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine DJ. 128 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Printed In Yellow. First Uk Edition, With Gollancz Review Slip For Oct. 7, 1929 Publication. Fine With Slight Browning To Endpapers, In Fine Yellow And Black Dj, Two Tiny Closed Tears At Bottom Edge Of Spine Panel, Unfaded And Unworn. "The Story Of A French Conscientious Objector Of 1914... Who Escapes Into The Mountains, Where He Lives For Over Three Years, Alone And Amid Terrible Privations. He Is Eventually Caught And Imprisoned, But Not Before He Has Become An Almost Supernatural Figure In The Eyes Of His Folk... It Is Based Upon An Actual Case Now Fast Becoming A Legend... Roux The Bandit, Though Essentially A Work Of Art And Not In Any Sense Propaganda, Embodies The Only Kind Of Pacifism Which In The End Can Prevail- The Pacifism That Knows That War Is Spiritually Wrong And Not Merely Wrong Because It Is Horrible" [From The Dj]. Per Wikipedia. Chamson (1900 - 1983) Was A… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 216 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. A Near Fine Book, Gilt Still Brilliant, Immaculate, No Marks Or Stains Or Wear. Dj Priced $2.75, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, Light Edge Wear With A 1/4" Squarish Chip At Top Of Front Panel, A Few Very Short Edge Tears And A Few Minute Losses, Some Internal Tape Reinforcements. Inscribed In 1947 To Elizabeth Ann Mcmurray, A Bookstore Owner, Writer And Later An Editor, "With All Friendly Wishes + Thanks" And Signed By Gore [Vidal].

Concentric Circle Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 95 Pp., Illustrated With Tipped-On Color Plates By Druks. A Near Fine Example With Only A Trace Of Wear, And A Faint Reading Crease Next To Spine. Inscribed "September 28, 1979 / For Grace Rosenberg / With Best Wishes / Renate Druks".

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 296 Pp + 12 Page Catalog At End. Beige Covers, Printed In Red, With Color Embossed Illustration On Front Cover And Color Decoration On Spine. Fine, No Wear Or Damage. Bookplate Of Christian And Lou C Bors, By Witte, On Front Pastedown. Very Scarce, Worldcat Shows No Institutional Holdings Of This True First Edition, Preceding The Grosset & Dunlap Edition.

New York: Roger L. Stevens Circa 1959 Or 1960, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Studio Copy Of The Original Script For The Three Act Version By Gore Vidal, With No Other Authors Credited. Black Wraparound Card Covers Lettered In Silver, "Hart Stenographic Bureau" Name/Address/Phone At Top, Title At Center.Title Page With Wm. Morris Agency Sticker And Roger L Stevens Name And Address At Bottom (No Copyright Notice Or Date But Probably Circa 1959/1960). Cast Of Characters Page, Act One Scene Page, 36 Pp,26 Pp, 23 Pp (Each Act Numbered Separately By Act, Scene And Page). Inked Number "44" At Top Of Title Page Which Apparently Is The Tracking Number For A Limited Distribution. Our Researches Indicate Only One Institutional Holding, In Arizona.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1929. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine DJ. 128 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Printed In Yellow. First Uk Edition, With Gollancz Review Slip For Oct. 7, 1929 Publication. Fine With Slight Browning To Endpapers, In Fine Yellow And Black Dj, Two Tiny Closed Tears At Bottom Edge Of Spine Panel, Unfaded And Unworn. "The Story Of A French Conscientious Objector Of 1914... Who Escapes Into The Mountains, Where He Lives For Over Three Years, Alone And Amid Terrible Privations. He Is Eventually Caught And Imprisoned, But Not Before He Has Become An Almost Supernatural Figure In The Eyes Of His Folk... It Is Based Upon An Actual Case Now Fast Becoming A Legend... Roux The Bandit, Though Essentially A Work Of Art And Not In Any Sense Propaganda, Embodies The Only Kind Of Pacifism Which In The End Can Prevail- The Pacifism That Knows That War Is Spiritually Wrong And Not Merely Wrong Because It Is Horrible" [From The Dj]. Per Wikipedia. Chamson (1900 - 1983) Was A… Read More