The Varmint
by JOHNSON, Owen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Olive green cloth with orange and black lettering and orange/black pictorial stamping. 396pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 5 full-page called-for plates. Very good. Mildest of binding edgewear only, with rear board slightly scuffed; else internally tight and near fine. Handsome, tight first edition. Johnson (1878-1952) is best remembered for his "Lawrenceville stories" set in the famous New Jersey prep school, and of those tales "The Varmint" introduced its most enduring character, Dink Stover. In 1950 a film version based on "The Varmint" was made titled "The Happy Years," and this bright copy bears fine autograph additions from its two main stars. Tipped to the front flyleaf are two matching heavy stock 4½" X 3" cards, each signed boldly. At top DEAN STOCKWELL (1936-2021, who plays Dink Stover) signs boldly in black ballpoint; beneath this DARRYL HICKMAN (born 1931, who plays "Tough" McCarty) signs in red fineline, dating it 28 November 1986 at upper right. Laid in are the ideal bookmarks: Stockwell and Hickman's original transmittal envelopes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47799
- Title
- The Varmint
- Author
- JOHNSON, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Baker & Taylor Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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