When Knighthood Was in Flower or The Love Story of Charles Brandon & Mary Tud by Edwin (Charles Major) Caskoden - 1898

Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company (1899) 250+pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Binding lightly soiled. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Bottom of spine a bit frayed. Previous owner's name on front blank endpapers. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ 16 b/w plates. A nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN: THE BOWEN-MERRILL CO.. JULIA MARLOWE EDITION WITH SCENES FROM THE PLAY. GREEN DECORATIVE BOARDS . VG. Hardcover. 1901.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1904. Hardcover. 359p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in good condition. Inscription and tiny pinholes in front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is chipped and tanned, but still mostly intact. Comes with the rare 1904 dustjacket. Frontis is a black and white photograph of actress Julia Marlowe, who played Mary Tudor is Paul Kester's stage adaptation of the novel. Text modernized from the original.

Paperback / softback. New.

Toronto: McLeod & Allen, 1902. Full-Leather. Very Good +. Rare edition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Some pencil marks erased fron title page and endpaper. Spine is faded with some wear. Spine is banded with 4 raised bands and bound in leather. Pages are yellowed around edges. Binding is visible at title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 294 pp.

Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company [1898]. (Hardcover) 295, 7pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt embossed illustrated cover, frontispiece, plates, notes with a photograph of the author. Light spine wear at top and bottom, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Pseudonym of Charles Major. Locale: . Main character: Brandon, Charles; Mary Tudor. (Fiction, Royalty).

New York: William B. Perkins, 1907. Hardcover. Near Fine. Julia Marlowe edition. 12mo. Red cloth stamped in white. Illustrated with scenes from the play. Owner's name neatly inked on front fly, spine title faded, near fine.

The Bowen Merrill Company, 1898. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Green cloth cover with gold and dark green stamp on the face and spine. There is moderate wear to the lower boards, slight crushing to the bottom of the spine, and slight tearing to the top. Original bookseller's information label carefully applied to the upper corner of the inside front cover. Gift inscription elegantly written on the third fly sheet of the front of the book. Pages show signs of discoloration due to age, but are clean, unmarked and firmly attached to the spine. This book is in fine condition.

Indianapolis and Kansas City: Bowen Merrill, 1898. First edition. Frontispiece and 17 B&W lithographs of signed illustrations/paintings by Louis Braunhold. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth. t.e.g., faint wear to extremities, A FINE COPY, preserved in a green morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition. Frontispiece and 17 B&W lithographs of signed illustrations/paintings by Louis Braunhold. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of the author's hugely popular first book, the title of which gave a phrase to the language. BAL 13605