The Works of Irvin S. Cobb - Complete 10 Volume Set (Brown Leather) (1917) (Signed)
by Irvin S. Cobb
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Review of Reviews Corp., 1917. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover editions, all in Very Good condition, all dark brown embossed full leather with gilt raised lettering and decorations on covers and spines, none are worn. All bindings tight with very little give. Few bumped corners, nothing serious. Page edges cut rough. COMPLETE 10 VOLUME SERIES, pub. 1917-1923. No DJs as issued. Sold as a set. Book 1: Myself - To Date, Irvin S. Cobb aka Stickfuls (autographed edition; signed by author in black ink on free front page "Irvin S. Cobb") (1923, 355 pages); Book 2: Snake Doctor and Other Stories (1923, 343 pages); Book 3: Sundry Accounts (1922, 435 pages); Book 4: From Place To Place (1920, 407 pages); Book 5: Those Times and These (1917, 374 pages); Book 6: Speaking of Operations - and Other Humorous Stories (including Eating in Two or Three Languages) (1923, 341 pages); Book 7: Old Judge Priest (1916, 401 pages); Book 8: Local Color (1916, 460 pages); Book 9: Back Home Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and his People (1912, 348 pages); Book 10: The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and Other Plights (1918, 277 pages). Ninety chapters in total. Extremely attractive, and nearly impossible to find this 10 VOLUME SET COMPLETE, INCLUDING SIGNED FIRST VOLUME. Despite their age, all in beautiful condition. GORGEOUS DARK BROWN LEATHER EMBOSSED COVERS..
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- Bookseller
- Rare Finds Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59
- Title
- The Works of Irvin S. Cobb - Complete 10 Volume Set (Brown Leather) (1917) (Signed)
- Author
- Irvin S. Cobb
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Review of Reviews Corp.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUMOR ACTOR RADIO NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST COMEDIAN COLLECTION FICTION LITERATURE KENTUCKY HUMORIST SATURDAY EVENING POST IRVIN S COBB COMPLETE WORKS
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Edges
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...