Writers in America 1842-1967: An Informal Glance at Some of the Authors Who Have Flourished Since the Establishment of The Davey Company One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years Ago
by WINTERICH, John T
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Jersey City, NJ: The Davey Company, 1968. Hardcover. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and black blind-embossed cloth, slipcase. viii, 85pp. Partly-color line drawings. Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this binder's boards manufacturer's anniversary keepsake volume, illustrated sketches of 17 mostly-American authors, in order: Dickens, Cooper, Bryant, Emerson, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Poe, Holmes, Thoreau, Melville, Whitman, Twain, Sandburg, Frost, O'Neill, Hemingway and Steinbeck. Charmingly illustrated, with laid-in printed slip from company president transmitting same.
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- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
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- 43717
- Title
- Writers in America 1842-1967: An Informal Glance at Some of the Authors Who Have Flourished Since the Establishment of The Davey Company One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years Ago
- Author
- WINTERICH, John T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Davey Company
- Place of Publication
- Jersey City, NJ
- Date Published
- 1968
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- Books; Literary Biography;
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