Booth Tarkington from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co., 1900. First edition, first issue of the authors second book. Small seal after last page of text measures 1/2" in diameter. Bound in the original red cloth, with gilt stamping on front board and spine. Illustrated with six plates by C.D. Williams. Cloth shows staining along outside joint of front board. Old marginal dampstain… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday and McClure, 1899. Bound in original pictorial cloth with ear of corn facing upright on backstrip. Former owners name and small stamp inside front cover . First edition, first issue of authors' first book. Points: P. 245, line 12, last word "eye"; line 16, "so pretty." P. 291, line 7, reads "brainy bumps". P. 342, line 23,… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. Bound in original decorative green cloth stamped in white and gold. Illustrated with 7 full page plates. State of binding not kn own, as Blanck writes priority is in dispute. Ads list Monsieur Beaucaire on page 1 as "80th thousand", but do not list "70th thousand" on page 3, so that ads are… Read more about this item