Streeter n r compiler (5 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1889; New York; green cloth covered boards with gold titles; edge are worn and covers are rubbed; surface scuffs; boards showing through at the corners; plastic mylar jacket; interior pages are spotted throughout; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; 72 pages.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good-. First Edition. [ii], 72pp [joint lightly exposed at rear - still fairly tight; old pencil ownership on front free endpaper; cover gilt a little dulled] Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece portrait (illustrator).

Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth over bevelled boards, bright pictorial giltstamping in shape of "grip" (traveling salesman's suitcase). 72pp. Frontispiece (tissue guard present), decorative endpapers. Very good. Some funky "flecking" of the cloth , mainly around edges of front board; single 3" archivally closed tear on rear flyleaf. Overall a tight, clean, nice first edition of this unusual anthology of poems by and about the life of the travelling salesman. Contributors include Ella Wheeler Wilcox, John Hay, James Whitcomb Riley and "Captain Jack" Crawford. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. 12mo, green cloth, gilt decorated The first gem is, "What Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says of the 'Boys'." Includes "The Old Man and Jim" by Jas. W. Riley [Russo p.48], G.A.R. gems.

1st edition. 72 pp, Frontis of Streeter. 12mo. The author compiled these 'gems' in response to requests from fellow traveling salesmen met on the road. Nr Fine. A nice bright copy, showing just a hint of wear at the extremities. Original green cloth with elaborate gilt cover decoration in the form of a 'grip'.…