Adventures In Americana

Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, Publishers, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth spine with paper label and green textured paper over boards. 366pp. Frontispiece, drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. First edition, with colophon statement tipped to inner flyleaf noting limitation of 800 numbered copies (this #488) signed boldly in full by Skiff in brown ink. The pioneering Pacific Northwest collector's quest… Read more about this item

Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, Publishers, 1935. 366p. A good copy, the light covers of which are somewhat soiled, no d.j.. Signed By the Author. First Edition, No. 729 of 800 Copies. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scarce book with dust jacket. Signed limitedf edition of 835v of which this is 88. Book is inwxcellent condition for its age with a jacket with some chips and small tears. The book is is signed and also inscribed so two signatures inside. It is the memoirs of a prominent northwest collector of art. We will gladly send detailed… Read more about this item

Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1935. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies, signed by Skiff. Octavo. [12], 366, [2] pp. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over green boards, printed paper spine label. Original dust jacket; spine ends with a bit of tape reinforcement, some nibblings to edges but complete and whole. A very good and clean copy.

Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, 1935. 368 pp. Original olive green paper covered boards w/ paper title label on brown cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges; light rubbing to hinges and ends of spine. Covers slightly cocked; inner hinges cracked. Small note written by previous owner on front blank endpaper. SIGNED BY FREDERICK WOODWARD SKIFF. … Read more about this item

1935. SKIFF, Frederick Woodward. ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA. Recollections of forty years collecting books, furniture, china, guns and glass. Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1935. One of 800 numbered copies signed by the author. 8vo., green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth. A very good copy that shows light soiling at the boards and sunning at the perimeters.

Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, ( 1935 ). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo; 366 pages, brown cloth, paper label. Ex libris William B. Thorsen, the founder and editor of "The American Book Collector " magazine. Also it bears a discrete embossed stamp on the title-page of the elusivew book collector, Joseph A. Sadony. Sadony's obituary marked him… Read more about this item

Metropolitan Press, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. . Includes scarce dust jacket. Price-clipped jacket, minor shelfwear/tanning, in mylar. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean.

Portland, OR: Metropolitan, 1935. Very Good. Second edition. Very good minus. (Pages: 365) Binding is starting to seperate from the text, is also slightly stained and spotted, fraying at the spine end and spine is yel. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual… Read more about this item

Metropolitan Press, 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In tan cloth with slight darkening. .