The Tiger in the House
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Rocky River, Ohio, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Second printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 367pp., plus advertisements. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's blue cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Inner hinges jsut starting, and spine gilt dulled, else a nice example. A wonderful association copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Van Vechten to Prentiss Taylor, the illustrator and Van Vechten's frequent collaborator. The two white men were among the small group of non-Black artists and writers who were closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance. The two of them were especially close to Langston Hughes, establishing the Golden Stair Press with him in 1931. The inscription reads: "For Prentiss Taylor from Carl Van Vechten. New York February 13-1931." The inscription is followed by a rather lewd drawing of what appears to be a cat's hind quarters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cleveland Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10473
- Title
- The Tiger in the House
- Author
- VAN VECHTEN, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Associatino copies, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Photography
Terms of Sale
Cleveland Book Company
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About the Seller
Cleveland Book Company
Biblio member since 2017
Rocky River, Ohio
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As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. Are you moving, downsizing, or doing some spring cleaning? Did you inherit or otherwise come into some old books? Or, maybe you've collected modern novels from the last thirty or fifty years. No matter what kinds of books you have, we'd love to take a look at them! We travel throughout Ohio, western Pennsylvania and New York, southern Michigan, and eastern Indiana, and will travel farther in some cases to look at whole libraries or even just a few particularly interesting books. Give us a call at (216) 352-3940 and we can talk more about the kinds of books you have.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...