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Boston: L.C. Page & Company. VG. 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in blue cloth with red, black, tan, and gold decor ations on the front board and spine. Frontis plate with tissue guard. 303 page plus ads at rear. A Very Good copy. Rubs to the book's corner s and spine tips. Slight spine slant. Covers are clean. Former owner's book plate is affixed to the front endpaper. Contents clean and unmar ked. .

NY: George H. Doran & Co. . VG. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with the Doran colophon on the copyright page bound in b lue cloth with black lettering and design. A Very Good copy. Rubs to t he book's spine tips and corners. Dust soiling to the edges of the upp er page block. Cloth covers are clean, tight. Contents are fine. .

NY: Doubleday & Company. NF. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Later printing bound in orange boards with black abd yellow lettering. 164 pages. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Tiny rubs to the corners and lightly tanned endpapers else fine. The dust jacket ha s a 1" vertical tear along the top edge of the front fold. Rubs to its corners and fraying along the head and heel of the spine. Dust soilin g to the rear panel. Illustrated by Warren Alan Kass. "A ridiculous no vel about two beatnik girls in college". .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. VG+. 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in blue cloth with gold spine lettering. A VG+ copy in a Good dust jacket The book has tiny rub marks at the corn ers and at the head of the spine. Former owner's bookplate on the half -title page. Age toning to the page margins. The dust jacket is frayed along the head of its spine and at its corners. Some creasing and tea ring to the panels' edges. Small sticker at the base of the jacket's s pine. .

Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. NF. 1929. 1st Edition. Curator.Module.BusinessObjects.BookBinding(17832a02-18b7-4766-9383-88b69ed59b3f). First edition bound in brick red cloth with light blue lettering. A Ne ar Fine copy in a Good dust jacket. There are tiny rub marks to the co rners and spine tips. Age toning to the page margins. The dust jacket has chips to its corners and along the head and heel of its spine. The re is a 1 1/2" long chip at the front panel's upper left edge. Rubs to the folds. The rear panel is soiled. .

NY: G. P. Putnam. NF. 1930. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition bound in black cloth with green lettering. Owner's namestamp on the front endpaper and a few tiny dust spots to rear boar d else book is Fine in a VG dj that has tiny chips to the head of the spine & 1cm chip at the base of the spine. .

Ridgewood, NJ: Gregg Press. Fine. 1968. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this facsimile edition of the original 1899 Grant Ri chards edition. Bound in gray cloth with brown blocking & designs. Ill ustrated by A.J. Pearse. 8vos size, 258pp. A Fine copy without dj as i ssued. .

NY: E.P. Dutton and Company. VG+. 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in black cloth with red lettering. A VG+ co py in a Good dust jacket. Rubs to the spine tips and small bumps to th e corners. Name and date inked at the upper edge of the front fly. The dust jacket is chipped at the upper 1/2" of the spine and along the b ase of the spine. Chips to the corners. Dust soiling to the panels. .

NY: Authors and Newspapers Association. VG. 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in brown cloth with white lettering. Illustrated i n water colors by Frank T. Merrill. A facsimile page from manuscript i s included. A Very Good copy. Rubs to the book's corners and spine ti ps. Fading and rubbing to the spine's white spine lettering. Dust soil ing to the edges of the book's upper page block. Pages 307 to 330 have small creases or dog ears to the top corners. Damp stain along the fr ont fly leaf's lower edge. .

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co.. VG-. 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in brown pictorial cloth with black, white, and or ange decorations. Tipped-in frontis plate, and black & white photo ill ustrations. Decorative boarder through-out by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. A VG- copy. Moderate soiling to cloth covers. Small bumps to the corn ers. Fraying along the head of the spine. The front hinge is torn and the sewing is exposed between pages 24 to 27. Page 25/26 is detached b ut included. The front board is wobbly. Contents otherwise clean, tigh t & unmarked. No dj. .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. . VG+. 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in bluecloth with gold lettering. 8vo size, 281pp. A VG+ copy in VG dj. Book is lightly rubbed along the bottom e dges. Front fly leaf has small (2cm long) piece of clear tape over a s mall hole in the paper. Contents are otherwise fine. In a VG, price cl ipped dj tht has a small chip and a few tiny frays to the head of the spine. Verso of the jacket has a small piece of clear tape reinforcing the tiny frays at the head of the spine. .

NY: A.L. Burt Company. VG. 1915. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition bound in red cloth with a decorated front cover with b lack lettering. Frontis plate by Mulford. A Very Good copy in a Very G ood dust jacket. Light rubbing to the book's corners and spine tips. S mall stain to the rear cover's lower right corner. Dust soiling and sp otting to the edges of the page block. Some light foxing to the prelim inary pages. Chips to the jacket's corners ad lower spine tips. Rubbin g to the folds. Dust soiling to the jacket's spine and rear panel. .

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co.. VG. 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in green pictorial cloth with gold lettering. Colo r frontis plate and several black & white illustrations by Penrhyn Sta nlaws. 12mo (5" X 7 1/2") size, 282 pp. A Very Good copy. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Tiny bumps to the corners. Fading to the spine . Moderate soiling to the cloth covers. Contents are clean, tight, unm arked. .

NY: The Macaulay Company. VG. 1922. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition bound in orange cloth with black lettering. Tra nslated from the French by Mary Tongue. Frontis Plate. A Very Good cop y. The orange cloth has mild soiling, mostly to its gutters and corner s. Slight fading to the outer edge of the front board. Small rubs to t he corners. Black lettering clean, sharp. Inner front descriptive pane l of dj with book price unclipped is laid-in loose. No other parts of the jacket remain. Contents are clean, unmarked. .

NY: Simon & Schuster. NF. 1966. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Stated second printing bound in red cloth with blue and gold lettering . A near fine copy in a good dust jacket. The book has light dusting t o the front board's upper edge. The dust jacket has chipping and frayi ng to the spine tips and corners. Rubs to the folds. Dust soiling to t he rear panel. .

NY: Harper & Brothers. NF. 1928. 1st Edition. Curator.Module.BusinessObjects.BookBinding(17832a02-18b7-4766-9383-88b69ed59b3f). Stated first edition. 5" x 7 1/2", 339 page hardcover bound in black c loth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. A near fine co py in a very good dust jacket. The book has a light, 2" vertical scrat ch the front cover. Tiny rubs to the corners. The cover's lettering is clean and bright. Mild tanning to the pages. The dust jacket has tiny chips at the corners and small frays to the spine tips. Rubs to the f olds. Darkening to the jacket's spine and dusting to the panels. .

NY: Rinehart & Co.. VG. 1952. Later Printing. Hardcover. Probable second printing without the Rinehart colophon on the copyrigh t page bound in black cloth with gold lettering. Very Good condition i n a Very Good dust jacket. Small rub marks at the bottom corners and b ase of the book's spine. Dusting to the edges of the upper page block. Toning to the pages. The dust jacket has frays to its corners and alo ng the head and heel of its spine. Rubbing to the folds. Mild tanning to its spine. Signed and inscribed "Very Sincerely Yours/Faith Baldwin " on the front fly leaf. .

London: Ward, Lock & Company, Limited. VG-. ND(1899). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition bound in dark blue beveled cloth with gold decorations a nd lettering. Black & white illustrations by Lucy E. Kemp-Welch. 5 1/4 " X 8", 376 pages plus ads at the rear. A VG- copy. The book is rubbed at the corners and spine tips. It has moderate soiling. Former owner' s bookplate on the front endpaper and a gift inscription with the date , 1899, inked on the front fly. The fly leaves are tanned. Some foxing to the tissue guard on the frontis plate. Text otherwise clean and ti ght. Listed in Hubin. No dust jacket. .

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. VG. 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in rust colored cloth with black lettering and line decorations. Black & white line drawing illustrations. A Very Good copy in a Fair dust jacket. Slight spine slant. Rubs to the book 's corners and spine tips. Mild dusting along the edges. The endpapers are lightly tanned else contents are fine. The dust jacket has a 4" l ong tape repair to the front panel's upper right corner. The tape has turned brown. Chipping to the jacket's corners, along the head and hee l of its spine and along the front panel's upper edge. The rear panel is dust soiled and has small tears and chips along its upper edge. Not price clipped. .

NY: D. Appleton and Company. VG. 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with Appleton (1) on the last page of text, bound in blu e blind stamped decorated cloth with gold lettering. Color pictorial e nd papers. 5" X 7 1/2", 197 pages. A Very Good copy in a Fair dust jac ket. The book has mild hand soiling to the cloth boards. Gold letterin g bright on the front cover. Moderate soiling to the edges of the page blocks. Rubs to the corners. Gift inscription inked at the upper edge of the half-title page. The dust jacket has a 1" x 1" chip at the low er left corner of the front panel. Chips to the corners and spine tips . Rubbing to the folds. The rear panel has a 1" tear/crease at its upp er left corner and a 1" chip at its lower left edge. Dust soiling to t he spine and rear panel. An uncommon novel for an author best known fo r his mystery novels. .