The Gentleman from Indiana
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
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, reads "brain of Zeus." Sligh t tear to upper spine along outer front joint, extending 1 1/2" from top. With clipped signature of Booth Tarkington, on card stock, laid-in. But for tear along out joint a Very good copy. Blanck p.48 9.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000424
- Title
- The Gentleman from Indiana
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and McClure
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- TARKINGTON, AMERICAN LITERATURE, FIRST EDITIONS, FICTION BOOTH TARKINGTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Booth Tarkington; Alibris3;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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