STEPHEN CRANE.
by Raymond, Thomas L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Newark, NJ: The Carteret Book Club, 1923.. 1923.. Good. - Octavo, blue boards backed with red cloth with a gilt-lettered label on the spine. The head & tail of the spine & the extremities of the covers are rubbed & the label is chipped. 41 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait of Stephen Crane from a wood engraving by Rudolph Ruzicka. There is a previous owner's name penciled on the front endpaper. The contents are very good. Good. <p>Number 41 of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies printed by D. B. Updike for the Carteret Book Club at the Merrymount Press in May 1923.<p> In his introductory note, John Cotton Dana writes that the text is an address given by Thomas L. Raymond to the Newark Schoolmen's Club on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Stephen Crane's birth and the unveiling of a tablet inscribed to his memory. The address was issued as an appreciation of the man and his work rather than a formal biographical essay.
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- Seller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 33574
- Title
- STEPHEN CRANE.
- Author
- Raymond, Thomas L
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Newark, NJ: The Carteret Book Club, 1923.
- Date Published
- 1923.
- Keywords
- FINE PRESS; CARTERET BOOK CLUB; PRINTER; D. B. UPDIKE; MERRYMOUNT PRESS; STEPHEN CRANE; FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY; ADDRESS TO NEWARK SCHOOLMEN'S CLUB; THOMAS L. RAYMOND; JOHN COTTON DANA; PORTRAIT; WOOD ENGRAVING; RUDOLPH RUZICKA; LIMITED EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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