Parnassus On Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
Although my name appears on the title page, the real author of this book is Miss Helen McGill (now Mrs. Roger Mifflin), who told me the story with her own inimitable vivacity. And on her behalf I want to send to you these few words of acknowledgment.
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Parnassus on Wheels (Signed First Edition)
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1917
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- Hardcover
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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A$1,071.55
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. [viii], 190, [1] pp.. Sharp First Edition, First Issue of this classic with all required points, (gap between "Y" and "e" in "Years" on page 4, line 8 and missing "l" from "goldenrod" on page 169). Bound in light brown illustrated paper-covered… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS (Inscribed Association Copy)
by Morley, Christopher (SIGNED)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1919
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- Hard Cover
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Surprise, Arizona, USA
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A$539.63
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New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1919. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED TO RAYMOND E. RUBICAM AND DATED BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY ON FFEP. Raymond E. Rubicam was an American advertising pioneer who co-established the Young & Rubicam Advertising Co., 190pp., bound in 1/4 green cloth over gray paper covered boards lettered in dark green, spine gilt;… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Good Only.
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- Early Reprint
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- 1917
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- Hardcover
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Eugene, Oregon, USA
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A$254.40
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Garden City: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Good Only.. Octavo. Mottled blue cloth over navy spine, gilt ruled. Blue design of horse-drawn bookwagon to front, plus lettering. Yellow lettering to spine. Shelfwear and staining to edges of boards. Moderate age toning. Author's signature to front free endpaper. This is a worn yet solid copy of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels (First Modern Library Edition, ML #190.1)
by MORLEY, Christopher
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
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- First Trade Edition
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- 1931
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- Flexible cloth
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Littleton, Colorado, USA
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New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Trade Edition. Flexible cloth. A stated First Modern Library edition, 1931 (confirmed) of Christopher Morley's cherished 1917 novel, featuring his Professor Roger Mifflin and Helen McGill characters. The professor has a mobile bookshop in a van, pulled by his horse, Pegasus. --- In Toledano spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by MORLEY, Christopher
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1917
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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A$424.00
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New York: Doubleday, Page, 1917. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first state. Quarter cloth and illustrated paper covered boards. A bit of soiling on the boards, else a near fine copy lacking the dust jacket. The classic story of a traveling bookseller, and his heartwarming adventures. Item Price
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Parnassus on wheels
by Morley, Christopher (1890-1957). Gorsline, Douglas
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- Used
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- First Edition, Later Impression
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Galway, IRL
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A$88.81
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New York : J. B. Lippincott, 1955. First Edition, Later Impression. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some minor loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 160p., ill. ; 20cm. Subjects: Booksellers and bookselling ; Fiction. Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
by Morley, Christopher.
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- Fine (a new copy.)
- Published
- (1992.)
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- 9781879923010
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Ione, California, USA
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New York:: Booksellers House,, (1992.). Fine (a new copy.). First thus- a trade paperback. Classic novel of a 38 year old spinster who just up and left her life as housekeeper for her author-brother and bought a rolling contraption - a bookstore on wheels. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Foreword by John T. Winterich. 130 pp. Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1917
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- Hardcover
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Northridge, California, USA
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A$1,233.42
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Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine, gray boards, horse and carriage design to front board. Inscribed to the ffep by Morley. Ex-college library gift copy with minimal library markings (bookplate to fep and pencilled number at rear, no other library markings. ) First edition, first… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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A$308.36
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Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author (name only) to front endpaper. Flexible red leather covers with gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front cover, top edge gilt, title page ruled in red & black with red central device, 7-1/4" tall, 190 pp. Minor slant, light wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
by CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
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- Used; Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Haines City, Florida, USA
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A$23.11
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J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO. hardcover. Used; Very Good. nice clean copy Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used
- Edition
- 1955 reprint
- Published
- 1917
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- HC w DJ
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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A$38.54
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1917. 1955 reprint. HC w DJ. PC VG+/VG+. Clean, sound copy. Unclipped DJ, some wear to spine, in protector. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012. Item Price
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Parnassus On Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good dustjacket
- Published
- 1925
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- Bound in red cloth covers with dustjacket
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.42
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This is Modern Library #190. Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley
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- Used - Very Good/No DJ, Pictorial Boards
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- Unstated
- Published
- 1917
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Mulvane, Kansas, USA
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A$152.62
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Rough Cut Pages, light toning else contents appear unblemished in pictorial boards displaying moderate surface/edge/wear, as shown.
Parnassus on Wheels is Morley's first novel, about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used
- Published
- 1917
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- Cloth-backed boards, dust jacket
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New Castle, Delaware, USA
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N.P.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Bookselling Novel. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (viii), 190 pages. Reprint of the first edition. With a jacket that shows the horse driven bookwagon on the front cover. Lacking dust jacket. Spine lightly soiled. Else very good. Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Skyway, Washington, USA
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A$15.42
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J. B. Lippincott Company, 1955. Square, tight and unmarked Book Club hardcover with sticker shadow on front flyleaf. 160pp. Jacket is rubbed along edges.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gorsline, Douglas. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
by Morley, Christopher.
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- Used - Near fine in a good dustjacket (large chip to the top of the dj spine, affecting the PA in the title).
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- good
- Published
- (1955.)
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- Hardcover -
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Ione, California, USA
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A$26.98
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Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, (1955.). Hardcover -. Near fine in a good dustjacket (large chip to the top of the dj spine, affecting the PA in the title).. A Book-of -the-Month club dividend. A new illustrated edition of book originally published in 1917. Designed by Warren Chappel l and illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Introduction by John T. Winterich.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley
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- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Published
- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Doubleday, Page, 1921. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1921. 190 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with… Read more about this item Item Price
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PARNASSUS ON WHEELS
by Christopher Morley
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781879923010
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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A$23.13
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Tarrytown, NY: Booksellers House, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 130p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine faded and creased. Tiny, spotty brown stains in the margins of pages xiv-xx and page 1. Otherwise clean and tight. Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Thus
- Published
- 1940
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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A$12.15
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New York: The Modern Library, 1940. 2nd Thus. Very Good. Second or later edition with a reset title and dedication page. No jacket. Red cloth over boards with gilded lettering and frames around black labels on front and spine. Bumped corners, sunning to spine, slightly cocked, bookplate on ffep, and siganutre of former owner on half-title. Interior is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Parnassus on Wheels
by Morley, Christopher
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781935554110
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- 1
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Georgetown, Texas, USA
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A$7.69
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Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 142 pages . Item Price
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