The Maxims Of Methuselah

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. First edition of the humorist's colorful take on the Battle of the Sexes. Octavo, original half cloth, with illustrations, decorations, and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1907. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Louis D. Fancher. Fine condition. Hardcover, no DJ, 108 pages. Binding clean, square & glossy w/ little to no wear- bit of age toning on back cover- minor. Striking Art Nouveau cover & text illustrations & page borders by Louis D. Fancher- all in excellent condition.… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1907. First Edition. Cloth and pictorial boards. Very Good/None. Louis D. Fancher. 12mo (7 1/8" x 5"), green backstrip and pictorial boards depicting a Art Nouveau bearded old man / Methuselah, illustrated with frontispiece and three full-page plates and decorative pages by Louis D. Fancher, Introduction by the humorist Burgess (19pp), 108… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Fifth printing. 108pp. Illustrations, decorations, and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. Very good with rubbing, worn edges, and spotting on the front board.

New york: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. THE MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH: BEING ADVICE GIVEN BY THE PATRIARCH IN HIS NINE HUNDRED SIXTY AND NINTH YEAR TO HIS GREAT GRANDSON AT SHEM'S COMING OF AGE IN REGARD TO WOMEN By Gelett Burgess; Frederick A. Stokes Company. New York, NY. 1907. This book is hard-bound in pictorial… Read more about this item

Frederick A. Stokes [1907], 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small 8vo [2],108pp+plts 'Being the advice given by the patriarch in his ni ne hundred sixty and ninth year to his great grandson at Shem's coming of a ge in regard to women' (title page). Illustrated by Louis D. Fancher… Read more about this item

Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1907. Small Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Louis D. Fancher. A first edition copy of this humorous novelette by American poet, Gelett Burgess. A humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch Methuselah's views on the wiles of women. Methuselah was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism,… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1907. 108 pp. with applied litho covers. Illustrations, decorations and cover design by Louis D. Fancher. The book is a humorous rendition, in scriptural verse, of the great patriarch's views on the wiles of women. There are four charming color illustrations, along with red boarders on each page. Measures… Read more about this item

NY:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. First edition thus. Dust soiling to illustrated boards, previous owner's name (in pencil) on front free endpaper, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid and tight. ; 108 pages .

Frederick Stokes, New York, 1907. Signed by Gelett Burgess on the ffep. First edition. VG. Moderate wear to boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive.Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.. Signed… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1907., 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First printing. 108 pp., frontis color plate + three color plates in text, 12mo, pictorial cover. No dj. VG- copy with owner's name inside, edge-wear to paper-covered boards. Nice copy with intact hinges, no tears.

NY: Stokes, 1907. First Edition. Louis D. Fancher. Small 8vo, pp. 108. Illustrated and decorated by Louis D. Fancher. Paper over boards, with cloth spine. VG; pieces of worn dj laid in. Johnson p. 77.

NY:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid and tight. ; 108 pages .

New York (1907): Frederick A Stokes Book. Good +. Illustrated Boards. Edition Not Stated. G+, Shelfwear, bumping, abrasion, staining, ink name & address, whiteout used to erase details on inner front board and front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. 'Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at… Read more about this item

Frederick A. Stokes, 1907T. hardcover. Good. 0.6000 6.9000 5.1000. Cover shows moderate wear, rubbing, loss on the corners, browining, and staining. Possible fire damage/staining on the cover and edges. Pages lightly tanned.

Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1907. hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows wear. Pages are clean and intact.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1907. 1st edition . Hardcover. Very good condition . Louis D. Fancher. 108 p.

Frederick A. Stokes, 1907. Hardcover. Fair. Fancher, Louis D.. Green cloth spine, illustrated boards with face of elderly man on front, bought at Brentano's--stamp on inside back cover. Slight wear to spine top edge, badly damaged spine bottom edge and tips. Near Good.

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good. 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition quarter bound in green cloth & tan pictorial boards with black lettering. Illustrations by the Louis D. Fancher. 12mo (5" X 7" ) size, 108pp. A VG copy, boards are rubbed at the corners and lightly along the edges. Boards are dust soiled. Content is clean, tight… Read more about this item