AMONG MY AUTOGRAPHS by Sims, George R

London: Chatto and Windus, 1904. Hardcover. Fair. Large 12mo, navy cloth, no dj; fair (edges of boards, corners, and spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; boards worn; scratch and spot to rear board; spine darkened with crease; top edge darkened and spotted; edges, eps, and pages toned; bookstore stamp on ffep; owner's name in pencil on ffep; eps soiled; cracked at pp16-7, 48-9, 64-5, 96-7, 110-1, 128-9, 144-5; tear to side edge of p177); 177pp + ad.

Chatto & Windus, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 177 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with white lettering. Pages are fairly bright and clear with light tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down with a few small nicks and liquid drops along text block edge. Water drops on page 169. Mild cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with mild bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened on spine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1904. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Spine toned, pencil marks on list of autographs pages. 1904 Hard Cover. vi, 177, 4 pp. With seventy facsimiles of the handwriting and autographs of various well-known authors. LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS: William Wordsworth; Samuel Rogers; Thomas Campbell; Bulwer Lytton; Charles Reade; D.G. Rossetti; Harrison Ainsworth; Florence Marryat; Douglas Jerrold; Albert Smith; Charles Dickens; George Cruikshank; Charles Dickens, jun.; Bret Harte; William Black; Dr. John Brown; Robert Buchanan; Edmund Yates; Dutton Cook; John Forster; Sir Walter Besant; F.W. Robinson; George Augustus Sala; General Boulanger; Henri Rochefort; Walter Thornbury; John B. Buckstone; Benjamin Webster; Sheridan Knowles; William Ewart Gladstone; John Stuart Mill; Viscount Amberley; M.E. Braddon; Ouida; A.C. Swinburne; E. Lynn Linton; Austin Dobson; Marie Corelli; H.M. Stanley; George IV when Prince of Wales; William IV when Duke of Clarence; Duke of Sussex; Walter… Read More

Chatto & Windus, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good-. 1904. Hardcover. Sims, George R. AMONG MY AUTOGRAPHS. London: Chatto & Windus, 1904. With Seventy Facsimiles. 177 pages, plus 4 pages of ads. 7 ¾” x 5 ¼”, blue cloth covers with white printing. The covers are just slightly rubbed and soiled, some light foxing to the endpages. The contents are bright and complete. About Very Good. .

London : Chatto & Windus, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: vi, 177 p. : ill. (facsims.) ; 20 cm. Subjects: Autographs ; Collections. Autographs ; Facsimiles.