Little Journeys to the Homes of American Authors; Walt Whitman by Elbert Hubbard (Creator) - 2012-08-01

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. . half-leather cover shows minor wear and tear, pages tanned and clean.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Small Ex-Library, G. P. Putnam;s Sons, CR 1896. Hardcover in Good Condition. No Jacket, as issued. 388 pages. 6 x 4.5". Illustrations of authors and their houses and of fascimile manuscript pages, descriptions of the authors' home towns and their works. Illustrations in black and white, tissue protected. A solid, clean library rebound volume in brown cloth, gilt titles, usual library marks, faint edge wear. Sewn binding tight and solid. AUTHORS WASHINGTON IRVING EMERSON BRYANT, W. C. PRESCOTT, W. H. LOWELL WALT WHITMAN HAWTHORNE LONGFELLOW. 1896, G. P. Putnam's Sons.

NY: Putnam . 1896. fair. Hardcover. Contains: Washington Irving, Emerson, Bryant, W.H. Prescott, James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Audubon, Longfellow, Edward Everett, & George Bancroft; text clean; front eps missing; b/w illustrations with tissue; fold-out facsimiles; top edge gilt; 6.75" tall; decorative gilt on front & fading on spine; wear to navy cover with boards showing at corners .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New.

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy only; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Cover slightly scuffed. Remains particularly well-preserved overall despite minor wear and tear. Physical description; 167-196 pages. Subject; Whitman, Walt, -- 1819-1892.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. First Edition, First Issue . Blue Cloth. Very Good. Top edge gilt, deckled edges. Probable first issue with ads for 1895 books at front, no indication of printing; binding of gilt and blue cloth as others in series. A bright, clean, near new copy, pages aged; pinpoint rubbing at tips and a few points on spine edges, but frayed just along top and bottom edge of spine. Signed "Mrs Mary A. Clark" [wife of Senator William A. Clark, mother of Willam Andrews Clark Jr., in memory of whom he created the Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home for working women in Los Angeles, and creator of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library in memory of his father; this book being amongst others from the Clark estate and signed by Clark or annotated as such, probably sold off by the library as a duplicate at some time], with a quote from Hubbard "The Law of Compensation Never Rests", the whole being mis-dated Feb 1889 but clearly original.

NY: G.P. Putnams' Sons / Knickerbocker Press, 1896. Three-Quarter Leather. VG. Reprint of the 1853 Putnam publication titled: Homes of American Authors, and now published as part of the second series of Little Journeys initiated by Elbert Hubbard. 16mo, 3/4 leather / marbled paper boards and eps, spine has red leather label, 5 raised bands, and gilt dec, teg. 388pp, b/w illus, frontis of Washington Irving. Book has been rehinged (professionally and beautifully done). VERY GOOD: lt. edgewear, owner name on fep. A nice copy.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Little Journeys to the Homes of American Authors.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.