Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth
The maple-bordered street was as still as a country Sunday; so quiet that there seemed an echo to my footsteps. It was four o'clock in the morning; clear October moonlight misted through the thinning foliage to the shadowy sidewalk and lay like a transparent silver fog upon the house of my admiration, as I strode along, returning from my first night's work on the "Wainwright Morning Despatch."
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth; Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements
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- 1909
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Near Fine, top edge dusty, in a Near Fine dust jacket, slight soiling and a few small rubs at edges. In publisher's red cloth, the front cover embossed with holly leaves and berries, bright gilt lettering front and spine. The delightfully charming illustrations of Ruth Sypherd Clements in text throughout. A lovely copy.. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth. Illustrated By Ruth Sypherd Clements
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- 1909
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East Granby, Connecticut, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition, 1909. Color illustrated Edwardian Christmas story. Red cloth lettered in gilt with embossed holly decoration. Light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, light age-speckling to endpapers and a few inner margins, pages clean, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ruth Sypherd Clements. FIRST EDITION featuring red embossed boards with gilt lettering on cover and along spine; light rubbing spine edge and tips. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for give inscription on FFEP. 99pp. featuring color illustrations by Ruth Sypherd Clements.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Booth Tarkington
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- 1909
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Mona Vale, New South Wales, AUS
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Harper & Brothers, USA, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ruth Sypherd Clements. edgewear and minor rubbing to boards. Size: 12mo (7 to 7.5 inches). Binding tight, covers & spine fully intact, but spine slightly cocked. Sporadic foxing within, text mostly clean. Prior owner or seller's stamp. Deckled edges (rough cut),… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Booth Tarkington
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- 1911
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Rochester, New York, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. Book. Illus. by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published October 1911, stated. No indication of later printings. Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Boards clean, gilt attractive. Light shelf wear, with mild rubbing. Page edges toned. A couple very light breaks in binding; sound with… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
by TARKINGTON, BOOTH
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
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FE. TARKINGTON, Booth. BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY. Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. A fine copy overall, in a dust jacket rather browned and rubbed, with small chips and tears at spine and edges. Scarce in the dust jacket. Item Price
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by Booth Tarkington
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Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
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1909 first edition. VG/G. Edge wear and chipping to dust jacket, now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Light wear to spine ends and edges of boards. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Name on ffep. text is clean. Scarce in jacket. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box. Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Booth Tarkington
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
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Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Red decorative embossed boards with gold lettering. Bump to lower front board edge. Some fading to spine. Cloth at board corners and top and tail of spine heavily rubbed. Some light spotting to rear board. Front free endpaper torn out. Front hinge cracked. Pages clean and unmarked. Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party (First Edition)
by Tarkington, Booth
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- First Edition
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- 1909
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Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1909. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full red cloth with blind stamped design on the front cover, gilt lettering on the front cover and the spine. Cornersly slightly bumped, mild wear, previous owner's name at the top of the title page. Overall in NEAR FINE condition. Newton Booth Tarkington (July… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth
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- First Edition (Oct., 1909 on C.R. Page.
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- 1909
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Amherst,, Massachusetts, USA
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NY: Harper & Bros,., 1909. Red cloth binding with gold and blind stamping. 100 pages. Numerous color illustrations by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Slight wear, owner's signature date Dec., 25, 1909 on front endpaper. Spine gilt faded but visible. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Edition (Oct., 1909 on C.R. Page.. Hardcover. Very Good. Item Price
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- 1909
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
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1909. CLEMENTS, RUTH SYPHERD. TARKINGTON, Booth. BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY. Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. NY: Harper, 1909. 8vo., decorative red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. [Currie pp. 58-59]. Fine; light browning (few very tiny chips) d/j. $45.00.
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by TARKINGTON, Booth
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- 1909
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Auckland, NZL
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. Ruth Sypherd Clements. Dark red cloth, gilt ornamental lettering, on front blind stamped with holly, a little rubbed on spine, spine and top front edge a little faded, top of spine (covers and pages) a little bumped. Colour frontispiece, colour title page decorations,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
by TARKINGTON, BOOTH
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- 1909
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
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1909. TARKINGTON, Booth. BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition. Color illustrations by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Gilt- and blind-stamped red cloth, a little darkened, else a fine copy, in dust jacket sunned and slightly worn at spine and perimeters. Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth
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- Early
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- 1911
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Harper. Near Fine. 1911. Early. Hardcover. Gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine, gilt slightly dulled. Slight bumping to spine extremities. Contents are excellent. . Lovely frontispiece illustration in full color with fine tissue guard. Decorated title page, wonderful color illustrations throughout by Ruth Sypherd Clements. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 100… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington, Booth
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- 1909
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Book. Illus. by Clements, Ruth Sypherd. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Small Octavo. 100 pp. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather, with gilt design and spine letters, red docorated e.p.'s, with fr and rear cover cloth panels of original bound in back in the position of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party (First Edition)
by Tarkington, Booth.
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- 1911
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Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. FIRST EDITION, first printing (Oct. 1911). 8vo. First state points: spine is flat with "Harpers" imprint 1/16th of an inch tall. Brightly decorated, rich red silk-finshed mesh cloth, embossed with holly leaves and berries. The book is colorfully illustrated with story vignettes throughout. Gilt is muted, spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Beasley's Christmas Party
by Tarkington , Booth
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- 1909
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Buffalo, New York, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Book. Illus. by Ruth Sypherd Clements. Very Good. 1st.ed. 1909 , Hardcover with red cloth imbossed with hollies, gilded letters cover and spine. 100 page book. Illustrated with color illustrations by Ruth Clements. Condition: Very Good, with small bumps at the corners sunning at the spine and light soiling on the covers. See this… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
by Tarkington, Booth
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- 1909
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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$168.00
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY, Harpers, 1909, first edition., a bright vg copy with color illustrations by Ruth Clements. INSCRIBED by the author. Item Price
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
by Tarkington, Booth
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- 1909
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- Hardcover
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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$31.50
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good-. 1909. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. 100 pages untrimmed. 8 X 5 1/4 inches, red cloth with gilt stamping, spine ends are scuffed and rubbed, covers show some light discoloration, otherwise a near very good copy. . Item Price
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BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
by Tarkington, Booth
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- 1909
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- Hardcover
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1909. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. 100 pages untrimmed. 7.75x5.25 inches, red cloth with gilt stamping, spine ends are scuffed and rubbed, otherwise a near very good copy. . Item Price
$24.50