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Derby Day and other Adventures . Limited edition. With illustrations. [With a facsimile of the unpublished novelette, "A Leaf from an Unopened Volume," by Charlotte Bronte, inserted in the back cover.]. by Newton, A. Edward; - 1934

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Derby Day and other Adventures . Limited edition. With illustrations. [With a facsimile of the unpublished novelette, "A Leaf from an Unopened Volume," by Charlotte Bronte, inserted in the back cover.]. by Newton, A. Edward; - 1934

Derby Day and other Adventures . Limited edition. With illustrations. [With a facsimile of the unpublished novelette, "A Leaf from an Unopened Volume," by Charlotte Bronte, inserted in the back cover.].

by Newton, A. Edward;

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Boston,: Little, Brown,, 1934. green, embossed, paper over boards, with cloth spine, pp., 6pl. [xi]-xiip., 1l. [3]-389 [1]p.,1l. col. front., illus., plates, ports., facsim. ink presentation inscription inside front cover, very light soil to spine, an attractive, sound copy , CONTENTS: The derby -- Ascot -- Off to the Grand National -- A book-collector goes to the dogs -- Adventures in London: morning -- Adventures in London: noon and night -- Adventures in Gough Square - Franklin and Johnson meet at Mr. Strahan's -- Adventures westward -- The course of empire -- Adventures at the Hearst ranch -- Adventures in San Francisco -- Vienna and I -- I and Budapest -- The Bronte country: my first visit -- The Bronte country: my second visit. Limited edition. Lee 32. "Within the back cover is included a facsimile of the unpublished novelette, "A Leaf from an Unopened Volume", by Charlotte Bronte. Size: 8 Vo.,. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hardbound.
  • Bookseller Harry E Bagley Books Ltd CA (CA)
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  • Edition First Edition
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  • Publisher Little, Brown,
  • Place of Publication Boston,
  • Date Published 1934
  • Keywords BOOK COLLECTING, BIBLIOPHILES, BOOKS, STEEPLE-CHASING,BRONTE FAMILY.

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Derby Day and Other Adventures

by A. Edward Newton

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Boston: Little Brown, 1934. First Edition. hardcover. Inner hinge split, else VG in a chipped and torn Dust Jacket. 16 essays including six on books and writers and four on sports
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Little Brown & Co, 1934. near very good condition in black and white checked cloth with a darkened spine (bookplate).
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New York: Books For Libraries Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Owner's address label on front fly, very good lacking the dustwrapper. Essay Index Reprint Series.
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with chips and tears, rear jacket panel lightly foxed. A few minor spots on top page ridge, endpapers faintly foxed. 1934 Hard Cover. xii, 351 pp. Black-and-white checkered cloth boards with paper label. Color frontispiece, illustrated with black-and-white plates. Sixteen essays by the famous book collector: six literary papers, four on sports, a six about personal adventures.
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Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1934. 389 clean, unmarked pages/Index; b/w checked cloth w/paper label;dj w/chipping, 1" paper loss n back panel,unclipped price, in mylar; checked c w/green paper labels; .various essays about Horse Racing; California Redwoods, William Randolph Hearst, Duke of Reichstadt, Folger Library, Greyhounds, Ascot, Helen Keller, Hearst Castle, Samuel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, Charlotte Bronte, Etc; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Color & b&w. 8 Vo.
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1934. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition. Near Fine (would be fine but for slight tears to the margins of several pages, not affecting the text). No dj. Very interesting travel essays, set in England, San Francisco, Budapest, and Vienna from the noted traveller and book collector.
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. VG. 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition bound in black and white checkered cloth with a pa per title label and spine label. Illustrated with color frontis and 25 black & white plates. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" 351 pages. A Very Good copy. Th is is an ex-library copy with minimal markings. It has two small rub s pots near the base of the spine. The spine is tanned and faded. Some l ight tanning to the covers. There is a memorial book plate affixed to the front endpaper and a light rub mark on the rear endpaper else clea n, tight & otherwise unmarked. .
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