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Fruits of Solitude
by Penn, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1906. First thus. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and borders on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and with scuffing to the cloth over and above the gilt text reading "The Lakeside Press". The Lakeside Press logo and gilt borders on the front board are very bright and crisp while the gilt text on the spine is somewhat tarnished. Signed and inscribed on the fly title page by Thomas E. Donnelley. This is the smallest of the Lakeside Classics in terms of both weight and width being only 130 pages (129 numbered). The full title reads: "Fruits of Solitude Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life." The fourth Lakeside Classic issued at Christmas time in 1906. It is considered by many collectors as either the first or second most difficult copy to obtain in this series. The book was first published in England anonymously in 1693. According to the introductory notes by John Vance Cheney in this volume "two editions and a reprint were published the same year." The Lakeside Press used an eleventh edition of the title printed in Philadelphia in 1794 as the foundation for this copy. A very handsome, clean and collectible copy!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32677
- Title
- Fruits of Solitude
- Author
- Penn, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1906
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Gilt
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