A Kentucky Colonel (inscribed)
by Read, Opie Percival
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1890 Golden Rod ed. INSCRIBED by author. 342pp. t.e.g. olive cloth 12mo w/gilt decorations: ex lib. copy; white ink Dewey "Read" on spine; no other external markings; text is age browned; hinges are cracked but firm; else a nice complete & tight copy with the author's revelatory inscription on a small sheet of Press Club of Chicago stationery that has been tipped down to the front pastedown: "My Dear Visscher [William Lightfoot Visscher]: The Colonel, thus far, is my most successful book, and I like it, not on account of its success, but because it is close to the soil. To write it was a delight. Opie Read." A bit of Americana from the Tennessee-born humorist Opie Read (1852-1939). The Kentucky-born actor, poet and novelist Visscher (1842-1924) had published "A Song of the South; and Other Poems" in 1886 and would publish "A Thrilling and Truthful History of the Pony Express" in 1908. An interesting association copy.
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- Seller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4235
- Title
- A Kentucky Colonel (inscribed)
- Author
- Read, Opie Percival
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1890 Golden Rod ed.
- Publisher
- Chicago: Laird & Lee
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN FICTION SOUTH SOUTHERN HUMOR SIGNED COLLECTIBLE ASSOCIATION COPY WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT VISSCHER AMERICANA HUMORISTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Fiction;
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...