MR. DOOLEY IN PEACE AND IN WAR by [Peter Dunne] - 1898

New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. bottom of spine is bumped;. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 260p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Cover lightly rubbed due to normal shelf wear. Early owner's signature inside front cover, and rear endpapers unevenly tanned. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Humorous essays originally published in the Chicago Evening Post and Chicago Journal.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover without dustwrapper. The book spine ends and cover corners have light wear. The book spine and covers have light soiling. There is a readers crease between pages 152-153. The text is clean and still tightly bound. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

New. .

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 260 pages; Full green buckram, with gilt lettering to spine and front covers; Boards show light plus wear to corners and head/tail of spine, and spine slightly cocked; Textblock has light plus age-toning to edges, several minor instances of soiling to fore-edge, and some soiling to pp. x-xi. RWO. 1358407. Special Collections.

Boston: Small Maynard, 1898 Author: Finley Peter Dunne; Hardback: dark green ribbed cloth decorated in gilt, gilt shamrock devices to spine and top board, decorated title-page; Some cover wear especially round spine and to corners, binding shaken, front free end-paper torn and bearing the names of 3 previous owners, g+ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898.. 1898.. Good. - Small octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped with a black stain & 2 tiny black marks to the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. xviii, [1] leaf & 260 pages. The front hinge is cracked & the rear hinge is just starting. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper with the date 1899. Good. <p>First edition of the author's first book.<p>Mr. Dooley's opinions on matters of the day are written in Irish dialect.

London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1899. Early edition. Very good. Early, possibly-pirated edition; 7 x 4 3/4; pp. [5], viii-xiv, [3], 18-232; beige wraps, printed and illustrated in black and white; a bit of rubbing to tips of spine; small nicks to corners of wraps; a few minor spots of foxing, mostly to first several leaves; very good condition.Finley Peter Dunne (1867 - 1936) was an American author and humorist, who would be remembered for his nationally-sindicated Mr. Dooley sketches (a fictional Irish-American bartender, whose commentaries covered various national and international events, including the Spanish-American War and its aftermath). A collection of Mr. Dooley pieces, the current "Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War," was published in book form in 1898 to great acclaim. Allegedly, it became popularin the US so quickly, a number of British publishers pirated the book and released it in Great Britain to another great success. In fact, in 1899, Dunne dedicated his… Read More