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Newark, NJ: The Carteret Book Club, 1923.. 1923.. Good. - Octavo, blue boards backed with red cloth with a gilt-lettered label on the spine. The head & tail of the spine & the extremities of the covers are rubbed & the label is chipped. 41 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait of Stephen Crane from a wood engraving by Rudolph Ruzicka. There is a previous owner's name penciled on the front endpaper. The contents are very good. Good. <p>Number 41 of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies printed by D. B. Updike for the Carteret Book Club at the Merrymount Press in May 1923.<p> In his introductory note, John Cotton Dana writes that the text is an address given by Thomas L. Raymond to the Newark Schoolmen's Club on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Stephen Crane's birth and the unveiling of a tablet inscribed to his memory. The address was issued as an appreciation of the man and his work rather than a formal biographical essay.
Stephen Crane by Raymond, Thomas L - 1923
by Raymond, Thomas L
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Newark: Carteret Book Club, 1923. First Edition . Cloth and Paper. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rudolph Ruzicka. First Edition, First Printing. This is #118 of a Limited Edition of 250 copies - now quite scarce. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Introductory note by John Cotton Dana. A superb collector's copy - glassine dj, unopened pages, beautifully designed and colored paper-covered boards with cloth shelfback and leather label on spine. Portrait of Crane engraved in wood by Rudolph Ruzicka. 38 pages plus notes (see BAL, Crane - References and Ana). Includes list of Crane's publications in book form, a chronology of his life, and notes on Crane in books and journals. The author was also the mayor of Newark, NJ.
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- Publisher Carteret Book Club
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- Date Published 1923
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- Keywords STEPHEN CRANE THOMAS L. RAYMOND AMERICAN LITERATURE RED BADGE OF COURAGE LIMITED EDITIONS Rudolph Ruzicka D.B. Updike John Cotton Dana Merrymount Press
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Newark, New Jersey: The Carteret Book Club, 1923. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. Slim Octavo. #187 Limited to @250 copies. x + 46 pp, Introductory Note: John Cotton Dana, Portrait of Stephen Crane; History of the Crane family in Newark, NJ & thereabouts; a Chronology of Stephen Crane's works, and his life. and finally, Notes on Stephen Crane in Books & Journals. .
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