Flute and Violin and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pictorial gilt stamped mauve cloth. Illustrated by P. A few pages lightly stained, name on front fly, tape repair on page 46, edges lightly worn, else very good. Author's first book.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. A first novel by James Lane Allen, "Kentucky's first important novelist." Lane's [1849 - 1925] work often reflected the culture and dialect of his native state, Kentucky. 8vo, 308 pp, light brown cloth boards with gilt title and decoration on front and spine. Slt rubbing at… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Gilt-stamped decorative brown cloth. Illustrated in black and white. Foxing, crease in top corner of back cover, some wear to extremities, a few light stains on cloth, very good without dustwrapper as issued. Important Kentucky novelist and short story writer's first book.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1914. Ex-Library. Fair. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth binding. In addition to the normal library markings and attachments, there are a few light stray soil spots and a few light stray pencil marks. The hinges are cracked and there are a few other light cracks in the binding, however… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1910. Hardcover. 308p. A gilt-decorated green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned. Edges rubbed and corners bumped. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Short stories sometimes inspired by real people, all set in Kentucky. Contains black and white illustrations.

Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1899. Later Printing. Hardcover. Rubbing to edges of covers w/small tears and some fraying, ink writing inside covers and to first and last couple pages, pages lightly toning, several page corners creased, little bit of light soiling to covers; 308 pages .

FLUTE AND VIOLIN AND OTHER KENTUCKY TALES AND ROMANCES, Harpers, 1891, first edition., r.e.p. attached to r.p.d, white cloth tape reinforcement at the inner hinges, wear to spine extremities and corner tips, a good copy of this, the authors first book. INSCRIBED by the author. Scarce thus.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. An 1899 edition of this 1891 work which offers a series of stories, all sharing the common element of having a connection with Kentucky. With a handful of unattributed engraved illustrations. --- In publisher's reddish-brown cloth with illustration in gold to cover; titling… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Acceptable hardcover is rubbed with chipping and fraying to the spine ends and corners, spine lean, cover faded and stained, spine lightly browned, some pages have brown spotting, writing on front endpaper.

New York: Harper. Very Good. 1899. Hardcover. NY/London: Harper, 1899. 308 pages, hardbound. NF with very light wear to the brown cloth, gilt stamped binding. .

New York: MacMillan. 1900. First Edition; Early Printing. Fine Binding. Very Good in 1/4 leather with gilt spine decorations. Bookplate FEP. Spine starting top tear at folds. Light edgewear to spine and corners. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Harper & Brothers, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Illustrations. Original brown cloth with gilt title and design of a boy carrying musical instruments, with the date on the title page. A clean, tight, unmarked copy in bright gilt.

NY: Harper and Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Cloth hardbound with gilt titles and decorations, clean unmarked text, illustrated, 308 pp. Very good copy with owner's signature in pencil to title-page and front pastedown, stamp to front pastedown, light rubbing/soil to covers, also a bit of wear to front outer edge with a bit… Read more about this item

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth, lettered in black. Mild wear with minor rubbing to spine extremities. Short call number in dulled white lettering on lower spine, no other ex-libris marks or stamps. Former owner's signature/date inked on front flyleaf… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Salmon coloured cloth boards with gilt lettered spine and front board, with gilt design to bottom corner of front board. Book slightly cocked, Page 161 a little darkened, from a loosely laid in newspaper clipping, book clean and very good otherwise. A tight copy. Illustrated. … Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan c1891, 1899, 1891. 1925 ptg . Hardcover. Very Good+. No names, clean text. Foral motifs stamped on spine b/w artwork. very good+, no dj, bright gold-stamped embossed dark green cloth 308 pgs

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1895. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth, illus. and lettered in gilt. Rubbed along joints, spine extremities, corners, surface soiling and marking to cloth, moderate lean. Acceptable reading copy. Remnants of library book plate on front pastedown, no other library marks or stamps. Copyrighted 1891, this copy issued… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, New York (1899), 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 12 mo., front hinge cracked else VG from late 1800's. 308 deckled pages plus ads for Harper's Magazine and other key novelists. Very well preserved in green boards with black lettering and design. Frontis of author under tissue. Biographical edition. Gives introductory sketch, then Flute and… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Good. . General shelf/age wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Good. . General age/reading wear. Pages/boards clean.