New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth gilt lettering. Spine faded else fine. 1 vols. 8vo. With 6 chapters on Polo pp. 175-207. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
New York: Hastings House Publishers 1946. Text in English and Spanish. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Text in English and Spanish. 1 vols. Small 4to. <br/><br/> Hastings House Publishers hardcover
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth gilt lettering. Spine faded else fine. 1 vols. 8vo. With 6 chapters on Polo pp. 175-207. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger 1929. Number of 230 numbered copies signed by Blanding Sloan and Mildred Taylor and presented to Chauncey Goodrich. Frontispiecce an original etching by Blanding Sloan. Decorations by Lawrence A. Patterson. Presswork by Lawton R. Kennedy. Designed and Printed by Johnck & Seeger and S.T. Farquhar.December 1929. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in quarter cream-color printed paper; purple paper board. Fine. Number of 230 numbered copies signed by Blanding Sloan and Mildred Taylor and presented to Chauncey Goodrich. Frontispiecce an original etching by Blanding Sloan. Decorations by Lawrence A. Patterson. Presswork by Lawton R. Kennedy. Designed and Printed by Johnck & Seeger and S.T. Farquhar.December 1929. 1 vols. 12mo. <br/><br/> Johnck & Seeger unknown
Paris: Chez Madame Lamy Chez Lenormant 1802. 28 pages. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound else fine. 28 pages. 1 vols. 4to. Concerning the examination of the evil effects of religion on the country. Sim�on wrote many reports and examinations for the Tribunat. Lucien Bonaparte was Napoleon's brother and sometime president of the Council of Five Hundred ambassador to Madrid and known for having negotiated the treaty between Portugal and Spain. He was later exiled for disagreeing with Napoleon's policies. <br/><br/> Chez Madame Lamy, Chez Lenormant unknown
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1926. First edition. Illustrated by Dean Cornwell. 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green buckram-backed paper boards. Upper hinge cracked upper half of spine separating. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Dean Cornwell. 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Cosmopolitan Book Corporation hardcover
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1926. With 12 color illustrations by Dean Cornwell. 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green buckram-backed paper boards. About fine. With 12 color illustrations by Dean Cornwell. 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Cosmopolitan Book Corporation hardcover
London: Williams & Norgate Ltd 1925. Number 107 of 326 copies signed by the author. xxix 3 81 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream and blue cloth. Fine in very good chipped unclippeddust jacket. Number 107 of 326 copies signed by the author. xxix 3 81 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Williams & Norgate, Ltd hardcover
London: Constable & Company 1928. First edition. 138 illustrations 6 being full-page and in color. 1 vols. 4to. Brick red cloth t.e.g. covers darkened else a fine copy. First edition. 138 illustrations 6 being full-page and in color. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Constable & Company hardcover
Richmond Va: Whittet & Shepperson General Printers 1900. First edition. Illus. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. Bookplate of Henry Cabot Lodge. First edition. Illus. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Whittet & Shepperson, General Printers hardcover
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. Third Edition. Fully Illustrated. xii 285 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original gilt stamped green cloth uncut. An unusually fine copy. Third Edition. Fully Illustrated. xii 285 pp. 1 vols. 4to. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
PANTHER. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. PANTHER unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP81340855 ISBN : 0586042350 9780586042359
DK Eyewitness Travel. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. DK Eyewitness Travel unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP81625266 ISBN : 1409386171 9781409386179
New York: Metropolitan Syndicate 1908. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-2 3-225 226-228: blank note: last leaf is a blank original light green cloth lettered in red on front and spine panels. First edition. The rare first issue with integral title leaf bearing the "Metropolitan Syndicate" imprint and bound in non-pictorial green cloth. SARDONICS is the first of Lyon's two books both collecting some of his short fiction. Lyon's untimely death at age 33 cut short a promising literary career. His fiction was of high caliber and has been favorably compared with that of Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce. "The 31 tales and sketches in SARDONICS and GRAPHICS can be properly compared with the work of Crane and Bierce for vivid highly characterized and purposeful narrative. 'The Second Motive' in SARDONICS and 'Revenge' in GRAPHICS are psychological murder tragedies at the two extremes of the social scale. Lyon like Crane and Norris died before his talents had fully matured and unfortunately when his work had only begun to appear in McCLURE'S MAGAZINE and to attract special attention." - Bennett A Practical Guide to American Book Collecting p. 204. Most of the stories in SARDONICS are mystery or detective shorts some with fantastic elements. "Into the Fourth Dimension" concerns the fate of the inventor of a device to project people into other dimensions who is poisoned in a Chinese restaurant kills his tormentor and escapes into another dimension with disastrous results. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 L-615. Not in Hubin 1994. Spine panel darkened stain on lower spine else a very good copy. #150825 Metropolitan Syndicate unknown
St. Louis: William Marion Reedy 1913. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-2 3-319 320: blank original pictorial gray cloth front panel stamped in orange and black spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The second and last of Lyon's two books both collecting some of his short fiction. Lyon's untimely death at age 33 cut short a promising literary career. His fiction was of high caliber and has been favorably compared with that of Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce. "The 31 tales and sketches in SARDONICS and GRAPHICS can be properly compared with the work of Crane and Bierce for vivid highly characterized and purposeful narrative. 'The Second Motive' in SARDONICS and 'Revenge' in GRAPHICS are psychological murder tragedies at the two extremes of the social scale. Lyon like Crane and Norris died before his talents had fully matured and unfortunately when his work had only begun to appear in McCLURE'S MAGAZINE and to attract special attention." - Bennett A Practical Guide to American Book Collecting p. 204. Most of the stories in GRAPHICS a collection dedicated to Joseph Conrad are mystery or detective shorts some with fantastic elements. "The Wind in the Lilacs" and "A Book in a Running Brook" contain short fairy tales with talking objects. "Ask and It Shall Be Given" features a blind boy who asks for the return of his sight on Christmas; an angel appears and gives him the ability to see into the hearts of people and this leads to an acceptance of his condition. Another Christmas story "The 2000th Christmas" is set in the future and features a mysterious young Jew who possesses magical abilities and whose visit may constitute the second coming. "These stories of the straitened lives of people most of them poor but a few rich alternate between bleak cynicism and pietistic sentiment." - Robert Eldridge. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 L-614. Hubin 1994 p. 519. A clean bright nearly fine copy. #149521 William Marion Reedy unknown
St Martins Pr December 1992. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark. HARDCOVER. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. St Martins Pr Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004386 ISBN : 0312083122 9780312083120
St. Louis: William Marion Reedy 1913. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-2 3-319 320: blank original pictorial gray cloth front panel stamped in orange and black spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The second and last of Lyon's two books both collecting some of his short fiction. Lyon's untimely death at age 33 cut short a promising literary career. His fiction was of high caliber and has been favorably compared with that of Stephen Crane and Ambrose Bierce. "The 31 tales and sketches in SARDONICS and GRAPHICS can be properly compared with the work of Crane and Bierce for vivid highly characterized and purposeful narrative. 'The Second Motive' in SARDONICS and 'Revenge' in GRAPHICS are psychological murder tragedies at the two extremes of the social scale. Lyon like Crane and Norris died before his talents had fully matured and unfortunately when his work had only begun to appear in McCLURE'S MAGAZINE and to attract special attention." - Bennett A Practical Guide to American Book Collecting p. 204. Most of the stories in GRAPHICS a collection dedicated to Joseph Conrad are mystery or detective shorts some with fantastic elements. "The Wind in the Lilacs" and "A Book in a Running Brook" contain short fairy tales with talking objects. "Ask and It Shall Be Given" features a blind boy who asks for the return of his sight on Christmas; an angel appears and gives him the ability to see into the hearts of people and this leads to an acceptance of his condition. Another Christmas story "The 2000th Christmas" is set in the future and features a mysterious young Jew who possesses magical abilities and whose visit may constitute the second coming. "These stories of the straitened lives of people most of them poor but a few rich alternate between bleak cynicism and pietistic sentiment." - Robert Eldridge. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 L-614. Hubin 1994 p. 519. A clean bright very good copy. #145058 William Marion Reedy unknown
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