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GRGONA Vladimiro -
Conoscere meglio il bridge. Prefazione di Carlo Alberto Perroux (Capitano della squadra sette volte Campione del mondo) .
Milano, Mondadori, 1966, 16mo brossura editoriale con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 287 (stato di nuovo) .
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GRGONA VLADIMIRO.
Scuola di bridge. 1. Corso per principianti. Quarta edizione.
In 8°, br. edit., pp. 181,(3); coll. "I Giochi"; copia molto buona. (a001/d) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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GRGONA Vladimiro.
Scuola di bridge. 2° corso pee giocatori medi.
In-16° pp. 263, bross. edit. ill.
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Gribaudo (Paul)
Méthode Lolo ou système d'enchères pour apprendre à jouer au bridge en quelques heures
Grand in-8 broché, 1989, 60 pp. + 38 exemples avec tableaux. Un peu frotté, intérieur très propre, bon exemplaire. Poids 500 g. Frais d'envoi 5,35 euros sur la France, 10 euros UE et Suisse, 12 euros pour le reste du monde (tarifs de base hors envois suivis). Possibilité de remise en mains propres sur Paris, n'hésitez pas à me contacter avant de passer commande.
Bookseller reference : UUI-5538
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GRIMM - BRIDGE Joë
Les 5 chansons de la nouvelle adaptation française de BLANCHE-NEIGE.
Editions M. Selmer Paris 1942 Album in-4 carré ( 315 X 245 mm ) non paginé ( 12 p. ), broché, plats lithographiés en couleurs. Illustrations en couleurs et en noir de Joë BRIDGE. Edition originale. Texte de J. BOUGLIONE & J. LOYSEL. Lyrics de J. LOYSEL. Musique de R. BRUNEL. Bel exemplaire, très rare.
Bookseller reference : 977448
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Grotvedt, Paul (ed.)
Ad Fontes: The Art and Projects of Vebjorn Sand
A clean, unmarked copy (except for note on endpaper). Many illustrations. 152 pages.
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Group, The Bridge
The Bridge 2: An essay-writing text that bridges all ages generations and backgrounds. Revised 2nd Edition
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1478358203.G ISBN : 1478358203 9781478358206
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Grömöller, Wilhelm
Die wichtigsten Regeln für ein erfolreiches Alleinspiel Anhand von 50 Beispielhänden mit Lösungen.
Selbstverlag nicht vorhanden. unpaginiert, mit zahlr. farb. Abb., 30cm x 22cm Spiralbuch
Bookseller reference : 6369021
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Guido Barbone
Bridge allegro
Guido Barbone Bridge allegro. , Mursia 1971, Buono (Good) . <br> <br> flessibile <br> 263<br>
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Guido Barbone
Il libro completo del bridge
Buone condizioni, normali segni del tempo. Non comune seconda edizione di questo bel libro vintage sulla tecnica del bridge.
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Gullifer, Louise (Author)/ Bridge, Michael (Author)/ Lomnicka, Eva (Author)
The Law of Security and Title-Based Financing
new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 48402516-n ISBN : 0198888899 9780198888895
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Gullifer, Louise (Author)/ Bridge, Michael (Author)/ Lomnicka, Eva (Author)
The Law of Security and Title-Based Financing
like new. unknown
Bookseller reference : 48402516 ISBN : 0198888899 9780198888895
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Gullifer, Louise (Author)/ Bridge, Michael (Author)/ Lomnicka, Eva (Author)
The Law of Security and Title-Based Financing
OUP Oxford 2025. Hardcover. New. 4th edition. 1136 pages. 9.96x7.00x2.28 inches. OUP Oxford hardcover
Bookseller reference : x-0198888899 ISBN : 0198888899 9780198888895
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Gullifer, Louise (Author)/ Bridge, Michael (Author)/ Lomnicka, Eva (Author)
The Law of Security and Title-Based Financing
OUP Oxford 2025. Hardcover. New. 4th edition. 1136 pages. 9.96x7.00x2.28 inches. OUP Oxford hardcover
Bookseller reference : __0198888899 ISBN : 0198888899 9780198888895
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H. Bridge
Maux de dos
Modus Vivendi Pub Inc 1998. Paperback. New. 192 pages. French language. 6.90x4.20x0.60 inches. Modus Vivendi Pub Inc paperback
Bookseller reference : 1-2921556472 ISBN : 2921556472 9782921556477
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H. Campbell
Il bridge tutti i giorni
H. Campbell Il bridge tutti i giorni. , Mursia 1965, Libro in condizioni mediocri, presenta pagine interne ingiallite Mediocre (Poor) . <br> <br> <br> 263<br>
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H.W. Kelsey
LA DEFENSE MORTELLE AU BRIDGE
1976 / 190 pages. Broché. Editions de Presse Spécialisée.
Bookseller reference : JEUX10C132
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Haase Albert & Bridge Hasse
Enkindled Holy Spirit Holy Gifts
St Anthony Messenger Press. New. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 0867164093 . 73 pages. This is a NEW book from a cloded Seminary Bookstore; 0.2 x 7.27 x 5.11 Inches . St Anthony Messenger Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 45746 ISBN : 0867164093 9780867164091
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Hackel, Rainer (Author)/ Bridge, John (Illustrator)
Die Hose oder Ein Offenbacher in Ghana: Eine Erzählung
Engelsdorfer Verlag 2025. pocket_book. New. 51 pages. German language. 4.72x0.24x7.48 inches. Engelsdorfer Verlag unknown
Bookseller reference : __3690950651 ISBN : 3690950651 9783690950657
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Hafer, Bob, Bridge
The CRB Commodity Yearbook 1998
Wiley & Sons Incorporated John. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John unknown
Bookseller reference : 14495548-6 ISBN : 0471247057 9780471247050
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Hafner, Katie
The House at the Bridge - a Story of Modern Germany
256 pages including index. Black and white photographic plates. A compelling story of Germany, told through the lives of the people who lived in a once-elegant, now dilapidated villa near Berlin. Spot of soiling to fore-edge. Bit of wrinkling to top of front panel of dust jacket. Book
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Hagstrom Company & Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority
TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY 1965
New York: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 1965. Map. Very good. Map - single sheet double-sided folded into 12 panels. Corners lightly worn and small tears on folds. Information on sights of interest in the Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn and Richmond Staten Island with map showing bridges and tunnels connecting New York City boroughs. Color illustrations and photographs. Folded - 8-1/2"x4"; unfolded - 17"x24" <br/><br/> Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority unknown
Bookseller reference : G2371
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Hajime Sukakawa Special feature Bridge page 19 Suiho Tagawa Shigeru Murayama
Shonen Bunko -For boys and girls- June 1948 Back cover picture Soji Yamakawa <Japanese Version>
Hobunshorin 1948. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Hobunshorin paperback
Bookseller reference : 2110502150412841
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Hale, Glorya; Starr, Nancy: Editors
Bridge - Techniques and Tips from the Masters - 4,249 Diagrammed Hands and Plays
647 pages. "...This indispensable guide to playing bridge is the perfect companion for everyone from beginners to masters." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
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Hall, John Inglis; Morris, Colin; Insight, James; Raven, Charles; Railton, Douglas; Gulliver, Lemuel; Lane, Richard; Monteith, Malcolm; Queen, Ellery
Lilliput Magazine, November 1956
80 pages. Features: Terror in a Penthouse; The Man They All Hated; Racing Eights; The Sniper; Glergyman in Khaki; Too Much Talent; Tigers in Paradise; Hocus Focus; Styling a Car; Power Training for Rugby Clubs; Brother Goose; Bloodier Bridge; Olympic Athletes Show You How; Hollywood Horse Race; David Langdon's Sketch Book - Starnewstanard; The Gorilla Hit Low; plus photos of Adele Collins, Julie Newmar (the girl in the moon), and Janice Van Ayre; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
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Hampton, Bridge
Works and Days
Vintage 1975. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Well illustrated Vintage, 1975 paperback
Bookseller reference : 29277
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Handbook To Service The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing: A Bridge To Accessibility
2
Elsevier: Academic & Professional United States. Hardbound/Brand New. 9780120441419. Adams John W. Academic & Professional hardcover
Bookseller reference : STM-9780120441419
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HARCLERODE Peter
Go to It! The Illustrated History of the 6th Airborne Division. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine illustrated survey with wide selection of well-chosen photographs. This is the well-produced reissue of the original edition of 1990.
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Harding, PRJ. and AJJMoulam [George Bridge] P. R. A. J. J. Mo
A Guide to Black Rocks and Cratcliffe Tor Climbers Club Guides Edited By C.W.F.Noyce
Malvern: The Climbers' Club 1949 8vo. original stapled paper wraps a little rubbed & nicked sealed-on protective plastic covering; pp. 28 last colophon with illustrations. A very good copy of an uncommon guide. Neate Q155. Ex-libris climbing guide author and bibliographer George Bridge with his address stamp inside front cover thence to the library of fellow author and Cicerone Press publisher Walt Unsworth unmarked. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. The Climbers' Club paperback
Bookseller reference : 025464
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Harlem Bridge Committee
Reports of the Special Committee on the New Harlem Bridge 1864 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0332244423.G ISBN : 0332244423 9780332244426
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Harmer, Herdman, Bridge, And Boulenger
Hemicordata Ascidians And Smphiozus Fishes And Fishes
Macmillan Co. 1904. EArly Printing Volume V I I Of The Cambridge Natural History. Hardcover. Good Wear At Extremities Front Hinge Tape Reinforced Bookplate Museum Of Natural History Cleveland. Sm Quarto Gilt Lettered Green Cloth. Text Figures Macmillan Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50311
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Harmer, Herdman, Bridge and Boulenger
The Cambridge Natural History Fishes Ascidicans Etc
Macmillan 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. 760pp previous owners name to free front end paper no other inscriptions not price clipped illustrated. Wrapper is slightly worn especially to top and bottom of spine there is no fading tears or loss. Wrapper is now in a clear removable protective sleeve. Very good copy internally with little reading wear. Heavy book please inquire for postage outside the UK. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028159
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Harmer, S F; Herdman, W A; Bridge, T W; Boulenger, G A
Hemichordata Ascidians and Amphoxus Fishes etc The Cambridge Natural History series Volume VII
London UK: Macmillan and Co 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii 760 4pp. Numerous line drawings diagrams and charts etc throughout. In green buckram cloth with gilt decorations and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt other edges deckled. 8vo. . Boards a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends a few mild marks. One corner lightly bumped. Light spotting on text block edges. A nice solid and robust copy of this mammoth and authoritative work. Volume VII of the Cambridge Natural History series. Macmillan and Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016641
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Harold Brydges [pseudonym James Howard Bridge]
A Fortnight in Heaven
New York: Henry Holt. New York Henry Holt 1886. First edition first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. "Light satirical romance of the adventures of one Captain Grizzle. Able to propel his spirit about at will he visits the planet Jupiter one hundred years in the future which he finds to be an enlarged version of Earth; an exact counterpart in fact with Britain America etc. featured but with somewhat advanced technology including airships." Some tanning to the spines and a little bumping and rubbing to the boards. A little foxing. Owner's inscription 10571 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1886. Henry Holt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10571
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Harold Brydges [pseudonym James Howard Bridge]
A Fortnight in Heaven
New York: Henry Holt. New York Henry Holt 1886. First edition first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author to the half-title. "Light satirical romance of the adventures of one Captain Grizzle. Able to propel his spirit about at will he visits the planet Jupiter one hundred years in the future which he finds to be an enlarged version of Earth; an exact counterpart in fact with Britain America etc. featured but with somewhat advanced technology including airships." Some tanning to the spine and a little bumping and rubbing to the boards. A little foxing. Various sellers' pencil notes to prelims. 10570 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1886. Henry Holt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10570
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Harris A Perilous Bridge by Marvin; Dehavenon Anna Lou Editor
There's No Place Like Home
Praeger 1999-01-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Praeger paperback
Bookseller reference : Q-0897896610 ISBN : 0897896610 9780897896610
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Harris, A Perilous Bridge by Marvin
There's No Place Like Home
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0897896610.G ISBN : 0897896610 9780897896610
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Harris, A Perilous Bridge by Marvin
There's No Place Like Home : Anthropological Perspectives on Housing and Homelessness in the United States
ABC-CLIO LLC 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. ABC-CLIO, LLC paperback
Bookseller reference : G0897896610I4N00 ISBN : 0897896610 9780897896610
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Hart, Jillia; Davidson, Carolyn; Bridge, Kate
Mail-Order Marriages Wild West Weddings!
Harlequin Books. mass market paperback. good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 283 pages; good mass market paperback; stamp front and back blurb pages; tips bumped; slight chipped bottom edge front cover; few slight creases; spine starting to slant; previous owner initials in ink inside front cover; tanning pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking Harlequin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : BING841NP009
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Hart, Liddell; McStay, Angus; Craig, Lawrence; McKenzie, A.; Von Qualen, L.; Et al
Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, April (Apr.) 15, 1939, Vol. 52, No. 8 - Civilization in Danger / Successful Co-ops
72 pages. Nice cover illustration of the H.M.S. Repulse by Eric Aldwinckle. Articles: Civilization in Danger - Liddell Hart explains how France and Britain have been forced into a defensive position; This Way, Please - wonderfully nostalgic photo-illustrated article on the Motion-Picture Theatre Usher; Oil is Where You Take It - article on the 112,000 miles of pipeline in North America; Co-ops Sell Fish and Homes - informative article on the history of the North Island Trollers' Co-operative Association (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the the Tompkinsville co-operative housing project at Reserve Mines on Cape Breton Island; To Be Blind Like This - James McDonald of Alberta explains how blindness since age 6 has not kept him from a full and happy life; Streamlined Groceries - great vintage article on food merchandising circa 1939 and how it eases the burden on housekeepers. Fiction: Graven Image of a Boy; South Sea Saga; So Nicely Put; Deep Waters (serial). Great one-page photo ad for International industrial crawlers and tractors. Excellent two-colour (orange) one-page photo ad for Chevrolet trucks. Lovely one-page colour ad for the 1939 Dodge car (orange). Colour Studebaker centrefold ad. 1939 Dodge truck ad. Bromo-Seltzer ad includes photo of Bridge expert Ely Culbertson. Photo of 97-year-old twins Hettie Brenton and Rhoda Dartt, born in Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Vintage one-page ad for Chrysler vans and pickup trucks. Willys Overland photo ad. Nostalgic colour-photo ad for Canadian Pacific's Banff and Lake Louise tourism features poolside ladies in bathing caps. Nice colour back cover 1939 Plymouth ad features a red Custom four-door Streamline Sedan. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue from the ominous months preceeding WWII. Book
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HARVEY, BOB (text) & BRIDGE, TONY (photos)
White Cloud Silver Screen: New Zealand on Film
Exisle Publishing 2005. signed and dated by photography oblong quarto blue cloth boards with silver lettering to front board and spine illus title page 160pp illus VG light bruising to extremities in VG d/w light wear and bruising Exisle Publishing 2005 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 138367
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Hawthorne Bridge
My Life as a Bridge: I Am the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : A9798606266128 ISBN : 9798606266124 9798606266
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Hawthorne Bridge
My Life as a Bridge: I Am the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : B9798606266128 ISBN : 9798606266124 9798606266
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HAWTHORNE Nathaniel editor. BRIDGE Horatio
Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape de Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa.By an Officer of the U.S. Navy
New York Wiley and Putnam 1845. First edition second issue. Small thin 8vo. Half title. 179 pages. Contemporary 1/2 brown leather over rubbed green cloth with original printed front wrapper from the issue in wrappers tipped-in; chip at top of spine. Very good. This was edited by Hawthorne for his old college chum who had underwritten the cost of Hawthorne's first book1837. With the bookplate of William Temple Emmet's with his pencil signature on the front free endpaper and ink signature on the wrapper leaf. BAL 7597. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Wiley and Putnam, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 157495
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Hawthorne Nathaniel Bridge Horatio
Journal of an African Cruiser . by an Officer of the U.S. Navy. Edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York: George P. Putnam 1853. First edition BAL printing C with cancel title page dated 1853. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth publisher's blindstamp on both covers spine faded to brown and chipped at extremities. First edition BAL printing C with cancel title page dated 1853. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.c1 George P. Putnam unknown books
Bookseller reference : 308026
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Hawthorne Nathaniel Bridge Horatio
Journal of an African Cruiser . by an Officer of the U.S. Navy. Edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne
New York: Wiley & Putnam 1845. First edition BAL printing B with 3-line copyright Clark's presumed second printing. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. lacking first blank and half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter morocco richly gilt spines raised bands t.e.g by Stikeman. Foxing and staining to text throughout. Bookplate of Agnes Neustadt. First edition BAL printing B with 3-line copyright Clark's presumed second printing. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. lacking first blank and half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.b1 Wiley & Putnam unknown books
Bookseller reference : 306297
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HAWTHORNE Nathaniel editor; Horatio BRIDGE
Journal of An African Cruiser. By an officer of the U. S. Navy
New York & London: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. Some light rubbing to joints; very pale marginal dampstain in lower gutter but overall a very handsome copy. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. FIRST EDITION BAL's Printing A the title with 4-line copyright and a cancel wrapper 1 three works listed under Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books- including Poe's Tales. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.a1. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
Bookseller reference : 319256
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Hawthorne Nathaniel. 1804 1864. Bridge Horatio
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS Of NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1893. 1st edition BAL v 4 p. 34. Original publisher's grey cloth binding with green & gilt stamping. TEG. Spine sun-tanned. Slight lean. A VG copy. ix 3 200 4 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29887
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Hawthorne Nathaniel: Bridge Horatio
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1893. xii2004pp. Gilt decorated cloth. Frontis portrait. Black- and-white engraved illustrations. Slight fraying to ends of the darkened spine panel binding loosening very slightly a few plates loose but present otherwise a good copy. First edition of this intimate study by the United States Naval officer and Chief of the Bureau of Provisions who graduated with Hawthorne from Bowdoin College in the class of 1825. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author's niece Marian Bridge Maurice in the year of publication. Hawthorne dedicated some of his works to Bridge and remarked that he "was responsible for my being an author." Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT56136
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel (editor); Horatio Bridge
Journal of An African Cruiser. By an officer of the U. S. Navy
New York & London: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. Some light rubbing to joints; very pale marginal dampstain in lower gutter but overall a very handsome copy. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. FIRST EDITION BAL's Printing A the title with 4-line copyright and a cancel wrapper 1 three works listed under Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books: including Poe's Tales. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.a1. Wiley and Putnam unknown
Bookseller reference : 319256
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