Allen HerveyLivre Rare Book
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1949Best.-Nr. gm4027NRF Gallimard Broché 1949 In-8 (16 x 23,8 cm), broché, 620 pages ; pliures au dos et aux plats, papier bruni, assez bon état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1933Best.-Nr. 5745New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 1224 PP. First printing with publisher imprint on copyright page. Original price of $3.00 intact on front flap. Original blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Signed and inscribed by author on the FFEP. Allen's best known work and the basis for the 1936 film of the same name starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. Signed: "Gene Melton Adams Esq. / Dear Mr. Adams: Lafcadia Hearn I think in / his "Two Years in the Dutch West Indies has some remarks on palm groves that gave me the / idea for my remarks on Gothic architecture in / these pages where I describe the Cathedral at / Burgos in Spain. This just because I know you like Hearn - Hervey Allen / 3/12/35" on the FFEP Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed TLS from Hervey Allen to Mrs. Margaret Elder Dow. Letter dtated February 14 1934 and mentions the controversial reception of Anthony Adverse. Letter fine but for original fold marks. NOTE: Dow was a noted Elisha Kane Kent biographer and an author. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2859405836.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1999Best.-Nr. 2-2859405836PHEBUS 1999. Hardcover. New. 1120 pages. French language. 7.87x5.51x2.20 inches. PHEBUS hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 13605New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First Thus. Hardcovers with slipcase. Fine/Near Fine slipcase. Allan McNab. 8vo. pp. x 699; 703-1224. Illustrated by Allan McNab. Bound in black cloth over scarlet cloth; spine lettered and decorated in gilt publisher's transparent wraps. Clean and fresh throughout but for leaf 657/658 in the first volume which has a closed tear evidently a flaw from the printing or binding process. In the black paper-covered slipcase gold paper title label. Inscribed by the author to ffep of vol I: "Inscribed for -- -- / by the author / signed Hervey Allen". Also signed on ffep of vol II. A well perserved set in the original glassine jackets. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. h46346NY: New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket book good with some light soil to covers and spine top inch of spine with some uneven loss of color and whitening associated with dampstain contents good with bookplate of University of Pittsburgh's Hervey Allen Collection and their deaccession stamp both on pastedown and hidden by jacket flap; jacket good with light general soil stains shallow chipping and short tears along top edges. Signed "Hervey Allen His book. 1st edition first printing author's copy presented by Stanley D. Rinehart to the author. Notice: Not to be loaned or taken from the house." Allen was born in Pittsburgh in 1889 graduated from Pitt in 1915 and served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 18th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. That year he published a collection of poems Ballads of the Border. He also served as a lieutenant and later a company commander of Company "B" of the 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment of the 28th keystone Division United States Army during World War I and fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive July-August 1918. After that he taught English at the University of Pittsburgh spent some time teaching in South Carolina where he met Dubose Heyward who became a close friend and collaborator. He published widely both poety and novels including a poetry collection that won the Yale Younger Poets award; his novel "Anthony Adverse" 1933 is probably his best known and most accomplished work considered one of the great examples of the modern historical novel. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9373057243.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1933Best.-Nr. 377848US: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933 First Edition SD Very Good/ NO DUST JACKET. Three volumes in one binding. Printed by Ferris Printing. Light-blue cloth with gold lettering with reinforced corners. Spine faded trace of lettering on close inspection sewn binding solid structure. Pos penned inside cover. Hinges mended. Inside page edges deckled. xii12246 pages. HEAVY ITEM 2.69 Pounds. Size: 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches. First Edition SD. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. Hardcover
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1937Best.-Nr. 1408147Mount Vernon: The Limited Editions Club 1937. Limited Edition #386/1500. Hardcover. Octavos 3 Volumes. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's heavily worn green paper slip case. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Minor shelf wear. Top edges of textblock dyed dark green. Light foxing to endpapers. Signed by Wilson and enumerated on limitation page in rear of Volume III. Shelved in LECs. 1408147. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
Best.-Nr. ANAIS-0030284007Farrar and Rinehart. hardcover. Good. 1.8x09x2.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 30067NY: Farrar and Rinehart. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth over flexible boards gilt lettering on spine blind-stamped borders and gilt lettering on cover fore-edge deckle. NB. William Hervey Allen Jr. 1889 – 1949 was an American educator poet and writer. He is best known for his work Anthony Adverse made into a 1936 movie of the same name regarded by many critics "as the model and precursor of the contemporary American historical novel.". Gilt lettering on spine faded head and heelof spine lightly worn else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. Decorations. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. xi 1224 pages . 1933. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 2348204New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 5x3x0. McNab Allan. First edition first state p. 352 line 6: Xaxier; p. 397 line 22: found found; p. 1086 line 18: blacksmith ship. Near fine book with original jacket in good condition unclipped $3.00 list price on front flap. Jacket toned minimal loss from jacket spine head a few closed 1/2 inch tears along edges. 1933 Hard Cover. 1224 pp. 8vo. The novel which inspired the 1936 Academy Award winning film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. "From the publication of his Ballads of the Border in 1916 when he was in the National Guard serving on the Mexican Border Hervey Allen has been a colorful figure among American writers. His war diary Toward the Flame was recognized as one of the most vivid of the American accounts of active service in France. His Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Poe was generally recognized as the definitive work on the subject. His several volumes of poetry have been widely praised. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 1388227London: Victor Gollancz 1934. Hardcover. Octavo 1272 pages. In Good condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Covered in tanned cellophane. Spine is tanned cellophane. Dust jacket is yellow with pink and black print. Edge wear toning to spine peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “10/6 net”. Boards in pink cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has tanning to endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1388227. FP New Rockville Stock. Victor Gollancz hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 564629New York: Rinehart and Company 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint. Blue cloth gilt. Spine lettering quite rubbed else very good lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed "Inscribed with all cordial best wishes for George B. Utley Esq. by Hervey Allen. Rinehart and Company hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 014938New York CIty: Farrar & Rinehart 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large thick 8vo. 1244pp. Beautiful First Edition with Rinehart's logo on the copyright page as called for. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over flexible boards with borders and titles in gilt on front board and spine. . Square tight and clean throughout with no foxing and barely a hint of toning Mild surface and edge-wear. Spine gilt mildly dulled. Very well-preserved for such a large book. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket $3.00 has a couple of chips to the spine ends and a few closed edge-tears. Spine and edges toning. Still solid and complete. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase with leather spine labels titled in gilt which is mildly rubbed. Inscribed signed and dated by Allen on the front end-paper in the year of publication "Inscribed to G. Selmer Fougner with the cordial best regards and best wishes of his ever Hervey Allen September 16 1933". Gustav Selmer Fougner 1884-1941 was an author and journalist who wrote for the New York Herald and the New York Sun where he was the chief European correspondent during WWI. He was probably best known however for his wine critic column in the Sun "Along the Wine Trail" as well as his 1941 book "Dining Out In New York". Laid in is publisher's review slip. Also the chemise has a built-in pouch which contains some ephemera about the book news articles etc. including a TLS from the author's secretary regarding a book from another author. A very pretty collectable copy and a great presentation. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 46683NY: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled flexible blue cloth. First edition with colophon to CP; first state with correct points. Slight toning to page edges trace shelfwear a little darkening to lower gutters bookseller ticket. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine and extremities with two short closed tears and a little creasing. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1224 pages . Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
Best.-Nr. 05781New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the US for 1933 & 1934 ALLEN Hervey. Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab. New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. 1933. First edition first printing. Octavo 8 1/2 x 6 inches; 216 x 152 mm. xii 1-1224 pp. Title-page printed in blue & black. Publisher's blue cloth front cover bordered and titled in gilt spine lettered in gilt. Original printed dust jacket with $3.00 on front flap spine slightly darkened extremities of inside fold neatly strengthened. A good copy. The novel contains three volumes: The Roots of the Tree The Other Bronze Boy and The Lonely Twin and each volume contains three "books" making for nine books in total. The story follows the eponymous protagonist Anthony Adverse through several adventures around the world. This includes slave trading in Africa his business dealings as a plantation owner in New Orleans and his incarceration and eventual death in Mexico. The novel was the Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the United States for two consecutive years: 1933 and 1934. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933 unknown
1937Best.-Nr. 057021The Limited Editions Club. A beautiful crisp clean three volume hardcover copy in fine condition. Includes slipcase in very good condition with small tear to paper at upper corner. No. 176/1500 limited edition copies signed by the illustrator Edward A. Wilson. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1937. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. GD011568okBC7S2Farrar & Rinehart 1933. Farrar & Rinehart 1933 8vo. 1224 pages. Book bound in a red 3/4 leather with leather corners patterened designed boards and endpages. Five raised bands on spine no decorations between compartments title and author name in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Some edgewear to board tips but overall leather still looks very nice boards tight no cracking. Book very good. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. 51369New York: Farrar and Rinehart Inc. Very Good-. 1934. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Color Pictorial endpages and frontis plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1224 pages; SIGNED 1934 Farrar and Rinehart. Royal octavo 2 volume set in original green cloth lettered in gilt. Signed by Allen on on the first blank endpage of Volume I. Fisrt of this edition published in two volumes with the addition of color pictorial endpages and frontis to each volume from the art of N C Wyeth. McNab's books and volume header illustration in line. Cloth and titles at spines lightly sunned and a bit dulled. Cloth lightly pulled at spine ends and with a short closed tear at crown of Vol II. Prior ownership penned neatly to the pictorial front flyleaf of each volume. Lacking the publisher issue slipcase. VG- . Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author . Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. hardcover
1960Best.-Nr. 008660New York New York Usa: International Collectors Library 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued . In Very Good Used Condition. Ex-Libris Label Inside Front Cover. With Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Child Of Fortune. Conceived In France Born In An Alpine Village Reared In A Great House Of Italy Anthony Never Knew His Parents Never Had A Name Of His Own. But He Was Born Of Passion And It Filled His Blood. International Collectors Library hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 009988N: Limited Editions Club 1937. With a new Introduction by the author and illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. In three volumes. Title page vignettes 9 lithographic plates numerous text illustrations; med. 8vo; full rust coloured linen stamped in colours and gilt; top edges green; within slipcase edges lightly worn printed title label on spine; Limited Editions Club Mount Vernon 1937. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. With printed Artist's Note Upon the Lithographs loosely inserted. LEC Bibliography 94. Limited Editions Club unknown
1960Best.-Nr. 66726New York: International Collectors Library 1960. 8vo. 2 volumes. Blue hardcovers with gilt to spine and front covers. With ribbon book marks. Rubbing to the spines and some markings to the boards. Internally clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1960. International Collectors Library 1960 hardcover
