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Heritage Press, 1943T. unknown_binding. Good. . Minor wear and creasing

New York, NY: Heritage Press. VG/No Dustjacket. (1943). ........ Cloth/Boards. Sm 4to., 224 pp. .

Heritage Press, 1943. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedGood. Hardcover copy is in good, solid conditon, no dj, has some wear, unmarked text, first blank page may have inscription, a good copy. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York: Heritage Press, 1943. Very Good. First thus. Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Very good plus. Former owner's name inside front cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Bookplate front endpaper. Slipcase corners . scuffed, some gouges on one edge.. 1948. Hardcover. 8vo; 224 pages .

New York, NY: Heritage Press. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. (c1943). ........ 8vo., 224 pp. .

NEW YORK: HERITAGE PRESS. G. BOOKPLATE FPD. BOARDS FADED AT EDGES, SMALL NICK LOWER EGDE. Pages: 224. . 1943. HARDCOVER..

Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Heritage Press, New York, no date (but aftr 1943 when first published by the Limited Editions Club); tall 8vo, 170 x 260mm; pp xxxi, 224; decorated paper covered boards, red cloth, spine gilt; with 16 handsome wash illustrations of locations or incidents in the writing, some full page with others in the tex and with decorative head pieces to each storyt; there is no dustwrapper as such but the book is in a plain, black slipcase; spine title dulled but otherwise in very good condition throughout. ... ... Cable was from New Orleans, a good friend of Mark Twain, and considered a foremost writer of the US South. In his work, principally portraying Creole life in Lousiana but including also essays, he encouraged racial equality and opposed racial separation laws, being driven from New Orleans in consequence, moving first for some 30 years to Massachusetts and finally to Florida.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Quarto. 224 (xxxi) pages. Includes slipcase in grey boards. Slipcase is worn with the edges partially broken on the right board, at top and bottom. Title in gilt on spine. Hardcover in red leather. Title and decoration are in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine shows leather wear. Binding has spotting, smudges and rubbing. All edges of text block are yellow. Red and white patterned endpapers. Text is toned. Illustrator has signed colophon page. 7 of 1500 copies printed.

Hardcover. Fair. Charles Scribner 1887 hardcover. Browncover shows edgewear, notably on spine ends and corners. Pages unmarked. Binding sound.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. very good. xxxii,224pp. Limited and signed edition of which this is number 242. Octavo. Illustrated with coloured plates from paintings (including frontispiece) from John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Original gilt decorated red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine in good slightly torn slipcase. Decorative endpapers. Covers slightly rubbed. Small tear to bottom corner of front cover. very good 1943

Small 4to. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Small 4to, xxxi, 224 pp. Full red leather with gilt floral decorations to backstrip and both covers. Backstrip slightly faded, slipcase somewhat water-stained, internally a fine copy. § Copy #666 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. "Originally published in 1879, Old Creole Days catapulted Cable to national recognition. The stories within reflect the everyday life of the New Orleans Creoles through a mixture of humor and the unique Creole patois... tales that are alive with the sounds and scenes of nineteenth-century New Orleans." (Contemporary publisher's blurb).