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Norwood: The Plimpton Press. Very Good. 1910. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [some bumping and wear at top corners, slight discoloration along spine, minor cracking at top of spine]. "The Plimpton Press take pleasure in issuing separately this famous essay and in presenting it to their friends this Yuletide - MCMX - with heartiest good wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." An adorable little book (about 40 pages, 6-1/2" tall), full of gems like: "Books of quick interest, that hurry on for incidents, are for the eye to glide over only. It will not do to read them out. I could never listen to even the better kind of modern novels without extreme irksomeness. A newspaper, read out, is intolerable." Hear, hear! .

16mo. Cloth spine, paper over boards. Limited edition Yuletide gift. Decorated borders. Minor bit of soil, else very good.

Norwood, MA: The Plimpton Press, 1910. Published as a gift, Yuletide 1910, by Plimpton Press. Brown hardcover printed in gilt and brown with tan cloth spine, pages throughout with red ruling decoration at top and bottom. Worn, covers rubbed with some soil, hinges good, text block sound, erased yet visible pencil scribbles to first few leaves, pages otherwise clean with some light age-spotting to the outer margins.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Kessinger Publishing, 2010-09-10. paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Book. Good. Binding see description. Privately Printed, by O.S. Turner at Paddock Wood, Kent, 1950. 11pp. Bds. 0.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.