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HARDBACK NODustjacket, 1931 ON TITLE PG, 1ST Edition , EARLY ISSUE, SIGNED by Morley on the front endpaper ! NO INSCRIPTION ,Very Good copy. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS , SMALL BROWN CLOTH WITH PURPLE ILUSTRATION OF HORSE PULLING BKSHOP ON WHEELS, PURPLE CLOTH SPINE, COVER SHOWS MINOR SHELF WEAR Binding is tight and sturdy. Minor fading to spine CVR Gilt, minimal shelf wear. No DJ. RED Embossed Cloth with Rub to Gold Gilt Tiles on Soine CVR, 190 PGS, LITE INTERIOR FOX,

HBDJ, 1917 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST Edition THUS , EARLY ISSUE, SIGNED by Morley on HALF TITLE PG ! NO INSCRIPTION ,Very Good+ copy. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS , BACK OF DJ ADVERTISES THIS TITLE, SMALL BLUE ILLUST CLOTH CVR WITH PURPLE ILUSTRATION OF HORSE PULLING BKSHOP ON WHEELS AT TOP , BLUE CLOTH SPINE, COVER SHOWS MINOR SHELF WEAR Binding is tight and sturdy. Minor fading to spine CVR Gilt, minimal shelf wear. RED Embossed Cloth with Rub to Gold Gilt TiTles on SPine CVR, 190 PGS, LITE INTERIOR FOX, Morley's first novel,The protagonist, traveling bookseller Roger Mifflin,With his traveling book wagon, Roger Mifflin moves through the New England countryside of 1915, making bookselling seem one of the world's highest callings. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, classic tale of a traveling bookstore, horse-drawn, and the protagonist's dealings with his sister.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. [viii], 190, [1] pp.. Sharp First Edition, First Issue of this classic with all required points, (gap between "Y" and "e" in "Years" on page 4, line 8 and missing "l" from "goldenrod" on page 169). Bound in light brown illustrated paper-covered boards with a tan back-strip with titles in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with off-white unfoxed pages. Mild edge-wear. Some scattered spots of soiling to edges and surface but fairly minor. Spine gilt dulled. Still very well preserved with strong joints. Beautiful longer presentation by Morley on the front end-paper, "This is E.A. Lapham's copy, and signed for him with respects from Christopher Morley. 47 Street - Nov. 24, 1939". Small bookseller label from the iconic Gotham Book Mart on the bottom of the rear paste-down. Comes in a custom cloth dust-wrapper, (lacking original), with titles in gilt upon a brown leather spine label, as well as a… Read More