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Harper & Brothers, 1919. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 1919 stated print date. used hardcover copy, lacking a dust jacket (as issued). spine text faded. covers worn. binding shaken, still strong. front hinge beginning to show. foxing to pages. colors remain bright. pages tight and straight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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

Harper & Brothers, 1919-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Book shows moderate wear including scuffing on boards and spine, partially cracked front trough, light foxing and no DJ (see picture) - 32 pages - inside plastic sleeve - my shelf location mag-40

Harper & Bros., NY, c.1919, (code D-T: April of 1919), 7"x9-1/4", black cloth with pictorial label, 32pp., 4 plates by Pyle, front cover bright, frayed spine caps, rubbed rear cover, inner hinges partly cracked, G $

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919. Reprint, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, xiii, 32 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black with faded gilt lettering on spine. Scuffing to front and rear boards, with light staining on rear board. Bumping to corners. Lacking frontispiece. Age-toning to interior pages. Gutter webbing exposed on pages 10 and 11. Bookseller stamp of Norman Remington Co. on rear pastedown. Page vii uncut at fore edge. Shelved in Case 13. BAL 3683. 1376235. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers (Harpers), 1919. 1st Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8" Tall. Xiii, 32 Pp. Black Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt, Color Paste-On Illustration, Plain Endpapers Covers Bright And Clean, Red Spine Unfaded. Early Issue With "Published May, 1919" And Code "D-T" On Copyright Page, Illustration On P. 18 Correctly Aligned. Slight Usage, Spine Gilt Weak, Faint 1/2" Spot At Bottom Of Front Cover; No Marks.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First printing thus, first state. Boards. Good. Howard Pyle. 4to, 32 pp., tipped-in color plates, page decorations. Covers worn with chips and loss at head and heel of spine, insect damage to edges and corners, front hinge starting, previous owner name in pencil.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1919. Book. Illus. by Pyle, Howard and Wilfred J. Jones. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. Wide 8vo.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First Edition, Second State. Squared-off 8vo. Red cloth binding with half-leather in maroon. Decorations in gilt. 6 compartments with fleur-de-lis decorations and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Exquisite color frontispiece by Pyle, plus three additional illustrations. Pale green decorative drawings by Jones throughout. 32 pp., rough-cut, high rag content paper. Second state points: blank endpapers and inverted drawing on page 18. Rubbing to extremities, rubbing inside front board where label was once pasted, free front endpaper has previous owner label and ink ink dating. Very good..

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1919. Book. Illus. by Pyle, Howard and Wilfred J. Jones. Very Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. Wide 8vo.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First Edition, Second State. Squared-off 8vo. Later printing of first illustration edition. Olive cloth with color pastedown surrounded by gilt band by Pyle. Green decorated endpapers by Pyle. Exquisite color frontispiece by Pyle, plus three additional illustrations. Pale green decorative drawings by Jones throughout. 32 pp., rough-cut, high rag content paper. Rubbing to one corner. Mild foxing. Previous owner name with Christmas 1919 to free front endpaper. Very good..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. 1st edition. Very Good. large octavo. orig. dec. cloth 32pp., col. frontis., col. tipped-in pls., ills. in duotone, With Illustrations in Color by Howard Pyle. Ownership pencil inscription o/w nice copy

New York: Harper & Brothers, c1919. Hardcover. Very good condition, unopen, p. 22 closed tear repaired. Howard Pyle & Wilfred J. Jones. 32p., illus. BAL 3683 (1st state)

New York: Harper, 1919. First. hardcover. very good(-). Howard Pyle & Wilfred Jones. Illustrations in color by Howard Pyle. Decorations in tint by Wilfred J. Jones. 32 pages. Tall slim 8vo, black cloth with large pictorial paper label on cover. New York & London: Harper (1919). First edition. First state with the marginal illustration on p. 18 correctly placed, & the end-papers printed in green. Partially unopened copy. BAL 3683<br/> <br/> A very good(-) copy -- spine dulled; inner hinge strengthened; gift inscription Xmas 1919.<br/> <br/>

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, [1919].. First edition; first issue.. publisher's black cloth with applied color illustration on front panel, t.e.g., in dust jacket with circular applied illustration.. A bright, very attractive copy with a 1/8" diameter hole at the inset portion of the rear joint, in a dust jacket which is split at one spine fold and a few tiny chips. . 8vo,. With Illustrations in Color by Howard Pyle. Decorations in Tint by Wilfred J. Jones.. BAL 3683.

From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1919]. First edition, first issue (with the illustration on p. 18 in correct position and endpapers printed in green.) Octavo (9 3/16 x 7 inches; 234 x 179 mm). [xiii], [1, blank], [2], [1]-32, [6, blank] pp. With four color illustrated plates by Howard Pyle and decorations surrounding the text in tint by Wilfred J. Jones. Original full black cloth. With pictorial paper label on front, ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in green. Original gray dust-jacket, lettered in green and blue. Jacket with round pictorial paper label. Pictorial endpapers, printed in green. Jacket with some tearing in the corner. Small tear at bottom of blank page at bak. Book is near fine, in a very good jacket.

1919 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Saint Joan of Arc Personal Recollections Howard Pyle ART
"I like 'Joan of Arc' best of all my books; and it is the best."
– Mark Twain
Until the end of the 18th-century, the story of Joan of Arc was merely a legend, and little was written in histories about her life. She is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Joan of Arc has been a popular figure in cultural history since the time of her death, and many famous writers, filmmakers and composers have created works about her.
One of the most famous and popular accounts of Joan of Arc was Mark Twain's final novel 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'. Twain wrote this novel as a translation of the memoirs of a fictional character Louis de Conte. The memoirs themselves describe Joan of Arc's early life, her trial, and eventual martyrdom by burning. Twain himself regarded this book as his favorite work, and his words attest to its exceptional quality:
"I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the… Read More

Conforms nicely to Blanck 1683 re. p. 18 orientation, Harper's code & end papers. True first, not a nearly or mixed. BAL 3683.