Edward everett hale introd (2 risultati)

Revised edition (see note). Octavo (20cm); publisher's pictorial cloth;; [vi],238pp; thirty inserted leaves of plates (halftones). A straight, attractive copy, Very Good, in the original pictorial cloth binding. Presentation inscription from Rufus B. Tobey, a prominent Congregationalist pastor of New Bedford, dated 1901; small ink ownership stamp of Wm. Homes, "Photo Artist" of Ohocorua, NH to front endpaper. Tales of the New Bedford whaling trade, by a retired ship's captain. Includes a brief introduction by E.E. Hale. Preceded by a New Bedford edition the same year. The extent to which this Boston edition is "Revised" from its predecessor is uncertain, though we note it is in a somewhat smaller format (20cm vs. 23cm) and longer by some 35pp. WRIGHT III 4564 (the New Bedford edition).…

dj. Third edition (revised); originally published in 1899 in New Bedford; reissued the same year in Boston. Octavo; green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and in white on front cover; dustjacket; xxviii,242pp; thirty inserted leaves of plates (halftones). A straight, attractive copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, lightly toned and soiled with a small (ca 1/4" diameter) puncture at base of rear spine-fold, still Very Good or better. This is presumably a ca. 1930sFront panel of jacket identifies this as a "Special Anniversary Edition," Tales of the New Bedford whaling trade, by a retired ship's captain. Includes a brief introduction by E.E. Hale. This Salem edition, issued some fifteen years after the original publication, adds a substantial publisher's foreword and is somewhat less common than its predecessors. This edition was apparently available exclusively through Hutchinson's Book Store in New Bedford, as the front-flap jacket copy states that "A very limited number of copies of "The Gam" is now available - Hutchinson's Book Store recently acquired the balance of the third and last edition." WRIGHT III: 4564 (the 1899 New Bedford edition).…