william wilson knott (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. Edward Mason illustrations; (illustratore). First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. (Published for the Trade; First Trade Edition by Publisher; DATE, Publisher and Country of Publication are NOT Listed; Based on information on the 2nd Book in series, we speculate The Stein Company, circa 1902; Chicago, Illinois, USA; 368 Pages; 222 Grams; RARE TITLE; ** (William Wilson Knott was the Author of: His Fatal Wager, Forbidden Fruit, Amy Belue, Etc.) AI: "Stolen Sweets" is a novel by William Wilson Knott, first published in 1891. The book gained some notoriety when Knott's advertising mailers caught the attention of postal regulators, who brought charges against him for sending obscene literature through the mails; ** Stolen Sweets (1891) was a success, but his advertising mailers caught the attention of postal regulators, who brought charges against him for sending obscene literature through the mails. He was convicted and sentenced to 13 months in Joliet State Prison. It was there that Knott "discovered" the manuscript of His Fatal Wager, which he maintains was the work of a former inmate named Adrian Vaughn - perhaps a ruse to avoid being identified as the author. ** Creasing to covers, Dust Shadow along Spine & covers, Heavy Soiling to covers and edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condizione: Fair. paperback covers, missing chunks at top and bottom of spine. Pictorial cover. 314 stapled very brown pages. Pages all unmarked but many dog ears.

If Christ Came To Chicago!: First Edition. 5.5 x 7.75in. 472pp. Publisher's half cloth over paper-covered boards. The second and third blank comprise a street map, in color, of the 1st Ward-13th Precinct of Chicago, carefully labeling each known brothel, lodging house, pawn broker, and saloon. Additionally a frontispiece of Christ. | If the Devil Came To Chicago: First Edition. 5.5 x 7.75in. 352pp. Extensively illustrated. Publisher's cloth boards. | William Stead visited Chicago in 1893 and, a year later, published his puritanical screed against the moral corruption and decadence he thought evidenced there. Later that same year the author Austyn Granville, with William Knot, wrote a rebuttal to Stead, "If the Devil Came To Chicago." While humorously skewering Stead's moral superiority, Granville and Knot simultaneously provide a far more nuanced depiction of the city, even daring to caricature the wealthy as Stead did the poor. Pertinently, the former owner Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, who spent his life and career in Chicago, has here assembled these two regional classics in their own custom clamshell case. Judge Marovitz was an eminent Chicagoan with, surely, his own opinions on morality and vice, having served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1963-2001 and being elected the first ever Jewish senator to the Illinois Senate. His former owner stamp several times at the inside of the slipcase and at the end-papers and paste-downs of both volumes. An exceptional example of Chicagoiana. If Christ Came To Chicago! is in VERY GOOD condition showing some loss from the extremities, a chip of the paper overlay of the front board, over-opened slightly but holding strong, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. If the Devil Came To Chicago is in VERY GOOD condition showing a slight hint of furrowing at the back board, text-block evenly and lightly browned, slightly over-opened but holding strong, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text remains clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. The slipcase has a small chip from one of the spine labels, otherwise is in excellent condition. As pictured.