Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. Tolman, Francis (illustratore). First Edition. 224 pp. The Country Rod & Gun Book: A Friendly Guide & Instructive Compendium of Successful Methods of Taking Fish & Game in Rural Regions. Minor age toning of endpapers, Dustjacket the usual chips and nicks especially at all corners, with some loss at head and heel of spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Editore: Countryman Press/Farrar & Rinehart Weston, VT/ NY nd (1937), 1937
Da: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
unpaginated 4to Illustrated in black and white Green cloth with black and white pictorial pastedown on front Foreword by Charles Beecher Hogan Light cover rubbing and soil, spine ends heavily rubbed, endpapers foxed: VG/no dj.
Editore: Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Covers are soiled and worn. Binding is tight and contents are clean. ; 8vo.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Charles Child (illustratore). 1st Edition. 8vo. Hard cover. Blue cloth. 1st edition. 78pp. B&w illustrations by Charles Child. #225 of 700 numbered copies signed by the author & illustrator. Spine sunned. Small bookplate. Has original, printed wrap-around band. In chipped original stiff glassine slipcase. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
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Tan Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Bernadine Custer (illustratore). Slight darkening to spine, clean and unmarked. This is a limited edition, number 693 of 700, signed by the author and illustrator on the back of the half-title page. The true story of what happened to drive the Kipling's out of Vermont so many years ago. This book was designed by Vrest Orton, a familiar name to New Englanders. Original slipcase not present. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Countryman Press, Weston VT, 1936
Da: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. no jacket. Illustrated by Johnston, Randolph Wardell (illustratore). Limited to 550 Copies. Signed by Masters, limited to 550 copies,wood engravings by Johnston, gilt decoration on front cover, 79 pages. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbeded, edges lightly sunned,; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 "; Signed by Author.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1936
Da: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Johnston, Randolph Wardell (illustratore). Limited. Light general wear with faint spotting to the cloth covers. Signed, limited edition. A nice clean copy with a lovely collection of wood engravings. 79 pages. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: COUNTRYMAN PRESS., WESTON,VT., 1938
Da: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good MINUS. FIRST THUS. IN MYLAY SLIPCASE WHICH IS VERY GOOD.LIMITED EDITION(484/750 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST.B/W ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES CHILD.BROWN PAPER WRAPAROUND SLIP INTRODUCES BOOK AND HAS PRICE($3.50).SPINE OF THE SLIP DARKENED.BLUE CLOTH COVERS CLEAN BUT SPINE AND ADJACENT AREAS SUN-BLEACHED WHERE NOT COVERED BY SLIP.ORIGINAL MYLAR SLIPCASE HAS SMALL TEAR AND LIGHT SOIL.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1936
Da: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Johnston, Randolph Wardell (illustratore). Limited edition of 550 copies signed by Edgar Lee Masters. Wood engravings by Randolph Wardell Johnston. 6-1/4" x 9-3/8", 79pp incl. front matter + colophon bearing author's signature. Sewn binding in tan-green cloth-covered boards with title design screened onto front cover. The cloth covering has been worn away at the top of the spine, and thre is another 1/4" bald spot a half inch in from the spine on the bottom of the front cover. Otherwise few signs of wear or fading / discoloration to cover. The corners remain sharp. Deckled fore edge. The binding is square and tight. A bookseller sticker from Hathaway House Bookshop, Wellesley, remains affixed to front free end paper. Pages are age toned but clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: CountryMan Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. ernadine Custer (illustratore). 1st Edition. 119 pp., Illus Plts, Tan Linen Hardback, Gilt title, VG, Ltd & Numbered 1st Ltd Ed (571/700), Signed by Author & Illustrator. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Countryman Press. Weston, VT., 1938
Da: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Limited Edition. Bound in light blue boards. Spine is faded. Light wear on the spine tips and cover corners. Contents clean & unmarked. Limited Edition of 750 copies. This copy is number 90. Flat-signed by the author and illustrator. Plastic cover, i.e. dust jacket , has a 10 cm chip off the fore-edge.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Limited ed. One of 700 numbered copies only (of which this is No. 166) signed by Van De Water and Custer. Hardcovber in light tan buckram cloth with gilt and dark brown lettering and decoration on the front board. 119 pp. with six drawings by Bernadine Custer. Fine in near fine slipcase with tipped on titling and blurb, some toning to the spine portion. Rudyard Kipling lived with his wife on a small estate in Dummerston, Vermont, in a house they built called Naulakha, from 1892 to 1896. It was while he was here that he wrote both "The Jungle Book" and "Captains Courageous". Kipling would have been content to live out his life there but in 1896, a dispute arose between the Kiplings an a neighbor led to a court case and the Kiplings left Vermont never to return. This volume, wrotten by a Dummerston native and historian, tells the story of that dispute. q.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Bernadine Custer (illustratore). 1st Edition. Tan buckram. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Limited signed and numbered copy number 203 of 700 copies. Signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Front end paper has 1 tipped in and 2 laid in newspaper articles regarding the book and the obituary of Mrs Rudyard Kipling. Original publisher's slipcase in good condition with some wear with paste on titles in good condition. Spine of book with light toning and foxing. Contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1936
Da: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Signed, limited edition. 1 of 550 copies. Very nice, clean. Original wood engravings by Randolph Wardell Johnston. ; 8vo; 79 pages.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT: (1938)., 1938
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 78p. Illustrated with drawings by Charles Child. Decorated title page. Signed by Stephen Vincent Benet and the artist, Charles Child. Designed by Vrest Orton. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding, sun faded at spine and edges. Limited Edition. Number 555 of only 750 copies. PRESS/W32 0.0. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1936
Da: Indy Library Store, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Johnston, Randolph Wardell (illustratore). Limited. Edition limited to 550 copies; signed by author; tan hardcover binding in torn glassine wrap; bookplate removed from front endpaper, residue stain remains; box included, torn at edges. Signed by Author.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Drawings by Bernadine Custer. 8vo. Tan cloth. 119pp. Line drawings. Very good. First edition, limited to 700 numbered copies (this #152) signed by both author and illustrator. Tale about the bizarre quarrel between Kipling and Brattleboro resident Beatty Balestier.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1936
Da: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Original gilt-titled cloth. Limited to 550 copies; signed by Masters to the colophon. Cloth is lightly foxed. The original glassine jacket is toned and slightly nicked. Lacks the original box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT
Da: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Charles Child (illustratore). First Edition. (1938) 80 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine and top edges sunned. Crease to bottom corner of title page, and top corner of rear blank endpaper. #476 of 750 copies. SIGNED BY STEPHEN VINCENT BENET AND CHARLES CHILD. Includes a brown paper wrap around title band. Comes in original (?) clear plastic slipcase, which has three long tears. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice. Signed by Author and Artist.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good +++. 16 pages. 5 x 7.25 inches. Attractive illustration on the front blue cover.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Bernadine Custer (illustratore). Limited/Numbered. Limited edition, 34/700, SIGNED by the author and the illustrator. Illustrated. Fine in near fine slipcase. Slipcase has original paste-on paper label on spine and wraps around full width of front with title, illustration, and description of book printed thereon, very slight shelf rubbing to bottom of slipcase. Signed by Author and Illustrat.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1937
Da: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover in slipcase. Signed Limited Edition. No. 643 of edition limited to 700 copies, and signed by both author and illustrator. VG++ in VG slipcase.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: ZH BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Very good. First Edition. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5; pp. [1], 2-16; stapled, orange, pictorial wraps, printed in black; illustrated with a small vignette at the end of the text; a bit of spotting along margins of wraps; light wear to edges and tips of spine; overall in very good condition.Robert Carlton Brown (1886 - 1959) was a world traveler, author, editor, bookseller, and publisher. In the early 1900s, he contributed poetry and prose to various periodicals in New York and published two novels. After, he traveled extensively through South America, Europe, and Asia with his wife Rose Brown, also an author, and lived in Rio de Janeiro, where he published a magazine, and in Paris, in the 1930s, where he issued several poetry collections. The family also toured the Soviet Union. On their return to the US, the two wrote various international cookbooks. He ran a bookstore, called Bob Brown's Books, in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. His current book contained various recipes for wines, beers, and cocktails, which in his own words were "high spots in homemade hilarity - the kind that made Great Aunt Agatha dance on the table and kick the lamp over - about the time of the Chicago fire.".
Editore: Weston, Vt. , The Countryman Press, 1938
Da: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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1st edition, limited. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 78 pages; No. 623 of only 750 numbered copies. Description: 78 p. , 1 l. Incl. Illus. , plates. 24 cm. Form /genre : Fiction. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. 1 Kg.
Editore: Weston, Vt. , The Countryman Press, 1938
Da: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlanda
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1st edition, limited. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 78 pages; No. 623 of only 750 numbered copies. Description: 78 p. , 1 l. Incl. Illus. , plates. 24 cm. Form /genre : Fiction. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. 1 Kg.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
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8vo. cloth with paper wrapper, slipcase. 78, (2) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator Charles Child on colophon. Spine faded, else a fine copy with the original acetate slipcase. Drawings by Child. Bookplate of Jean Heresholt on front pastedown. cloth with paper wrapper, slipcase.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
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cloth with paper wrapper. 8vo. cloth with paper wrapper. 78, (2) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator Charles Child on colophon. Drawings by Child. Bookplate of Jean Heresholt on front pastedown. Covers and spine sunned. Small tear at top fore-edge corner of cover wrapper.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, VT, 1938
Da: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Small stapled wrappers. 16 pp filled with recipes for wine and cocktails. Light soiling to covers. A very good copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Brown. Quite uncommon thus.
Editore: The Countryman Press, Weston, Vt, 1938
Da: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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No. 551 0f 750 copies signed by the author and artist. Drawings by Charles Child. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth with original tan printed belly band, in glassine sleeve, in original cardboard shipping carton. Bookplate of Julia Wightman. In full blue morocco sleeve with onlay of man on spine by Miss Wightman dated 1939 Drawings by Charles Child. 1 vols. 8vo No. 551 0f 750 copies signed by the author and artist.
Editore: Weston, VT: The Countryman Press, 1937
Da: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publisher's red cloth, title and author stamped in black and gilt on front cover, original glassine wrapper, publisher's paper covered board slipcase. 8vo. cloth, 61 pages, five full page illustrations. Illustrated by Harold Denison. Limited to 700 copies signed by the author and artist. Bookplate of Schubert on front pastedown. Spine slightly faded, slipcase cracked. Else a fine copy. Benet's story was filmed 4 years later by RKO studios and starred Walter Huston, James Craig, Edward Arnold, Anne Shirley and Simone Simon. The film was directed by William Dieterle, Edited by Rober Wise and scored by Bernard Herrmann. It was released under the title "All that money can buy" to avoid confusion with another studio film (The Devil and Miss Jones) released the same year. The film underwent a long-awaited restoration which premiered at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2022. Signed by Author(s).