THE GREATEST WISH IN THE WORLD by Thurston, E. Temple - 1910

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good/No Jacket. 1910. Reprint. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used Red cloth (spine lettering flaked, cloth faded; offset to endpapers).. Keywords: Fiction.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. Hardcover. Good. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2. 396 pages + 3 of ads. Unmarked. The blue stained page top edges have some white spots. The green cloth boards are gently rubbed on the corners. GOOD++

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. 1st . Hardcover. Good+. Cannon" inked to front flyleaf. good+, no dj, gold-stamped brick red cloth 396 pgs

Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Good+ condition. Cover in great shape, text clean, binding firm. Ink stamp twice on ffep.

George Newnes, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly loose. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1913. Small format, red cloth gilt titles; some marks to covers, few spots foxing. New & Cheaper Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. New & Cheaper Ed. 392 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Clean pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with, with small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.

George Newnes, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Light foxing and tanning to pages. Much more heavy and prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Fair. Moderate to heavy wear. Writing in pencil on first page and inner front cover, otherwise pages are clean but heavily age toned. Binding is tight. Pictures available upon request.

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1910. Very Good+ condition. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean, square copy. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. Gilt lettering and rules on spine / front cover are still quite bright and shiny. The printed dedication is to Dorothy Allhusen. This is the binding variant with "MITCHELL KENNERLEY" in all caps on the spine. Boice 1910.4 [The Mitchell Kennerley Imprint, A Descriptive Bibliography]. For a biography of the English novelist/dramatist, E. Temple Thurston (1879-1933), see Kunitz/Haycraft pp. 1405-06 [Twentieth Century Authors].. First American Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth, gilt/No dust jacket. 8vo. 396pp.