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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,. Only just Good w/o DJ. Brown pictorial cloth, teg. October 1908.. First Edition.. 2nd printing. Moderate shelfwear & rubbing. .
PARK-STREET PAPERS by Perry, Bliss - 1908
by Perry, Bliss
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1908. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. Rogers, Bruce. 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket. 277, (1) pages. First edition limited to 250 copies designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 88). Spine of jacket faded, chipping to edges of the dust jacket, else a near fine copy. Caslon type. Decorative title and headbands, possibly by Sarah Wyman Whitman. Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA.
The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived
The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived
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- Publisher Houghton, Mifflin & Company
- Place of Publication Boston
- Date Published 1908
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Park-Street Papers
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Park-Street Papers
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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,. Good+ w/o DJ. Brown pictorial cloth, teg.. 1908.. First Edition.. Moderate shelfwear. .
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Park-Street Papers
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. First edition. HC, no DJ. MV Good+. Ex-lib w usual stamps/marks. Brown pictorial cloth, edgewear, fraying to tips, gilt titling, gilt top-edge, hinges weak, hinge cracked at rear endpapers, text clean, loosening binding. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Park-Street Papers
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Hardwick, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908 Good+/No Jacket Pictorial dark green cloth; gilt decoration and title/spine lettering; top edge gilt. A gathering of literary commentary pieces in the author's tenth year of service as editor of "The Atlantic Monthly." Cover extremities moderately rubbed. Intermittent light-to-moderate foxing to interior; lower corners of pp. 253-256 missing (careless page separation). Otherwise clean and tight.
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PARK-STREET PAPERS
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. The papers gathered into this volume, in the author's tenth year of service as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, are concerned with the magazine itself, with its pleasant home in Park Street, and with some of the writers who have given distinction to its pages. Under the general title of "Atlantic Prologues" I have reprinted some of the brief Toastmaster addresses... major references to Hawthorne, Longfellow, Thomas Baily Aldrich, Whittier and Francis H. Underwood, one of the magazine's founders. 277 pp. some pages uncut. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Spine faded with mild rubbing at ends. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Small tear on title half page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. . Cloth. Very Good to Very Good+. Size: Approx. 5" x 7 1/2". Famous Authors.
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Park-Street Papers
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1908. PERRY, Bliss. Park-Street Papers. Original pictorial cloth, T.e.g. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Grolier 178. Warde 98. Very minor rubbing to spine ends, small bookplate, else near fine.
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Park-Street Papers
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Kingston, New York, United States
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VG- Houghton Mifflin Boston 1908 2nd impr hardcover 8vo, 277 pages. The Atlantic Monthly, its home on Park St. and some of the writers who contributed including hawthorne, Longfellow, Aldrich, Whittier, etc. Author was a long time editor. Some foxing inside covers. Solid clean copy with gilt titling and small decoration on front.
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park-Street Papers
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1908. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover and foredges soiled, spine and pages browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Park-Street Papers
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1908. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. viii, 277pp. Brown decorated cloth. Top edges gilt. A collection of literary essays by the editor of The Atlantic Monthly. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Park-street Papers
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Hardcover. Good. 1908 1st ptg. brown boards, gilt titles. t.e.g. worn headband. No marks. Good+
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