Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine. Hardcover, no dustjacket, this beautiful copy is inscribed "from his friend" and signed and dated "13 July 1923" by the author, tanning to the top outer edge is the only remarkable flaw, clean and tight with fine contents, "Dartmouth Alumni Lectureships on the Guernsey Center Moore Foundation, " the author duscusses several authors including Mark Twain and Ralph Waldo Emerson; Signed by Author.
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With no dust jacket. Phelps was a popular and prolific author who also taught at Yale for many years and also taught the first university course on the modern American novel. This copy INSCRIBED and dated by Phelps (to Virgina Ford, my friend, 14 July 1923). He devotes chapters to such American luminaries as Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Abraham Lincoln, Danile Webster and James Fenimore Cooper. INSCRIBED by the author, very good cond.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; Signed by Author.