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The Last Bookman: Available Copies

115 pages, illustrated. Oversized. Light discoloring and wear; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The jacket is scuffed and worn, discolored. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 199803.

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.2

Very good in lightly worn dust jacket First Edition Cloth Folio This oversize item may require extra shipping for priority and international orders.

A very good copy of the first edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has a small chip and minor wear to edges). Folio. 115 pages. Notable for the introduction by Christopher Morley and contributions by over 20 others (including August Derleth, Ben Hecht, Paul Jordan-Smith, Carl Sandburg, et al). b/w photos/illustrations. One of 2500 copies issued.

Quarto, 115pp., cloth; pictorial dj lightly scuffed. A chronicle of friendship and tributes from August Derleth, Carl Sandburg, Kit Morley, Ben Hecht, Haniel Long and others.

Cloth. Quarto. A chronicle of friendship and tributes about Vincent Starrett from Derleth, Sandburg, Morley, Hecht, and others

First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Limited to 2500 copies. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. (Book Collectors, Bibliophiles, Biography)

Stated First. Book approaches near fine inside and out. Printed on a high-quality paper stock. Unclipped jacket good with shelf wear, surface scratches, edgewear, and a tear on upper seam of rear jacket flap. See pictures for further details, description.

First Edition. first edition book, includes the dust jacket (fading)

New York, NY: Candlelight Press. Good/Good. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Only 2500 copies printed . 4to., 115 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, fadedm cover bumped, writing on ffe .

HB A Vincent Starrett festschrift F/VG. Jacket somewhat rubbed as usual, DJ

This copy is in good condition. The jacket has light rubbing and moderate edgewear with some small tears and chipsand has faded. Text is clean and tight in binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Limited edition, one of 250 copies.

With some b/w photographs and illustrations. 115pp. 4to, red cloth, d.w. New York: The Candlelight Press, 1968. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. With an Unorthodox introduction by the late Christopher Morley.

Dust jacket wear. Limited 2500 copies. ; 115 pages

115 pp. Folio, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Bookplate; corners a little bumped; otherwise fine in a rubbed jacket with some light general use.

Limited to 2500 copies. Many tributes and black and white photos. One 1/2 inch chip on front jacket

4to. cloth, dust jacket. 115 pages. First edition, limited to 2500 copies. Contains a checklist of Starrett's books, tributes from fellow authors and many illustrations. Jacket very rubbed with tears along edges.

1968. Cloth, dj. 4to. 115 pp. Illustrated. Some shelf wear, noticeable scuffing, and mild sunning to dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition.

Octavo, Hardcover. Limited to 2500 copies. One of 2500 copies. Tribute to Starrett, includes a biography and bibliography. Near fine in a very good with some rubbing and light shelf wear dust jacket. (7189)

Large octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-115 [116: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], illustrations, cloth. First edition. Limited to 2500 copies. Includes a biography of Starrett by Ruber, tributes by August Derleth, Ben Hecht, Carl Sandburg and others, excerpts from letters written by Starrett, and bibliography of Starrett's books. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with general rubbing and scratching common to this jacket. (#136813)

"First Printing, June, 1968." One of a limited edition of 2500 copies. "And a Chronicle of Friendship & Tribute through Poetry & Prose by Franklin P. Adams, Delos Avery, Fanny Butcher, August Derleth, Henry Dierkes, Harry Hansen, Ben Hecht, Thomas Kennedy, Charles Layng, Haniel Long, Esther Longfellow, Russell McLauchlin, Christopher Morley, Harry J. Owens, David A. Randall, Carl Sandburg, George Steele Sewmour, Paul Jordan-Smith, Frank Smothers, Jacob C. Solovay, Robert S. Starrett, Raube Walters, Louis Zara; Together with Photographs, Excerpts from V. S. Letters, A Checklist of V. S. Books." 115, [1] p.: illustrations; 32 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Orange endpapers. Red illustrated dust jacket with gilt spine and cover titles. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: rubbed; 2-cm. closed tear from upper edge of back section; minor loss at head of spine; light creased and closed tears of less than 1 cm. from edges; clean and bright.

Quarto, 115 pages, cloth; pictorial dj complete but worn, with call number labels at foot of spine. Ex libris Lewis Alway Smith. X-library with markings and pocket. A chronicle of friendship and tribute from Derleth, Sandburg, Morley, Hecht, H. Long and others. Signed by Ruber on the free endpaper. v.g., dj rubbed, one chip repaired with tape, bookplate

Publisher's oversized gilt-titled cloth. Inscribed to the ffep by Ruber to author David Warren Ryder. Mild edge/corner wear, slight foxing to edges, few minor marks. The DJ in mylar is rubbed and chipped. Limited to 2500 copies. ; quarto; Signed by Author

First edition, limited to 2,500 copies. Cloth. Dust wrapper. Illustrations. The author notes that "Starrett is a 'Bookman', one who writes about books as well as collects them" -- poet, writer, critic, bibliophile, etc. Many of Starrett's frie nds p aid tribute to him in this book with their own poetry and prose: Franklin P. Adams, August Derleth, Ben Hecht, Haniel Long, Carl Sandburg, and others.

rubs to the jacket

Photograph available on request.

Peter Ruber's nicely printed work on the bibliophile, Vincent Starrett, with tributes from Derleth, Morley, and others. This copy inscribed by Ruber, "For John S. Mayfield - An old friend whom I have just met," and dated in 1968. Accompanying the book is a letter from Mayfield requesting a copy from Ruber. Mayfield has also initialed the book on the rear endpaper, as well as highlighted his publication,One Who Knew Poe,in the bibliographical check list of Starrett's works by Esther Longfellow at the rear. . 31x24cm, 115pp. Illustrations, photographs, facsimiles. Inscribed by Ruber to John S. Mayfield on the ffep. Publisher's red cloth, spine stamped in gilt, illustrated jacket. Nearly fine book in jack et that shows some wear and light rubbing to edges and corners

1968. 1st. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Folio. 115 pp. Presentation copy, with Vincent Starrett's inscription to ffep. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Bookplate to front pastedown. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition.

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