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Published by The Home of Books, Inc., Chicago, 1939
Seller: Pensees Bookshop, Charleston, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Red string-tied stiff paper wraps. Covers are just very slightly rubbed with no creasing. Mint-green pages. 200 copies of this Christmas keepsake were printed by Norman Forgue at his Poor Richard Press in Chicago and a 400-copy edition was published by The Home of Books (Ralph G. Newman's bookshop before founding the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop).
Published by The Poor Richard Press, Chicago, 1939
Seller: Pensees Bookshop, Charleston, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Red string-tied stiff paper wraps. Bright and crisp copy with no creasing or bumping. Mint-green pages. 200 copies of this Christmas keepsake were printed by Norman Forgue at his Poor Richard Press in Chicago and a 400-copy edition was published by The Home of Books (Ralph G. Newman's bookshop before founding the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop).
Published by Wallace Hebberd,, Santa Barbara:, 1964
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Robert M. Hutchins. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (light dust soiling) dust jacket.
Published by Wallace Hebberd, Santa Barbara, 1964
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Robert M. Hutchins. First edition thus. Light offsetting to front paste-down and endpaper, else near fine in a very good (age toning along spine) dust jacket.
Published by John Long, Ltd., London, 1924
Seller: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint in small faux leather covers. Minor rubbing to the covers. light sunning to the spine. Very Good.
Published by The Home of Books, Inc., Chicago, 1939
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Stiff Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First edition. 16mo, [12 pages], sewn wrappers. Humorist Ward's verson of his visit with President-elect Lincoln at his Springfield, Illinois home. [ Not in BAL; Monaghan 3664]. Printed by Norman Forgue's Poor Richard Press, this variant has the Home of Books imprint.
Published by Wallace Hebberd, Santa Barbara, 1964
Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition (thus). The work of Artemus Ward, friend and companion to Mark Twain, a humorist of the mid-nineteenth century, audacious exaggerator, and great observer of human nature and foibles. Hardcover with dust jacket, 264pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1890
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Bottom board is deatched, top board and backstrip are almost detached, cover shows moderate wear, tear, rubbing. Pages lightly tanned and clean, textblock square.
Published by Carleton, New York, 1862
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: very good(-). First. Illustrated with black and white comic illustrations. 264 pages. New York: Carleton, 1862. First edition. Covers considerably worn; a very good(-) copy.
Published by The Home of Books, Inc. / The Poor Richard Press, Chicago, 1939
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 12mo. Unpaginated. Red wrappers printed in green on the front wrapper, bound with a green tie. Green paper printed in black. With one full-page illustration. Reprinted from Vanity Fair December 8, 1860. A humorous piece from a popular Civil War-era writer. A nameplate on the first leaf.
Published by Carleton Publisher January 1869, 1869
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Wallace Hebberd, Santa Barbara, 1964
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Facsimile edition. Octavo. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with publisher's promotional material laid in.
Published by G.W. Carleton & Co, New York, 1867
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 12mo; G; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue blind-stamped cloth with gold print, tattering to spine caps, wear to corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light shelfwear; Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, slight tear to rear hinge, slight bump to top fore corner, else clean and tight; vi, 229 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w) + publisher catalog (8 pages). 1340774. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1912
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Nankivell, Frank A. (illustrator). First Edition. Dated 1912 at title and copyright pages. Dk. red cloth boards, gilt cover design, spine titles, moderate wear, spine fade. Pages very good, crisp. Frontispiece portrait of Ward w/tissue intact. Profusely illustrated by Frank Nankivell. Fine string-bound spine very good. Presents a compilation of the writings of humorist Charles Farrar Browne, whose nom-de-plume was Artemus Ward, and wrote colorful commentary in the late nineteenth century. 275 pages. Few bookstore marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by G.W. Carleton & Co. Publisher, New York, 1867
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Volume three only. Blind embossed green cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by J.H. Howard. Pages foxed, dampstain on last few pages, edges worn and bumped, a good only copy.
Published by G.W. Carleton & Co. Publisher, New York, 1867
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Volume three only. Blind embossed blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by J.H. Howard. Owner's name inked on preliminary, lacking front fly, spine ends and corners worn, a good only copy.
Published by Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1971
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. i1st thus, Limited, Numbered edition; ntroduction by Walter Muir Whitehill. The colorful life of showman, comic lecturer, humorist, Artemus Ward. A nearly unused x-library book with top edge stamp, label on fep and tear to rep from pocket removal. Book appears unread. Comes with very good slipcase. One of 1950 copies, illustrated with wood and steel engravings. 359 clean, unmarked pages Size: 4 vo. SIGNED By Editor.
Published by G. W. Carleton, New York, 1869
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5 X 7.5 inches. 213 pages plus 4 pages ads. Green cloth hardcover with gilt type o spine. Very Good- Soling on end pages. Thirty-four black and white illustrations, complete. . Impressed decorations on front and back covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867) was an American humorist and often wrote under his pen name, Artemus Ward. In this reprinted lecture, Ward talks about early Mormons and travels in the West. Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward, which as a character, an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", Browne also played in public performances. Though sometimes racist, he is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian.
Published by Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1865
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 231, [1], 8 pp. Original cloth with stamped design on front and rear covers; gilt title to the spine. Some wear and rubbing to the boards, edges, corners and spine. Spine slightly sunned. Few spots of foxing internally; else very good. Part I--Miscellaneous, Part II--Among the Mormons. Comic illustrations by Mullen. Sections of the book discuss travels through Utah and observations on the Mormons. Flake: 924c.
Published by Carleton, New York, 1865
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo, 231 pages + publisher's ads dated 1865. internal foxing, contemporary cloth, Artemus Ward was Mark Twain's model for his own lecture series. " I think his lecture on the "Babes in the Wood" was the funniest thing I ever listened to." - Mark Twain. [ BAL 1527; Wright II, 393 ]. Ward traveled to California, stopping en route at Salt Lake City, The final chapter concerns "The Revelations Of Joseph Smith", which furnishes intact the Prophet's statement in 1843 at Nauvoo about Plurality or Polygamy. Ward offers that "The reader has my full consent to form his own opinion of it.", and further Ward sayeth not. The Revelation appears here with the spelling corrected. Also a chapter on Are The Mormon Women Happy?.
Published by G. W. Carleton, New York, 1869
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 213 pages, complete. Thirty-four black and white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for other books in the back. Impressed decorations on front and back covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867) was an American humorist and often wrote under his pen name, Artemus Ward. In this reprinted lecture, Ward talks about early Mormons. Referenced in Flake, the Mormon Bibliography, no. 933.
Published by Carleton,, New York:, 1862
Seller: Dark Parks Books & Collectibles, Fallon, NV, U.S.A.
Pagination: 262, 6p. Modern brown leather over thick boards black title label in gilt. Newer marbled endpapers. Frontis plate with small corner cut away at top else book is near fine with numerous comic full=page illustrations. Come with notes about Browne freely tipped in. Priced to go. Nice copy in fine binding. Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867) American humor writer best known as pseudo Artemus Ward. He is considered to be Americas first stand-up comedian.
Published by Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas, 1923
First Edition
First edition thus. 24mo [5 x 3 1/2"], 96 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Gibbs 369, first edition thus, in the first state for the text and wrapper design. A clean, near fine example with a faint strip of sunning to front cover and some light rubbing to spine.
Published by John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly. Printed by Jas. Wade, 18, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, London, 1865
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
[6], 167, 23 pp. Tipped-in publisher advert leaflet, on green paper, to front eps. Last 22 pages publisher adverts. 12mo. 7-/12" x 5" "Artemus Ward was most popular in Great Britain and was there paid the high, if unprofitable, compliment of being extensively pirated." [BAL]. General shelfwear, with spine cloth a bit darkened. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down; binder's ticket to rear paste-down. Light foxing. Very Good. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Bevelled boards 1st UK edition (BAL 1526). This edition not in Flake / Draper.
Published by AMS Press, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0404068359ISBN 13: 9780404068356
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile. Edited with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt on the spine. Spine trifle sunned else fine, lacking the dust jacket if issued.
Published by Carleton, 1867
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Three Volumes Complete. Cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; Volume 1 in Acceptable condition, covers of Volume 1 are spotted/water stained; edges are worn; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; gutter gaps throughout due to failing binding. Free front endpaper missing on Volume 1; previous owner's name on first blank page; foxing throughout; Volumes 2 and 3 are in good condition with no missing endpapers; interiors are unmarked; some spotting/finger smudges; 262, 231, and 229 pages.
Published by G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1867
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Howard, J.H. (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1867. Very good condition with no wrapper. With comic illustrations by J.H. Howard. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed decoration to boards. 6 b/w plates. Spine browned & worn at top & tail. Corners lightly worn. Front joint just starting to crack. Some light browning. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Published by Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1865
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. 231pp + 8pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, and lettered in gold on the spine. Complete with frontispiece and eleven inserted plates with illustrations (not bound in the order given in the index). Wear to extremities, some scattered foxing, diagonal closed tears to two leaves. A good copy. ; 12mo.
Published by G.W. Carleton Publisher, New York, 1869
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. vii, 213pp., [2pp.] Blind embossed plum cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Edited by T.W. Robertson and E.P. Hingston. Illustrated. Rear hinge cracked, spine faded with head chipped, corners worn, a good only copy without dustwrapper if issued.
Published by G. W. Carleton & Co., New York, 1867
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
229 pp. plus pub. cat. Illustrated from engravings. 12mo, publisher's purple cloth. First edition. Slight use to cloth at extremities; an attractive copy. Comic Books by Artemus Ward, III.