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Published by The Century Company, NY, 1913
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8pp story, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume 87, No. 1, November, 1913. The name Holworthy Hall was actually a freshman dorm at Harvard University where the real author author, Harold Porter, lived. Porter was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, 1906 - 1909, and also editor of the Advocate, the campus literary magazine. Housed in protective mylar report cover.
Published by The Century Company, NY, 1917
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Arthur Litle (illustrator). 14pp story, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 drawings, faded water-staining at bottom edges, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Magazine, Volume 93, No. 3, January, 1917. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.
Published by The Century Company, NY, 1917
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: VG. Arthur Litle (illustrator). 15pp story, printed in double columns, illustrated with 2 full-page drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XCIV, No. 2, June, 1917. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Holworthy Hall, pseudonym of Harold Everett Porter. First edition. Moderate wear to boards. Signed by Author(s).
Published by William J. Clark, 1913
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Limited First Edition: 18/50. Octavo, 64 pages [on 128 uncut leaves]; G-; Softbound in full black leather, with gilt lettering to spine and front cover; Covers show significant wear to edges (board exposed), light plus wear to joints and spine, and light wear overall; Textblock has moderate plus age-toning to deckled edges, light wear to endpapers, and a former owner's inkstamp on ffep; Author's signature ("Harold E. Porter") appears on limitation page (succeeding titlepage), which also notes that this is number 18 of 50 printed copies; RWO. A collection of humorous pieces parodying famous poets and writers, including Whitman and Kipling, by American writer/humorist Holworthy Hall. Hall was the pseudonym of Harold E. Porter, who took his name from the Harvard University dormitory where he resided while studying there. 1357826. Special Collections.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
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Prolific American author (all under the pseudonym "Holworthy Hall") of popular tales such as "Henry of Navarre, Ohio" (1914), "Paprika" (1916), "Pepper" (1916), "Dormie One and Other Golf Stories" (1917), "Egan" (1920), "Rope" (1922), "Colossus" (1930) and others. AMS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Paris, France, 1923 n.d. Near fine. Slightest bit of age toning. Page from an actual working draft on a sheet of lined notebook paper, headed (in Porter's incredibly miniscule but handsome script) "The Seller of Dreams / By / Holworthy Hall." Twenty-five handwritten lines of this tale follow. Porter has then, in pencil, inserted words here and there (sometimes entire lines) and crossed out a number of the inked lines. In the upper right corner, Porter then inscribes it "For Professor Johannsen / with the regards of / Harold E. Porter / 'Holworthy Hall' / Paris, 1923." Whether this tale ever made it into print we have not been able to verify -- perhaps it did but under another title, or perhaps it was a short story. When we say Porter had an incredibly miniscule script, we're not kidding: his letters measure 1/16th" in height! Nevertheless -- with the aid of a magnifying glass -- it's an attractive, easily legible script. Johannsen authored "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1950), the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. His original 8½" X 11" file folder, bearing a printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label (partly filled in by Johannsen), accompanies this item.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. An early printing. Previous owner's name (in pencil) on front free endpaper, else good in a fair (damp stained along the spine and on the rear panel, moderate edge wear with a few small chips) dust jacket.; 303 pages.
Published by Sears Publishing Company, Inc, New York, 1930
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Football novel. Full blue leather over boards, raised bands at spine, gilt lettering and decorations at spine ends, gilt top edge, pale blue end pages, full page authorial inscirption at front free end paper indicating the author had the book especially bound for recipient, newspaper article about novel affixed to front free pastedown. Near fine, no dust jacket, very light edge wear, spine very slightly darkened, offsetting at front end pages.