Auction 210 EXCLUSIVE ONLINE TIMED SALE
By Converse Auctions
Apr 28, 2023
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LOT 600:

5 BOOKS FIREWEED & DITCHES OF MALFI FIRST EDITION

Sold for: $10
Start price:
$ 10
Estimated price :
$40 - $80
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Auction took place on Apr 28, 2023 at Converse Auctions
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5 BOOKS FIREWEED & DITCHES OF MALFI FIRST EDITION
Logo 5 BOOKS FIREWEED & DITCHES OF MALFI FIRST EDITION


The Last Days of Pompeii by Lord Lytton. Fireweed by Mildred Walker first edition. The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth. John Sargent by The Hon. Even Charteris. The Dutchess of Malfi and The White Devil by John Webster, first edition.

All books have wear - see photos


6 1/2" X 9 1/2"


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Image Text

Image 1:



THE
JOHN
DUCHESS
SARGENT
OF MALFI
THE
WHITE
PHILIP
DEVIL
BY
FIREWEED
JOHN
WEBSTER
ROTH
ILLUSTRATED BY
HENRY KEEN
THE
LORD
LYTTON.
GHOST
WRITER
DODD, MEAD
SCRIBNERS
& COMPANY.
THE
JOHN
DUCHESS
SARGENT
OF
MALFI
THE
WHITE
PHILIP
DEVIL
BY
FIREWEED
JOHN
THE
WEBSTER
ROTH
POMPEII
ILLUSTRATED
BY
HENRY
KEEN
THE
LORD
LYTTON.
GHOST
WRITER
DODD,
MEAD
SCRIBNERS
&
COMPANY.

Image 2:



COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
All rights reserved, including
the right to reproduce this book
or portions thereof in any form.
first edition
This novel was granted a prize
in the Avery Hopwood and Jule
Hopwood Awards Contest for 1933
at the University of Michigan.
RINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
QUINN & BODEN COMPANY, INC., RAHWAY, N. J.
Typography by Robert Josephy
COPYRIGHT,
1934,
BY
HARCOURT,
BRACE
AND
COMPANY,
INC.
All
rights
reserved,
including
the
right
to
reproduce
this
book
or
portions
thereof
in
any
form.
first
edition
This
novel
was
granted
a
prize
in
the
Avery
Hopwood
and
Jule
Awards
Contest
for
1933
at
the
University
of
Michigan.
RINTED
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA
QUINN
&
COMPANY,
INC.,
RAHWAY,
N.
J.
Typography
by
Robert
Josephy

Image 3:





Image 4:



The Lord Lytton Edition.
THE
LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
BY
SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART.
"SUCH IS VESUVIUS! AND THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE IN IT
EVERY YEAR. But ALL ERUPTIONS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED SINCE
WOULD BE TRIFLING, EVEN IF ALL SUMMED INTO ONE, COMPARED
TO WHAT OCCURRED AT THE PERIOD WE REFER TO.
"DAYWAS TURNED INTO NIGHT, AND LIGHT INTO DARKNESS;-
AN INEXPRESSIBLE QUANTITY OF DUST AND ASHES WAS POURED
OUT, DELUGING LAND, SEA, AND AIR, AND BURYING TWO ENTIRH
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
The
Lord
Lytton
Edition.
THE
LAST
DAYS
OF
POMPEII
BY
SIR
EDWARD
BULWER
LYTTON,
BART.
"SUCH
IS
AND
THESE
THINGS
TAKE
PLACE
IN
IT
EVERY
YEAR.
ALL
WHICH
HAVE
HAPPENED
SINCE
WOULD
BE
TRIFLING,
EVEN
IF
ALL
SUMMED
INTO
ONE,
COMPARED
TO
WHAT
OCCURRED
AT
THE
PERIOD
WE
REFER
TO.
"DAYWAS
TURNED
INTO
NIGHT,
AND
LIGHT
INTO
AN
INEXPRESSIBLE
QUANTITY
OF
DUST
AND
ASHES
WAS
POURED
OUT,
DELUGING
LAND,
SEA,
AND
AIR,
AND
BURYING
TWO
ENTIRH
AND
POMPEII,
WHILE
THE
PEOPLE
IN
THE
Cassius,
lib.
COMPLETE
IN
ONE
VOLUME

Image 5:



THIS EDITION FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1930
COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Printed in the United States of America
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Text by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury
Illustrations by A. Alexander & Sons, Ltd., London, N.I.
THIS
EDITION
FIRST
PUBLISHED
IN
1927,
BY
CHARLES
SCRIBNER'S
SONS
Printed
in
the
United
States
of
America
Made
and
Printed
in
Great
Britain
Text
by
Hazell,
Watson
and
Viney,
Ltd.,
London
and
Aylesbury
Illustrations
by
A.
Alexander
&
Sons,
Ltd.,
London,
N.I.



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