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IN THE FOREST.
Edition: Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition")
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1903. Hardcover - A novel by this California-born author focusing on the battle for survival in the wilderness - as caribou bulls compete with one another, and they all have to evade the hunters. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard by C. Rungills and 19 glossy internal plates, most depicting animals. A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 318 pp.
Condition: Very good (some insect damage to cloth on spine, but still a sturdy tight copy). An uncommon early edition.
Book ID: 85668More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ISLE OF THE WINDS.
Edition: Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition")
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1903. Hardcover - A romantic adventure novel by this Scottish writer, originally published under the title "Little Anna Mark." Although this begins - and ends - in Scotland, most of it is set in the Caribbean, among the pirates, including a search for Morgan's hidden treasure. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven internal plates on glossy stock. A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 443 pp.
Condition: Near fine. An uncommon early edition.
Book ID: 85667More details Price: $25.00 -
THE LION'S BROOD.
Edition: Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition")
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1903. Hardcover - Historical novel set during the second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, when Hannibal invaded Italy. Glossy frontispiece. Originally published in 1901. A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 361 pp.
Condition: Near fine (very light foxing to the endpapers). An uncommon early edition.
Book ID: 85666More details Price: $25.00 -
THE GOOD RED EARTH.
Edition: Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition")
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1903. Hardcover - One of the Devonshire novels for which Phillpotts is best known, originally published in 1901. A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 328 pp.
Condition: Near fine (very light foxing to the endpapers). An uncommon early edition.
Book ID: 85665More details Price: $25.00 -
MASTERS OF MEN: A Romance of the New Navy.
Edition: Early vintage reprint.
Condition: Near fine. An uncommon early edition.
Book ID: 85664More details Price: $30.00