Four books with Rockwell Kent illustrations: (1) Paul Bunyan by Esther Shepard. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1924. 8vo. [xv] 233pp. (1). Early edition. Very good plus book in very good dust jacket. Clean cream cloth covered boards with blue text on spine. Many full page and in-text b&w illustrations. Tail of board spine is creased. Internally clean and with sound text block. Dust jacket spine is sunned. Chips across upper edge and corners at head of jacket spine and corners on tail of spine. Fore-edge corners are rubbed. Uniform corner clips on inside folds, price of $3.75 is intact. (2) Hans, the Eskimo. His Story of Arctic Adventure with Kane, Hayes, and Hall by Edwin Gile Rich. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1934. 8vo. [v] 288pp. Very good book in very good dust jacket. First edition. Blue cloth covered boards with illustrated paper label on front panel, paper label with lettering and graphics on spine. Crimping on edges at head and tail of board spine. Shadow transfers on end papers. FFEP is scuffed. Text pages are clean and text block is snug. Dust jacket is sunned overall, heavily on spine. Chips, rubs and closed tears on upper edges at head of jacket spine and upper right corner of front jacket panel. Price of $2.50 on inside front flap. (3) The Mountains Wait by Theodor Broch. Published by Webb Book Publishing Company, Saint Paul, MN, 1942. 325pp. Very good plus book in very good dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFEP. Blue cloth covered boards with darker blue-stamped illustration of an anchor on the front panel; gilt lettering and graphics on spine against a dark blue banner background. Black and white illustrations at chapter heads and last pages. Following text is a "Scrapbook," a selection of maps and photographs from the author's personal file and other sources." Minimal scuffs on edges at head and tail of board spine. Age-toning to external page edges and text pages, else internally clean. Text block is snug. Dust jacket is scuffed overall, spine is sunned. Upper edge at head of jacket spine has loss from several chips and rubs, along with several adjacent closed tears, creases and rubs on the upper edge of the back panel. Lower edge at tail of jacket spine is creased and chipped to a lesser crease; adjacent lower edge of the back jacket panel is also creased and chipped. Fore-edge folds are creased and scuffed and with a small rub-through on the back fold. Fore-edge corners are rubbed. Price of $3.00 is intact. (4) The Book of Noble Thoughts, edited by Louis Untermeyer. Published by American Artists Group, New York, 1946. First edition. [12] 121pp. Very good plus book in very good dust jacket. Tan decorative paper covered boards; light brown cloth on spine with gilt-stamped lettering. Horizontal crease at head of board spine; corners at head and tail of board spine are scuffed and with barest of fraying. Each two-page Noble Thought begins with a brown-tone Rockwell Kent illustration. Internally clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket is scuffed and lightly soiled overall. Edges at head and tail of jacket spine are chipped and rubbed but with minimal loss. Fore-edge corners are rubbed. Inside flaps are not clipped. No price is shown. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
