Author: CHENEY, JOHN VANCE
Title: The Time of Roses
Description: Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1908. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Card Covers. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the glassine dust jacket. This is one of 900 unnumbered copies on Van Gelder Hand-Made paper (following a 50 copy edition on Japan Vellum). Covers have yapped edges. The covers are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and edge wear along with some light ground-in dirt to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription on the first free page. "John Vance Cheney (December 29, 1848 in Groveland, New York – May 1, 1922) was an American poet, essayist and librarian. Educated in Geneseo, New York, Cheney practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins Vance Cheney, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library. In 1909 he retired and moved to San Diego with his second wife, Sara Barker Chamberlain. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .
Keywords: Poetry John Vance Cheney Roses Signed Editions
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Title: The Time of Roses
Description: Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1908. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Card Covers. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the glassine dust jacket. This is one of 900 unnumbered copies on Van Gelder Hand-Made paper (following a 50 copy edition on Japan Vellum). Covers have yapped edges. The covers are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and edge wear along with some light ground-in dirt to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription on the first free page. "John Vance Cheney (December 29, 1848 in Groveland, New York – May 1, 1922) was an American poet, essayist and librarian. Educated in Geneseo, New York, Cheney practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins Vance Cheney, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library. In 1909 he retired and moved to San Diego with his second wife, Sara Barker Chamberlain. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Very Good+ .
Keywords: Poetry John Vance Cheney Roses Signed Editions
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 43037
- Book number: 43037
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