Author: BACHELLER, IRVING
Title: . 3 a Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright
Description: Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1917. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, along with a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front pastedown page. The text has been illustrated by Arthur I. Keller with several full page black and white illustrations. The dust jacket has several edge tears, including a tear to the bottom front flap joint that's 2+" in length. "Irving Bacheller began to write fiction, publishing "The Master of Silence" in 1892 and "Still House of O'Darrow" in 1894. Although he was appointed Sunday editor of the New York World in 1898, he soon chose to pursue a full-time career as a fiction writer and two years later left journalism for a while. Writing novels primarily concerned with early American life in the North Country of New York State, in 1900 his novel Eben Holden, subtitled A Tale of the North Country, proved a major success, and was the fourth best-selling novel in the United States in 1900. In 1901 the book was still ranked fifth for the year and his next novel issued that year titled D'ri and I was tenth in annual sales. Sixteen years later, Bacheller's work The Light in the Clearing was the No.2 best-selling book in America and in 1920, A Man for the Ages was fifth. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
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Title: . 3 a Tale of the North Country in the Time of Silas Wright
Description: Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1917. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, along with a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and date on the front pastedown page. The text has been illustrated by Arthur I. Keller with several full page black and white illustrations. The dust jacket has several edge tears, including a tear to the bottom front flap joint that's 2+" in length. "Irving Bacheller began to write fiction, publishing "The Master of Silence" in 1892 and "Still House of O'Darrow" in 1894. Although he was appointed Sunday editor of the New York World in 1898, he soon chose to pursue a full-time career as a fiction writer and two years later left journalism for a while. Writing novels primarily concerned with early American life in the North Country of New York State, in 1900 his novel Eben Holden, subtitled A Tale of the North Country, proved a major success, and was the fourth best-selling novel in the United States in 1900. In 1901 the book was still ranked fifth for the year and his next novel issued that year titled D'ri and I was tenth in annual sales. Sixteen years later, Bacheller's work The Light in the Clearing was the No.2 best-selling book in America and in 1920, A Man for the Ages was fifth. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Irving Bacheller Romance Politics Humor Books Into Film
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 45557
- Book number: 45557
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