Old Chester Tales
first edition Hardcover
1899 · New York
by Deland, Margaret; Pyle, Howard (illus)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ (Textblock Near Fine). No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Apparently second state, lacking "Chelsea" on p. 5. A handsome copy of this rather scarce Pyle title. Light shelf/edge wear, owner signatures at ffep and title page, light duststaining at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, color pictorial/decorative elements, frontispiece. 12mo. 360pp plus 4pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates). (Inventory #: 4015)