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Cyrus Townsend Brady. Two Novels, including:... (Total: 2 Items)
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Cyrus Townsend Brady. Two Novels, including: The Island of Surprise. Illustrations by Walter Tittle. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1915. 371 pages. Nine illustrated plates, including the frontispiece. Publisher's textured green boards blind-stamped with a small palm tree on the front cover. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Some rubbing to the covers, slightly bumped corners and edges of the spine, previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. [and:] The Island of the Stairs: Being a True Account of Certain Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Master John Hampdon, Seaman, and Teller of the Tale, and Mistress Lucy Wilberforce, Gentlewoman, in the Great South Seas. Edited by Cyrus Townsend Brady. Illustrated by the Kinneys. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1913. Published November, 1913. Octavo. 369 pages. Four illustrated plates including the frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth covers, with the front cover blind-stamped with a single rule. The front cover and spine are lettered in cream. Some rubbing to the covers, slight bumping to the corners and edges of the spine, some discoloration to the spine due to sunning, front hinge beginning to crack but still sound, front free endpaper is missing. Not only a romantic adventure writer, Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861 - 1920) was also a journalist, historian, and deacon I the Episcopal Church.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
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