Blue Ridge Book Works

Honey Plants of North America (North of Mexico): A Guide to the Best Locations for Beekeeping in the United States by John H. Lovell. Medina, OH: The A. I. Root Company, 1926. First Edition.

Brown textured covers with debossed & gilted titles & decorations to front & spine. Illustrated with color frontispiece & numerous b&w photos. iv + 408 pp. 6-1/4" x 9-3/8".

Very good condition. Previous owner's name to top of front end paper & to left margin of pp. 100, 200, 300 & 400. Otherwise, interior clean. Small tear to bottom edge of title page. Foxing to edges of page block. Hinges strong. Binding has a bit of give, but remains sound. Covers have moderate rubbing & wear to corners, along edges & at spine ends; bumping to top corners; wear along spine edges; several stress creases & a bit of wear to spine.

$87

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Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. Introduction by Elizabeth Forster-Nietzsche. New York: The Modern Library / Boni & Liveright, 1917

First Modern Library Edition, First Printing. Part of the "First Catalog" of 12 titles published in May 1917 with all first printing points: Binding Style 1; marbled end papers; "Just Issued" catalog type C1 listing the first 12 books in The Modern Library printed on the page facing the title page; no text on copyright page.

Brown flexible leatherette with gilt titles to spine & gilt Modern Library BL device to front cover. 325 pp. 4-3/8" x 6-5/8".

Near fine condition. Penciled markings to top corner of half-title page. Occasional penciled margin marks in first 92 pages, & perhaps a stray mark or two thereafter, but otherwise pages clean & unmarked. Mild, even toning to pages. Several dog-ears & small creases to top corners. Small Brentano's bookstore label to bottom of rear pastedown. Binding firm; slight lean to heel of spine. Covers remain supple with very light flexing stress marks along top edge of front cover; light rubbing & wear at corners, spine ends & along edges; mild scuffing along outside edge of rear cover; a touch of darkening to spine titles; front cover device remains bright & unrubbed.

$250 || SOLD

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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. Everyman's Library Number 616. London: J. M. Dent & Sons / New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Second printing, 1922.

Red cloth over stiff, flexible boards. Blind stamped "Dent & Sons" device on front board. Gilt titles & decorations to spine. Decorated end papers. xii + 242 pp. 4-3/8" x 6-7/8".

Fine antique condition. Minor stain to top margin of p. 242. Several pages with creased top corners & associated soiling to facing pages. Otherwise, interior clean & unmarked & free of foxing. Soiling & a couple of superficial stains to bottom edge of page block. Binding firm; hinges solid; mild slant to spine. Covers have faint, dime-sized stain to front cover; light rubbing to edges; mild softening to spine ends; darkening to spine titles. More info at www.blueridgebookworks.com.

$125 || SOLD

Millionaire Pl***oy: A Delirious and True Extravaganza of Inheriting a Fortune and Squandering It by Tom Boggs. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1933. First Edition.

A fictionalized biography of the young poet Robert Clairmont, "Millionaire Pl***oy" begins in 1925 when Clairmont receives notice that he has inherited $350,000 from the estate of a wealthy businessman whom he'd met several years earlier while working as a lifeguard at a swim club in his native Pittsburgh. Clairmont promptly moves to New York City, enrolls at the Columbia School of Journalism and begins spending his new found fortune. He telephones Boggs to come from Pittsburgh to join him, and Boggs becomes a participant in and chronicler of Clairmont's adventures. Over the next few years, Clairmont gives parties that sometimes last for weeks, he distributes cash freely to friends and strangers, he sends some friends to study in Paris while supporting others in NYC. The book ends on the night of Monday, October 28, 1929 with Clairmont's fortune wiped out by the Stock Market Crash. Faced with impending poverty, Clairmont does what he does best, he uses the last of his cash to treat a small group of friends to an all-night party.

An ex-lending library copy with the front panel of the dust jacket pasted to the front end paper & front flap pasted inside the front cover. Library stickers & stamps to end papers & scattered throughout. Stain along side edge of pp. 275-292. Scattered smudges & soiling; a couple of small edge tears to pages. Creases to top corners of multiple pages. Hinges sound. Binding firm with slight lean to heel of spine. Covers have wear along edges & at corners with boards showing at bottom rear corner of spine, along edge of front board & at front corners; moisture staining & discoloration to rear board.

Overall, in fair condition, but still a solid & desirable copy of this rare account of extravagance during the waning years of the Roaring 20's. More details at www.ebay.com/str/blueridgebookworks

$750 || SOLD