Friday, October 30, 2009

Payment and Shipping Information

Please contact me at thethrilledthriftershares@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing any items. I accept Paypal for all purchases.

When shipping we will decide the best method; most books can be sent USPS media mail at a rate of about $4.00 per book. You may also choose USPS priority which is $4.95 per book. If ordering more than one book they can be shipped combined and the rates will go up accordingly.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

One More River by Ashley Dukes

One More River: A Modern Comedy by Ashley Dukes
George H. Doran Company, New York 1927
1st Edition

Dust jacket in good comdition, very little wear to edges, slight rubbing to front. Previous owner's name penciled on front endpaper. Bookplate appears to have been removed from front pastedown. Text clean and binding tight.

$40.00

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Secret Life by Harley Granville-Barker


The Secret Life: A Play in Three Acts
By Harley Granville-Barker
Little, Brown & Company, Boston 1923
1st American Edition
Dust jacket with chipping and 2 small tears on back. Spine darkened. Small booksellers plate on back pastedown with small penciled note.
Interior clean and uncut.
$35.00

Three Short Plays by Granville Barker

Three Short Plays: Rococo, Vote by Ballot, Farewell to the Theatre
By Granville Barker
Little, Brown & Company, Boston 1919
1st American Edition

Dust Jacket, bottom edge has large triangular tear (visible in photo) with smaller tears. Front has a tear in middle of edge. Small tears on back at top and bottom. Back pastedown has small bookseller plate with penciled note above. Interior clean and uncut.

$30.00

The Life and Death of William Mountfort by Albert S. Borgman


The Life and Death of WIlliam Mountfort by Albert S. Borgman
Harvard Studies in English, XV
Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1935
1st Edition
Dust Jacket with small tears at top edge of front cover, top of spine at center, back at spine - top and larger tear at bottom, at top and bottom close to back edge. Small triangular tear on back towards bottom.
Bookseller's mark penciled at top edge of front end paper, receipt from former owner's purchase laid in front cover, light brownish stains. Back pastedown has penciled note. Text is clean, pages uncut.
William Mountfort was a 17th century actor.
$35.00

Two Greek Plays - the Philoctetes of Sophocles & The Medea of Euripides

Two Greek Plays: The Philoctetes of Sophocles & The Medea of Euripides
Translated into English by John Jay Chapman
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1928
1st Edition
Dust jacket, chipping, small tear each to front and back cover. Interior is clean and tight.
$30.00

Pater Hemon by Paul D. Hugon

Pater Hemon
"Our Father"
63 Versions of the Lord's Prayer in 41 Languages Ancient and Modern with Historical and Linguistic Notes.
by Paul D. Hugon
Leon R. Ervin, Los Angeles, 1936
1st Edition

Green cloth boards with gilt in very good condition. Vellum Dustjacket in poor shape but interesting. Vellum is embossed spider web pattern complete with spider and prey. Newspaper clipping on Lord's Prayer (included) laid in back cover, light brownish stains to back paste down and back end paper. No marks in text.

$40.00