Description: Bolanyo a novel by Opie Percival Read published by Way & Williams, Chicago, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Cover illustration and design by Maxfield Parrish who was an American painter and illustrator known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. Frontispiece & decorations by Charles Francis Browne. This rare antique book will make a great gift or a valuable addition to any collection of antiquarian and collectible books. Bolanyo is a fiction novel about an old town on the Mississippi River. The central figure is a state senator, with whims amusingly native to the soil, a kindly, humorous man, with a high opinion of himself, and with a shrewd political politeness. TABLE OF CONTENTS: -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- ON THE RIVER -03- IN THE AIR -04- THE BLACK GIANT -05- THE SENATOR -06- A MOMENT OF FORGIVENESS -07- INTRODUCED TO MRS. ESTELL -08- THE NOTORIOUS BUGG PETERS -09- THE STATE TREASURER -10- PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS -11- MR. PETTICORD -12- THE CHARM OF AN OLD TOWN -13- A MATTER OF BUSINESS -14- THE PLACE OF THE GOBLINS -15- OLD JOE VARK -16- OLD AUNT PATSEY -17- THE PLAY -18- A SLOW STEP ON THE STAIRS -19- TO MEET THE MANAGER -20- BURN THE JUNIPER -21- GLEANING THE FIELD -22- THE WORK OF A SCOUNDREL -23- IN THE THICKET -24- THE RINGING OF THE BELL -25- MAGNOLIA LAND -26- DOWN A DARK ALLEY -27- CONCLUSION, IN THE GARDEN CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. Tight binding, clean text. Front hinge cracked. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. The cover is worn, soiled, and stained. This book has "deckled edged" pages. The pages of the book are not smooth and appear uncut or untrimmed, but it is intentional. Deckle-edged books were the original standard in publishing to make books look and feel “antiquarian". The name of the previous owner is written on the endpaper at the front of the book. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
Price: 85 USD
Location: Claremont, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Chicago
Topics: Southern States, Regionalism, Mississippi, Southerners
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Book Title: Bolanyo
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Way & Williams
Subject: American literature, Southern literature, Southern Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1897
Language: English
Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Frontispiece w/ tissue guard, Cover designed & Illustrated by Masfield Parrish, Frontispiece & decorations by Charles Francis Browne, Top edge gilt
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Author: Opie Read
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Manners & customs, culture, Historic, Mississippi River Towns
Subjects: Southern Novels, Fiction, Novel
Character Family: American Southern literature
