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Davis, Richard Harding : The Novels and Stories of Richard Harding Davis. Crossroads Edition

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, 1916

Set of 12 volumes reprinting Davis' works in an edition of 256 copies, this being # 85. Bound in publishers cloth with paper wrapper on boards (darking to the spine). Issued on Japan paper, paper labels, gilt edging to the top of the pages. I: Van Bibber and Others - xiv, 331 pages; front portrait. II: The Exiles and Other Stories - viii, 325 pages; frontis. III: Gallegher and Other Stories - ix, 306 pages; frontis. IV: Soldiers of Fortune - xv, 358 pages; frontis. V: Captain Macklin, His Memoirs - viii, 329 pages; frontis. VI: Ranson's Folly - vi, 320 pages; frontis. VII: The White Mice - viii, 305 pages; frontis. VIII: The Scarlet Car - xi, 401 pages; frontis. IX: The Bar Sinister - vi, 306 pages; frontis. X: The Man Who Could Not Lose - vii, 365 pages; frontis. XI: The Red Cross Girl - xx, 296 pages; frontis. XII: The Lost Road - xxii, 330 pages; frontis. Each volume contains a brief introduction by an author who knew Davis. Note -- Volume X: "The Log of the Jolly Polly" pp 312-365, first edition thus; Volume XI: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" pp 251-276, first edition thus; Volume XII: "The Man Who Had Everything" pp 308-330, first edition thus. Blanck - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERIACN LITERATURE 2, # 4574 "12 volumes issued in a variety of bindings . The earlier sets (Harper, 1898; Scribner, 1899; Scribner, 1903) contain no first edition material. The UNIFORM EDITION, New York (Scribner, 1918) printed from the plates of the 1916 edition". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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