Lemperly, Paul (Book Collector; 1858-1939).

Library of the Late Paul Lemperly Lakewood, Ohio. Exhibition & sale at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. Sale Number 157. [Auction Catalogue with a Foreword by Noel Lawson Lewis].

      Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 30 East 57 Street, New York. A copy belonging to Peter Keisogloff, with his manuscript price notations. 1940 - 6 1/4 inches x 9 3/8 in., [2]pp. foreword by Noel Lawson Lewis. [10], 175 pp. + printer's page; and two filled-in order forms are present, that were used to keep a record of items ordered. Illustrated with reproductions of title-pages, some with reproductions of signatures. 1060 lots; including: Joseph Conrad: #193-222; Charles Dickens: 257-264; Robert Frost: 311-327; Thomas Hardy: 381-436; Henry James: 504-511; James Whitcomb Riley: 816-821; E. A. Robinson: 827-831; Robert Louis Stevenson: 889-913; W. B. Yeats: 1035-1059, and many other English & American authors of the 1850-1930 period. Gray printed paper covers. The spine shows some tape repairs, lower cover corners are chipped away, some wear to lower page corners. This copy belonged to our founder, Peter Keisogloff (1900-95), who acted as the local agent for the Lemperly collection, and got it ready for the New York auctioneers. Each lot has prices pencilled in by Peter Keisogloff, and running totals at the top of the pages, and page totals at the bottom. Peter Keisogloff was also a friend of Paul Lemperly, and both were members of The Rowfant Club, a book collector's club in Cleveland, Ohio. Paul Lemperly's collection of association copies, and signed books, (which were mentioned and admired by A. Edward Newton, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Herbert Faulkner West, and others), and a detailed account of the 1940 auction, are the subject of an excellent article in the September, 2006 issue of "Firsts" magazine. A very scarce item. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]