{"product_id":"the-market-place-by-harold-frederic-1899-first-edition-hardcover-illustrated-by-harrison-fisher-frederick-a-stokes-company","title":"The Market-Place by Harold Frederic 1899 First Edition Hardcover Illustrated by Harrison Fisher Frederick A. Stokes Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Market-Place\u003c\/em\u003e is Harold Frederic's novel of finance, business schemes, social struggle, and English country life, illustrated by Harrison Fisher. The contemporary jacket copy places its story against the Hooley scandals while following company flotation and financial magnates, alongside the social worlds of the West End and the English countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 1899 first edition is notable for its striking pictorial cloth boards, designed in a poster-like red, black, and gilt composition with a woman at a market stall. It retains rare, heavily fragmented dust-jacket remnants: portions of the front and rear panels and flaps remain, while the jacket spine is missing. The fragments carry the original promotional copy for \u003cem\u003eThe Market-Place\u003c\/em\u003e, a Frederick A. Stokes \"Books Worth Reading\" list, and an advertisement for Robert Barr's \u003cem\u003eTekla\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003ePublication Details\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by Harold Frederic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated by Harrison Fisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e401 numbered pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopyright pages list 1898 and 1899 copyrights by The Curtiss Publishing Company and a 1899 copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe illustrations are used by permission of the publishers of the Philadelphia \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eBook Features\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePictorial cloth boards with poster-style front-cover design and decorated spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated title-page spread, including a Harrison Fisher scene captioned “Will bring in over four hundred thousand pounds, and close the ‘corner.’—Page 268.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes fragmented original dust-jacket panels and flap remnants; the jacket spine portion is absent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eCondition\u003cp\u003eOverall Fair condition. The pictorial cloth covers are Fair, with heavy discoloration, staining, bowing, surface wear, and chipping; the plain rear board is also discolored and worn. The spine is Fair with heavy discoloration and sunning. Pages are Good with moderate age toning, foxing, and mild margin staining, while the text block is Good with moderate page-edge toning and foxing. The binding has moderate wear but remains sound, with a tight text block and firm inner hinges. The dust jacket is Poor: it survives only in heavily chipped, edge-worn, fragmented panel and flap remnants, with substantial edge loss and the spine portion missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs as they show the actual item for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease ask questions if you are unsure about any details on the item.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIVL - STL-TU\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frederick A. Stokes Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45742710915248,"sku":"SG-22061-S","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/5990\/8661\/files\/img_01_507cd8e1-63f6-4998-980f-dc3586d99ee9.png?v=1793145271","url":"https:\/\/juststuffisell.com\/products\/the-market-place-by-harold-frederic-1899-first-edition-hardcover-illustrated-by-harrison-fisher-frederick-a-stokes-company","provider":"Just Stuff I Sell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}