The story of Phaëthon, son of Apollo / told for the young by Joseph Gavorse ; with drawings by Ernest Fiene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gavorse, Joseph, author.

Contributor:

Fiene, Ernest, 1894-1965, illustrator.

Society of American Bibliophiles, issuing body.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phaethon (Greek deity).

Phaethon.

Mythology, Greek.

Gods, Greek.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1-4)

Gavorse, Joseph (autograph) (RBC and Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1-4)

Fiene, Ernest, 1894-1966 (autograph) (RBC and Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1-4)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 11-32 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Society of American Bibliophiles, New York, 1932.

Notes:

Includes half-title page.

"Printed ... at the private press of the Society of American bibliophiles, New York ... The edition consists of three hundred copies on Chilham waterleaf paper. This is copy number [space for copy number]."

Copyright information as: "Copyright 1932 by Joseph Gavorse"; title page verso.

Signed by the author and the illustrator.

Local Notes:

PZ8.1 G169: Gotham Book Mart Collections copy 1 is no. 109. Copy 2 is no. 13. Copy 4 is no. 129. All signed by author and illustrator. Original dustjackets retained. Copies 1 & 4 has [4] p. promotional leaflet and order slip from The Society of American Bibliophiles for a copy of this book laid in.

PZ8.1 G169: Copies 1 & 2 have paper slightly warped from water damage.

Copies 2 and 4 missing (3/20/25); Copy 3 has been withdrawn due to water damage.

OCLC:

3220551