artman hall (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First edition. Blind and gilt-stamped brown cloth. Fair only with spine detached and laid in, extremities worn with hinges cracked, preliminary pages foxed. Containing memoirs of eminent blind authors, works by Homer, Ossian, Milton and more.

Zustand: Very Good. Privately Printed (Benton & Andrews, Printers) 11/18/64 Binding: Unknown black c wsome wear at spinetips; gilt lettering; 387 pages; in mylar protective wraps; chronicles the accomplishments of a host of blind people, ranging from Homer to Alice Holmes, and lists achievements in various professions and endeavours; includes selections from blind poets among them co-author Hall, and explanations of how those born blind learn the magnitude and appearance of distant objects; gold-stamped on brown cloth, blind-stamped decorations to both covers, 387 pgs.;

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Dimmed gilt titles on embossed black cloth. 387pp. Worn extremities, with minor loss on bottom outside corner of front cover. Ffep removed. Owner's note on half-title page. Size: Octavo.

Zustand: New. In.

Good condition. Covers are worn at spine tips and corners and are slightly dull. Damp stain on frontispiece. Some spotting on back endpapers. 387 pages.

First Edition. Poor copy in gilt-blocked cloth over pebble grain cloth. Spine bands and panel edges worn and rubbed. Spine band repaired with original laid back. Hinges crudely repaired. Front free end-paper loose but present. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Library copy with some library marks remaining. Physical description: 387 pages. Subjects: Blind. Blindness history. Blind achievements. 19th century history. 3 Kg.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. Rochester: the Authors, 1874. 8vo. 387pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt; lightly worn at ends of spine and corners, very good condition. Engraved frontispiece, engraved view of the Wisconsin Institution for the Blind, and tipped in sheet of raised letters for the blind, text from Isaiah, printed by N.B. Kneass, Jr., Printer, Philadelphia. Includes writing by noted blind authors including Homer, Milton, Thomas Blacklock, James Wilson, many others.; 2 engravings + sheet of brail; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 387 pages.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, tan cloth with gilt titles to spine and front board. 387pp. Complete with engraved frontis and additional embossed plate. Binding is faded and slightly frayed to extremities. Pages a little age-discoloured. A decent copy. (p15).

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good minus. (Pages: 387) Soine faded, covers faded, corners bumped/frayed, former owner's name on front endpaper. One braille embossed page.

1865. (12mo, cloth) Very good. 387pp. Frontispiece. Very light wear to head & tail with simple abrasions to corners; spine only beginning to darken - condition generally uncommonly bright. A collection of essays, memoirs, and poetry by and about eminent blind authors from Homer and Milton to the Misses Frances Brown and Cynthia Bullock, et al.

Hardcover. Zustand: g to vg. First edition. Octavo. 387 pp. Original blue pebbled buckram boards with gilt decor on cover, reverse gilt lettering on cover, gilt on spine, blind-stamped title and blind-stamped decor on back cover and beveled edges. Gilt edges. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. Tipped-in page of scripture Isaiah XLII, 16. in raised Roman alphabet letters by N.B. Kneass, Jr, Printer, Philadelphia, before title page. Includes memoirs of eminent blind authors, Homer, Ossian, Milton, Rev. Richard Lucas, T. Carolan, Thomas Blacklock, Huber, Holman, Wilson, and others. In addition it elaborates on achievements of the blind in learned professions, industrial pursuits, in poetry and music, an autobiographical sketch of Lemuel Rockwell, and a collection of poems by I. V. Hall and other blind authors. Light wear along edges of binding, rubbing to covers and spine with light fraying of head and tail of spine. Corners lightly bumped. Water staining to right bottom corners of pages, descending up to page 90, frontispiece image not affected. Creasing to some interior pages. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Moderate shelf/edge wear, lightly shaken, but intact, cracked/loose and exposed spine (loss on head and tail), bumping on tips and corners, evenly toned and darken text block, smudged boards, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo, 387pp. illus (b/w). Original red publisher's cloth with boards stamped in blind and spine gilt lettered, decorated. Tissue guard over frontis. Ex-library stamp.

Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes memoirs of several eminent blind authors including Homer, Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others. There is a collection of poems by blind authors including L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire and others. First published in 1859. Harris "Collection of American Poetry", p. 13. Memoirs of Eminent Blind Authors. Harris "Collection of American Poetry", p. 13 Original squash cloth, decorated in blind. Signature of Charles P. Capron, Springfield, Ohio Oct 6, 1865 on endpaper. Soiled, spine darkened, some rubbing and fraying, shaken, short tears on endpapers, some browning and spotting of text, generally light.