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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are mostly clean with some minor tidemarks.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Green cloth binding with gilt spine. Dulling and slight rubbing to spine. Small stain to outer margin of pages 128 and 129, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxx, 394, [2], 8 (ads). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Rural Science Series. Orig. green publisher's cloth. xviii, 474 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine tilted. Light rubbing to extremities. A few small stains to edges of text block.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Signed and Warmly Inscribed by Arthur Bailey. Also signed by the previous owner on the front cover. Publication of 501 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and a minor tear on the front cover. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the early and last pages, the remaining pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. 528.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 528 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Split to gutter at title page. Bruising to corners of boards, with 15mm crease to upper corner of some leaves at rear. Knock to top edge of rear board, with 10mm split to the cloth. Some fraying and 5mm tears to cloth at head and tail of spine. A previous owner's inscription dated "Dec. 1935" on front endpaper. Some foxing.; [xii], 298 pages. Black cloth boards with red and black lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 203 x 135mm. Top page edges dyed red. With a 2 page Introduction, "A Note to the Reader". "So successful was the Crime Club Golden Book and so general the response to it on the part of mystery story enthusiasts, that the Crime Club now offers the New Crime Club Golden Book, into which have been gathered three of the greatest detective novels of recent years; two novelettes from the pen of T. S. Stribling, better known as one of the greatest of America's authors, less well known as the author of one exceedingly fine book of detective stories; and an assortment of pages from the autobiographies of men before whose explotits those of the detective of fiction often pale." - from "A Note to the Reader". Contents: Introduction; Murder in Trinidad by John W. Vandercook; The Refugees by T. S. Stribling; A Passage to Benares by T. S. Stribling; The Red Castle Mystery by H. C. Bailey; A Philosophy of Murder by Arthur A. Carey; Murder as a Spectacle by Arthur A. Carey; How a Detective Works by Arthur Fowler Neil; Six Points of the Detective's Art by Arthur Folwer Neil; The Shanghai Bund Murders by Van Wyck Mason.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Holmes, Fred; Elcock, Howard; Prater, E.; Tennant, Dudley; Peddie, Tom; Elcock, Howard; Sindall, A.; Peddie, Tom; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Hiley, F.E. (illustrator).…