Cowley john editor (8 Ergebnisse)

Trade paperback. First paperback printing indicated. xiv, [2], 395, [1] p. Illustrations. The Sidebar articles were previoulsy published in the spring 1998 issue of MHQ (Military History Quarterly). Both fascinating and frightening, "What If? " offers in-depth reflections by military historians on the monumental events of the past and amazing speculations about what our world might be like if things had gone differently in that one singular moment in time. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Ward, Jeffrey L. (Maps) (illustrator).…

Leatherbound. Zustand: Like New. LIKE NEW! Limited Edition - Unread. Leatherbound. 280 pages, color illustrations ; 22 cm. . . . . . . . Published by Franklin Library for the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series. Franklin Library is renowned for its craftsmanship and collector appeal. These books feature genuine leather bindings, 22-karat gold stamped designs, raised hubbed spines, silk moir? endpapers, and sewn (not glued) signatures for durability. The use of archival-quality acid-neutral paper and gold-gilded page edges ensures both aesthetic beauty and preservation over time.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Numbered limited edition (number 35 (of 1050). Very good condition, large octavo, brown cloth, bevelled edges, title in gilt on red leather label on spine (some losses to label), book plate on front end paper and offsetting to front free end paper, untrimmed handmade paper (Dutch Rag) throughout, xx plus 213 pages. A very good earlt copy. …

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 286 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.71 inches. In Stock.

2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin vertical strip of paper from mount adhering along top of first page. Begins: 'My dear Mrs Craigie | Mr Arthur à Beckett tells me that your story will soon be ready. When? I want if possible to commence with it [?] within the next fortnight. I shall have to definitely settle the matter. I hope you will let me have it very soon as I will then have it set up for you at once [last two words underlined]'.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A limited edition copy of Abraham Cowley's poetry. A limited edition copy of Abraham Cowley's poetry. The seventeenth century poet showed promise as a poet from a young age, achieving fame for his collection entitled Poeticall Blossomes at just fifteen years old. As well as these early poems, the volume includes The Mistress, and verses on several occasions. Number 692 of 1050 copies printed on Dutch rag paper. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited editions and private press and aimed to achieve the same standards as the private press movement, despite using commercial presses. With a sticker from a Birmingham branch of W. H. Smith to the recto of the rear endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. A little bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with some light rubbing to the spine label. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. First edition. All four issues of the short-lived periodical in their rare original wraps. vi, 64; vi, 65-138, [2]; vi, 139-208, [6]; [iv], 209-280, [6] pp. Printed in red and black on laid paper, author portrait laid in to first three volumes. Bound in publisher's printed self-wraps. Near Fine with fragile binding, cracks to and some paper loss to spines. Short v-shaped tear to Volume I p. v, subscription slips detached from Volumes II and III. Binding cracked at Volume IV p. 225, 1-3/4 inch tear to pp. 213/214, tiny ink stain to lower margin of pp. 271-277. Contents clean and bright. Together with 6 pp. advertising brochure. Housed in a custom green cloth chemise slipcase, slightly rubbed and faded, with bookseller ticket to chemise lining. The complete run of the magazine, seldom seen in the original wrappers. The English brothers John and Horace Cowley-Brown took a stand against the vulgarity of the 1890s with The Anti-Philistine, a literary periodical combining quality writing with quality printing. Most of the contributors were American, among them Edward Saltus, Gertrude Atherton, and Ambrose Bierce. The four issues featured several of Bierce's fables and short stories, including the Civil War classic story "Chickamauga," informed by the author's own experience as a soldier. He was a good fit for a magazine intended to exalt good prose in defiance of the ignorant masses, with whom Bierce was openly locked in struggle, and in 1903 he wrote of John Cowley-Brown: "I never met him, but.he was most kind to me and my work. In one number of his magazine-the London one-he had four of my stories and a long article about me which called the blushes to my maiden cheek like the reflection of a red rose in the petal of a violet." The final issue contained Walter Blackburn Harte's essay "Why American Novels are Flabby," a delightful put-down of the upstart country's literary efforts thus far by one of its own. The magazine's motto displayed its pugnacious spirit along with some late 19th century Orientalism: "ALL THOSE WHO LOVE ALLAH WILL ADVANCE AGAINST THE ENEMY.".…