First edition society (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 12mo., Folded Page, Very Good+. Illustration.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Mount Somers Tramway 1886-1943, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand BY I D Maffey. Publisher: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. 1971. FIRST EDITION. Hardback with jacket in excellent near new condition, no inscriptions. Jacket has slight fading to top edges, minor shelf-wear. 113 pages with photos. A history of the Mount Somers Tramway. The railway was used to transport ore from the Ashburton Gorge to the Mount Somers railway station. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This wonderful hardback book, in red coloured cloth, with black print titles, is in fair to reasonably good condition, please see photos. Normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. No dust jacket. The red cloth cover is faded and worn, some fading to edges, and some shelf-life wear. Personal pen inscription on first page dated 1920. Picture of the author with his signature printed below again please images. All 268 pages intact, all text, illustrations and pages in good clean, readable order. Introduction by The Earl of Lytton, "Puck's Song" by kind permission of Mr. Rudyard Kipling. First Edition 1918. A truly wonderful book that is extremely well put together, by the author who you can see had such a passion for his field of excellence. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 319pp. Blue hardcover. Stated "first printing, March 1996" on copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket. With a long inscription by the author, thanking the recipient for their letter and commentary on the book. Inscription is dated 2005. A fine example. The Sibling Society deals with the question, where have all the grownups gone? "In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.". Inscribed first edition, first printing of The Sibling Society by Robert Bly. (illustrator). Signed.…

Quarter Cloth. Zustand: Fine. First Folio Society Edition. Octavo, [three volumes]. Quarter green-blue cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, each volume with a different design by Patrick Leger. Introduced by Adam Roberts, with seven color plates in each volume by Leger. No dust jackets, as issued. Housed in the publisher's illustrated slipcase, fine condition. A Folio Society collection of three of Wyndham's best-known works of British science fiction, originally published between 1951 and 1957. The first Folio Society edition of The Wyndham Collection: The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. (illustrator).…

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good. First Edition. Twelvemo, [2], 11- 48pp. Original printed paper wrappers. Light soiling to wraps, internally clean. Published under the direction of the American Temperance Society. A second edition appeared later in 1830 under the title An Essay on Temperance. Inscribed on the front cover: "Mr. Saml Adams / from his [friend] / M. Nomed." (OCLC 2156839). Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was an American geologist, minister, and educator. In 1830, he became the first State Geologist of Massachusetts. He taught chemistry and natural history at Amherst College before serving as its president from 1845 to 1854. The first edition of An Essay on Alcoholic & Narcotic Substances by Edward Hitchcock, the prize-winning essay from the American Temperance Society. (illustrator). Signed.…

Glossy pictorial cover. Zustand: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Small octavo, 39pp. Publisher's original glossy boards, title printed in black on front cover. BAL binding "A" with yellow endpapers and flyleaves. Solid text block, light rubbing to corners, faint soiling to boards. A near fine example. This is State B of the first printing, with an ampersand of the printer's imprint set above the type line, and signature mark "3" listed below the "ag" of the word "fragment" on page 33. (BAL 8757) Housed in a custom half-morocco slipcase with matching cloth chemise, title in gilt on spine. "Astraea" is a poem that reflects on the changing times and Oliver Wendell Holmes' nostalgia for the past. He uses the figure of Astraea, a Greek goddess of justice, to symbolize a bygone era of innocence and purity. The poem explores themes of loss and the contrast between the idealized past and the complex realities of the present. Holmes yearns for a return to a more idyllic time, suggesting that Astraea has left the earth, leaving behind a world that has lost its moral compass. First edition, first printing of Astraea: The Balance of Illusions, A Poem Delivered Before The Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850 by Oliver Wendell Holmes. (illustrator).…