Verlag: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 1991
ISBN 10: 0192827278 ISBN 13: 9780192827272
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Containing many of his own emotions and memories, Henry Esmond was the novel Thackeray valued above all others. Published in 1852, it is set in the England of the later Stuarts, when political and religious feelings ran high. Its eponymous hero, enamoured of the Jacobite Lady Castlewood and her wayward daughter Beatrix, distinguishes himself in Marlborough's campaigns against Louis XIV, but comes to grief in an ingenious but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to depose George I in favour of the Old Pretender. This edition uses the Oxford Thackeray text of 1908, which includes the emendations of the 1858 edition. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: University of Alabama Press, 1986
ISBN 10: 081730276X ISBN 13: 9780817302764
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Seuil, 2009
ISBN 10: 2020983656 ISBN 13: 9782020983655
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Oradour : Le verdict final This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Verlag: NY: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1935, 1935
Anbieter: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition; 8vo.; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover; xvii, 332 pages; black and white illustrations and frontispiece; title page has some foxing and endpapers are sunned else very goo in a fair torn, sunned and foxed dust jacket.
Verlag: London : Chapple [18--?].
Anbieter: Paul van Kuik Antiquarian Music, Kranenburg, Deutschland
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6 S. Gr. 4°. Gestochen. Engr. Title leaf dam. without loss of text. Browm spots. Back covered with adhesive tape. Pagination altered with the pen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 350.
Sewn as issued, printed wrappers, fine. (1914) recent facsimile reprint. New York / Salem, The Lyons Genealogical Company / Higginson Book Company. 8vo. xiv + 218 pp. With index.
Verlag: Mcfarland & Co, 2002
ISBN 10: 0786411325 ISBN 13: 9780786411320
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0786411325.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014025869 ISBN 13: 9781014025869
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014595177 ISBN 13: 9781014595171
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: London: Wm. Hawes [Wm1827]. *, 1827
Anbieter: Travis & Emery Music Bookshop ABA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Folio. 9pp. Drop title. Disbound, p.1&3 separated. Outer margin reinforced to p.1/2 and creased down the middle. With publisher's stamp (and initials?).
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013411625 ISBN 13: 9781013411625
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Verlag: Lost Research Mai 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1359527168 ISBN 13: 9781359527165
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Verlag: Mcfarland & Co, 2000
ISBN 10: 0786409053 ISBN 13: 9780786409051
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition.
Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR, 2022
ISBN 10: 1019301597 ISBN 13: 9781019301593
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2018
ISBN 10: 1379883954 ISBN 13: 9781379883951
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: Gould, Banks & Co, New York, 1842
Anbieter: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. 12mo. Two volumes: vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. Engraved plates; half-title to each volume. The first appearance of Herbert's pseudonym "Frank Forester." BAL 8068, Binding state A (sequence, if any, not fully established). Phillips, p. 163. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine title. Spine ends and corners chipped. Front joint of volume one split, some foxing, owners' names, still a good, tight set.
Verlag: Gould, Banks & Co, New York, 1842
Anbieter: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. 12mo. Two volumes: vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. Engraved plates; half-title to each volume. The first appearance of Herbet's pseudonym "Frank Forester." BAL 8068, Binding state B (sequence, if any, not fully established). Phillips, p. 163. Some foxing, owners' names, but a very good copy. Original blindstamped green cloth (a little fraying to spine ends), gilt spine title. (#4964).
Verlag: Granite Monthly Company, USA, 1896
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 62 pages plus ads. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Historic Hampton; A Warrior; The benefaction of melancthon Downs; Achsah Wray; Christopher C. Shaw; In Haying Time; Lucy J.W. Carpenter; The Tides; A New England Poet - James E. Nesmith; July; John Parker Hale - Jefferson Davis - Franklin Pierce; Why men do not go to church; Love's star; The Legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.
Verlag: Gould, Banks & Co, New York, 1842
Anbieter: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one: vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. Engraved plates; half-title to each volume. The first appearance of Herbert's pseudonym "Frank Forester." BAL 8068 ("Unsold sheets, folded, untrimmed, measuring 7 7/8 x 4 ¾ inches, remained unbound for years and copies were offered during the later years of the 19th century as âlarge paper copies'"). Phillips, p. 163. Henderson, p. 60. Somewhat later plain binder's quarter cloth and boards. Very good untrimmed and largely unopened copy, at 8 3/8 x 5 inches, larger than the unbound copies mentioned in BAL.
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio, 1949
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Roberts, H. Armstrong; Knopf, Hans; Olsen, Herb; Monet,Dorothy; Pachner, William; Hawes, Charles; Darby, Eileen; Monroe, C.E.Jr.; Mawicke, Tran; Burns, George; Docktor, Irv S.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles:.Stanley Anderson of Britain is Becoming An American; The Forty-Niners Listen in the Hills - Mining for Uranium - article with color photos; Unholy Crusade - Communism vs. the Church; Psycho Ward No. 3 - Boston Psychopathic; Young People in Theatre - John Barrymore, Jr.; No Business for Sissies - Henry Trefflich is the biggest wild-animal dealer in the U.S.; Star Without a Country - Tennis star Jaroslav Drobny; Great last page photo of a barn-raising bee with dozens of men at work. Fiction: renegade; The Sleeper; Give Me My Golden Arm; The Red Dog; Deadfall (part 2 of 3); The Heirs. Includes these nice vintage ads: Studebaker Trucks; Hamilton watches; Zenith tvs; Ansco camera film; Porto-Ped shoes; Chevrolet cars; Hickok men's fashion accessories; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer - with nice colour photo of "Hap" Arnold and his wife; Ford car-safety contest (centerfold); Budweiser; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring Olympic swimmer Jeanne Wilson. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, September 10, 1949 Stanley Anderson of Britain is Becoming An American; The Forty-Niners Listen in the Hills - Mining for Uranium - article with color photos; Unholy Crusade - Communism vs. the Church; Psycho Ward.
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, Springfield, Ohio, 1949
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Fanta, Julius; Mawicke, Tran; Metzl, Ervine; Peskin; Hawes,Charles; Lee, Robert E.; Floherty, John Jr.; Von Riegen, William; Shaw,David; Klimley, Stan; Hester, Jerry; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: Good Jobs for Good Girls; Another Eisenhower - Milton Eisenhower may be the next Kansas Governor; A Russian to Keep Your Eye On - Andrei Gromyko; Skid Row - USA (conclusion); Why We Get Tired; Good Gussy - Tennis playerGertrude Augusta Moran - article with nice color photos; The Child is the Monument - a New Orleans school designed to fit children; Mario Lanza - Celluloid Caruso? - Article with nice colour photos; Fiction: Deadfall (part 1 of 3); A Young Man Trapped; Mondy Come Home; The Has-Been; The Auction; The Legal Bride. Includes these vintage ads: Johnny Walker; Dan River Shirts; Lady Bordon ice cream; Erie Railroad; Willys-Overland "Jeep" Station Wagon; International Trucks; Ford cars; *Fantastic* color centerfold Dodge ad; Kleenex Tissues ad features Little Lulu and Tubby; Puerto Rican Rum; Movie "Easy Living" (one page ad); Chesterfield cigarettes ad on back cover features color image of Alexis Smith from the movie "Montana". Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, September 3, 1949 - Mario Lanza Jobs for Good Girls; Another Eisenhower - Milton Eisenhower may be the next Kansas Governor; A Russian to Keep Your Eye On - Andrei Gromyko; Skid Row - USA (conclusion); Why We Get.
Verlag: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, USA, 1947
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Chase, Francis (cover); Mink, Dave; Rose, William; Groth,John; Giesen, Herman; Hawes, Charles; Thompson, Kenneth; Eng, Fred (illustrator). First Edition. 90 pages. Articles: From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's privations give rise to bitter criticism of America; Dem Bums Abroad - Brooklyn Dodgers did their spring training in Havana, Cuba; Mr. Secretary Marshall (conclusiont) - his military background can help him achieve diplomatic victories; The Happy Gentleman - Frank Crowninshield - article with photo. Fiction: The Blast (part 1 of 2); The Blond Hairpin; Promise in the earth; The Flexible Mind; The Curse of the Krebils; White Man in the White Land. Includes these ads: "The Man Out" - great full-page movie ad - starring James Mason; Canadian Pacific Vacations; Santa Fe Railroad; The National Guard (two pages); Dubonnet; Oldsmobile cars (nice); Great full-page color-photo ad for Fortune shoes for men; Schick Electric Shaver "Fits Your Face" - full-page color-photo; Packard cars (classy); Washington State Tourism (color-photos); Chevrolet; Life Savers; Timely Clothes; Red Cap Ale; Hickok Belts; Canadian National Railways - travel; Red Top Ale; Queen Anne Pecan Roll; Puritan Sportswear; United Jewish Appeal full-page ad features photo of General Eisenhower and lengthy excerpt of his speech to the U.J.A. in Washington, D.C.; Eversharp pens; Coke ad on back over features three young office ladies. Average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's Magazine, April 12, 1947 From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's priva.
Verlag: Gould, Banks, New York, 1842
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
Erstausgabe Signiert
First edition, without Forester's name on the spine. With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo. Notes Van Winkle: "This is the first book appearance of the pseudonym 'Frank Forester'. As the Memoir is signed Henry William Herbert, and he speaks of editing his friend's works, the pseudonym was from the beginning an open secret . 'Cypress' was William P. Hawes." PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, SIGNED by the author "William L. Colby from H.W. Herbert" on fly leaf of Vol. 1., with Colby's ownership signature on flyleaf of vol. II. Herbert's signature is quite rare. BAL 8068; Van Winkle pp. 82-3; Wright I, 1138 (Hawes) Original brown cloth, spines titled in gilt and stamped in blind, boards stamped in blind. pines a little faded and chipped at head and foot, internally fine. From the library of Jeffrey Norton, with his book label in each volume, and another With four plates, three folded laterally, as correct. 2 vols. 8vo First edition, without Forester's name on the spine.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij, Kalmthout, ANTW, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
2. London, published by The Royal Harmonic Institution [.] S.d. ( ca. 1825), format 33 x 24,2 cm . 3 Lvs of engraved music, first page is title, last page is music catalogue), (as issued). Plate number 1572. Price 2s. Disbound, removed from a binding , with some damage at inner margin. Slightly browned throughout.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij, Kalmthout, ANTW, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
2. London, printed (for the Ediror) by The Royal Harmonic Institution [.] S.d. ( ca. 1825), format 33 x 24,2 cm . 4 Lvs of engraved music, first page is title, last page is music catalogue), (as issued). Plate number 212. Price 2s. Disbound, removed from a binding , with some damage at inner margin. Slightly browned throughout.
Verlag: London: Printed by Jno. Nichols and Sold for the Society by Rivingtons, Dilly, Johnson & Hookham, 1795, 1795
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Signiert
From the library of President George Washington, with his bold signature on the half-title. The volume was presented to Washington, accompanied by a letter dated 15 July 1795, by the English physician Dr John Coakley Lettsom (17441815), and remained in his library until his death. Lettsom's letter, no longer present, mentions his American sympathies and shows that he is aware of Washington's lifelong devotion to the improvement of American agriculture: "Having been born an American, and early imbibed principles of liberty as established on that continent, I have probably received a stronger disposition, to promote, its prosperity, and particularly its agriculture, and the knowledge of its natural history and mineralogy." Along with the book, Lettsom enclosed some rhubarb seeds for Washington's use. Although they never met, the President and Lettsom had a mutual friend in William Thornton (17591828), best known in American history as the architect of the Capitol building. Thornton had moved to the new federal capital the year before this presentation, when President Washington appointed him one of the fledgling city's commissioners. Lettsom and Thornton were born in what is now the British Virgin Islands. Both were Quakers appalled by slavery, and both studied medicine. Thornton revered Lettsom as his mentor, but while Lettsom set up a medical practice in London and built a distinguished career there, Thornton became an American citizen. When Thornton prepared to go to America in 1784, it was Lettsom who wrote an introductory letter to Benjamin Franklin. Among Lettsom's many philanthropic achievements in London was assisting William Hawes in the foundation of the Royal Humane Society, of which Thornton was also a member. The Society's aim was to resuscitate anyone in a state of "suspended animation", such as the near-drowned or attempted suicides. The Society promoted novel resuscitative techniques, such as CPR and electric stimulation. They offered rewards to those who successfully resuscitated persons, organized rapid response teams to render first aid, and published reports on successful cases. The present volume documents hundreds of such cases and includes essays and letters from RHS members. The work of the RHS was addressing a widespread, potent fear of premature burial, a fear shared by George Washington. Shortly before he died in December 1799, he requested his secretary, Tobias Lear, to "have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead". As he lay dying, a family member invited Thornton to Mount Vernon to see if he could use his medical training to help. Thornton was grief stricken to find that he had arrived too late, finding his hero's body frozen stiff. Remembering the experimental techniques of the RHS, Thornton proposed to reanimate Washington, first by thawing him in cool water, then gradually warming him, giving him a tracheotomy and a transfusion of lamb's blood. To Thornton's consternation, Washington's family refused to sanction the attempt. George Washington's Mount Vernon library comprised only about 900 books, with pamphlets and other publications taking it to a total of more than 1,200 titles. Books from Mount Vernon command notably high prices in commerce. On 22 June 2012 at Christie's New York, Washington's annotated copy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights set a then world auction record for an American book or historical document of $9,826,500. His copy of The Federalist presented by two of the authors and with his signature and bookplate in each volume was sold at auction at Sotheby's New York in 1990 for $1,430,000. Even odd volumes bring substantial prices: for example, the first volume only of Lesage's Gil Blas, $126,000 in 2021, or a mixed lot of volumes from Mount Vernon, $1,205,000 in 2013, both at Sotheby's New York. The heir to George Washington's library was one of his nephews, Bushrod Washington (17621829). After Bushrod Washington's death, what remained of the original Mount Vernon library and papers passed to Bushrod's two nephews, George Corbin Washington and John Augustine Washington II. George Corbin Washington sold his portion in two tranches, which eventually found their way to the Library of Congress and the Boston Athenaeum. This book was in the other half, inherited by John Augustine Washington II, which was sold at auction on 28 November 1876 by Thomas Birch's Sons in Philadelphia. It was purchased by John R. Baker, one of the sale's largest buyers. Baker's collection was resold 1112 February 1891, again at Birch's Sons, where it was purchased by the American philanthropist Phoebe Apperson Hearst, wife of Senator George Hearst, and mother of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. The book was then either sold by Phoebe before her death in 1919 or bequeathed to her son William, although it does not appear in the catalogue for the sale of his library at Sotheby's in 1963. It turns up again in 1972 at Charles Hamilton Galleries in New York and has remained in private hands until this year. Listed in the official inventory of Washington's personal property at Mount Vernon taken by appraisers upon his death (see p. 426 in The Estate of George Washington, Deceased, Eugene Ernst Prussing, 1927); Griffin, Catalogue of the Washington Collection, 554. Octavo (200 x 127 mm). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, presumably for presentation, spine lettered in gilt, gilt rules, gilt rope-roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Engraved portrait of George III and 2 engraved plates. Binding rubbed, spine with small scuffs, internally clean, very good condition.
Verlag: [Boston, 1850
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
Zustand: Near Fine. A collection of three Daguerreotypes consisting of one large half plate portrait of William B. Reynolds, and two individual sixth plate portraits: one of Reynolds, and one of his wife Elizabeth. All three images are neatly housed in the original leather cases (with an interior brass mat, preserver, and felt cushion lining). The cases are lightly rubbed, modest shadow toning at the edges of the half plate image, the sixth plate portraits have modest spotting at the corner edges of the brass mat, near fine overall. All three cases match those used by Southworth & Hawes at their portrait studio in Boston during the mid-19th century, and the Reynolds are listed in the studio's record books. William Belcher Reynolds (1797-1866) was a prominent Boston merchant and founder of St. Paul's Church in Boston. His half plate portrait bears a close resemblance to Southworth & Hawes famous portrait of statesman Daniel Webster. The sixth plate portraits of Reynolds and his wife are equally striking, and appear to have been taken at about the same time. The partnership of Southworth and Hawes was established in Boston at the dawn of photography in the 1840s, and resulted in some of the most stunning portraits ever made. From 1843 to 1861 the partners achieved considerable fame as the most fashionable portrait studio in Boston. They also experimented continually to improve on all aspects of the daguerreotype process. A scarce, beautifully preserved collection of three Daguerreotypes representative of Southworth and Hawes finest portraits.