Verlag: The Reilly & Lee Co. (c.1927), Chicago/New York, 1927
Anbieter: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good dj. 2nd printing (see note). (price-clipped) [good solid book, very slight deterioration to cloth at bottom edges of both covers, one teeny-tiny wormhole in front joint, one-time owner's name and place of purchase in ink at top of ffep; jacket has some minor chipping and slight paper loss (especially at corners and at top of spine) but with no loss of text]. Self-declared as "THE Great War Novel," this might as well be subtitled "A Hillbilly's Adventures in the Great War." The author was a WWI veteran who hailed from Missouri (his military service bona fides are detailed on the rear jacket flap), and while his alter-ego protagonist, Jeptha Montgomery Brice (called "Jep") maintains his cornpone accent and attitude throughout, the author at least doesn't fall into the trap of letting Jep also narrate the story, which would likely have rendered it unreadable. (Let's just say that Clarke Venable was no Ring Lardner, and leave it at that.) The book was apparently well-reviewed in its day -- the entire jacket design, at least of this printing, consists of a couple of dozen single-word quotes from various newspapers ("Sparkling"; "Vivid"; "Genuine"; "Absorbing"; etc.) -- although I haven't been able to turn up any actual contemporary reviews from which I might have been able to pull a more full-bodied quote. The bulk of this author's literary output (both under his own name and using the pseudonym "Covington Clarke") seems to have been boys' adventure fiction, often with an aviation theme; this would appear to be the only time he incorporated anything resembling autobiographical content, although admittedly that's a bit of an assumption based on his acknowledged war service. [NOTE that while the book itself states "Second Printing," the jacket is labeled as "Fourth Printing." You can believe what you want to believe.].
Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009
ISBN 10: 1104173506 ISBN 13: 9781104173500
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 532 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Verlag: Nabu Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1145110339 ISBN 13: 9781145110335
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Verlag: London: Rivington: Percival, 1824
Anbieter: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 375p 383p frontispiece map (browned but intact) to each part, Greek text throughout with extensive Latin notes at the bottom of the page, sewing holding but boards detached, simple cloth spine with library lettering, front edge lettered Conway, name also appears on the first page, some ink annotations to the text, mostly to the first book only, library stamp to title page, very original Language: Greek.
Verlag: University of the State of New York
Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. 2 Volume Set. Memoir No. 15. Reading copy only. Spine of Part 1 slightly dampstained. Spine of Part 2 cracked, with several signatures detached from binding. (New York, Wildflowers) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Verlag: Bell & Bradfute, et al., 1810
Anbieter: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, USA
Zustand: Good. Bell & Bradfute, et al., 1810. Two volume set; text in Greek and Latin; full leather; covers lightly rubbed/bumped/soiled, corners quite rubbed/bumped with internal boards exposed, hinges cracked (boards wobbly but still attached by strings), spines rubbed/chipped; edges sunned/soiled; textblock very lightly age- toned/foxed (does not obscure text), endpapers/pastedowns age-toned, endpapers detaching at top and bottom previous owner's name (black ink) top ffep and previous bookseller's notations (pencil) top front endpaper (volume 1 only); binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply. hardcover. Good.
Verlag: The Dearborn Publishing Co., Dearborn, Michigan, 1926
Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Van Der Heyden, Gerald (cover); Clarke, W.W.; Bird, L. Pern; Kidd, Betty Jane; Harper, George; Briggs, Austin Eugene (illustrator). First Edition. 32 pages. Features: The Affair At the Inn; The Little Lincoln Girl That Never Came; Would You Have it Christmas? - or just the 25th of December; Henry Ford's Writes About Goodwill; Editorials - The Simplicity of Christ, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Straw-Balloting the Bible; Plums from a Christmas Pudding - a Play for Marionettes; The Holly-Tree; The Boy Who Didn't Like Christmas - a story for those who do; Chats with Office Callers - The Girl Who Saw Santa Claus; 2/3-page ad for The Canal Bank and Trust Co. of New Orleans. Average wear. Some soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.
Verlag: The Dearborn Publishing Co., Dearborn, Michigan, 1927
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Bacon, Irving R. (cover); Van Der Heyden, Gerald; Kidd,Betty Jane; Clarke, W.W.; Fitzgerald, W.O.; McCandlish, Edward (illustrator). First Edition. 32 pages. Features: If Christ Came to Constantinople - ; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - a unique genius without parallel in literature; Where Americans Go When In Europe; Why So Many of Us Behave Like Imbeciles - with photo and content related to Gertrude Ederle of New York who swam the English Channel; Housing an Army in Hovels - permanent shelter for troops may not be ready in this generation - article with photos of ramshackle barracks; Levacha - a Thief Hunt in Abyssinia; Henry Ford's Page - two essentials of wisdom are knowledge of fundamentals and awareness of development; Editorials - farm relief, the McFadden Branch Banking Bill, New York's Stage Reform; Courage and Endurance - matters of stomach, not of heart; Clearing the Name of a President (Andrew Johnson) - Part 3; This Country Needs More Able-Bodied Loafers of a Certain Sort; The American Black Bear - a much abused animal; Nice one page ad for the Venice Company of Venice, Florida; Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - turning wind into electricity at the University of Nebraska, Retirement of Peach Davis of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, check signing scam in Manhattan; News Bits; Nice animal photos inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Openings along each end of coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Dearborn Independent (Magazine) - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, March (Mar.) 5, 1927 - Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard If Christ Came to Constantinople - ; Intimate Glimpses of Elbert Hubbard - a unique genius without parallel in literature;
Verlag: Lipsiae (Leipzig]: G. T. Georgius, 1759 - 1764., 1759
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Gut. XII, 544 S.; 2 n.n. Bll., 556 S.; 3 n.n. Bll., 513 S.; 429 S.; XVI, 260 S., 98 n.n. Bll. (Index), 48 S. (Corrigenda et Attenda); Texte griechisch/lateinisch. Mit einem gestochenen Portät Homers als Frontispiz in Band I. Die Lederrücken etwas berieben, Kapitale oben und unten teils angestoßen. Band III mit ca. 6cm langem Riß in der vorderen Falz. Namenseintrag von 1772, sonst textsauber. Schnitt und teils die Seitenränder gebräunt. // Johann August Ernesti, Philologe und Theologe, geb. am 4. Aug. 1707 in Tennstädt, einem thüringischen Städtchen, gest. in Leipzig am 11. Sept. 1781. Ernesti studierte seit 1726 in Wittenberg und Leipzig Philologie, Philosophie, Theologie und Mathematik. 1730 wurde er Magister, 1731 Konrektor der Thomasschule zu Leipzig (und damit Vorgesetzter von Johann Sebastian Bach) und 1734 als Nachfolger von Johann Matthias Gesner deren Rektor, dem das vorliegenden Werk gewidmet ist. Zugleich seit 1742 a. o.Prof. der klassischen Literatur an der Universität, wurde Ernesti 1756 o.Prof. der Beredsamkeit und 1759 auch der Theologie. 1762 legte er das Rektorenamt nieder. Mit Gesner gilt Ernesti als Reformator der humanistischen Bildung, wobei ihm ein auf die Inhalte gerichtetes Studium der lateinischen Literatur als Bildungsziel vorschwebte; er erwarb sich den Ehrennamen "Germanorum Cicero". In der Theologie begründete er mit seiner Anweisung für den Ausleger des Neuen Testaments (Institutio interpretis Novi Testamenti, 1761) die philologisch-historische Exegese, die alle dogmatischen Aneignungskategorien als Gegenstände einer eigenständigen Dogmengeschichte zuwies. /altphilo gr Gewicht in Gramm: 6100 gebunden, Halblederbände der Zeit mit golgeprägten Rückentiteln auf 5 Bünden;
Verlag: Glasguae / Londini: Ricardum Priestley 1814, 1814
Anbieter: Antiquariat Ulrich Doege, Köln, NRW, Deutschland
5 Bände. 8°, OLdrbd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Deckelvignetten (Academie de Paris - Prix du Concours Général) und Rückentiteln, blind- und goldgepr. Randfilete auf Außen- und Innendeckel; Ganzgoldschnitte und marmorierte Vorsätze. - 2 Bll., (XVIII) 639 Seiten mit einer gefalteten Kupferkarte (Griechenland) / 2 Bll., (II) 670 (2) Seiten mit einer gefalteten Kupferkarte (Kleinasien) / 2 Bll., (III) 603 Seiten / 2 Bll., 558 (1) Seiten / 2 Bll., (IX) 406 Seiten und 180 Seiten Index. - Alle fünf Exemplare leicht lichtrandig, berieben und bestoßen; Band 2 und 3 mit angebrochenen Gelenken; Buchseiten gering nachgedunkelt, aber in gutem Zustand.