introduction hale edward everett (7 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1905 edition published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co (Boston). Book cover has two small brown spots on cover. Wonderful b/w etchings throughout this 5 x 5.5 inch book. Just precious. 100 pages. Teal and beige cover on this hardback. (BR) Box 207.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 347 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1905. 1905 reprint of the 1833 edition, illustrated with reproductions of the original wood engravings. Front free endpaper is notated "Love to learn and learn to love, Motto of Julia Ward Howe". It's a convincing looking signature to appear to be an autograph, but the 1930 date at the bottom in the same hand dates this to be after her death. Light orange hardcover printed in black, tan cloth spine, with dustjacket. Good to very good condition with some foxing to the covers and some modest edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned endpapers, pages clean, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is good to very good with some age-toning snd a couple of short closed tears, essentially no paper loss. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1905 date given, but perhaps a little later. Illustrated paper covered boards in matching jacket. 100 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A reproduction of the original 1833 edition of classic nursery rhymes for children, that was published by Munroe and Francis. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing, creasing and loss to the jacket along the extremities and spine. Extensive old tape repairs to the reverse of the jacket. Minor soiling. Some dampstaining to the jacket. Minor to moderate scuffing. Uneven discoloration and some dampstaining to the book covers, with minor soiling. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Faint dampstaining affecting some pages near the gutter throughout. Owner's gift inscriptions present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering and design stamped on spine. The covers are a bit worn, with slight loss of cloth at corners and bottom edge and a bit of scuffing and wear. Top edge gilt, untrimmed fore edges. The spine is slightly cocked. Brown paste-downs and free endpapers. Sewn textblock, with a split after the endpapers and first leaf. The text is still tight with no loose pages. Previous owner's name is written, in ink, on second end paper. Considerable foxing to the end papers with slight foxing and staining to some of the pages in the text. Despite the stated flaws, this is a nice copy of a hard to find original edition. ; Seventeen page introduction by Edward Hale, giving a brief history of Howe's command of the British Army during the siege of Boston. The book consists of the précis of correspondance with General Howe taken from from vol. 290 America and West India series of manuscripts in Her Majesty's Public record office and covers the period of time from Howe's attack on Bunker and Breed's Hills, the British evacuation of Boston in March 1776 and his retreat to Halifax. Scarce original edition ; no illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xix, 357 p. pages.

Frontispiece Illustration. Preface and Introduction by Hale. (illustrator). Very Good (minor soil covers; contents clean & tight). 8vo., white parchment; 97 pages Limited "Birthday" Edition. Signed, Limited Edition of only 80 numbered copies (this is copy #63) printed on Imperial Japan paper. There was also another signed limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies by the same publisher, issued in a different binding. This special edition is bound in white parchment with yapp edges, with red cloth ribbons closures across the front and rear covers (some of the ribbon still exists). There was also apparently a regular trade edition. Issued to celebrate the 80th birthday of Hale (April 3, 1902). Both signed, limited editions are uncommon. A Merle Johnson High Spot of American Literature. With a small autograph note signed laid in, presenting the book to ?my wife L. Elizabeth (Silsbee) Woodbury. April 14, 1902. John [L.?] Woodbury.?. Signed.