John w ridge (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorJohn Rollin Ridge or Yellow Bird (1827 - 1867), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is considered the first Native American novelist. Ridge was the son of Treaty Party leader John Ridge and the grandson of Major Ridge..

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo ( almost square 8vo,) 92pp, illustd, 1pp advert,undated but approx 1920, orig thin vellum covered card boards, title and emblem in gilt on front,cover vellum little aged round the edge( no more than you would expext) binding good and tight , contents and illustrations in vg clean condition, this is copy number 176 of a limited edition of 500. signed by the author under this information.A very nice signed copy of this very scarce book. Author, John Hassall,will Owen (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A very scarce limited edition presentation copy signed by the author being number 148 of 500 with a list of subscribers to rear. An account by William Pett Ridge of his visit to the Almshouses in Wood Green along with a short story and a fable. Illustrated with a photogravure of the author to frontispiece and two photogravure illustrations by John Hassall and Will Owen. William Pett Ridge (1859 - 1930), English author. A compassionate man, giving generously of both his time and money to charity. He founded the Babies Home at Hoxton in 1907 and was an ardent supporter of many organisations that had the welfare of children as their object. This charitable zeal, and the fact that he established himself as the leading novelist of London life and character, led to him being characterised as the natural successor of Dickens. In a paper vellum covered binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight bumping to extremities, slight handling marks and a slight stain to front boards. Internally, generally firmly bound although stained in places. Bright but with very slight foxing, almost entirely to plates. Very Good. John Hassall and Will Owen (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

disbound. Zustand: Used; Acceptable. Washington City, 15th January, 1831. library of ABAA Bookseller, Tom Nicely. 8 pages; disbound; inside a red cloth covered case for protection; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; pages toned chipped around edges; some foxing; paginated 1-8.