May mannering (8 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Embossed green cloth with decorative gilt title on spine. Very slight tilt to spine. All pages secure. Part of the Helping Hand Series, of which Mannering (the pseudonym of Harriet Nowell) wrote six volumes. 224 pages.

Early printing. A story of a voyage by packet ship from New York to San Francisco in the early 1850s. Although life on shipboard, as told from the perspective of the two children of the captain, is much idealized, this is an still interesting and enjoyable book. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 2 plates by Thomas Nast, with the frontispiece being an amusing picture of the discovery of a little black girl, a stowaway, who calls herself 'Wooly Butts.' A title in the 'Mayflower Series for Girls.' 221 pages plus 6 pages of advertisements. Very good+ in tan cloth covers with a red illustration on the front cover and spine, gold title panel on the spine and a silver panel with Mayflower series on the front cover. A nice tight copy with only minor shelfwear to the edges of the boards, gift inscription in pencil on the front endpaper presenting this book to a pupil from his teacher.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 19th Century Inspirational Writing. Decorated red cloth, black designs and titles. Front interior hinge weak, but the remained of the block solid and well attached. Light soiling and general edge wear to boards only.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Later printing. Green cloth, spine stamped in gilt. A few pages moderately soiled, endpapers and a few pages with modest offsetting, boards with a few small nicks, corners and spine ends rubbed and fraying, good only.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868. 1868 edition. List at front includes this title as part of the Salt-Water Dick Stories; additional full page series title engraving indicates Helping Hand Series. Juvenile adventure at sea. Bright red pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, frontis engraving by Thomas Nast, other engraving the artist, 221 pages plus publisher's ads. Very good condition with light shelf soil to rear cover, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Boston: Lee and Shepard; First Edition (1868). 191 pages. Frontispiece and Illustrated title page. VeryGood Hardcover, no dj. Embossed DarkGreen cloth, Gilt spine title. Very light rubbing to the ends of the spine and corners. Missing front Flyleaf. 6.9"x4.3"x0.9". be15974. …