Mayes herbert r (29 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 1951, magazine in acceptable condition, binding tight and square, front cover edges and spine taped, 1 page with tears on edges, text clean and unmarked, postal sticker on front.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

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

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Tight binding, clean interior. Wraps have mild scuffs and creases, light smudging to back cover. Interior unmarked, page 39-40 torn out. "The most famous Christmas issue of all." 222 pp.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Signed by Author. 241 pages. Light wear; some discoloring; a good sound binding. Bookplate inside, inscribed and signed by Mayes as well. The jacket has some discoloring, chips and tears. Horatio Alger. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 168486. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Book club. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Volume II only, clean text in clean gold stamped cloth covers with minor rubs on edges and corners, dust jacket is lightly worn.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Illustrated in black and white. Owner's name on back of frontispiece, stamp on front fly, cloth stained, spine sunned, good lacking the dust jacket.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 127. Number 1. In polypropylene bag. (homemaking, home, family, periodicals, nathaniel benchley) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. In polypropylene bag. (homemaking, home, family, periodicals, william march) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. …

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

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 241pp. Illustrated with black and white plates; decorative endpapers by Frank W. Peers. Pages adjacent to plates very lightly foxed, else just about fine in a very goood, toned and edgeworn dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine and the price on the upper flap fold scratched out (price on lower fold remains). Biography of the author of 119 children's books and chief popularizer of the "rags-to-riches" storyline.…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 1083-2195 pp. Subjects; Literary anthologies. prose. verse. literary curiosa. Herbert R. Mayes. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Good. DJ has some sunning to spine and a few small tears to edges. Free from markings or inscriptions. Contents are clean and bright.

Zustand: Good. DJ has some sunning to spine and a few small tears to edges. Free from markings or inscriptions. Contents are clean and bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. 2 Volume Set. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. New York: Hearst Magazines, Good Housekeeping, 1947. Sugust 1947 issue of this popular monthly magazine. Softcover, 220 pages. Covers age-toned with a few chips and a scuffed area where the old address label was removed, sound binding, age-yellowed but clean text pages, color advertising pages not age-yellowed, some light edgewear to a few pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. New York: Hearst Magazines, Good Housekeeping, 1951. March 1951 issue of this popular monthly magazine. Softcover, 318 pages. Covers lightly chipped around the edges, light cover soil, old address label on cover, sound binding, clean pages. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine dj. First Edition. [nice tight copy, the faintest bit of wear to book; jacket shows minor wear at extremities, light soiling to rear panel]. (frontispiece portrait, B&W plates) This "biography without a hero," the first ever published about the author whose name became synonymous with a peculiarly American type of rags-to-riches tale, was revealed a half-century after its initial publication to be a completely cooked-up fraud. Purporting to be based in large measure on Alger's diaries (which nobody had ever heard of because they, ahem, didn't exist), the book set out to debunk one myth (Alger as a grown-up version of his plucky and resourceful boy heroes) with another (Alger as repressed mama's boy and dismal failure at both life and literature). There wasn't another full biography of Alger until the 1960s, at which point the Mayes tome was still being accepted as a reliable source, as it would be for at least another decade after that. Although various scholars had debunked large parts of the book, the whole story didn't come out until 1978, when Mayes himself issued a 50th-anniversary edition, containing an introduction in which he came clean about his deception, rather gleefully (it seemed to some) admitting that the book "literally swarms with countless absurdities." According to the Horatio Alger Society website, however, "even today it is still mistakenly cited as a reliable source in most reference texts.". Illustrated by (dj) Hornung; (endpaper map) Frank W. Peers (illustrator).…

Atheneum, 1968. 1st Edition, VG/VG, 2 volumes, in G+ slipcase (glass rings on top edge, front edge worn) . , Anthology.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Alger; A Biography Without a Hero' is a fascinating and provocative study of Horatio Alger Jr., the author who defined the American 'rags-to-riches' success story. In this work, Herbert R. Mayes attempts to peel back the layers of myth surrounding the creator of the 'Tattered Tom' and 'Ragged Dick' series. By examining the life of a man whose name became a household word for upward mobility, Mayes presents a narrative that contrasts the moralistic, triumphant tone of Alger's novels with the complexities and contradictions of his real life.The work provides a detailed look at the social and literary landscape of the 19th century, exploring how Alger's vision of success resonated with a changing America. It moves beyond simple hagiography to provide a critical perspective on the author's motivations and the cultural impact of his vast body of work. For students of American literature and those interested in the origins of the American Dream, 'Alger; A Biography Without a Hero' remains a significant and engaging exploration of a literary phenomenon and the man behind the legend.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 may 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.…

Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. Small split at spine, light foxing to covers. Very good. ; Quarto.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Alger; A Biography Without a Hero' is a fascinating and provocative study of Horatio Alger Jr., the author who defined the American 'rags-to-riches' success story. In this work, Herbert R. Mayes attempts to peel back the layers of myth surrounding the creator of the 'Tattered Tom' and 'Ragged Dick' series. By examining the life of a man whose name became a household word for upward mobility, Mayes presents a narrative that contrasts the moralistic, triumphant tone of Alger's novels with the complexities and contradictions of his real life.The work provides a detailed look at the social and literary landscape of the 19th century, exploring how Alger's vision of success resonated with a changing America. It moves beyond simple hagiography to provide a critical perspective on the author's motivations and the cultural impact of his vast body of work. For students of American literature and those interested in the origins of the American Dream, 'Alger; A Biography Without a Hero' remains a significant and engaging exploration of a literary phenomenon and the man behind the legend.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 may 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.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Atheneum,1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. 2 volumes in slipcase. Dust jackets have mild shelfwear, a few tiny closed tears at edges. Slipcase has rubbed back edge and small mark from sticker removal. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Beautiful condition. Overweight set. …

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. First Edition. First edition. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy.

hardcover. Zustand: fine. With an afterword by Jack Bales. 245 pages, small thick 8vo, gold cloth. Des Plaines, IL: Gilbert K. Westgard II, 1978. 'Limited to 200 copies', has a lie through it and copy number A-13 written in the space. Signed by the author, Jack Hales and the publisher.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Small, neat owner name, fine in very near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the crown. Biography of the author of 119 children's books and chief popularizer of the "rags-to-riches" storyline. Scarce in jacket.