Peter parley pseud (15 Ergebnisse)

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

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

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. New York: Sheldon & Company, 1859. Published 1859. Illustrated with engravings. Worn copy in red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, cover decoration in blind, 171 pages. Covers heavily rubbed and soiled, with fraying to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, front free endpaper neatly removed, pages sporadically foxed with some light finger soil, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. hardback, 12mo, 188;188pp, frontispiece to each part, scattered foxing, text otherwise clean and sound, inner hinges broken, text-block loose within green cloth-covered boards, gilt-decorated spine browned and frayed at the top, Fair condition.

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.

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.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 will 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.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis 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 w.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. New York: J. M. Fairchild & Co., 1858. Title page dated 1858. Illustrated with two hundred wood engravings throughout the text, such as "Kanguroos of New Holland" and the Siamang. Red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, 320 pages. Short closed tear to spine head (ends above the lettering), otherwise fairly light external wear, good hinges, one small section loosened and another small section detached, but all pages present and in very good condition and clean, name on front free endpaper in pencil. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Front., vignette title, illus. Orig. green cloth, sl. worn printed spine label, otherwise v.g. Pencil inscription of Archibald Nisbet, 1856 on recto of front.; later inscription of John Thomas Ellis on leading f.e.p. With the preface to the first edition. A handsome production providing 'amusing details and astonishing facts' on the animal kingdom, profusely illustrated with woodcuts. First published in 1833.…

small 8vo., xvi, 544pp., frontispiece, engraved vignette title and numerous wood engravings to text, full-page map of Great Britain and Ireland, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine in compartments, lightly rubbed on extremities. A VG+ clean copy. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 1860) was an American author. Goodrich, using the pseudonym Peter Parley, wrote children's books with an informal and friendly style as he introduced his young readers to faraway people and places. Goodrich believed that fairy tales and fantasy were not useful and possibly dangerous to children. He entertained them instead with engaging tales from history and geography. His low regard for fiction is ironic in that his accounts of other places and cultures were often misleading and stereotypical, if not completely incorrect.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. New York: Huntington and Savage, 1847. Title page dated 1847. With 18 maps and 150 engravings throughout the text. Printed peach colored hardcover with leather spine, about 6" tall, 160 pages. Expected age-related wear to covers, mainly edges with some shelf soil, sound binding, slightly age-toned but clean pages with almost no foxing, old bookseller catalog listing clipping mounted neatly inside rear cover, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.…

8vo, xvi, 242pp + 9pp index + 20pp ads, half-title present, engraved frontispiece of the voyagers looking down upon the Giant's Causeway from their air balloon, 5 other engraved plates, orig. red blindstamped cloth, gilt decorated spine together with an air balloon blocked in gilt to centre of upper cover, minor wear to extreme top of spine. A VG++ clean copy.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, viii, 175 pp, six hand coloured plates, original gilt decorated blue cloth, corners and spine a little worn, but a strikingly fresh copy Size: 7 x 4.5 Inches. Children.