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

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

Zustand: Fair. 1898. No edition remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Missing front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends.

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

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

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. vi, 72pp. Spine lightly age-toned, near fine. *The Great Gatsby* by Kenneth Eble. Conributions by Gordon Ross Smith, Philip Stevick, Kenneth Eble, Audrey T. Rodgers, and William B. Bache.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Slip case : good. First ed. thus, first printing; 198 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper mildly age-toned, which is all that keeps this from being "like new;" full-page color ill.; binding tight; brown boards with still bright gilt letterin on sepia patches are without discernible wear; floral patterned beige slip caseis clean with some rubbing at corners.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

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.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardback, cloth. Zustand: Very Good-. No Jacket. Gordon Ross (illustrator). First Edition thus. Uniform three-volume library set, published in the early 1940s, comprising Selected Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (1942), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (condensed for modern reading, 1943), and Living Biographies of Famous Novelists edited by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas (1943). All volumes are in matching decorative cloth bindings, uniform in size and design, with deckled edges on all sides and publisher's top-edge tint. Contents span classic Victorian literature, foundational Enlightenment history, and twentieth-century literary biography, offering a well-balanced and thoughtfully curated representation of the Western literary canon. An attractive and cohesive mid-century Book League-era grouping, well suited for collectors, scholars, or display in a home or institutional library. Condition Note: Overall condition Near Fine to Very Good. Two of the three volumes?Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Living Biographies of Famous Novelists?are in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright interiors and crisp cloth bindings showing minimal handling. The Thackeray volume (Selected Works of William Makepeace Thackeray) is Very Good minus, with bumped corners and early wear at the crown of the spine, including small starting tears; the binding remains sound and the text block tight. All volumes are complete and structurally solid, and the set presents attractively on the shelf. Books will be carefully wrapped and boxed securely with padding for safe handling during transit. We ship internationally. [Attributes: Hard Cover].

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Addressed to 'The Provost of Oriel' and with sprawling signature 'Yours vy trly / Cosmo Cantuar:'. Reads: 'Dear Provost, / I have received your letter of November 20th about Mr. Randall Cooper. I am sorry to say that your letter came too late for the appointment of the first batch of Assistant Cataloguers. They have now been appointed but I am informed that there may be further appointments in the Spring. I am forwarding your letter to the Director of the British Museum informing him that I am willing to give Mr. Cooper a nomination.' For Lang's difficult relations with the British Museum as a trustee of that institution, see D. M. Wilson's 2002 'The British Museum: A History'. See Image.

See the entries for Lang and Ross in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo, on light-grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Begins 'Dear Vice Chancellor. / Some time ago I proposed Sir David Cecil for election to the Athenaeum. His name has produced a remarkable number of supporters, but no one has been put down as seconder to my proposal.' He asks Ross to second Cecil's nomination, before writing a sentence which is hard to decipher. He concludes by suggesting that he inform the club secretary accordingly, if Ross is willing.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 195-285pp. Pictorial wrappers. Slight foxing on topedge with a lightly toned spine, near fine. Order form laid in. The issue also includes interviews, poems, stories, art and photography from Hayden Carruth, Russell Edson, William Peden, Barry Spacks, Curtis Zahn, Frederick Rebsamen, Melvin B. Johnson, Jack Anderson, Helmut Bonheim, Peter Hamm, R. Walton Brown, Joseph Byrd, David Christie, Judson Crews, Howard Hart, Lionel Kearns, Robert Nichols, Joan Ross, William Stafford, and more.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Darling, Gilbert; Pachner, William; Beall, C.C.; Peskin-, David; Forsberg, Howard; Karger, George; Collins, John; Siebel, Frederick; Baumgartner, Warren (illustrator). First Edition. 114 pages. Articles: Rampageous Reuther - an intimate appraisal of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) Walter Reuther; Heels Among the Heroes - there are too many Peck's bad boys in our occupation forces - article with nice photos of Americans serving in Germany; Stop, Look and Live! - Detroit's successful campaign to reduce auto casualties; Lady Killers - Lady Roller Derby participants - article with great color photos of Gerry Murray, Evalyn Karran and others; Circus Opera - Elephants trumpet and horses galumph when Salmaggi stages Aida; Lethal Lullaby - facts to know if you take sleeping pills; Big Tin God - the saga of Simon Patino of Bolivia and his vast Gold and Tin mining empire; Interesting back page editorial on Britain's Palestine problem. Fiction: The Hard Way Home; A Sense of Echelon; Clock Without Hands; What a Man Wants; Love is Kind of Fragile; Trouble on the Autobahn. Ads include: Studebaker trucks; Listerine; Ethyl; Shell agricultural research; Admiral phonographs; Philco phonographs - with Bing Crosby photo; Life Savers; Buick (nice 2-page photo Ford cars; Anso film; Camel cigarettes with photo of hospital intern and caption "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette; Gillette razor ad features caricature of footbal player Steve Van-Buren ad); Rare full-page color ad for Wurlitzer Juke Boxes; GE light bulbs - with photo of George Burns and Gracie Allen; Clicquot Club sparkling water; Good Year (color centerfold); Garod radios; Mission Orange beverage; Carole Landis is featured for Dupont; Spertt Portable Sunlamps - with color photos; Dodge cars; Schlitz beer; "The Best Years of Our Lives" movie starring Fredric March and Myrna Loy; RCA Victor phonographs; Oregon tourism - with photos; Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover shows farmer holding huge golden leaf. Somewhat above-average external wear. Cover pulling from one staple. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Simpson, Jean (cover); Lyon, Fred; Ross, Alex; Stern, Phil; Martin, David Stone; Blossom, Earl; Fachner, William; Klimley Stan; Sawyers, Martha; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: The Secret Boss of Californa - Artie Samish (part 1 of 2); "Hurry" Cain Out of the West - Senatory Harry Cain of Washington state; Bringing Up a Movie Moppet; Yankee Yogi Berra - "I'm Human, Ain't I?" - article with great one-page color photo; The Biggest Blast of Them All (part 2 of 2) - Untold secrets of the Hiroshima bombing - article with photos; I Was Run Over by a Carrier - Emil Skocpol's plane crashed in front of the 45,000 ton carrier Midway; Farewell to Benzedrine Benders - disturbed by thrill-seekers who misused Benzedrine inhalers, the laboratory producing them has found a substitute with the bounce taken out; Belles of the Ball Game - women's baseball - article with nice colour photo of Twila Shively of the Peoria Redwings. Fiction: The Two Loves of Victor Fenlon; How to Swap Horses; Design for Vengeance; The Merry Assassin; The Legal Bride (part 3 of 6); Spelling Bee. Nice vintage ads for: Studebaker; Bell telephone (big things to come in service); Zenith radios (nice color one-page ad); Good Year; Plymouth cars; Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad featuring color photo of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; Chevrolet; Hunter Whiskey - nice centerfold; The Douglas Super DC-3; Puerto Rican Rum; U.S. Army & Air Force Recruiting; Gordon's gin; Camel cigarettes - back cover ad with photos of celebrities including Lew Worsham, Mrs. Orson Munn, Jr., Johnny vander Meer, Pete Desjardins and singer Michael Douglas. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.