walter p phillips (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed by contributing authors Gary Phillips and Bill Fitzhugh on title page. In protective mylar cover. (short stories, poker).

Comb Bound. Zustand: Good. William Kemp Tilley (illustrator). There are two pages each for each story title: Santa's Workshop, A Visit from Santa, Visions of Saint Nick, Christmas Morn, Holiday Fun, The Night Before Christmas (Clement C. Moore), Santa Claus and the Mouse (Emilie Poulsson), A Christmas Surprise (Louise Dyer Harris), and the song of Jingle Bells. The first five titles each have 2-3 paragraphs and a pop-up illustration. Six bend lines in the pop-ups are not original and are now strengthened on the reverse side to prevent bending. Three original bend lines were split and are mended on the reverse side. The back cover has an owner's name three times, mostly in dim ink. Also in dim ink are two stars and a wriggly circle. The front cover has a 1 1/4 in. bend line. Scans e-mailed upon request. Standard shipping cost in the U.S. will be reduced.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. In original box, fair condition. Pop-ups very good. (pop-up books, toy and moveable books) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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

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

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: NEAR FINE. 1st trade paperback printing. The first anthology consisting entirely of stories by African American mystery writers. Preface by Lerone Bennett, Jr. Introduction by Eleanor Taylor Bland. Contributors include Frankie Y. Bailey, Jacqueline Turner Banks, Chris Benson, Eleanor Taylor Bland and Anthony Bland, Patricia E. Canterbury, Christopher Chambers, , Evelyn Coleman, Grace F. Edwards, Robert Greer, Terris McMahan Grimes, Gar Anthony Haywood, Hugh Holton, Geri Spencer Hunter, Dicey Scroggins Jackson, Glenville Lovelll, Lee E. Meadows, Penny Mickelbury, Walter Mosley, Percy Spurlark Parker, Gary Phillips, and Charles Shipps. SIGNED by THREE authors: Gary Phillips at his story "Beginner's Luck", Tracy P. Clark at "For Services Rendered" and Walter Mosley at "Bombardier." Notes on the authors. xii, 353 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages).

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Illustrated By William Kemp Tilley (illustrator). 1st Edition. Excellent condition with all five pop-ups in excellent condition.

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

Zustand: Good. All Occasion 1949 spiral bound. G+.

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

Cloth. Zustand: Good. James Seymour, Thomas Weaver, T. Woodward, Wildrake, H. Alken, R.B. Davis, Hancock, W.P. Hodges, J. Ramsay, Thomas Phillips, F.C. Turner, John Doyle, and Thomas Bewick. (illustrator). A new edition of this fascinating and richly illustrated compilation of hound hunting in Great Britain. A new edition of this interesting work on hound hunting in Great Britain comprising of memoirs of masters of hounds and notices of the crack riders and characteristics of the hunting countries of England. Edited and with an introduction by Walter Shaw Sparrow.Containing six colour plates, sixteen plates in half-tone, eight hunting maps and a further twenty-one in-text illustrations.Collate, complete.With illustrations credited to James Seymour, Thomas Weaver, T. Woodward, Wildrake, H. Alken, R.B. Davis, Hancock, W.P. Hodges, J. Ramsay, Thomas Phillips, F.C. Turner, John Doyle, and Thomas Bewick In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. The spine is faded and a little bumped and the boards are a little faded. There is a previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound and with bright and clean pages with the occasional spot throughout. Good. book.

Zustand: Very good. New York, April 9th, 1890., 1890. Very good. - Two pages consisting of over 80 words penned on 2 faces of 8-1/8 inch high by 5-1/4 inch wide "The United Press" stationery with an integral attached leaf. In his letter addressed to American impressario and lecture manager Major James B. Pond, Phillips informs him that "unless some unforeseen circumstance presents it I shall be very glad indeed to be present at your spread on the 27th instant." He writes that his mother and father are visiting and that he wants "them to go over to Brooklyn Monday night and hear Kennan" and asks Pond for the particulars regarding where "Kennan is to hold forth". Signed with his rapidly scribbled signature. Folded for mailing, Pond has stamped that he has answered at the top left of the first page. Very good. The American journalist, telegrapher and inventor Walter P. Phillips (1846-1920) expanded telegraph codes with his Phillips Code which allowed for brevity by making use of such abbreviations as POTUS and SCOTUS. He was managing editor of the Providence Morning Herald and subsequently editor of the Providence Morning Star before becoming the head of The United Press. George Kennan (1845-1924), to whose lecture Phillips refers, was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of the Russian Empire.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Lowell, Orson (cover); Justis, Lyle; Billmyer, James; Sykes, C.H.; Skidmore, T.D.; Wood, Lawson; Williams, C.D.; Gustavson, L.R. (illustrator). First Edition. 54 pages. Features: Nice Hockey illustration on cover; Colour Texaco ad inside front cover; Oakland 8 / Pontiac 6 full-page ad; Classy color full-page ad for Maxwell House Coffee; Mr. Tuggy Drives his Buggy (short story); Kansas Kid (short story); Against the Grain - Ire at Grain Traders - article; No Questions Asked (short story); The Polecat's Pal - the story of a dog who fell from grace but was redeemed in a most curious fashion; Fairweather Quinn - Captain Thomas P. Quinn of Seattle pilots vessels in and out of Puget Sound - article with photo; The Road Back (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Power and Glory - Boies Penrose - articles with photo; Sensational full-page color photo ad for Life Saver candies; Smoke in the Bank (short story); Oldsmobile ad; Captain of Industry - Barry Wood is Captain of the Harvard football team; Wonderful two-color centerfold ad for Willys cars; Nice full-page two-color ad for Coke 'behind the scenes' in Hollywood; Studebaker Truck ad; Wonderful color full-page ad for Chesterfield cigarettes; Nostalgic Nice color Camel cigarette ad on back cover shows couple in front of fireplace; General Electric Sun Lamp ad inside back cover. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.