william d ely (15 Ergebnisse)

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: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good/No Dust Jacket. No Jacket. Ely, William (illustrator). Light wear. Clean text. N13.

Zustand: New. In.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a report on the settlement of Warwick, Rhode Island in 1642, and the seal of the Rhode Island Historical Society. The report includes a detailed history of the settlement, as well as an analysis of the symbolism and significance of the historical society's seal. The book provides valuable insights into the history and culture of Rhode Island in the 17th century.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. xii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm ; OCLC 5593443 ; Bound in red cloth. Pictorial front cover and spine stamped in gold. All edges colored olive green; George Herbert (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947), two English writers who worked together on several children's adventure books, wrote under the pen name Herbert Strang. ; "Samba lay face downwards upon the yellow sand, amid which his body shone in the sunlight like polished ebony. Behind, the rising bank was thick with trees and shrubs ablaze with colour, overspread with the delicate tracery of lianas and, creeping plants. Here was a spot of red, there a dash of orange; at intervals the pale yellow flowers of climbing gourds and the mauve blossoms of convolvuli peeped from the wall of vivid green. Tiny rills made music as they trickled through the foliage; and near at hand was a path trodden by herds of antelopes as they came to drink." ; "Nearly a generation has passed since King Leopold was entrusted by the great Powers with the sovereignty of the Congo Free State. The conscience of Christendom had been shocked by the stories, brought back by Stanley and other travellers, of Arab slave raids on the Upper Congo; King Leopold, coming forward with the strongest assurances of philanthropic motive, was welcomed as the champion of the negro, who should bring peace and the highest blessings of civilization to the vast territory thus placed under his sway. For many succeeding years it was supposed that this work of deliverance, of regeneration, was being prosecuted with all diligence; the power of the slave traders was broken, towns were built, roads made, railways opened-none of the outward signs of material progress were wanting.the civilized world has been horrified to find that this imposing structure has been cemented with the life blood of the Congo races; that the material improvements to which the administrator of Congoland can point, have been purchased by an appalling amount of suffering inflicted upon the hapless negoes. The collection of rubber, on which the whole fabric of Congo finance rests, involces a disregard of liberty, and indifference to suffering, a destruction of human life, almost inconceivable. Those who best know the country estimate that the populationis annually reduced, under King Leopold's rule, by at least a hundred thousand. No great war, no famine, no pestilence in the world's history has been so merciless a scourge as civilization in Congoland." ; Contents: The Coming of the White Man -- "Rubber is Death" -- Monsieur Elbel -- Night Alarms -- The Order of Merit -- Samba is Missing -- Blood Brothers -- Jack in Command -- Samba Meets the Little Men -- A Trip with a Crocodile -- Bula Matadi Comes to Ilola -- Samba comes Back -- "Honour thy Father and thy Mother" -- Lokolobolo's First Fight -- A Revolt at Ilola -- The House by the Water -- A Buffalo Hunt -- Elbel's Barrels -- Breaking the Blockade - David and Goliath -- A Dash and all Together -- A Message and a Meeting -- Elbel Squares Accounts -- A Solemn Charge -- A Break for Liberty -- Turning the Tables -- The Return of Lokolobolo -- The Chicotte -- Reaping the Whirlwind -- Sinews of War -- Summons and Surrender -- The Dawn of Freedom -- Conclusion ; front endpaper excised ; dig at top of spine ; else G. Book.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 41, [1]; original front red paper wrapper bound in; later brown library cloth binding, title and call number gilt direct on spine; "With Mr. Ely's compliments" penned on the flyleaf; near fine. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with Newberry Library bookplate and release stamp on upper pastedown, and inventory number on first text page. This paper, read before the Historical Society, claims that the word "barns" in Williams' Key is actually intended to be "beans.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. School prize binding, presented by the author. Two-page prefatory note by the author written at S. John's College, Oxford, S. Catherine's Day, 1899. ***Very good in black full-leather boards with gilt floral decorative tooled borders, edges and inner borders, and gilt decorative tooled compartmented spine with gilt titles to red leather label to second compartment of spine. Armorial gilt shield embossed to front board. All edges of text-block colour-marbled. Colour-marbled front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. School Prize book plate to front board: Burford Grammar School , Christmas 1901 Scripture Prize presented by the Rev. W. H Hutton presented to H. J. Edmond by Henry J. Piggot, Headmaster. ***Corners and head and tail of boards slightly rubbed. Boards slightly rubbed. Small scuffs to leather of rear board. Boards clean. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***174 mm x 124mm. 3xi prelim-pages including prefatory note by the author and contents to the fore plus 300 pages including index to the rear. ***Chapters: I. The Church Before the Norman Conquest; II. The Church in the Middle Ages; III. The Reformation; IV. The Church Under The Stewarts; V. The Church in the Eighteenth Century; VI. The Nineteenth Century; Chronological Table of Important Events, Affecting the History of the Church in Great Britain; English Kings, Archbishops, and Bishops of London; Index. ***First printing of the true first edition, extremely hard to find especially in original full-leather gilt decorative bordered boards. A handsome full leather School Prize gilt binding. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. William Ely (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this children's adventure novel by Oskar Lebeck and Gaylord Dubois, in the vibrantly illustrated original dust wrapper. The scarce first edition of this novel, illustrated throughout by William Ely, and in the publisher's original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper.A collaboration between comic book writer Gaylord Dubois, and stage designer and writer Oskar Lebeck. This was the third of three children's novels produced by the two men in 1941, the others being 'Rex, King of the Deep' and 'Stratosphere Jim and His Flying Fortress'.A thrilling adventure following Dave and Alan, young survivors of a shipwreck, stranded on an unchartered island in the Pacific.With half title removed. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with bumping to spine head and tail, and rubbing to head of rear joint. Losses of paper at dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with significant chipping and edgewear to wrap perimeters. Closed tears and three small holes to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Half title removed. Pages lightly age toned, but generally clean and bright. Very Good. book.