Williston fish (29 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 3d ptg. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Later Printing. Minor DJ shelfwear; tanning; 11.3 X 8.2 X 0.4 inches; 48 pages fmc2%262D.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. None. Soiling and wear on boards and inside. fmc2%262D.

Zustand: Good. - Small octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide], dark gray boards backed with red cloth. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. Half-title, title, [1] leaf, 17 & [1] pages. There is light soiling to the preliminary pages & the front gutter is darkened. A gift inscription is penned on the front pastedown & there is a small bookstore label on the rear pastedown. Good. A wealthy man seeks to bestow happiness rather than material goods on those he leaves behind.…

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

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

PAP. 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: Fine. 17, [1] pp., 12mo, flexible boards, dustjacket. Printed by the Merrymount Press in red and black . Fine, well-preserved copy.

First edition. 8vo. Swen wrappers. Issued as a keepsake. Fine.

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

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

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Handset in Solemnis, with title-page and cover in American Uncial. Printed in black (the title in lavender) on Strathmore paper. Overlapping dark blue covers printed in pale blue. A fine copy. First published in Harper's Weekly September 3rd, 1898.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Pictorial tan cloth stamped in blue, white, black and gilt. Illustrated by C.J. Taylor. Cloth moderately worn, still a very good copy.

First Edition. An unread copy with unopened pages. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 31 pages; Description: 31 numb. L. , 1 l. Illus. 15 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century English american Literature - Fiction. Notes: Printed on one side of leaf on opposite pages. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good with no dust jacket. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 18 pages; A popular and often reprinted newspaper piece from 1897 on. Possibly first appearance in book form. Unopened.

FISH, Williston. SHORT RATIONS. Illustrated by C.J. Taylor. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 12mo., pictorial brown cloth, stamped in gilt, black, blue & white. First Edition. Good (bright but some discoloration spine & lower edge of front cover). $35.00. TAYLOR, C.J. (illustrator).

16,5 : 10 cm. 17 pages Original Boards. Originaly published in Harper's Weekly in 1898 and frequently reprinted and highly regarded for its literary beauty, this edition was published with the intent to produce a fine printing of the popular work in a handy format. Printed in red and black. - Together with: Plucked from the reminder bins of Boston and sent with the Holiday Greetings of Stella and Jacob Blanck 1950. Forth and last Merrymount Press printing. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Short Rations is a collection of humorous short stories by Williston Fish. These tales offer a glimpse into late 19th-century American life, blending wit and social commentary. Fish's satirical style and keen observations create characters and situations that are both amusing and thought-provoking. Readers will appreciate the timeless humor and the author's ability to find the absurd in everyday experiences.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.…

Cloth. Zustand: Collectible; Fine. First Thus. The lovely 1974 re-issue, limited to only 60 copies. A bright and Fine 16mo in its duotone cloth. This essay first appeared in Harper's Weekly, Sept. 3, 1898.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. [36] pp., small 8vo, quarter oatmeal cloth, gray paper sides. One of 60 copies hand printed on Ragston paper by Henry Schniewind at his Four Winds Press in Long Island, New York. Fine copy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Literary Classics Edition xiv, 655 p. illus. (facsim) 17 cm. LCCN 43051076 OCLC 944648 LC PS507 .W64 Dewey 810.82 ; grey-green boards with blue designs and lettering, in color dustjacket ; Contents: [1.] American fiction. The devil and Daniel Webster/ Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Tom Whipple / Walter D. Edmonds -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Missionary journeys / Willa Cather -- The duke and the daupin come aboard / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- A preacher goes to war / John W. Thomason, Jr -- Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris -- A last will / Williston Fish -- One arrowhead day / Harry Leon Wilson -- The skylight room / O. Henry -- Rupe Collins / Booth Tarkington -- Our new telephone / Ruth Gordon -- Some like them cold / Ring Lardner -- At the end of the car line / Ben Hur Lampman -- The Japanese / Ogden Nash -- Fifty grand / Ernest Hemingway -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- You mean common / Arthur Kober -- Address Unknown / Kressman Taylor. -- [2.] American verse. -- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Death and General Putnam / Arthur Guiterman -- Home, Sweet Home / John Howard Payne -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe -- Nancy Hanks / Rosemary Bene?t -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Walt Whitman -- As toilsome I wandered Virginia's woods / Walt Whitman -- Little boy blue / Eugene Field -- The last leaf / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore -- American laughter / Kenneth Allan Robinson -- Plain language from truthful James / Bret Harte -- Little Willie / Eugene Field -- The mystery of Gilgal / John Hay -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman -- The old man and Jim / James Whitcomb Riley -- John L. Sullivan, the strong boy of Boston / Vachel Lindsay -- Afternoon on a hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- my sweet old etcetera / e. e. cummings -- Two-volume novel / Dorothy Parker -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Vachel Lindsay -- The maid-servant at the inn / Dorothy Parker -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Lament / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Early moon / Carl Sandburg -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Shenandoah Road / E.B. White -- Aged four / Mildred Focht -- Mr. Flood's party / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- To fight aloud is very brave / Emily Dickinson -- Song in exile / Alice Duer Miller -- Scum o' the earth / Robert Haven Schauffler -- My city / James Weldon Johnson -- Farewell, my friends / Clarence Day. -- [3.] American fact. -- The declaration of independence -- A letter from Franklin to Washington -- Under a cloud of sail / Richard Henry Dana -- Where I lived and what I lived for / Henry David Thoreau -- The hunting camp / Francis Parkman -- The only one / Maude Barnes Miller -- The death of John Quincy Adams / Carl Sandburg -- For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott -- The second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Confederate army / John W. Thomason, Jr -- The first G.A.R. parade / Lloyd Lewis -- Three speeches / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr -- The Trawnbeighs / Charles M. Flandrau -- Thanksgiving proclamation / Wilbur L. Cross -- Mary White / William Allen White -- A wedding notice from the Fountain inn tribune / Robert Quillen -- A letter from Nicola Sacco to his son -- Mon pays / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Coon hunt / E.B. White --A visit to London / Frank Sullivan -- The turtle / Ogden Nash -- The Norse travel again / W.L. White -- First fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A talk to young men / Robert C. Benchley -- P.S. he got the job / Anonymous -- The new colossus / Emma Lazarus -- Inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier ; FINE/VG. Julian Brazleton (illustrator). Book.…

Edition limited to 400 numbered copies (this, no. 230) printed and bound for Eugene A. Clauss; 4to, frontispiece by M. L. Freedman, and 5 leaves printed on rectos only in blue and black; original blue cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper label on upper cover; near fine. Apparently, a holiday gift from Eugene A. Clauss of the Ackerman-Standard Co., with his business card laid in, together with a typed carbon letter to him from the recipient thanking him for the gift. First printed in Harper's Weekly, Sept. 3, 1898, under the title, "A Last Will," and subsequently published under various titles: "A Legacy to Mankind" (1907); "A Last Will" (1908); "The Happy Testament" (1913), and, "The Will of Charles Lounsbury" (1936).…

, The Ant Plank, limited edition of 215; The Lounsbury Will; Four Poems from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, limited edition of 100; William Tell Act Three Scene One, limited edition of 80 Limited editions , small creases in William Tell, near fine condition , string bound , 23 x 15 cm to 29 x 21 cm Paperback ISBN.…

Zustand: Good. Original letterpress with goldleaf ornament on single-fold folio sheet. 69 x 56 cm. (27.25 x 22 in) opened, across the fold, printed nearly to the edges. Reproduces the oft-copied and whimsical "The Last Will and Testament," written by Fish for Harper's Weekly magazine in 1897; short history of the piece by O'Day on verso. Mildly toned, dented lightly along margins, withsome chipping along edges. Lightly creased diagonally across bottom corners ~14 cm. Else good; bold colors.…