yellowback (84 Ergebnisse)

Ads on e.ps. Sewn & glued as issued in orig. pale blue wrappers; spine worn, rear wrapper chipped. BL, NLS, Oxford, and Cambridge only on Copac; OCLC adds a copy at Ohio. First published New York 1893. Price sixpence. St George Henry Rathborne, 1854-1938, also wrote under many pseudonyms, author of boys' stories & dime novels.

Text in 2 columns. 'Yellowback' orig. pictorial printed paper wrappers; rubbed, some neat tape repairs, corners chipped. See Topp volume I, p.178. First published Philadelphia, 1840. James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851, author of historical romances, many nautical, following Cooper's early career in a merchantman, and in the U.S. navy.

Half title, 8pp cata. Ads on e.ps (thirteenth issue). 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; worn & marked. a good sound copy. Topp volume I, p.458 lists this as Railway Library, no. 1222. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Initial ad. leaf, 4pp ads. Ads on e.p.s (21/7/92). 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; spine worn, hinges cracked. Blind W.H. Smith library stamps on leading f.e.p. & ad. leaf. See Topp 1894 for a similar edition with slightly later ads. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Half title, 6pp ads. Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed pictorial boards; lacking spine, hinges cracking. Ownership inscription of O.P. Eckhard on half title. See Supino 15.3; see Topp volume V, number 457 for an 1883 Macmillan yellowback edition. First published 1881. Three novellas; Washington Square concerns a father trying to thwart his daughter's courtship. Henry James, 1843-1916, 'American-British' author, born in New York, living in Rye, Sussex from 1897 and becoming a British citizen before his death.

8vo, (184x123mm), [4]viii,271,[1]p. +8p publisher's adverts. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Original yellowback cloth binding, restored and recased in the original covers with replaced late 19th century paper pastedown endleaves, a small repair to the tail of the backstrip. Front cover lettered and illustrated in red and green and with publisher's adverts printed on the rear cover. The printed main title carries the imprint of Blackwood as noted above; however, the added illustrated title carries the imprint: William Paterson, Edinburgh & London, the publisher's adverts which both follow the text and are printed on the raer cover are for Blackwood. Printed by William Rider & Son who were active under that style between 1883 and 1893. Please note that the advised postage is based on an average book, if possible the postage will be reduced to the correct amount and you will be notified by email.

Ads on e.ps. Sewn & glued as issued in orig. pale blue wrappers; sl. marked, spine a little worn but quite a bright copy. BL, NLS, Oxford, and Cambridge only on Copac; OCLC adds no further copies. Price sixpence. St George Henry Rathborne, 1854-1938, also wrote under many pseudonyms, author of boys' stories & dime novels.

Half title, final ad. leaf, 32pp cata. Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; a little worn, some tape repairs. Stamp of W.H. Smith lending library on leading f.e.p., pencil ownership inscription on half title. Sound. Topp volume I, p.478. Topp is unable to identify a series number. Ads are the 15th issue. Back cover ad. for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap. Unpriced. Archibald Clavering Gunter, 1847-1907, highly popular novelist born in Liverpool before emigrating to San Francisco when aged six.

Half title, 3pp initial cata. Ads on e.ps; sl. marked. 'Yellowback' orig. pictorial printed paper wrappers; lacking spine, rear wrapper dusted. Topp volume I, p.191. James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851, author of historical romances, many nautical, following Cooper's early career in a merchantman, and in the U.S. navy.

Final ad. leaf, ads on e.ps. Orig. printed pictorial limp card wrappers; sl. marked, spine rippled, sl. wear to hinges. Ownership inscription of A.L. Bridger on leading f.e.p., blind library stamp to following wrapper. Topp volume IV, number 697 lists this edition as no. 60 in Warne's Star Series. Priced at one shilling. A Christian novel in which a curmudgeon is greatly improved by a delightful young woman, first published 1874. Roe, 1838-1888, popular and religiously didactic novelist. He played an important role in softening puritan attitudes to fiction.

Half title, ads on e.ps. Orig. printed pictorial limp card wrappers; spine rippled & worn. Gift inscription 'R.J. Collier with love from her affect Aunt R-' on half title, blind library stamp of W.H. Smith on leading f.e.p. Topp volume IV, number 929 lists this as no. 94 in Warne's Star Series. Convalescence through faith. First published 1884. Roe, 1838-1888, popular and religiously didactic novelist. He played an important role in softening puritan attitudes to fiction.

Half title, front., 4pp cata. Ads on e.ps. Orig. printed pictorial limp card wrappers; spine worn. Ownership stamp of R.A. Devers, Limerick on titlepage. Not in Topp. John Habberton, 1842-1921, author and journalist, most famous for Helen's Babies, 1876.

Half title, 12pp cata., sl. browning to half title. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; a little worn & marked. Topp's copy (volume 1, p. 481) lists advertisements on the endpapers. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Front., additional title. Orig. drab pictorial paper wrappers; a little marked, spine rippled. Not in Topp. An American Civil War novel first published in 1864. It was one of the books found in Cold Comfort Farm.

Half title, 8pp ads; text sl. browned. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; worn. Topp volume I, p.451. Ads are the 12th issue. Pages 1 to 8 reprint a biographical article about Savage. Back cover ad. for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap. Unpriced. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Front., illus., 12pp cata. Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; rather worn. Ownership inscription of Adelaide Pole on titlepage. A good sound copy. Topp volume II, 888 lists this as no. 6 in the series. To the extent that it is remembered at all, Out of the Hurly-Burly is best know today as the first book to be illustrated by the great American comic artist Arthur Burdett Frost, 1851-1928. Charles Heber Clark, 1841-1915, used the pseudonyms Max Adeler and John Quill, and was an immensely popular humorist, particularly in U.K.

6pp cata. Ads on e.ps; spotted. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; shaken & worn. Bookseller ticket of William Carson on leading pastedown. Topp volume II, number 1932. Mediterranean-set betrayal story. Back cover ad. for Fenning's Remedies. Francis Marion Crawford, 1854-1909, Italian-based American, who 'almost by accident became one of the most popular novelists of the eighties and nineties both in England and America'.

Ads on e.ps. Sewn & glued as issued in orig. pale blue wrappers; spine worn with small tape repairs. Pencil inscription to front wrapper. BL and Oxford only on Copac. Price sixpence. St George Henry Rathborne, 1854-1938, also wrote under many pseudonyms, author of boys' stories & dime novels.

Initial ad. leaf, final ad. leaf. Ads inside wrappers. Orig. printed pictorial limp card wrappers; a little rubbed & marked. Bookseller label of Gilbert & Field, London on front wrapper. A nice bright copy. Topp volume IV, number 637. First published 1859, an epistolary novel about the Jewish people's enslavement by the Pharaohs.

Half title, 4pp cata. Ads on e.ps. Orig. printed pictorial limp card wrappers; spine rippled & worn. Topp volume II, number 1238 lists this as number 66 in Ward, Lock's Lily Series. First published New York 1877. BL, NLS, and Cambridge only on Copac; OCLC adds one further copy at the Friends of the Launceston Mechanics Institute, Australia. Roe, 1838-1888, popular and religiously didactic novelist. He played an important role in softening puritan attitudes to fiction.

Ads on eps; tape ghosts. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; worn, lacking spine. Ownership inscription on leading f.e.p. Topp volume I, p.57. Same year as American first edition. Amusing essays on various topics. Foolscap 8vo. Price one shilling. Washington Irving, 1783-1859, diplomat, short-story writer, biographer.

Final ad. leaf, ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback' orig. pictorial printed paper wrappers; sl. worn, tape repairs to spine. Topp volume I, p.459. Part of the Routledge's Railway Library series. James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851, author of historical romances, many nautical, following Cooper's early career in a merchantman, and in the U.S. navy.

2pp cata. Ads on e.ps. Orig. printed pictorial paper wrappers; spine rippled & sl. lifting. First published 1850. Topp volume II, number 894. A rather worthy depiction of woman's journey through the paths of life.

Half title; a little toned. Tape repair to following e.ps. 'Yellowback'; 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. worn, hinges cracked. Topp volume I, p.455. The ads are the 15th issue. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; rubbed, marked & sl. worn. Blind stamp of W.H. Smith lending library on leading f.e.p. Topp volume VII, number 42. First published New York 1901. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Half title, 10pp cata. E.ps sl. spotted; lacks leading f.e.p. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. rubbed & marked. Topp volume I, p.464. Ads are the 13th issue, coded 25.3.95. Paris bookseller's ticket. Back cover ad. for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap. Unpriced. Richard Henry Savage, 1846-1903, army officer and author of popular adventure stories.

Half title. Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; a little worn & darkened. Blind library stamp of W.H. Smith & Sons on leading f.e.p. Topp volume I, p.462. Same year as American first edition. Ads are the 13th issue, coded 13/3/95. Back cover ad. for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap. Unpriced. Archibald Clavering Gunter, 1847-1907, highly popular novelist born in Liverpool before emigrating to San Francisco when aged six.

Half title, final ad. leaf. Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; worn, chip to spine, leading hinge starting. Topp volume I, p.333. BL, NLS, and Cambridge only on Copac. First published New York 1879. The ads are the 5th issue. Albion Winegar Tourgée, 1838-1905, was a writer and a pioneering civil rights activist. He was a Reconstructionist, setting up Bennett College in North Carolina for formerly enslaved people, and during his time as a judge confronted the Ku Klux Klan.

Half title. Ads on pastedowns & 1 side of f.eps. 'Yellowback', orig. printed boards; sl. worn, tail of spine defective. Ownership inscription of B. Sellars on dedication page. Not in BL; NLS and Cambridge only on Copac; OCLC adds a copy at Toronto. Henry Heydrac D'Arco was born in Alsace and emigrated to the United States, enlisting on the Confederate side in the civil war.

Ads on e.ps. 'Yellowback' orig. pictorial printed paper wrappers; a little rubbed, leading hinge split. Topp volume II, number 850 lists this as no. 6 in the Beeton's Humorous Books series. Satirical poems in the Yankee dialect. Priced one shilling.