charles scribner's sons new york ny usa (22 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. xviii, 302pp. Quarter bound in black cloth under blue paper-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded board edges, rubbed spine ends; quite cocked. Top text block edge foxing, all edges tanning. Endpapers just starting to tan. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has 1cm closed tear to top front, mirrors book damage, price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii, 244pp. Quarter bound in cyan cloth over brown paper-covered boards; author's initials blind embossed on front, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Bumped spine heel. Top text block edge sprayed blue, remaining edges just starting to fox. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. A series of essays in which the author effectively addresses the question of What is Life?

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. xiv, 274pp, some black and white photographic plates. Fuchsia cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine; lavender endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded bottom edges, rubbed bottom corners and spine ends. Text block edges tanning. Gutters strained, volume a little loose; pages just starting to age. Otherwise, internally neat and clean. Paper dust jacket has light shelf wear, 1cm closed tear at top front, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xiv, 316pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards, gilt initials on front, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends, lightly rounded corners, cloth wearing, some wear to boards. Text block edges tanning. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, annotation on rear free endpaper, bookseller's rubber stamp on half-title page otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition, 1882. Tightly bound in dark green cloth with gold titles, marbled text block and endpapers. Minor edge and shelf wear to covers. Light aging and some spots to a few pages. Includes numerous illustrations of maps of major European cities, floor plans of museums and art work. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York (Astor Place). The Mercantile Library stamp is on the title page and some of the internal pages. There are no other indications of the library's ownership.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xii, 404pp, various black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed bottom corners and spine ends, top corners bumped, cloth fraying at spine ends, soiling and staining to boards. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanning, notes on verso of rear free endpaper, volume loose, pages tanning.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. vi, 438pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards; gilt titles and decoration on black printed spine label; black endpapers. 8vo. Lightly sun-faded spine, light wear to extremities, top and lower board edges faded and foxed. Text block edges moderately foxed. Internally there is some foxing at page edges otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has heavy shelf wear, chipping to edges and multiple closed tears to front, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. xx, 362pp, in-text black and white photographs throughout. Brown cloth-covered boards; brown and green titles on spine. Folio. Sun-faded bottom board edges, lightly rubbed top corners, rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge tanning and foxing; remaining edges starting to tan. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-faded and soiled, has some de-lamination, light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. vi, 132pp. Black cloth-covered boards, blind-embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine. Patterned endpapers. 8vo. Titles faded, rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth worn through. Text block edges tanning. Lender's stamps and markings on endpapers and copyright page, gutters cracked and strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat, clean and bright.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 60pp. Green cloth-covered boards; black titles on label on front. 12mo. Old and inert water stains to spine, very lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges tanning. Some pencilled notes in margins. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xii, 176pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; black titles on spine; patterned endpapers. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block starting to tan, remaining edges just starting to tan. Pages just starting to age. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Spengler is regarded as a German nationalist and a critic of republicanism, and he was a prominent member of the Weimar-era Conservative Revolution.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition in book form, first printing. (Some of the stories included in this volume previously appeared in print in journals and magazines). 150pp. Quarter bound in ruby red cloth over tan paper-covered boards, gilt titles on the spine. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust wrapper, just very slightly rubbed at corners and spine ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 268pp, with black and white illustrations in text and numerous colour plate illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Yellow endpapers. 8vo. Cloth just a little pushed at spine ends. Previous owner's name inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original glossy, illustrated dust wrapper, bumped and rubbed on extreme edges, a little shelf worn and compressed around spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. xvi, 428pp, with numerous half tone plate illustrations and further vignettes in text. Yellow cloth-covered boards with red design and gilt lettering front and spine. Top edge sprayed red. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn and slightly soiled towards edges, gently rounded on corners. Fore and lower text block edges lightly toned. Internally neat, clean and tight. In its original dust wrapper, worn, toned, chipped all round edges, with inner front flap absent.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fogarty, Thomas (illustrator). x, 208pp, occasional black and white illustrations and colour plate illustrations (inc. frontispiece). Black cloth-covered boards, pasted colour illustration on front, gilt titles on spine, occasional black and white illustrations, colour illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Some wear and light soiling to boards, rear board mottling. Spine sun-faded, lightly soiled and mottling, spine ends lightly rubbed. Corners moderately rubbed and rounded, front bottom corner lightly bumped. Text block edges tanning. Volume quite loose. Endpapers tanned and lightly foxed. Gutters stretched in places. Prelims lightly soiled and foxed. Inscription in pen on half-title page. Moderate tanning throughout. Internally neat and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Signed by author on front free endpaper. xii, 404pp, labelled black and white photographic plates. Grey cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded bottom edges, rubbed spine ends. Stain to top text block edge, all edges starting to tan. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 1cm closed tear bottom front and at spine head, light shelf wear, chipping and curling to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Printing. 192 pages including index and glossary. For beginners in the ancient hand crafts of spinning, dyeing, and weaving. Compiled specially for those readers who cannot have the benefit of regular personal instruction but must rely on printed words and illustratoins. the most useful and comprehensive volume available in the fascinating field of spinning dyeing and weaving." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xii, 388pp, section of labelled black and white photographic plates. Purple cloth-covered boards; red design on front, white titles on front and spine; top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and front board, rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth frayed at spine head. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges tanning. red stain to bottom or rear pastedown. Pages tanning; gutters strained, volume quite loose. Otherwise internally neat and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Attwell, Mabel Lucie (illustrator). 186pp, with colour plate frontispiece, eight further colour plate illustrations and numerous line drawings in text, all by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Blue cloth-covered boards with large pictorial onlay on front panel, gilt lettering to spine. Deckled edges. 8vo. Boards are worn and dull, gently rounded at corners and spine ends, with some shelf wear, minor indentations on rear, pictorial onlay visibly rubbed with a couple of small scuffs near edges. Previous owner's name on from paste down, repeated on title page. There's a little gentle rounding at some page corners and a hint of aging to page faces. Volume a little loose but holding. All colour plates remain clean and neat and compelling. A lovely vintage copy of this classic children's tale. Barrie's timeless characters, Peter, Wendy and Tinkerbell are immortalised in Neverland by the charming and suitably ethereal illustrations of Mabel Lucie Attwell.  .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Brown, Paul (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression (with 'A' on the copyright page, as called for). Extensively illustrated in black and white, all by the author. In linen-spined pictorial boards. Landscape 8vo. Boards heavily rubbed at edges, with chipping and scuffs, rounded on corners, cloth rounded and fraying at spine ends, faded and lightly marked. Text block edges mildly toned. Illustrated endpapers toned, scuffed and discoloured along hinges. Almost every leaf shows signs of reading and fingering, mild toning on margins, but generally clean and neat. Probably in slightly better condition than the long list of faults implies - it is solid, firmly bound and very readable, and a good candidate for restoration. Brown, Paul Children's Books, Vintage Books, Pony Stories.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Volume One: xvi, 1-518pp, monochrome plate frontispiece, further black and white plate illustrations and numerous drawings in text, complete with two large folding coloured maps in pocket at rear. Volume Two: xvi, 1-540pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece, further monochrome plate illustrations and many drawings in text, complete with two folding coloured maps (one much larger than the other) in pocket at rear. Both volumes uniformly bound in green buckram, decorated, with gilt letteirng front and spine. Brown endpapers. Large 8vo. Volume One is heavily rubbed at edges, with some mottling and markings on cloth, fraying at spine head and minor loss at spine base. Front hinge heavily cracked, title page detached. A little loose. Some faint and occasional spotting on prelims. Volume Two is moderately rubbed on edges and hinges, with a few mild marks on cloth. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring a hint of toning on early pages. Volume One is in fair condition only, volume two is in very good condition. Explorer Stanley's own account of his final African adventure, an 1888 expediation he led to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha, the Ottoman physian and naturalist and Governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the Upper Nile.