john bye (6 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 20th edition. Original boards, very worn repaired and in fragile condition. 20th edition 1804. Name of the previous owner written on the first and last few pages. In fair condition. There are age related marks, foxing around the block of the book and some within the body of the book, as well as a few minor marks. The text remains legible. Good for the age of the book, 1804. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (4pp), 470pp, (4pp). Color pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket typically edgeworn, with tiny corner chips. A tight and quite attractive first edition of this rather homespun production, dubbed "Farewell to the Old" on jacket front panel -- a multi-generational historical fiction that begins with the Vikings and ends with ranching in the American West. Lengthy author inscription and signature on title page in blue ballpoint: "To Leonard H. Grosse, an / enthusiast when it comes to / authentic history of the old West / whether in historical works or in / historical fiction that rings true / May you enjoy delving into / the pot of gold 'At the End of the Rainbow' cordially yours / John O. (Johnnie) Bye / 2743 East 103rd. / Seattle 55, Wash. / Nov. 23, 1959.".

New edition. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked, leather-covered boards. Spine bands worn and detaching from text block; panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age (with loss). Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; (144 pages). Subjects; Jesus Christ Resurrection. Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Resurrection ; Early works to 1800. Deism ; Controversial literature. Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 3 Kg.

First Edition. First edition, 2 volumes (of 6), 8vo, pp. xxiv, 426; vii, [1], 453, [3] ads; uncut; original pink paper-overed boards with an early 20th century library rebacking in tan cloth, manuscript titling on spine, perforated stamps of St. Paul Public Library on title pages and related stickers on upper covers; front endpapers of volume I and rear endpapers of volume II replaced; good and sound. With an interesting 1807 manuscript list of borrowers on the first flyleaf, indicating the lending library accession number, rules, return dates, etc.: No. 426 - These two volumes to be kept by each subscriber One Month when reced. when retnd, 1807" followed by a list of 14 names.

First Edition. First edition, 2 volumes 4to, pp. [5], vi-xvi, 517, [2]; viii, 510, [30]; engraved frontispiece portrait; original blue-gray paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, over which an early rebacking to match, manuscript titling on spine; the rebacking at the base of the spine on volume II is a little problematic, and while the bindings are soiled and worn, both volumes are sound and internally clean. While his views on ethnicity were (to put it politely) a bit on the whacky side, particularly with regard to the Celts, the Goths, and the Picts, the book remains of value for the ancient texts and documents he collected.