Arthur kyle davis editor (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing this extensive collection of Virginia folk ballads and folk songs -- a major contribution to the folklore and folk history of Virginia. Has an interesting inscription (dated 1929) on the front endpaper from Susie McGee Heck Smith to notable Virginia physician Staige D. Blackford. Susie McGee Heck Smith's late spouse was C. Alphonso Smith, an esteemed University of Virginia English professor and founder of the Virginia Folklore Society. Alphonso Smith's efforts to collected and preserve Virginia folk ballads formed the basis of the project and editor Davis dedicated the book to his memory. Red cloth, 634 pages, fold-out map at back. Has a bit of rubbing and fading of the dye on the spine.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st edition thus, facsimile reprint of original 1925 edition, with new Fwd. Minor shelf wear, text block edges slightly toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. xxxi,545 pp., b&w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Condición: Very Good. 634 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with a few black & white photographs. Bookplate on inside front cover. Features music and lyrics. 1 Fold-out map of Virginia. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610968.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Local history. Covers rubbed and soiled, multiple spots, corners and spine ends bumped. Interior clean, front hinge a little shaken, endpapers foxed, pages tanned. Uncommon original printing.

Hard cover. Condición: Very good. Very good plus. no markings, rear hinge has 2 small tear at the fold, still tight. Tan cloth with title in gold on the front cover and the spine.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Hardcover. Gray cloth over boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Binding is rough and worn, with fading and discoloration to the cloth, dulling to gilt, fraying at corners and ends of spine, and holes in the cloth along the spine. Hinges are split and reveal backing mull beneath, though everything's attached for now. No front free endpaper. Ex-libris stickers on front and rear pastedowns and title page. The shape of this volume is unfortunate, but the text remains legible and unmarked.…

Softcover. Condición: Fine. Magazine. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Includes the poem "Swimmer and Fish Group" by Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams of Washington University. Fine in wrappers. Scarce.

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Magazine. Stapled printed yellow wrappers. Includes the poem "Swimmer and Fish Group" by Thomas Lanier (Tennessee) Williams. Owner's name in ink on front wrapper, else near fine.

Stapled Pamphlet. Condición: Very Good binding. Octavo. viii, 62, [2] pp. First edition. Stapled with stiff printed wrappers. Light soiling to the covers; contents are clean. A few leaves have some creasing/wrinkling at the time of binding; minor and while the folds are through the text, they do not inhibit reading. Fairly uncommon sketch related to Norfolk, VA during World War I. We have been able to locate only 8 copies in institutional hand (OCLC: 5114282). Scarce in commerce.…