barber fairless (154 resultados)

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

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

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

hardcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no DJ. 12mo 144pp. #01678. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, offset/toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.

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

Green hardback cloth cover. Condición: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. 160mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 191pp.

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

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "The Grey Brethren" by Michael Fairless, Pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber. First American Edition, Published in 1905 by E. P. Dutton. Posthumous Collection, containing Fairy Tales, Christmas Fragments. Hardcover Format. Michael Fairless was the pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber, a Christian inspirational writer of delicate sensibility, and even more delicate physical constitution. Her book "The Roadmender" was hugely popular, and was reprinted numerous times through the years. "The Grey Brethren" was a posthumous publication, issued in 1905. This is the First American Edition, issued by E. P. Dutton. It is a collection of fragments in verse and prose, including four fairy tales intended for juvenile audience. CONTENTS ** The Grey Brethren ** A Song of Low Degree ** A German Christmas Eve ** A Christmas Idyll ** The Manifestation ** All Souls' Day in A German Town ** By Rivers and Streams ** Spring ** A Lark's Song ** 'Luvly Miss' FOUR STORIES TOLD TO CHILDREN : ** The Dreadful Griffin ** The Discontented Daffodil ** The Fairy Fluffikins ** The Story of the Tinkle - Tinkle TITLE : The Grey Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse. AUTHOR : Michael Fairless (Pseudonym of Margaret Fairless Barber, 1869 - 1901) Margaret Barber, a Christian writer, was something of a mystic, and a lover of nature and all things natural, which give her works a special cadence, lifting them above the common everyday essay. Her inspirational book, "The Roadmender", was an immense success and very popular. She was also the author of a mystic romance titled "The Gathering of Brother Hilarius" IMPRINT : E. P. Dutton & Co. PLACE : New York DATE : 1905 EDITION : First American Edition PRINTER : Turnbull and Spears, Edinburgh, Scotland STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Small trade hardcover; Contains a Preface; x + 147 pages; 4 1/2" x 6 5/8", dark blue cloth-covered boards, with silk title labels on spine and front board. The labels are lettered gilt on cream. Top edge gilt CONDITION - GOOD PLUS / NEAR VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book which has been read, likely more than once, but which remains clean and serviceable, the following noted: EXTERIOR : Spine extremities are frayed; joints rubbed; board corner tips softly bumped, with slight splitting of fabric. Spine title label displays a bit of edge roughness and slight surface roughness - else the exterior is clean and unmarked. The top edge gilding is considerable rubbed, but clean; fore- and bottom text-block edges are toned , else clean. BINDING : The book's text-block, having been read more than once, is not as tight as when issued, the leaves opening widely and the whole being slightly shaken; however no leaves are detached or loose, the whole remaining fairly solid. INTERIOR : The end-papers are foxed; there is light scattered foxing and spotting throughout, as well as a few small smudges, but basically the interior is clean and presentable, with no writing or marginalia. No signatures.

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

Green hardback cloth cover. Condición: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 147pp. Decorated endpapers.

Brown limp leather cover. Condición: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 126pp.

Full-Leather. Condición: Very Good+. No Jacket. Hepple, Norman Ilustrador. Edinburgh: New University Society, not dated - Very Good+/no dust jacket - 16mo - dark red grained leather/buckram, gilt decorated front cover & spine - top edge gilt - b&w frontis dated 1931 - b&w ills by Norman Hepple - ribbon marker - v. light wear to corners, upper right corner light bump, otherwise near Fine - 254pp. Philosophy. Author: Margaret Barber (1869-1901).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Second Edition. 1920 limited edition #303/1025, a reprint of 1902 Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society.edition; sections titled Roadmender, Out of the shadow, and At the white gate. Heavy paper with deckle edges, top edge gilt. "To my mother, and to earth my mother, whom I love." Paper over boards, cloth spine. Cover edges and spine label slightly rubbed, cover edges slightly soiled; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ".

Hardback or Cased Book. Condición: New. The Roadmender. Book.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Prior impression. No dust jacket. Slight fading to the spine and some foxing to the page edges. Contents clear and firmly bound within. A good condition book.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 191pp.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condición: Good. Second impression. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. 170mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 171pp.

Condición: New. In.

3rd edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leatherette. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 196 pp.: frontispiece, [7] plates (colour) ; 16 cm. Subject; English fiction 19th century. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original green-gray cloth (sl soiling/wear to cloth, 1/2 inch tear to spine head). Sm 4to xi+[1]+ 121+pl 20 tipped-in b/w photographs on plates by Taylor.b/w photos by Taylor.

Condición: Good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], dark green cloth with a vignette in gilt on the front cover. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with a stain to the vignette. ix, [iii] & 121 pages. 20 black-and-white photographic illustrations by Will F. Taylor tipped onto gray stock. The pages are somewhat rippled & the versos of the pages of gray stock are darkened. The rear endpaper is darkened & there is offsetting to the front endpaper from the bookplate on the front pastedown. Good. Mounted on the front pastedown is the bookplate of Emily Wheelock, the sister of poet John Hall Wheelock.

Paperback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

6th edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 191 p. : 22 cm. Subjects: Yorkshire Author; Fiction. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Second Impression. Contents: The Roadmender, Out of the Shadow, At the White Gate. Green cloth, gilt titles. Hinges bit weak, endpapers brown, corners bruised, spine worn edges & ends, name on flyleaf and half-title. Gilt worn on top edge. 3B9.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condición: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed and faded. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 142pp. Colour plates.

Maroon limp leather cover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. VG : in Very good condition with rubbed maroon slipcase. 150mm x 100mm (6" x 4"). 254pp.

Half-Leather. Condición: Good. E. W. Waite Ilustrador. New Edition Reset Reprinted. A Christian spiritual book written as a series of meditations on the road to heaven. Top page edges gilt. ix, 121 pages. 8 illustrations. Tear to joints at top of spine. Wear to extremities and edges. Some foxing and browning to free endpapers.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stiff parchment wraps, lettered/decorated in brown, with extended fore-edges, deckled text block edges. 1st edition, printed on Van Gelder paper, limited to 925 copies. Covers modestly soiled, spine panel tanned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Former owner's signature to front flyleaf; endpapers and flyleaf versos show mounted clippings about the author Fairless, with offsetting onto adjacent blanks; the clippings are interesting insofar as, at the time of publication, the authorship was somewhat mysterious, and eventually "Michael Fairless" was revealed to be a pseudonym of deceased Yorkshire author Margaret Barber. [vi],124 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

17th impression. Very good copy bound in 1/2 leather over cloth. Gilt-blocked with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 158 pages ; 17 cm. Notes: Collected short stories."This series of papers appeared in the Pilot and is now republished by permission of the editor". Contents: The roadmender -- Out of the shadows -- At the white gate. Subjects: Nouvelles; Short stories; Fiction, England; English Writers; English Short Stories, 20th Century. 3 Kg.