Boyd a m james p (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Blue leather or leatherette boards with gilt lettering. Green box/wrapper protecting book. Tight binding means it has probably seen little use. Nice copy for age.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown cloth with black and gilt decorations. 6" x 9" 784 pages; Light pencil inscription inside cover - no other writing noted. Clean copy - minimal foxing. Edges and spine are bumped, but overall good copy. A few stains on cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dust jacket present. The book is in good condition for its age, with noticeable wear on the spine and corners. The hardcover binding remains intact, and the pages, though slightly foxed, are clean and legible. There is no dust jacket, and the book is free of inscriptions or library markings. …

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight. Dust jacket has a few tiny closed tears on edge. Dust jacket now nicely protected in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Original green decorative cloth boards with elaborate blind-stamped and gilt-embossed front cover and spine. Features hundreds of fascinating engravings, including depictions of global architecture (Taj Mahal gateway), burial customs (Hindoo cremation rites), and ethnographic plates ("Types of the Races"), reflecting the popular Victorian fascination with travel, science, and exploration. Content includes natural science, astronomy, geography, anthropology, and popular accounts of wonders and curiosities of the world—presented for a 19th-century general audience. Authored by James P. Boyd, best known for his historical compilations and subscription books. Condition: Good. Binding is sound but shows expected shelfwear and rubbing. Corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. Spine gilt faded but still partially visible. Rear hinge somewhat loose. Interior pages show age toning, some foxing, and moisture staining to the lower margin in parts. No missing pages noted. Engravings clean and well-printed. A solid example of a popular late 19th-century illustrated science and geography compendium.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover, in Very Good condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, nice shape.

Condición: Good. None. 731 pages. Green warped covers with gilt and stamped decoration. Tissue guarded frontispiece, black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Binding cracked. Record # 408344.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 301 pages illustrations 24 cm OCLC 2578209 black cloth no dustjacket ; General contents: Introduction to coin collecting -- Collecting United States coins -- Background of American coinage -- Large and small cents -- Silver dollars -- Other regular issue copper and silver coins -- Gold coins --Commemoratives -- Mint engravers and dies -- Patterns ; FINE. Book.…

No Binding. Condición: Near Fine. Quite scarce, NOT the common reprint. Original medium blue bds illustrated and blindstamped in colors; red, pink, blue, green, black and gilt. Period floral end papers, loaded with illustrations, 750 pages. Contents are very clean with no extraneous or alien marks.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. DAMAGED. HARDCOVER. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1898 PRINTING. COVERS SHOW SIGNIFICANT RUBBING AND SCUFFING TO CORNERS AND EDGES. HINGES ARE CRACKED AND SHAKEN AND REINFORCED WITH BOOKBINDER'S TAPE. All pages present, mostly clean and unmarked, slightly tanned and soiled. Several pages have creases and small tears. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. 398 pp., illustrations, maps, bibliography.tears at top & bottom of spine, tape residue along spine, cover is age-toned, bookplate inside front cover, pencil notes on table of contents, small chip on back cover edge, binding is loose but all pages are bound, includes 5 page reprint of "Exploratory flights of Admiral Byrd (1940)" by Roger Hawthorne. Expedition on auroral phenomena, bacteriology, botany, cosmic rays, glaciology, magnetism, medicine, meteorology, micropaleontology, ornithology, petrography and petrology, physiography, physiology, seismology, structural geology, and zoology.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. SUBTITLED: Embracing Nearly One Thousand Pictorial Sketches By the Most Distinguished American Artists of Battles By Land and Sea, Camp and Field Scenes, Insignia and Rank, and Leading Characters in the Civil War; Comprehensive and Impartial Histories of Military and Naval Operations Compiled from the Official Data Furnished by Union and Confederate Departments, Commands, Corps, Divisions and Brigades. Portraits and Biographies of Northern and Southern Leaders; Elaborate Maps, Army and Navy Rosters, Battle-Lists and Descriptions, Alphabetically and Chronologically Arranged; Numerous Tabular Statements of Cemeteries, Prisons, Causalities, Expenditures, and Martial Matters Not Hitherto Accessible. Authentic Articles by Eminent Officials on the Uses of a Navy, Closing Days of Conflict, Origin and Meaning of Corps Badges, Object and Status of The Grand Army of the Republic and Confederate Veterans' Association. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Folio; 560 pgs., floral endpapers, extensively illustrated with wood-engravings and maps, including, full-page, double-page and 7 foldouts, up to 44 inches, all complete as published; color plate of Corps Badges, index of topics. Original black buckram with gilt titled spine and with gilt cover decoration. Sold by Subscription Only. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Complete as published. Solid binding with small chips to cover and wear to corners and spine ends. Scattered soiling and spots to covers. Interior is clean, illustrated sheets with occasional small edge tears, none affecting images. The 7 foldouts complete with minor edge soiling and some small, closed tears on fore-edges, folded as issued. Uncommon in complete and solid condition. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Very interesting visual record of the war, combined with information from official records on the Union and Confederate Armies; the commands, the corps, divisions and brigades. Includes portraits and biographies of the leading leaders and officers. Appendices full of useful information on veteran organizations, both Federal and Confederate. Written and edited by the great Marcus J. Wright and with Col. Benjamin Le Bree and James P. Boyd. Here a nice solid copy, complete with the extraordinary folding-plate illustrations. The large, solid folio is full of detailed engravings done by the leading American artists of the day depicting battles, vistas, and scenes during the Civil War. NOTE: Additional postage will be required for expedited or international orders.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue green cloth boards with black front cover illustration and gilt front cover and spine lettering. Includes Introduction: The World Should Know by General Fitzhugh Lee. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographic plates and a black-and-white photographic portrait plate frontispiece of President McKinley with an obverse page consisting of a facsimile McKinley letter re: receiving the artist's proof of the "engraved portrait of myself". Some light blotching mainly along the rear spine edge. (see photographs). All pages are in fine condition and the binding is exceedingly tight and square. Major sections of the volume are as follows: William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt; Anarchy; Our Colonies; The Income Tax; The Monroe Doctrine; The Trust Question; The Proposed Isthmian Canal; Great Questions by Great Statesmen; The National Cabinet; Men of National Mark; The Supreme Court of the United States; and Senators and Members of the Fifty-Sixth Congress.…