elva williams (18 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps.--- HERE'S THE FIRST FEW SENTENCES --- --- Now the first thing about these two, aside, of course, from their great good looks, was that both of them were waiting. They gave it off like an atmosphere. . . . .There they were, two wives, one of them living over a grocery store in a Sacramento suburb, the other in a shingled bungalow halfway up the block. . .

Condición: NEAR FINE. First printing. "In the sleepy middle-class world of Sacramento in 1912 lived three of the most delightful and unique women ever to grace a period piece - a beautiful widow in search of a husband; a grocery-store enchantress in search of men; and a diminutive piano teacher excluded from life's exciting experiences by her abnormally small size." 212 pp. Near fine in a fair only dust jacket with several chips and tears.

Hardbound. Condición: NEAR FINE. (First edition). Book as new except for slight softening of spine ends and rubbing to cover corners. Rose cloth with copper gilt lettering and 1.5" copper band on open edge of both covers. Dust jacket is present but has sunned spine and chips on all edges 5.5x8.25x1" 212 pages " In the sleepy middle-class world of Sacramento in 1912 lived three of the most delightful and unique women ever to grace a period piece.".

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. No DJ. Lightly read if read at all. Scuffed cover with sunned spine. Previous owner name inked on front free page: Kay Pomeroy. No other markings in book. Binding is fine.

no illustrations Ilustrador. First Edition. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket. (1957). First Edition. 8vo., 213 pp. . Good plus condition-cover soiled/No Dustjacket.

Paperback. Condición: Good. First edition. Book club sticker on front. Cover and edges marked; backstrip darkened, chipped and creased; corners creased; spine slightly cocked.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. TITLE: SACRAMENTO WALTZ By ELVA WILLIAMS 1957 First Edition AUTHOR: ELVA WILLIAMS PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: MCGRAW-HILL, NY 1957 EDITION: First Edition stated ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: HUMOR, FIRST EDITION BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: LAVENDER WITH A GOLD TIPPED EDGE SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 212 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good plus condition; there is some mild rubbing to the top edge of the spine; the back has a vertical scuff (minor); the original $3.75 price is still on the upper edge of the front flap. A name has been scratched out with a blue marker on the first front free endpaper near the upper edge; there is an inscription from 1957 written in blue ink on the first front free endpaper. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/Good+ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Like this companionable old ballad, the flavorsome story of Sacramento Waltz lingers long after the melody trails away. In the sleepy middle-class world of Sacramento in 1912 lived three of the most delightful and unique women ever to grace a period piece - a beautiful widow in search of a husband; a grocery-store enchantress in search of men; and a diminutive piano teacher excluded from life's exciting experiences by her abnormally small size. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008880. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of this special Activists 1951 issue, guest-edited by Lawrence Hart. Includes a note on Robert Barlow shortly after his suicide, a Barlow poem, and work by others associated with the group. Unmarked copy with toning to spine and light wear. Not Signed.

(Categ. Lett. Straniera) - (In 16.mo cm. 12x19) - (Legatura : cartonata editoriale con sovraccoperta) - (Ed. : prima) - (pp. 223) - . Trad. Gallone Maria.

hardcover. Condición: Molto buono (Very Good). Traduzione di Maria Gallone . 16mo. pp. 226. . Molto buono (Very Good). Manca la sovracoperta (No DJ). Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition). . Prima edizione italiana (First Italian Edition). Book.

Condición: BUONO USATO. IED. ZODIACO ITALIANO Unica traduzione autorizzata a cura di Maria Gallone, rilegatura editoriale in tutta tela verde, con titoli d'oro al dorso, lievi tracce d'uso ai bordi e con piccole macchie come sottile fioritura al piatto anteriore, pagine brunite attorno ai testi causa tempo Numero Pagine 222.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 631 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm ISBN 9780898658729, 0898658721 OCLC 29354318 ; brick red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Early days -- Justices of Isle of Wight -- A river port -- Wars with England -- The strange case of the two courthouses -- Education -- to 1870 by L.T. Hall -- A railroad town -- Windsor by Judith Robinson -- The blacks of Isle of Wight -- The Civil War -- Isle of Wight's beautiful farms -- Transportation and communication -- Education 1870 -- present by L.T. Hall -- Churches of Isle of Wight -- Monkey rum and postage stamps, the story of the post offices of Isle of Wight -- Business and industry -- The giant on the Blackwater River -- The first peanut king of the world -- The ham capital of the world -- Twentieth century wars -- Historical sites and place names -- Recreation in Isle of Wight -- Sheriffs, supervisors, and county administrators -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index ; SIGNED by author on title page ; thick volume ; copy of Virginia Lee Golden Batdorf RN, born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and attended Elizabeth Buxton Hospital, Hampton Roads, VA Nursing School. As a registered nurse, she worked in the emergency room and the ICU at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta GA. She also worked for 20 years with the Atlanta Journal Constitution in Atlanta. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Set in Sacramento in the early 1900s dealing with the then novelty of suburban middle-class angst. Former owner's bookplate to FFEP. Clean, crisp copy with sunned spine and minor rubbing to board edges else fine condition. Missing dust jacket. First Edition. "In the sleepy middle-class world of Sacramento in 1912 lived three of the most delightful and unique women ever to grace a period piece - a beautiful widow in search of a husband; a grocery-store enchantress in search of men; and a diminutive piano teacher excluded from life's exciting experiences by her abnormally small size." 212 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. No statement of edition or printing. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. The front board is faded at the bottom corner. Previous owner's name and address are on the front pastedown. The endpapers are foxed. The dust jacket is stained where the red dye of the cloth has bled through. Chipped and torn around the spine head. The spine is darkened. The price, $1.25, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good +. No edition or printing stated. Original price of $1.25 printed on dust jacket front flap. Jacket has light spine end wear now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has previous owner's name on front pastedown, 59 pages.

Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 232. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1957 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 232.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Illustrated by Ross, Alex (cover); Crockwell, Douglas; Frederick Smith;John McClelland; Mac Conner; Robert Patterson; Margret and H.A. Rey; Ilustrador. First Edition. 318 pages. Features: Town of the Month - Crescent City, California; Woodbury ad features wedding photos of Pat Burrage and Bob Young; Lovely color Camay ad features Mrs. Jules Alexander, the former Jean Pugsley of Rochester, NY; Color Fig Newtons ad; Assignment in Hollywood; Kidney Infection; Nice photo ad for Warner's foundations and bras; Great two-page color ad for Kelvinator ranges; Nice color Prell ad features photo of redhead; Canada tourism ad; Lux color ad features Linda Darnell; Lovely Ivory Soap color ad features Sue Jenks; Tomorrow and Tomorrow - story by Val Teal; The New Laws of Canasta; The Big Dream - story by Elva Williams; Pattern - story by Rachel MacKenzie; The case for Privacy; A New Boss Every Hour; Revenge - story by Alice G. Craft; The Meeker Sex; My Mother-In-Law Stayed Four Years; Gorgeous color and black and white fashion photos; Lovely photos of children in Easter fashions; Curious George comic in Zozo ad; Color Tide ad mentions Mrs. Jean Riche of Dallas, Texas; Why children quite taking lessons; Photo of Mrs. David Anthony Drexel in Pond's ad; Gloria Swanson photo in Jergens ad; Little Lulu in Kleenex ad; Colour Duz detergent ad; Color ad for the (green) 1951 Chevrolet; Color Avon ad features Mrs. Gary Cooper with her rep., Mrs. Billie Sussman; Satina ad features photo of Mrs. David Johnson of Studio City, California; Photos of Ginger Rogers in Jergens ad; Star-Kist ad features photo of Dan Dailey, star of movie "Call Me Mister"; Color Raytheon TV ad; Nice color ad for 1951 Dodge cars features Betty Hutton; Color ad for film "September Affair"; Many nice fashion ads; and much, much more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy of this charming issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Good Housekeeping - The Magazine American Lives By, March (Mar.) 1951 - Crescent City, California Woodbury ad features wedding photos of Pat Burrage and Bob Young; Lovely color Camay ad features Mrs. Jules Alexander, the former Jean Pugsley of Rochester.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 8.25in. 59pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Nellie Miller Nickel, Elva Williams." NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows slight marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, endpapers with a hint of toning, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities with slight loss, back panel lightly rubbed, spine lightly toned, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.