Foerster r editor (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 294 pp., xvii. No citing of Edition, printing or number line, but Publisher "FR" logo printed on Title page above Publisher name at foot of Title page. Following the Editor's Preface, Contents divided into 14 Essays: [1] Louis Trenchard More, "The Pretensions of Science"; [2] Irving Babbitt, "Humanism: An Essay at Definition"; [3] Paul Elmer More, "The Humility of Common Sense"; [4] G.R. Elliott, "The Pride of Modernity"; [5] T.S. Eliot, "Religion Without Humanism"; [6] Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "The Plight of Our Arts"; [7] Alan Reynolds Thompson, "The Dilemma of Modern Tragedy"; [8] Robert Shafer, "An American Tragedy"; [9] Harry Hayden Clark, "Pandora's Box in American Fiction"; [9] Stanley P. Chase, "Dionysus in Dismay"; [10] Gorham B. Munson, "Our Critical Spokesmen"; [11] Bernard Bandler II, "Behaviour and Continuity"; [12] Sherlock Bronson Gass, "The Well of Discipline"; [13] Richard Lindley Brown, "Courage and Education"; "A List of Books", pp.291-294. // NO JACKET. Dark blue cloth with very dulled gilt on spine (nearly unreadable); Deckle fore-edge. Strong spine (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear, but for vague hints at spine corner topmost edges; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Despite dulling of lettering on spine, in remarkable condition for a book more than 95 years old. The way to read Classic Essays on the subject, still relevant, by distinguished writers. From Amazon: "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.".…

Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1859 W. A. Townsend & Company, New York. Later printing of 1856 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with elaborate blind-stamped cover decorations and gold spine lettering and decorations, including a fox and hounds. Light yellow endpapers. Six color plates, hand-tinted, illustrated by John Leech. Binding strong and intact, with just an inch of the endpaper at the top of the front hinge splitting. Covers are worn and rubbed, with three small but deep scratches on the front. Cloth at the head of the spine is torn and frayed. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded with tips fraying. Endpapers and first few pages soiled and finger smudged, with light foxing. Gift and ownership inscriptions in pencil on front free endpaper and the following two blank pages, some dated 1873. Pages foxed and age-spotted, with occasional brown finger smudges in the margins. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages are dog-eared. A few pages have small tears in the edges; one page has a 3-inch tear at center which appears to be a flaw in the paper. The rear pages of the book has a pair of curved dents suggesting that something was once stored in the book, and these dents have propagated noticeably back through about quarter of the book; readability is not affected. Pages moderately and uniformly tanned but still supple; pages closer to plates are more tanned. 425 pages + 3 pages of publisher's advertising. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. Light green cloth, slight edge wear, former gift inscription on half title page. INSCRIBED BY BEVERLEY -GIDDINGS on first blank. In worn, price clipped DJ, with chips missing along edges, and insect damage of DJ at corners. Front of DJ is still bright, colorful, and the DJ is now protected in a mylar jacket. Color frontispiece and DJ. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; Signed by editor. Illustrated by James Von Brunn (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. First edition. First edition of this pivotal collection. Very good in very good unclipped dust jacket. Former owner's name at top of front endpaper. Coptic Sources selected by Martin Krause, Mandean Sources by Kurt Rudolph.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 626 pages. Latin language. 8.03x5.51x1.57 inches. In Stock.