Funk j wilfred (39 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Printing. No dust jacket. Title scratched a bit. Browning on panels/end pages. A few mark here and there. Very Good condition.

Original Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First Edition. corners bumped, lightly rubbed edges, else very clean and tight. dj spine very faded, edge-worn, chipped, else nicely protected by mylar. Size: 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good.

Cloth. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a rare adult poetry book called It Might Be Verse, copyright 1938, first edition, hard cover, no dust jacket, written by Wilfred J. Funk, with illustrations by Wynn. The has a private library book pocket on back inside cover, some yellowed marks on cover spine, previous owners inscription and names on first end page, pages slightly browning due to aging, otherwise in good condition with tight binding, some nice illustrations and 128 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Wynn (ilustrador).…

Softcover. Condición: Fair. Unbekannte Unterschrift / Widmung / Aufkleber; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen.

Condición: Good/Fair ONLY Reading copy. 1st stated. 12mo. 198pp. Spine a bit cocked, pencil gifft inscription. DJ is missing bottom 2". of spine, with other small chips, tears, edgewear.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "So You Think It's New" was written by Wilfred J. Funk and has drawings by Russell Sherman. The book was published by Wilfred Funk, Inc. in 1941 and appears to be a First Printing though it's not specifically stated as such. It's a 6 1/4" by 8 1/4" hard cover book with 198 pages which include a Selected Bibliography, A Table of Contents, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. The book is in good + condition and has no dust jacket. "The chapters that follow have little mortar between them. They are, rather, a series of scenes, short, short stories - movie flashbacks, say - from the headlines of today to identical occasions millenniums ago." Thank you. Russell Sherman (ilustrador). …

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. 3rd printing. (Poetry, Literature) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third edition. The cover is in near perfect condition. The number 69 is written on the flyleaf, other than that there are no marks on pages. Pages and illustrations are in near perfect condition. Light foxing on flyleaf. Spine has slight wear at bottom.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. None. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Reprint. Illustrated by Russell Sherman. Good plus. Inscribed. Minor wearing at spine tips and corners.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very good hardcover. Text clean. Illustrated. Corners slightly bent. Spine faded. Spine ends bumped.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Interior with some pencil marks, tear to title page and a few pages have some corner chips. Else, binding tight, orange covers with some light marks, shelf/edge wear. Overall an excellent reader copy. Russell Patterson (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. 12mo. Second printing of first edition. Book is clean and unmarked in brick-colored cloth boards. Price-clipped dust jacket has light wear at all edges and tape repair at top and bottom of spine, where there are chips. Front and back panel are basically intact. Illustrated by Russell Sherman. A nice period piece whose intention is to show that there's nothing new under the sun ("Nero invented the champagne cooler") . 198 pp. In protective Mylar.…

hardcover. 8vo 198pp. second printing, October 1937. from front flap: "Did you know that--Hot-dog stands were common 1900 years ago? Permanent waves and face-lifting operations were obtainable in all ancient Mediterranean countries? Innoculation for smallpox antedates Christ? Rome, under the Caesars, had apartment houses 12 stories high? The modern nudist racket is so old that no one knows when it started? If you think all theses are new, your simple faith in the "progress" of the twentieth century is in for a bad shock. The first century had some tricks up its sleeve, too." #03133. Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, names and gift inscription on FFEP, offset and toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. DJ G: age toning, closed tears, corner and edge wear, chipping, NOT clipped. Russell Sherman (ilustrador).…

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Russell Sherman. 198pp. Endpapers lightly toned with a tiny bookseller ticket on front fly, topstain faded, near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and a small tears, toning, and faint stains on the spine.…

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Signed on the front cover of the book as follows: "Dear Mr. Landon:/ It was fun to/ write this book. I/ do hope it may/ amuse you./ Wilfred Funk./" Bookplate inside front cover of Alfred Mossman Landon indicates it was from his library. In fact, I purchased this from the dealer who handled Alf Landon's estate. A nice affinity book from an all but forgotten Presidential candidate who ran unsuccessfully against Frank D. Roosevelt in 1936. The dj is protected in an archival quality cover. Dj has a crease that runs down the length the length of the work at the front and the back. However, the work looks quite presentable in its archival quality cover. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box. Signed By the Author.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. First edition (stated). INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper "To Bertha ________/ With the compliments of/ Wilfred J. Funk. Hardcover, 128 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Wynn. Hardcover in light grey cloth lettered in red. Collection of humorous short verse, some mildly naughty. Very good, darkening to the spine and offsetting to the endpapers. No jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A. Firm, clean copy of the first printing in orange cloth with black titles. 138pp 12mo.

Condición: Very Good. F. 8vo. hardcover. 193pp. b/w illus. very good, foxing to endpapers & edges. / very good, lightly chipped d/w.

Condición: New.

Orange Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition [stated]. 139 Pp. Orange Cloth. First Printing ("First Published, Frbruary 1931"). Clean Book, Light Wear At Corners, Lightly Frayed Across 2/3 Of Top Edge Of Spine. Hinges Tight, Endpapers And Contents With Some Aging/Browning. Inscribed Humorously "To Katherine - One Of The Nicer Queens, Who Knows Her Manhattans & Bronxes. Wilfrid Funk." Per Wikipedia, Wilfred John Funk (1883 - 1965) Was An American Writer, Poet, Lexicographer And Publisher. He Was President Of Funk & Wagnalls From 1925 To 1940, And Founded The Publishing Company Wilfred Funk, Inc. Funk Wrote Numerous Books On Vocabulary And Etymology Aimed At A General Audience. He Favored Descriptive Linguistics Over Linguistic Prescription, Stating "Let's Throw The Old Textbooks Out The Window, Along With The Words Correct And Incorrect, Because There's Really No Such Thing As Grammar, But Only An Ever-Changing Language Pattern Formed By Everyday Usage". B/W Full Page Drawings By Russell Patterson (ilustrador). Inscribed by Author(s). …

Condición: New.