George spencer phillips (24 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.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Condición: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small format volume bound in blue cloth. Some cover wear but overall a solid and attractive example. Somewhat scarce. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #45/200. Octavo, 115 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition slip case. Spine is grey with black lettering. Slip case has light fraying at corners and along closed-end head edge and faint brown smudges along head edge and spine. Boards have light creasing along rear head joint and mild sun-fading along spine. Textblock has a faint brown smudge along fore edge pp.87-108. Signed by each author on the author page preceding their story. Contains an original silkscreen print signed by Lou Stovall [Artist], protected by publisher's glassine paper. Shelved in Room Z. 1397391. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Copy #S of 26 lettered copies. Fine in full gray calf, in folding cloth box, with original silkscreen art signed by Lou Stovall and numbered 19/250. A collection of essays based on talks delivered at the 1993 PEN/Faulkner Gala on the subject of obsession. Signed by each author at his or her contribution: Louis Begley, David Bradley, Robert Olen Butler, Thomas Flanagan, Ernest Gaines, Barry Hannah, Maureen Howard, Jayne Ann Phillips, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Vikram Seth, Mary Lee Settle, Ntozake Shange, Elizabeth Spencer, and Scott Spencer. A gorgeous item and, obviously, an uncommon one. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1837. First edition. viii,336pp. Portrait frontispiece. §Reached a second edition, 1851, suppressing the portrait, the authenticity of which had been immediately called into question. "[Dix's] work, as is well known, is the stumbling-block to Chatterton's would-be historian, for Dix proved himself not only uncritical but dishonest", Meyerstein. Ink ownership name of Jessie C. Anstruther to front free endpaper and title. Portrait, title-page and final leaf foxed and browned. Neatly bound in contemporary half calf, cloth boards, lacking the original label (lettering visible in outline) otherwise a very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Issued without dust jacket. First Edition. Fine in publisher's slipcase. Issued without dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies signed by each author. Original SIGNED silkscreen print by artist Lou Stovall held in place on the front pastedown at corners with silk ribbons. Fifteen original essays on the title subject, "obsession," read at the annual PEN/Faulkner gala, October 2, 1993 in Washington, D.C. Stovall, Lou (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Slight loss to the ink of the front and spine titles. ; This is a compendium of 15 tiny essays, by 15 authors, written on the topic of "obsession." These were read aloud from the stage of the 1993 benefit gala for the PEN/Faulkner Literary Foundation, the money raised going to fund their awards for fiction. Each essay is preceded by a title page, signed in ink by its contributor, and the authors and their obsessions are as follows: Louis Begley: Brooms and sweeping; David Bradley: Obsession itself, but very jumbled thoughts about that; Robert Olen Butler: Karen Granger and her Mary Jane clad feet in the 1955 X-ray machine in the shoe store; Thomas Flanagan: The varying definitions of obsession in various dictionaries; Ernest Gaines: His buried ancestors on family land; Barry Hannah: Saying goodbye, especially in death; Maureen Howard: Secrets of life and the heart, in diaries; Jayne Ann Phillips: An impoverished, abused boy in her childhood; George Plimpton: Major pyrotechnics and fireworks; Francine Prose: The obsessions of obsessive people; Vikram Seth: Dwelling on the possibility of impending death; Mary Lee Settle: The process of falling in love; Ntozake Shange: One of her books' characters obsessing over her hair; Elizabeth Spencer: A mule trader, obsessed with mules; Scott Spencer: The application of the term "obsession" in popular culture. Includes a separate, original, silkscreened, polychrome print of a Bearded Iris, signed by the artist and printmaker Lou Stovall. His use of intense colors and his unique technique of creating thin, delicate lines is well-represented in this print. This tissue-guarded print is held inside the front cover by silk ribbons at the corners. Stovall's print is apt for this book, as he served on the board of the PEN/Faulkner literary foundation. This is copy 91 of a limited edition of 200 hardbound, slipcased copies. Printed on cream colored, mould made fine paper. This 8vo book is 8 3/4" x 6". Paginated [13],14-115,[blank],[1]. In light gray cloth over boards, the front cover with title embossed in black and the PEN logo blind stamped. The plain slipcase also in light gray cloth over boards. Published by esteemed booksellers Allen and Patricia Ahearn under their Quill & Brush imprint. Both book and slipcase are in clean, and in Near Fine condition.; Silk screen; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 117 pages; Signed by All Authors. Illustrated by Lou Stovall (ilustrador).…

First Edition. First edition. Fifteen original essays on the title subject, "obsession," read at the annual PEN/Faulkner gala, October 2, 1993. One of 200 copies, SIGNED BY EACH OF THE CONTRIBUTORS: Louis Begley, David Bradley, Robert Olen Butler, Thomas Flanagan, Ernest Gaines, Barry Hannah, Maureen Howard, Jayne Anne Phillips, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Vikram Seth, Mary Lee Settle, Ntozake Shange, Elizabeth Spencer and Scott Spencer. AND WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED SILKSCREEN PRINT by prominent Washington, D.C., artist Lou Stovall held in place on front pastedown at corners with silk ribbons. 8vo gray cloth boards with PEN/Faulkner insignia in blind on front and titling in black on front and spine. Fine, as issued, in publisher's cloth slipcase (also fine). Signed. …

Condición: New. Print on Demand pp. 214.

Hardcover with slipcase. Limited Edition. 8vo. Unpaginated. A frontispiece, of sorts, which is a limited print by Lou Stovall, signed and numbered in pencil, is bound by elastic to the inside of the front board, under a tissue guard. Bound in gray cloth with black lettering stamped on front board along with the blindstamp of the PEN emblem, black lettering on spine. In the matching gray cloth slipcase. Light stains on cloth, light loss to lettering on spine. Laid in is a "PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction" notecard on which is written "Lot of Love / Kay". Each author has signed his or her contribution. Of 44 deluxe copies, this is one of 18 that are numbered (this being number 16). The book is composed of short pieces addressing the subject of "obsession" that were read by prominent authors at the annual PEN gala in Washington, DC in 1993. Lou Stovall (signed print, laid in) (ilustrador). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First edition. Fine in full gray calf, in folding cloth box. Fifteen original essays on the title subject read at the annual PEN/Faulkner gala. Letter G of 26 lettered copies Signed by each of the contributors: Louis Begley, David Bradley, Robert Olen Butler, Thomas Flanagan, Ernest Gaines, Barry Hannah, Maureen Howard, Jayne Anne Phillips, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Vikram Seth, Mary Lee Settle, Ntozake Shange, Elizabeth Spencer, and Scott Spencer; and with an original Signed and numbered silkscreen print by Lou Stovall mounted with ribbons on the front pastedown.…

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. xii, [1], 14-170, [2], [12] ads for Newport businesses; wood-engraved frontispiece (in the pagination), 5 wood-engravings in the text (3 full-page); original blue blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; lightly rubbed, a few small spots on cover; all else very good. With the early ownership signature on the front free endpaper and title page of Richard Stebbins, Newport 1853-4. "George Spencer Phillips, who was known in Newport only as John Ross Dix, was from Bristol, England and was connected for a time with one of the leading New York papers. He came to Newport as the friend and guest of Rev. John O. Choules, and while here he wrote his Handbook of Newport, bringing it to the publisher with an offer to dispose of the manuscript at a certain price with the privilege of a day or two for examination. He returned within an hour demanding an immediate purchase at a very great reduction from his first offer, with the alternative of its acceptance, or destruction of the manuscript. His proposal was accepted and the book sent to New York and published in about a week. It proved a very good venture, the whole edition selling in a short time. It has long been out of print" (Hammett). Bartlett, p. 111; Hammett, p. 54. …

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1839 edition. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 199 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. 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. Pages: 199.…

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 313 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. 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. Pages: 313 Language: English.…

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in . The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 309, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 309 309.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Pen And Ink Sketches Of Poets, Preachers, And Politicians is a book written by George Spencer Phillips and published in 1847. The book is a collection of sketches of notable figures from the 19th century, including poets, preachers, and politicians. The sketches are accompanied by illustrations done in pen and ink, which add to the visual appeal of the book. The subjects of the sketches range from well-known figures like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge to lesser-known figures like William Mason and John Bowdler.Phillips provides brief biographical information about each subject, highlighting their achievements and contributions to their respective fields. He also includes personal anecdotes and observations about the individuals, giving readers a glimpse into their personalities and character.Overall, Pen And Ink Sketches Of Poets, Preachers, And Politicians is a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of the most influential figures of the 19th century. The combination of Phillips' engaging writing style and the beautiful illustrations make this book a must-read for anyone interested in history, literature, or art.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work. …

Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Pen And Ink Sketches Of Poets, Preachers, And Politicians (1847) | George Spencer Phillips | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2008 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781437108293 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…