merle johnson compiler (14 resultados)

Condición: Very good. Reprinted from Publisher?s Weekly for October 21, 1922; Large octavo. 3pp. Scarce.

Hardcover. Quarto, xiii, 344 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is grey with brown print. Boards in grey cloth, illustrated pastedown on front panel, brown print; fraying to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, shelf wear. Text block has tanning to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w and color plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1400470. FP New Rockville Stock.

Front board loosening but intact ow a very good plus copy with no internal writing clipped DJ with chipping at to and bottom of spine some light soiling but looks very good in mylar cover Early printing (m-s) of first either second or third printing tan cloth with paste down pictorial illustration.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Various Ilustrador. Unpaginated but circa 350pp, richly illustrated in colour and black and white. In green cloth-covered boards with tipped in colour illustration on front panel, brown titles front and spine. Small folio. Cloth moderately rubbed and rounded at extreme corners and spine ends, sunned over spine, cloth a little dull. Tiny chip on illustration. Text block edges a little dust darkened. Interally neat, clean, bright and tight barring some toning on endpapers. A very nice, robust copy of this classic American history.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. No Jacket. Howard Pyle Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1930. Harper Code I-E on the copyright page signifying that this copy was printed in September, 1930. The book first appeared in 1921. Unspecified printing of the First Edition. Very Good+ condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block, consisting of thick paper, is clean, soft white, tight, straight and square, with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth, front board slightly bowed, with past-on illustration to the front board, faded title, etc., to the spine, pictorial front free endpaper with child's writing on it, other endpapers unmarked, and corners square but worn. No Jacket. See the photos. xviii, 209. 7" x 9 1/4". Thirteen full page illustrations and many more partial page illustrations, all the work of the author. Stories of Captain Kidd, Captain Morgan, Captain Brand and others.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Title pages bears MCMXXI date, copyright page has code K-V = October, 1921 (according to First Editions: A Guide to Identification Zempel/Verkler). Text does have underlining or marginalia, illustrations - many of which are in color - are clean and bright. Both covers split about two thirds of the way down. Spine (i.e. backstrip) is completely separated on one side, the other side partially separated. Wear along spine, spine extremes frayed. Moderate cover-wear, most pronounced on front, a few small stains on rear. Inscription in front. Laid in is a relevant newspaper clipping from the New York times, and this has caused discoloration on front endpaper and ffep. Small green specks on prelims and final few (blank) pages. Pictures available on request. Hardcover, no dust jacket. (Displayed - 1h).

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Top edge has two 1" tears top edge, top edge heavy wear, illustration is a little scuffed, edges worn, spine darkened with tears head/tail. Brown boards with pictorial pastedown have three bumped corners, black cloth spine has some wear head/tail. Pencil name two front endpapers, paper edge foxed. 1923 first edition B-X (Feb 1923). All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

HARDCOVER. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition (copy No. 351 of 500). Octavo hardcover; 204 pp. Limited to 500 cc for sale, each copy signed by the Compiler and the Publishers. Tight binding, clean throughout. Gilt top edge with deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Cover wear. Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Pyle, Howard Ilustrador. First Printing. 246 numbered pages with 35 full-page ilustrations with 12 in color. "K-V" appears on verso of title page, indicating it was printed in October 1921. Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Maiin: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle. Front free endpaper is creasded. Page xv-xvi of the preface is torn and has been repaired with tape that left brown tape stain Some foxing of pages. Corners show wear. Except for the torn page in the preface, all text and illustrations are clean and unmarked. The binding is solid. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. An early printing in 1930 of the 1921 First Edition with publisher's code-"KE" indicating October,1930. The book is bound in black cloth spine over tan paper boards with Howard Pyle plate inlaid on the front cover. There is a thin line of tanning on the top edges of the covers and a .5" tear on the head of the spine. Corners and spine caps are bumped. Small area of soiling on the fore edges. Gift inscription dated Christmas, 1930 on the leaf after the first free endpaper. There are pages with a sprinkle of foxing here and there in the book and the text and illustrations are generally lightly age-toned/tan the margins, clean, smooth and unmarked. Includes 10 full color plates plus the two small tipped in color plates by Pyle's student N.C. Wyeth, all in immaculate condition. Also includes full page plates in black and white and numerous illustrated initials, headers and tails. The dust jacket, now in an archival protective cover, is in poor condition with the back panel separated from the spine and front panels. The original price is on the front flap. 9.25 X12.5". .Too large to ship outside of the United States. Please See all images.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Hardcover with dust jacket, jacket has a tear repaired, in its original box Box is stained and top has some side pieces missing. Tan paper over boards with black clth spine cover. Pasted color illus with bright blue titles. 246 pp. with color and black and white plates. An excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Howard Pyle, Merle Johnson Ilustrador. 1st Edition. First edition. Large 4to black cloth lettered in black and gilt and with a color pictorial cover onlay. With a color frontispiece and 35 full-page plates, nine of which are in color, numerous b/w text vignettes and two small mounted color vignettes, all by Pyle. This copy with a FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY MERLE JOHNSON on the front flyleaves. Interestingly inscribed twice by Johnson, first to Major Drake from Sergeant Johnson in 1921, and second to Mrs. Colonel Drake from Lieutenant Johnson in 1923. A bit of very light foxing to the title page, else a fine copy in a good dust jacket. A unique copy.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Howard Pyle Ilustrador. The October, 1921 printing. (First was April 1921). Large 4to half black cloth and tan paper-covered boards. Spine lettered in gilt; front cover lettered in black. Color pictorial cover onlay. Illustrated with 12 full-page color and 24 full-page b/w captioned plates as well as b/w pictorial endpapers and chapter headings by Pyle. This copy presented to a young "Pirate" by Willard Morse, Pyle's biographer. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket (price $6.00). The whole preserved in a worn publisher's box which is heavily repaired with tape and is missing a small piece from one flap. A nice survival with an interesting presentation.

Estado de la sobrecubierta: dj. Later printing of the first edition with publisher's code on copyright page "K-E" indicating publication date of October 1930. A remarkably nice copy of this swashbuckling book featuring tales of "Pirates, Buccaneers, [and] Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main" (from Johnson's foreword). Illustrated throughout with line drawings and full-page plates, including a few in color. Housed in the publisher's original paper-covered box with printed label. Box is missing portion of one side from its top but still solid and in generally good shape though showing some damp staining and wear. Both book and dust jacket are fine with only the barest aging and minor wear. Publisher's announcement for reissue of a number of books in Harper's illustrated "Adventure" series laid in (single cream-colored leaf printed in red on both sides; lists books by Twain, Doyle, et al with order form on back). Scarce in such nice shape and with box.