Pratt j howard (20 resultados)

Condición: Good. Good Condition. Gift inscription inside cover. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. 1st Edition. Front cover has mailing-address stamp of ornithologist R. [Raymond] A. Paynter, Jr. Volume is musty and has light wear; covers have minor soil; top outer edge has foxing; tight, text clean. 24 p., illustrated. [strs] Size: Oversize.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. This book is one of 2500 copies made. Large softcover 8.5" x 11" book in Fine Condition. The book paints a picture of life along the main route historic Orleans County, Western NY. Family histories of the area included. Illustrations and photos.

Spiral-Bound Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1987 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 172 pp. A regional history of western New York, presented through the lens of the history of the author's family, who first settled in America in 1662. This is Pratt's third book on western New York history (following Memories of Life on the Ridge (1978) and Saga of the Ridge (1983). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Edges lightly foxed, a few minor smudges on boards, ink stamp on front endpaper. 1976 Hard Cover. 362 pp. Red boards, gilt titles. Map precedes text, black-and-white photographs throughout. Includes: Orleans Country Court House; Archaeological History of Orleans County; "Out of the Past"; County Organizations and Government; Town and Village of Village of Albion; Town of Barre; Town of Carlton; Town of Clarendon; Town of Gaines; Town of Kendall; Town of Murray and Village of Holley; Town of Ridgeway and Village of Medina; Town of Shelby; Town of Yates and Village of Lyndonville; Orleans County Centennials; Appendix.…

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: New York; Canada. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 19125.

Large Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Limited edition, #438 of 2500 copies. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Back corner a bit discolored, wrappers toned, ink owner stamp on title page. 1983 Large Softcover. 213, [1] pp. A regional history of western New York, beginning with the formation of the ridge itself, and continuing through early settlement up to the point of publication. Includes: Ice Age, Formation of Ridge, Early Occupants, Treaty of Big Tree; Coming of Asa and Betsey, Cutting logs for Cabin, Tapping Maples; Building and Roofing the Cabin; Furnishings, Cutting Planks, Clearing Crop Land, The new Garden; Leaching ashes, Wheat and Corn Crop, A Strange Visitor, First Burial; Census of Ridgeway, Town Officers, Threshing Grain; School, Perry's Store, Cold Year; Fishing, Making Shingles, More Settlers; Birth in the Forest, Paying Joe Ellicott; Asa Hunting; Lansing Bailey's Life; Burning Newark, British Capture Fort Niagara, Gaines Militia Advance to Lewiston, Battle at Molyneauxs, Buffalo Burned, Flight of People Eastward; Oliver Booth Tavern, Joe Ellicott Visit, Sam fills the Jug, Cold Summer of 1816, Mail and Post Office; British attack Fort Erie, Three Gaines Men go to Fort Erie, Fighting to destroy Cannon, Results; Dr. Jesse Beech settles in Gaines, Dr. John Beech, their life, William Morgan; Mary Anne's Family settles in Gaines, Digging a Well, Schools, Church, Firsts of Gaines; Building the Erie Canal, Difficulties at Mohawk, Montezuma, Lockport, Boat Load of Wheat goes to Albany; A Journey on the Old Stagecoach, Locking the Boats Up and Down, The Old Day Book, William Babbit; People whose ancestors purchased land of the Holland Land Company; Index. Signed by author.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Thus. A creased spine with edge rubbings. Store stamp. Stories by : Ray Bradbury, Ralph Milne, H.G.Wells, Anthony Boucher, Lucian, Robert E. Howard, Manly Banister, Maurice Level, L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt, Rex Dolphin, Fredric Brown, W.J. Stamper, Fritz Leiber, Henry Slesar, C. Hall Thompson, Tanith Lee, August Derleth, William Hope Hodgson, Gustave Flaubert, Harry Houdini, Jack Snow, Seabury Quinn, Gaston Leroux, William Tenn, Bram Stoker, Val Lewton, H.R. Wakefield, Edward D. Hoch, Allison V. Harding, Arthur Machen, Richard Matheson, Derrell Schweitzer, Dorothy Quick, F. Marion Crawford, Robert Bloch, Katherine MacLean & Mary Kornbluth, W.C. Morrow, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Hugh B Cave, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., Charles Dickens, Theodore Sturgeon. Kriegler, Richard (ilustrador). …

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Ink stamp on front endpaper. 1976 Hard Cover. 362 pp. Red boards, gilt titles. Map precedes text, black-and-white photographs throughout. Includes: Orleans Country Court House; Archaeological History of Orleans County; "Out of the Past"; County Organizations and Government; Town and Village of Village of Albion; Town of Barre; Town of Carlton; Town of Clarendon; Town of Gaines; Town of Kendall; Town of Murray and Village of Holley; Town of Ridgeway and Village of Medina; Town of Shelby; Town of Yates and Village of Lyndonville; Orleans County Centennials; Appendix.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. First Edition. Light edge wear to covers which are also a little warped as are the pages - no staining but presumably this has been damp at some time. Rusty marks and holes in the area of the staple which is badly rusted. Pages a little browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Pratt, Hugo & Symeoni, Sandro & Gold, D.J. (ilustrador).…

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 17pp. Stapled wrappers. Fading along the spine with light rubbing and owner's mailing stamp on the rear panel, near fine. Subscription slip tipped in. Original printing from the University of South Carolina before reprints. Contributors include Norman Silverstein, Arthur L. Lewis, Anne McNamara, Muriel Davison, William Howard, Robert A. Pratt, Alexander S. Liddie, Robert J. Griffin, Gerald Smith, and Yeaton Wagener.…

Paperback. Condición: G/No Dustjacket. Ltd Edition. Albion, NY: ***** Self Published *****. G/No Dustjacket. 1983. Ltd Edition. Paperback. #1427 of 2500 copies signed by the author . 4to., 213 pp., glued binding cracked through, loose pages, yellowing . Black & White Illustrations (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Limited/Numbered. 984 of 2500 copies, signed in blue ink beneath printed name on title page. Very large softcover, white heavy wrappers very slightly and uniformly browned, phot of seven women in 19th Century dress named on bottom back wrapper, b/w photo of Pratt with two of his oil paintings at top of back wrapper. History of families in the Town of Gaines, Orleans County, state of New York. 213 pages with historical and geneaological information, some photos, index of names. Near Very Fine.…

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Mostly clean interior pages with occasional foxing. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 1st Edition. 1890-1891, 175pp, printed in double columns, illustrated with over 90 drawings, plus 4 maps including The Western Territories in the Forties Showing the Principal Routes of Exploration, The California Coast Under the Mexican Regime, Placer Regions of California in the Fifties with an inset of San Francisco Bay and Vicinity, and the Panama Route, and 24 portraits including John Bidwell, Father De Smet, General M. G. Vallejo, General John A. Sutter, Don Juan B. Castro, Don Manuel Castro, Pio Pico, who was Governor of California in 1845, General Andres Pico, Maria De Jesus Vallejo, or Sister Maria Teresa, Maria Antonia Lugo, who was the mother of General Vallejo, Dona Vallejo, born Francisca Benicia Carrillo, who was General Vallejo's widow, Kit Carson with facsimile autograph, Jacob P. Leese, Juan B. Alvarado who was Governor, 1836 - 1842, Manuel Micheltorena, who was Governor, 1842 - 1845, James W. Marshall, Azaria Smith and Henry W. Bigler, who were survivors of the party of discovery at Sutter's Mill, Samuel Brannan, who led a colony of Mormon's to San Francisco in July, 1846, Charles Preuss, topographer on the first two Fremont expeditions, Jim Bridger, Alexis Godey, Commander J. B. Montgomery, later Rear-Admiral, Thomas H. Benton, Jessie Benton Fremont, and George Bancroft, salvaged from a damaged copy of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 41. Specific pieces include The First Emigrant Train To California, by General Bidwell, Grizzly And Pioneer, by Shinn, The Making Of California, anonymous, Life In California Before The Gold Discovery, by Bidwell, Ranch And Mission Days In Alta, California, by Vallejo, Trading With The Americans, by Higuera, The Date Of The Discovery Of The Yosemite, by Pratt, Pioneer Spanish Families In California, by Shinn, The Missions Of Alta, California, by Doyle, A California Lion And A Pirate, by Castro, A Carnival Ball At Monterey In 1829, by Briones, A Letter From General Sutter, by Sutter, Fremont In The Conquest Of California, by Bidwell, The Discovery Of Gold In California, by Hittell, Marshall's Own Account Of The Gold Discovery, by Gillespie, Confirming The Gold Discovery, by Kemble, Resume Of Fremont's Expedition, by M. N. O., The Origin Of The Fremont Explorations, by Jessie Benton Fremont, Rough Times In Rough Places, by McGehee, Montgomery And Fremont, by Royce, Three Gold- Dust Stories, by Marshall, To California by Panama in 1849, by Pratt, The Conquest Of California, by John Charles Fremont, The Official Policy For The Acquisition Of California, anonymous, Hardships Of The Isthmus in 1849, by Ferris, and Spanish Jealousy Of Vancouver, by Doyle. Maps by Jacob Swells, W. Taber, George Wharton Edwards, O. Toasperm, A. Brennan, V. Perard, G. D. F. Brush, Frederick Remington, A. Lambourne, and from photographs by Lieut. Harris. Set includes a contents page, and is housed in two mylar report covers. This is a tremendous set of Californiana / Western Americana, and, surprisingly, never elsewhere published in its entirety.…

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Hardcover. Condición: VG/NO DUSTJACKET. First Edition. Albion, NY: Eddy Print Corp. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First article on Archaeological History of Orleans County is signed by Vanderlaan. . 8vo., 362 pp., Former owners inscription . Black & White Photographs (ilustrador).…