panama patchwork de gilbert james stanley (74 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. A few pages with corner crease. Covers show light edge wear. Binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing. Spine edge wear. Binding cracked but still intact. Previous owner's inscription (fake dr. livingstone) on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. Dark blue cover shows edgewear. Gilt lettering and design bright. TEG. Front hinge cracked but tight. No foxing.

Condición: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Memorial edition. (Panama, Travel, Poetry) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Minor fading to spine, light shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. WSmall smudge of paint on cloth edge.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj, green cloth. Vg condition. Prev. owner's inscription, dated 1920; paper yellowed, 166 pages, several photographs; Exterior lightly rubbed, contents clean, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1908 Third Edition, Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Text is clean, binding is strong. Text is in very good condition, dark red cloth cover is worn on the corners, darkened spine. Dedication on first pages dated 1908.

hardcover. Condición: Good. minor wear.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No jacket. Black stain on front board. Rubbing and edge wear on boards. Spotting on rear board. Inscription on first blank page. Clean text. Pages are somewhat brittle with toning. Musty odor. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PF. Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Near FNE, 2nd edition, maroon hard cover with bright gilt embossed palm tree decoration and font on cover and gilt font on spine, 170 pps. Portrait of Gilbert with tissue protected frontispiece. Unmarked, clean and tight. Beautiful cover and contents very well preserved for a copy this old. Cover corners gently bumped. Gilbert was one of the few poets to write extensively about Panama. His poetry does paint a picture of what life was like (for him) in Panama at this time - era of construction of Canal. "Gilbert had begun to write poetry about Panama while employed as shipping agent, and he continued to so so for the rest of his life. From "Away down south in the Torrid Zone,' the first line of his first poem, readers were captivated by Gilbert's vision of the tropical pre-canal Panama. His poems in Panama Patchwork, the book in which "Beyond the Chagres" appeared, were called 'documents of life on the Isthmus' by a New York Times reviewer in 1906. His fans called him the 'poet laurete of the . " GIFT quality, a book which through it's beautiful binding, also pays homage to an era in which binding was a most appreciated art.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Most probably a pirated edition. Octavo; pp. x, 166; Frontispiece portrait of the author, twenty additional black and white photographs, illustrating characters and locations from the poems; terra-cotta cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge, gilt; This book is great fun. Some of the worst rhymes ever contrived with an occasional flash of brilliance. Reflects life in the Canal Zone at the time of construction. The excitement of the challenge, the circumstances of the life there. Other editions are often dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, this one is not. Also contains an obituary of the author who died at Colon in 1906. The late author was an official for the Panamanian Railway.

Condición: New. In.

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (literature, poetry, poems) 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.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 170 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine sunned w/ light fraying at ends. Top edge gilt. Edges of leaves a bit age toned, otherwise, contents nice.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. 172 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's name/address on front paste-down. Natural toning to blank endpapers. Otherwise, contents nice. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of Columbus Statue, at the Atlantic End of the Panama Canal.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. illustrated Ilustrador. Green cloth boards are well-bound, sunned at spine, light soil & rubbing from handling. Interesting previous owner's inscription on front endpapers. Title page is loose from binding. Fully illustrated with multiple black & white photographs/lithographs. Pages are tanning at edges, all print is highly readable, illustration clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Maroon cloth cover with gilt stamping has light wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Modest soiling to front end sheets and an antiquated poetic inscription on half title page (unsigned). Pages are lightly toned otherwise clean and near pristine. .

Cloth Boards. Foreword by Tracy Robinson Ilustrador. 3rd Edition. 3rd ed., 8vo, pp. xxii, 170, b/w fronti., prev owner's inscr., foxing spots tp and frontis, waterstain top edge tp and frontis., occasional mark to text pages, edges uncut, top edge gilt, orig gilt dec cl bds., few wrinkles to cloth of front bd., few marks rear, edges rubbed, cnrs slightly bent Poems inspired by Life on the Isthmus of Panama.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a collection of poems about life on the Isthmus of Panama, a narrow strip of land connecting North and South America. The author, who spent many years living and working on the Isthmus, captures the unique culture and challenges of this region. The poems explore themes of isolation, adventure, and the search for meaning in a harsh and unforgiving environment. They offer a glimpse into a world that is both beautiful and dangerous, where the human spirit is tested to its limits. Through vivid imagery and lyrical language, the author paints a portrait of a place where dreams and nightmares collide, and where the line between civilization and savagery is often blurred. This book is a valuable contribution to the literature of the Isthmus of Panama, and it offers a unique perspective on the human experience in this fascinating and enigmatic region. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Decorative Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Hardback. Panama Patchwork. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Although the poems are largely confined to local themes, it will be found, I think, that their general scope is far wider. Frontispiece. 170 pp. Hand cut pages. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Hardback, gilt titles to spine and front board. 166pp. Frontis. Illus. Publisher not stated. nd. [circa1907]. Previous owner's details to front blank. Pages of text a little age-discoloured. A very pleasing copy. (q4).

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A collection of lyrical and evocative poems inspired by the people, culture, and natural beauty of Panama.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. xv, 172 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. With a short introduction by Tracy Robinson dated 1905. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing and mottling to boards; interior clean and binding sound.