Ames Ernest, First Edition (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Rick Sternbach; Stephen Fabian; Jack Gaughan; Bonnie Dalzell; Ames; Freff; Yenne; (illustrator). First Edition. 160, 160, 160 pp. Digest format. All three issues have light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spines. Covers by Rick Sternbach and Stephen Fabian; interiors by: Rick Sternbach; Stephen Fabian; Jack Gaughan; Bonnie Dalzell; Ames; Freff; Yenne. These issues contain: The Hand of Oberon, a novel complete in three parts by Roger Zelazny; Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, a novelette by John Varley; Beaver Tears by James Tiptree Jr. writing as Raccoona Sheldon; Opening Night by Lenny Kleinfeld; Want Ad by B. D. Wyatt; Deviation from a Theme by Steven Utley; I'm Going Through the Door by William Coyne; Hexapedia by Bonnie Dalzell; Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, a novelette by John Varley; Toward the Fullness of Fate, a novelette by John Kennedy; Larval Stage by Steven Utley; Wind Music by Diana King; The Children of the State (Part one of three) by Larry Niven; Abandon All Heat, Ye Who Enter Here, a novelette by Phil Bertoni; Jupiter One by Ernest Taves; The Dirty Old Man by Craig Strete; and A Little Bit of Recycled Time by Gail Kimberly; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Light Wear, Bright, Foxing On Edges Of Page Block And Rear Cover, Some Fading To Spine Panel.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Endpapers browned. Discreet stamp to verso of title page. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 168pp. B/w plates. Black hardback cloth spine on red boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Extra Volume No. 1 of The Socialist Library. Tight and square, sturdy binding. Covers with moderate wear, spine lightly faded but legible. Title page and a handful of other pages within underlined in red and blue pencil. Beware modern reprints of this work; most are scanned copies with inferior print quality, illustrations, and binding compared to this original edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edges and leading corners rubbed; the rear white board soiled and rubbed; plain spine of a different red hue. Internally half title end papers toned; 5 cm crease across lower corner of title page. Occasional finger marks, mostly on preliminary pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. X, 406 Pp. Red Cloth, With Spine And Cover Labels. First Printing, 1930. Slight Usage, Near Fine But Ex-Library With Small White Call Number On Spine, Number Stamp On Title Page, Extremely Faint School Stamp On Foreword Page, And Pocket Removal On Rear Pastedown.

First Edition. Square octavo, 12 pages, clothbacked boards, edgeworn, front hinge splitting, small chip in front free endpaper; pictorial top cover. Unaccountably scarce. Here are twelve colour plates of Little Red Fox, Toby, and playmates including an owl, squirrel, shrew-mouse, and rabbit; also a dog and a cat, and chickens and a pig.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. Mary Francis Ames (illustrator). First edition. An uncommon tale in verse by Ernest Ames, following a young woman as she tries to find a husband, the first edition, complete with colour illustrations. The first edition of this uncommon work.A comical tale told in verse, following a young woman named Agatha, as she is being paraded on the marriage mart by her aunt.Written by Ernest Fitzroy Ames, a railroad engineer.Illustrated in coloured throughout by the author's wife, Mary Francis Ames. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, lacking most of the backstrip, front board may detach, even with careful handling. Boards are rubbed with a few light handling marks. Bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DJ. First Edition. SIGNED BY ELEVEN OF THE AUTHORS. Signed By Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, (24) pp., bound in half green cloth and pictorial boards. Wear on boards, hinge visible at titel page, name, date and dedication in ink opposite flyleaf, good copy. Text on the verso side, opposite a framed illustration in colour. 21 x 21 cm.

FIRST EDITION 1901, oblong 4to, 205 x 250 mm, 8 x 10 inches, cloth backed colour illustrated white boards, 103 pages + (1), plates and text printed 1 side only. 24 wonderful colour plates, each facing descriptive quatrains all connected in rather strange ways to familiar nursery stories and rhymes. All about the enchanting dreams of a darling 2 year old boy. Recased with matching blue cloth spine and corners, new yellow endpapers, white boards darkened to grey, some inner joints neatly repaired with paper strips, a crease to inner margin of 1 text page strengthened with linen binder's tape, this text page reinserted the wrong way round, 2 pages slightly worn at 1 edge with tiny nicks. Contents otherwise nice, no inscriptions. A good plus tight copy. As soon as Master Johnnie's Nanny puts him to bed Little Boy Blue arrives and takes him off in Cinderella's coach 'To the beautiful land.//Where pots of jam/Grow on the ground;/Plum-pudding birds/Fly all around.//And buns and cakes,/And dolls and sheep,/Lie side by side/In a lovely heap'. He meets Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Dame Trot and her pig, Baa Baa Black sheep etc. He rides on the Banbury Cross Horse and dines with the King on Blackbird Pie. He has great fun. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Pictorial boards. Condition: Very Good. Mrs. Ernest Ames (illustrator). First Edition. A very presentable copy of the 1901 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its pictorial boards, with pronounced offsetting at the endsheets. Tall, thin quarto, wonderful pictorial boards and vivid color illustrations throughout (in their broad art nouveau style) by Mrs. Ernest Ames, whose husband's playful verse appears at each facing verso.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mrs Ernest Ames (illustrator). London: Grant Richards, 1900. Beautifully illustrated book of the adventures of twins, 95 pages in bright clean condition just the occasional light mark, every other page is a full page colour illustration with text in verse opposite. Only date in it is 1900 possibly first edition but cannot be sure. Book is complete but has been repaired at the hinges and the outer spine with some kind of glue, it is not too bad a job but is apparent as not being professionaly done, endpapers are browned. Outer boards are rubbed and worn on edges with some marking. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mrs Ernest Ames. 9½ x 8¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Quer-4°. [21] Bl. mit illustr. Titel u. farblithogr. Illustrationen. Farbig illustr. OHln. Erste Ausgabe, selten. - Mit schönen plakativen Jugendstil-Illustrationen. - Die kanadische Kinderbuch-Künstlerin M. F. L. Ames (1853-1929) veröffentlichte um 1900 einige Bilderbücher in England, meist mit Versen ihres Ehemanns E. Ames. - Rücken und Vorsätze fachgerecht erneuert, Deckel angestaubt, stellenweise etwas fingerfleckig und gebräunt, gutes Exemplar aus der Sammlung Martin Kaiser, Basel. Sprache: englisch.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ames, Mrs. Ernest (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Watty was the fat white puppy that lived with Dicky the woolly fox-cub and the little blue girl called Betty. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper front board. Full page colour illustration every other page. Covers a little grubby and creased. One line inscription in ink to front pastedown. Prelims grubby with a closed tear to gutter edge of title page. A few finger marks present. Illustrations clean and bright. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ames, Mrs. Ernest (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1901. Good condition with no wrapper. Large oblong book, 8 x 10". Cloth bound pictorial boards. Full page colour illus throughout accompanied by adaptations of well known nursery rhymes. Printed one side of paper only. 103 pages. Covers are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers have been replaced. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins/edges. Generally contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

23 x 31 cm. 22 unnum. Blatt mit farbigen Illustrationen von Mary Frances Ames. Lwd. - Unter Verwendung der Originalendeckelillustrationen neu gebunden, Vorsätze erneuert. Erste Ausgabe. - Die englische Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts wird kleinen Kindern humorvoll erzählt. "One hundred years ago there first began, The greatest century that's known to man! Four Monarchs in that space has England seen, Two Georges, William and our dear Queen" (Auf dem Titel). - Papierbedingt gebräunt, 5 Blatt mit hinterlegten Einrissen. -.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Skor, Walter; Murphy, John Cullen; Conner, Mac; Moore, Al;Cooper, Mario; Hawes, Charles; Oehmen, Len (illustrator). First Edition. 86 pages Features: Kid Killers at the Wheel are turning highways into human slaughterhouses; New York's Biggest Attic - The Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company - article with great photos; The 25 Men Who Run the World; Wizards of Words - The National Spelling Bee; The Great Larynx - Art Linkletter and Familiy; I Was the King of the Safecrackers (part 2 of 5) - Herbert Wilson; Inside Sports; Collier's Out of Doors. Fiction: A Young Man Marred; One Day When I Was Lost; How Are You in Trunks?; Lionheart; The Golden Dart (part 3 of 8); The Parked Car. Ads include: Magnificent Studebaker Truck ad inside front cover; Trailways Bus ad; Elsie the cow in Borden ad; Firestone; Pontiac; Fisher Body; *Beautiful* two-page color ad for Packard cars; Hudson cars; Dodge Trucks; *Gorgeous* Canada Dry ad features their Spur Cola, Ginger Ale, Club Soda and Hi-Spot; Greyhound bus lines; The US Army; Old Thompson Whiskey; Great color photo Blatz Beer ad inside back cover features photo of Brian Donlevy; Coke ad on back cover features many fashionable ladies. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, May 28, 1949 - The 25 Men Who Rule the World Kid Killers at the Wheel are turning highways into human slaughterhouses; New York's Biggest Attic - The Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company - article with great ph.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1927, 1st Edition , 2nd Printing, GOOD+/GOOD, AS-IS, PreText Lists Thru Lagoon of Pearls, DJ GOOD Condition with Mended Tears Creases & Tiny Small Chips Extremities TAKING out part of A & T in Author Name, Spine DJ Has Small Chips Along Ends Affecting Publisher Name at Bottom tiny Bit, Back DJ Soil FoX Stain & small Tears Chips Lists Bob Dexter Boys Series thru Mountain Mystery, Grey Decorated cloth Illustration Matches DJ Cover shows Water Stains on Front Corner & Spine Edge & Light Wear, Cover & spine Cvr with Lettering in Dark Blue, 210 pages, 12mo., ADS at Back thru Lagoon Pearls etc ends with Bomba Abandoned City, Interior nice tight some FOX, Wear, Pretext Lists Thru Lagoon of Pearls, DJ in Worn Creased shape,

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. HBDJ, 1927, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, BOOK GOOD+/POOR DJ, SOLD AS-IS, DJ POOR ConDItion wIth Mended Tears Creases & LARGE Chips OUT of Spine & Front DJ, DJ Back Panel & Back Inner Flap completely GONE, Although Most of lettering Spine DJ Present & on front 3/4 Picture Present & Titles author Name Present, Grey Decorated cloth Illustration Matches DJ Cover , Cover & spine Cvr witH lETtering in Dark BlUe shOWs soMe BOWINg & Corner Ding on Front Cvr, 206 pages, 12mo., + ADS at Back Boy Ranchers Thru Death Valley, Etc ends Boys Outing Library Fred Fenton Marathon, Interior nice tight some FOX, Wear, Pretext Lists Thru this Title, DJ in Very rough shape--front panel is nearly alL there but with some pieces Missing & is, worn ;DJ spine Very heavily chipped at Middle to bottom;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Assumed First Edition, no mention of later printing. Scarce. Good book, shows minor wear, stains and scratches on front and back cover, water damage on front cover, light foxing on front free end paper, darkening on edges of pages, darkening on spine, binding is showing on front and back pastedown, tear on last two page of book, rubbing on all corners of front and back cover and edges of spine, and stamp on second to last page of book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1927, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Pretext + AD in Back lists thru This Title, DJ slightly Worn Condition with Mended Tears Creases & Tiny Small Chips Extremities, Spine DJ Has Small Chips Along Ends Yet Titles Intact, Back DJ Soil FoX & small Tears Chips Bottom Lists Bob Dexters thru Storm Mountain, Grey & Blue Decorated cloth Illustration Matches DJ Cover Light Wear, Cover & spine Cvr with Lettering in Dark Blue, 12mo., NO ADS at Back, Interior nice tight some FOX, Wear, Pretext Lists Thru Lagoon of Pearls,Interior Nice tight clean Light FOX, Wear, 206 pages + ADS ending with Webster Seris Boys of Battleship, Slight stain to back board. Jacket is chipped and torn. The inside of the dust jacket lists the "Best Books for Boys and Girls.".

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1927, 1St Edition , 2nd Printing, VG+/VG, AS-IS, PreText LiSts Thru LagoOn of Pearls, DJ VG CondITion with TinY Mended Tears Creases & tiny Small Chips Extremities . Spine DJ Has Tiny Chips Along Ends , Back DJ Soil FoX & SmalL Tears Chips Lists Bob DextEr Boys Series thru Mountain Mystery, Grey Decorated cloth Illustration Matches DJ Cover & Light Wear, Cover & spine Cvr with Lettering in Dark Blue, 210 pAges, 12mo., ADS at Back thru Lagoon Pearls etc ends with Bomba Abandoned City, Interior nice tight some Light FOX, Wear, Pretext Lists Thru Lagoon of Pearls, DJ in Lightly Creased shape, Condition of the dust jAcKEt is Very good / just some edge wear.

xiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. "Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise, which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting, with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskinās twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883, and contain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskinās philosophy of art, and his opinions of various painters." [as quoted on RBH]. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG+ - Nr Fine copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper.