Barns John W (25 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1979. 110pp. Signed and inscribed by the author. "To Marcia from JW Barns-Graham, Dec 26/79". Poems by the New Zealand born author, many on Scottish themes. Some expected shelf wear to covers and light soiling to covers. Book is otherwise in excellent condition. No inscriptions. All contents are tight and clean. SIGNED COPY.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 278. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth, with fair, priced-clipped dust-jacket. Book is in a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018) with his ownership signature and pencil annotations. Unique scholar's copy. N-5. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. 44 p. plus 25 plates Édition originale comprenant 44 pages de texte et 25 planches. Étude fondamentale sur les papyri du Ramesseum. Mots‑clés : Ramesseum ; papyri ; Griffith Institute ; philologie ; textes hiératiques.

rigide. Condition: Bon. 1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur, Printed for The Griffith Institute, At the University Press by Charles Batey, Oxford, 1956, XV-44 pp. et 25 planches Bon état. Good condition. Langue: Anglais.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. New York: The Masses Publishing Company, 1917. The April, 1917 issue (Volume IX, Number 6, whole number 70). Quarto, illustrated stapled wraps, 42 pp.; this is a scarce survivor of the smaller-format issues (i.e., no longer folio size) which were issued late in the life The Masses. 1917 was the last year of publication, and by the time of this issue, there were only months left. Just Fair, due to the absence of the front cover and the separation of the first page from the remaining textblock with rear cover - all of which is itself in Very Good condition, by any periodical standard. As the very inexpensively-produced budget-of-the-heart icon The Masses was, it no doubt deserves its own grading standard, but there is none such. Some small scale chipping on page 3 and rear cover, modest toning to the remarkably healthy contents. See scans. Certainly one of the most seminal socio-political American publications of the last 200 years, The Masses was a collection of ideological art, opinion and reporting - usually contributed with little or no compensation - which strongly represented socialist / marxist values, but in a larger sense was representative of labor, women's rights, and radical left issues in general as those were at that time. Famous names of the era often contributed work, but the names of the regulars are themselves all now in history books. The now-timeless publication was officially shut down by the U.S. Government in 1918, ostensibly on the basis of postal regulations (though it had already suspended publication in late 1917), following two intense and ideologically-charged trials. Eastman and his sister, Crystal, then started The Liberator to carry on; after The Liberator closed its doors in 1926, The New Masses, under the primary leadership of Mike Gold, carried the radical flag. The Masses, as the first, is also the rarest. Text contributors to this issue of April, 1917 included Eastman, John Reed; Louise Bryant; Floyd Dell; Howard Brubaker; Robert Hillyer; Louis Untermeyer; Hutchins Hapgood; Ruza Wenclaw; Leslie Nelson Jennings; Robert H. Lowie; Charles W. Wood; Jane Whitaker; Anne Arnold; Henry Reich, Jr.; Dorothea Gay; Franklin Van Wert; David Rosenthal; Elizabeth Fox; and Nina Bull. Art was contributed by Arthur B. Davies; K.R. Chamberlain; Boardman Robinson; Arthur Young; Maurice Sterne; and Cornelia Barns. Check out all of these names. An extraordinarily rare piece of American publishing and political history. Please see scans. l-lng2. Arthur B. Davies; K.R. Chamberlain; Boardman Robinson; Arthur Young; Maurice Sterne; Cornelia Barns (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: The Masses Publishing Company, 1915. The June, 1915 issue (Volume VI, Number 9, whole number 49). Large Folio, illustrated stapled wraps, 27 pp. Very Good by any periodical standard; as the very inexpensively-produced budget-of-the-heart icon The Masses was, this example is certainly better than very good, by its own standard. Light crease the vertical length of cover; small nicks at front cover perimeter; larger chip at rear cover, lower left; modest toning to the remarkably healthy contents. See scans. Certainly one of the most seminal socio-political American publications of the last 200 years, The Masses was a collection of ideological art, opinion and reporting - usually contributed with little or no compensation - which strongly represented socialist / marxist values, but in a larger sense was representative of labor, women's rights, and radical left issues in general as those were at that time. Famous names of the era often contributed work, but the names of the regulars are themselves all now in history books. The now-timeless publication was shut down by the U.S. Government in 1918 on the basis of postal regulations, after two intense and ideologically-charged trials. Eastman and his sister, Crystal, then started The Liberator to carry on; after The Liberator closed its doors in 1926, The New Masses, under the primary leadership of Mike Gold, carried the radical flag. The Masses, as the first, is also the rarest. Text contributors to this issue of June, 1915 included Eastman, Carl Sandburg, Howard Brubaker, Harris Merton Lyon, Louis Untermeyer, Edmond McKenna, Elsie Clews Parsons, Frank Tanenbaum, Robert Carlton Brown, W.J. Robinson, Charles Grey, and Florence Kiper Frank. Art was contributed by Frank Walts, John Sloan, Art Young, Glenn O. Coleman, Stuart Davis, Cornelia Barns, Randall Davey, George Bellows, Maurice Becker, A. Londoner, Elias Goldberg, and Eugene Higgins, with Walts executing the front cover, and Davis the rear cover. Check out all of those names. An extraordinarily rare piece of American publishing and political history. l-lng2. Frank Walts, John Sloan, Art Young, Glenn O. Coleman, Stuart Davis, Cornelia Barns, Randall Davey, George Bellows, Maurice Becker, A. Londoner, Elias Goldberg, Eugene Higgins (illustrator).…

26 x 20 cm. XI, 207 Seiten. With X plates. OHalbLeinen. Ordnungsgemäß aus einer Universitäts-Bibliothek ausgesondert (Stempel, Signatur). Sauberes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 903.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. Folio. xv, 44pp., 25 plates. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "The history of the group of papyri to which the texts published in this volume belong has been recounted so fully by Sir Alan Gardiner in his recent book "The Ramesseum Papyri" (1935), Introduction, pp. I ff., that it needs no further description here. But it would, I think, be well to describe generally the present condition of these five papyri, since an account of the difficulties which they have presented may serve both to excuse some of the shortcomings of this work and to suggest ways of overcoming such difficulties when they are met with in other fragmentary papyri, Greek as well as Egyptian." (Introduction). Few in-text illustrations and twenty-five plates with papyri at rear. Contains appendix of the Verso Texts with commentary, indices of literary texts and the verso documents, followed by list of names of authors, books, and periodicals quoted in abbreviated form in the commentaries as well as abbreviations. Binding with very light wear along edges and minor blemishes. Dealer sticker on inside front cover.…

xv + 44pp. + 25 bl/w plates, 32cm., publisher's hardcover in bordeaux cloth, text clean and bright except for 1) 13 small encircled index numbers in text and 2) two added page numbers on initially unnumbered pages and 3) 1 marked symbol on plate 13, good condition, C103237.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oxford, 'Printed for the Griffith Institute at the University Press by Charles Batey', 1956. Large quarto, xvi, 44 pages with an illustration plus 25 pages of plates of hieroglyphics. Cloth a little scuffed along the top edges of the boards, with the top corners a little bumped; small name-stamp on the front free endpaper; a very good copy. 'To the memory of Paul Cecil Smither, some of whose unfinished work has been incorporated in this book' (dedication).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 33 pages : 43 cm. Text in facsimile and hieroglyphic transcription, with commentary by the editor.

Hardcover. Condition: vg to near fine. Reprint. Elephant Folio. (6)pp., 10 plates, 33 (8)pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece collotype. "The Ashmolean ostracon of the Story of Sinuhe has been more fortunate than some other important texts from Egypt in that its two halves, discovered or disposed of separately, have been finally reunited. The lower half, which had been broken into several pieces and put together by the dealer from whom it was purchased, was presented to the Ashmolean Museum by [Sir] Alan Gardiner in 1940, after some work had already been done on it. Not long afterwards Professor J. Cerny, while in Egypt, recognized the upper half and secured it for the Museum, which purchased it with a subvention from [Sir] Alan Gardiner. The details of its original discovery are unknown, but it can safely be assumed to have come from Der-el-Medinah. It measures 31.5 cm in width by 88.5 cm in height, and is thus larger than the Cairo ostracon of sinuhe (Cat. 15216) known as C." (Preface). Illustrated with 10 plates in collotype, plus the frontispiece, followed by 33 pages of commentary. Contains conclusive text and index at rear. Binding with light wear along edges. Previous owner's name inked to inside front cover. Binding in overall very good, interior in near fine condition.…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small folio. Pp. (ii), 33, (8). Plus 10 plates and frontispiece, all printed in fine collotype. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, spine gilt, cloth on back discoloured; signature to first free endpaper. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. [Provenance:] From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Herman De Meulenaere (1923-2011). X-4. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

[18] + 33 + [8] pp. with frontispiece and 10 illustrations, 1968-reprint of the original 1952-edition, publisher's hardcover in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, text and interior are clean and bright, 45x33cm., good condition, weight: 1.4kg., C105909.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Small folio. Pp. (ii), 33, (8). Plus 10 plates and frontispiece, all printed in fine collotype. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's mint full cloth, spine gilt. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Collotype is one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Heerma van Voss (1923-2015) with his charming bookplate inside cover. X-1. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, Oxford University Press for the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1952. Folio (445 × 325 mm), [xviii], 42 pages (with much text in facsimile and hieroglyphic transcription) with 11 illustrations from photographs plus a frontispiece. Light green cloth (lettered in gilt on the spine) unevenly sunned and slightly marked, rubbed and bumped; tiny bump to the top margin of a handful of consecutive leaves, with some creases and a very short sealed tear to one of them; mild signs of age and use; ownership details in ink on the front free endpaper; a very good copy.…

fester Einband. 8 Bll., 33 S., 4 Bll., Reg., 14 Taf. 2° Ln. *Rücken aufgehellt, sonst schönes Expl.*. Sprache: Englisch.

2. Ausgabe. Folio. 33 Kommentar. Goldgeprägtes grünes Leinen. Sprache: Englisch, 10 Tafeln und Frontispiz. makellos. Hinweis: Versandkosten müssen bei Auslandsversand evtl. angehoben werden.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Antonio the Counsellor - Antonio Conselheiro cast himself into the wilderness, only to become leader of a tribe of Indians which he then led in battle against the cream of the Brazilian army; Our Seaplane Fishing Trip - Summary of a novel seaplane trip recently carried out by a party of Pacific Coast anglers with the assistance of Ellard A. Bacon, manager of the Pacific Marine Airways, a passenger seaplane line operating between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island - article with excellent photos; Crops of Gold - An amusing story from the vicinity of Ten Mile House, British Columbia; The Mystery of the Pool; - Sequel to a story published here about three years ago about a South African prospector's account of a monstrous snake which is supposed to live in a pool in the Orange River; Three Incidents - J.R. Henderson led an uneventful life, aside from a three-month span; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - Part II - C.W. Domville-Fife and a couple of Indians ventured far into the interior of Amazonia, meeting with many strange and exciting adventures - with photos; "Number Twenty-Three" - A bobcat adventure of Harry E. Webb, a federal hunter employed by the U.S. Government Bureau of Biological Survey to trap and destroy predatory animals that infest the state of Nevada - with photos; The Ivory Raiders - Part IV - Continued adventures from Turkanaland, Africa, where unscrupulous Swahili elephant poachers and bloodthirsty Turkana warriors make things interesting for the white officers responsible for maintaining order - with photos; The Knock-Out - Judkins and Bunney, the bullies of the battalion, were manipulated into boxing each other; A South African Bushranger - A policeman named Mahon turns highwayman in Filabusi, Rhodesia; A Sailor Out Back - The amusing first day experiences of a sailor who tries farming in Willanga Township, Australia; When the Fire Came - A bush fire swept the Matawai district of New Zealand last year - with two photos; From the Great Craters to the Congo Game-Lands - Part II - Elephant hunting in the teeming game country of the Congo - with great photos; Diamond Cut Diamond - R. Granville Barrow and friends need to outwit rapacious South American officials to successfully salvage the passenger steamer Whitney in the Orinoco River; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Covers detached as one but present, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Hiley, F.E. Vedder, S.H.; Brock, R.H.; Eyles, D.C.; De Walton, John; Brock, H.M.; Holmes, Fred; Brightwell, L.R.; Nicholson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Crozier, Frank (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages 442-528 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads, many illustrated. Features: The Luck of the 'Moro' - a vessel which possessed an uncanny knack of getting in and out of trouble; Photo of Harry Houdini in a strait jacket hanging from the twenty-story Oakland Tribune building; Old Man Crag - a New Zealand tale of a stolen map to a gold mine; Wild Tribes of the Amazon - the author penetrates deep into Amazonia - with photos, including photo of a floating island (part 1); Eskimo Wireless - a strange story from the Far North of Canada; The Ivory Raiders - paints a vivid picture of the dangers and difficulties of suppressing the ivory-raiders and their fierce satellites in Turkanaland, a wild district of Central Africa bordering on the western shores of Lake Rudolf - includes photos; A Woman Travels Across Arizona's Painted Desert - article with great photos; Zaman's Paradise - a story from India; The Resurrection of Klaas - the story of a Kaffir's miraculous escape from what seemed a certain and horrible death; New Zealand Sea Fishing - with photos of huge fish; From the Great Craters of the Congo Game-Lands - with gorilla photos (part 1); The Puzzle of Martenelle - it took 24 years to prove a death was not a suicide; A Missionary on the 'Mosquito Coast' - Rev. L. Taylor recalls tales from nine years spent as a Moravian missionary in Nicaragua - with photos; An Amazing Escape - Creswick escapes in South Africa; Full-page ad for a most unique General Electric electric truck for hauling utility poles. Above-average wear. Back cover loose but present. A worthy vintage copy. York, W.G.; Carruthers, G.P.; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; De Walton, John; Woodville, R. Caton; Holloway, W.H.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Holmes, Fred; Waye, E.S. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Green cloth with gold titling on the spine. A clean, solid and unmarked copy. Ten plates, followed by 33 pages of Commentary, then Conclusions and Index.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. The first edition of Barns' translation of the Ashmolean's limestone ostracon of the ancient Egyptian Hieratic text 'The Story of Sinuhe'. Illustrated with a number of lithographic plates. The first edition of British Egyptologist, papyrologist, Anglican priest, and academic John W. B. Barns' translation of the Ashmolean's ostracon of the 'Story of Sinuhe'.This is Barn's translation of the limestone ostracon - a stone fragment - containing a narrative composed around 1875BC, and set in the aftermath of the reign of Amenemhat III.The foreword explains that the Ashmolean's artefact, possibly the largest ostracon in existence, is here translated by Barns in the hope that 'an annotated edition of this Nineteenth-Dynasty version of the story of Sinuhe will prove useful as a textbook for those studying Egyptian textual criticism'.With a frontispiece and ten plates of lithographs of the ostracon and transcriptions of their text. Collated, complete.These plates are followed by thirty-three pages of commentary, printed in facsimile of Barns' own hand. To the rear is a discussion of the conclusions drawn from the translation and commentary, followed by an index.With the inscription of 'George R. Riggs, 30.6.64' to the head of the front pastedown.A fascinating first edition of this Oxford University Professor of Egyptology's translation of what is often considered one of the finest works of ancient Egyptian literature, although debate is still ongoing as to whether the text is based upon actual events, or is entirely fictional. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Light fading to back strip and head of front board. Small mark to tail of front joint. Former owner's inscription to head of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Oxford, 1968. 1,33,9 pp. B./w. ills. Hardcover.

Oxford, The Griffith Institute at The University Press by Charles Batey, 1956. In4, rel. éd. pleine perc. bordeaux, titre doré en long, 44 pp., 25 pl., texte en anglais, appendices, abréviations, index. /37D Bon ex. relié.

Londres, Oxford University Press, 1952. In-folio, rel. pleine toile verte, titre doré au dos, reprod. photogr., transcriptions hiéroglyphiques ligne par ligne (70 lignes recto, 60 lignes verso), commentaire (33 pp.), index /A7F Bonne condition.