Becher Oliver (8 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 393 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, several pencil annotations front ep and front ffep, bookstore stamp to front ffep, front hinge cracked. Cover: red, dull gilt titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, spine sunned w/ stain to head, dampstain to back. Arthur E. Becher (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth hardcover boards with gilt lettering Illustrated by Becher. Less common as a 1926 first edition. Boards with moderate wear and soiling; page edges with light staining; pages dusty with light age toning. James Oliver Curwood (1878 - 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s, according to Publishers Weekly. At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid (per word) author in the world. Arthur E. Becher (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Red Cloth. -Very Good/-Good. First--same Date. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 393 pages; Illustrations (4), and cover by Arthur E. Becher; From the author's preface: " A writer of romance is not an historian, nor can he ever be judged as such, though his pages may carry more of history and truer history of a certain people and time than has been written." Book condition: Cover is quite clean, kept so by the dj; book edges have darkened a bit, they are light tan; internally, part of the page margins throughout are a paler tan by about half; owner's name and date, in ink, are on the front fly; book's front cover is "canted" a bit, projecting circa 1/8 inch past the vertical, compared to the rear cover; the dj has considerable wear and tear, but is missing only circa 0.25 Sq. in., most of this at the dj spine top; white linear wear occurs at the folds, about 7 or 8 inches, or roughly 25% of the four fold lengths ( original surfaces' wear results in a white line) ; the front dj panel has 2 one-inch edge ears, and there are an additional circa 12-- 1/4 inch edge tears distributed on both panels.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition. 393 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, neat period gift inscription inked ffep and dated 1926. Cover: red, dull gilt titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine mildly sunned, silverfishing front/back, sm sticker residue front. Period fiction. A solid copy. Arthur E. Becher (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Soiled, scuffed, faded and worn red boards with gilt print on cover and along spine. Spine is severely faded, soiled and rubbed. Extremities are heavily rubbed, through the cloth in places. Bottom corner of front board is starting to split up about an inch, likewise on rear board next to head. Gutters at front and rear endpapers are split, just barely hanging on. Binding is intact and holding together, though loose. Previous owner's inscription at ffep. Interior is age-toned, shows signs of foxing and some spots of soiling, text and images remain clear. Becher, Arthur E. (illustrator).…

Wissen, Winters 2017. 64 Seiten m. Abbildungen. Orig. Softcover, 8°. Sehr gut erhalten. (ZVAB: Zustand wie neu).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, gilt lettering, color illustrated dustjacket, black and white plate illustrations by Arthur E. Becher. "A novel of Old Quebec." Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, edgewear, 2-inch closed tear at top front panel. Arthur E. Becher (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: New.