Bernice Goodspeed (25 results)

paperback. Condition: Fair. Fourth. Signed with a long personal inscription on the front flyleaf. Poor cover at best, tattered, rubbed and soiled, text is age darkened but unmarked, binding is tight. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A nice crisp hardcover copy in good plus condition, shelfwear to extremities and lightly bumped corners. Missing DJ.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Signed. Inscribed by the author. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Good plus or better, light general wear, edgetorn. Wraps Author-inscribed on half-title.

Inscribed and signed by the author first edition ed. paperback about very good condition Âwith some wear around the edges (8 page book Âad laid in).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Fair paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (with inscription). Text unmarked though tanned. Some page edge and corner bumps/bends. Covers show edge wear with rubbing and creases.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good D. J. First Printing. Clean FINE hard cover in good dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Carl Pappe (illustrator).

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Fourth. Small quarto in self wrappres lettered and illustrated in red and green. 277 pps. Illustrated with woodcuts. INSCRIBED (BUT NOT PERSONALIZED) AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Very good with bumping to the edges of the slightly oversized wrappers. Laid in are four identical two page leaflets for Bernice Goodspeed's Galleria De Arte in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 180p., illus., wrps. Inscribed by the author.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. A Good copy of the Fifth Edition (stated) inscribed by the author on ffep, as is often the case. Front cover is torn along bottom of hinge but is still intact; book otherwise as moderate bumping/rubbing to corners, a cracked spine, heavy tanning to edges & spine, and slightly loose binding. Tall 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 280pp. Color illustrations (green). …

softcover. Condition: Very good. 4th edition. Octavo (aprox. 7" wide by 9 3/8" tall), wrappers with frapped edges. 277 [1] pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Carl Pappe. Inscribed, signed, and dated by the author. Spine and edges a bit tanned, light wear at edges. 092717A. Pappe, Carl (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 266 pages, illustrations, folded map. Publisher's pictorial wrappers worn at edges, creases at hinges; presentation inscription from author and from illustrator, contents age-toned but unmarked, map present but torn. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st edition paperback. Inscribed and dated July 30, 1937) by Bernice I. Goodspeed on front free end paper in blue fountain pen. Yap binding. Small spilt (about 1 inch) at spine/front cover bottom. No other writings of marks. Maps included. Signed by Author.

Condition: VG. Mexico City 1945 first edition. American Book co. Illustrated with brush drawings by Carl Pappe. Royal octavo. Stiff black paper wraps with silver title and silver picture of Paricutin erupting. Owner bookplate. 204p. VG light wear on cover edges; text clean ; binding secure. almost no wear. Tale based on the legends and folklore of the people of San Juan Paragaricutiro and of Paricutin.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. 204 p., illus., wrps., pencil markings. Narrative on the folklore and events in San Juan Parangaricutiro and Paricutin in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption. Inscribed by the author.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Presumed first printing, softcover, inscribed by Goodspeed and dated August 1937 on the first leaf, the front hinge is popped and starting to split from the tail, but continues to hold, and the book also has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, a chip to the front cover and spine at the tail of the hinge, smaller losses to the cover edges and upper corners, a bit of sunning to the spine and edges, and a thin reading crease to the spine. Overall, this is a Fair only copy. Pappe, Carl (illustrator). Inscribed by Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOFTBOUND with black textured card stock covers with yapped edges & French flaps with intact silver lettering & graphic on front cover. SIGNED by author on half-title: "Most Sincerely-- Bernice I. Goodspeed" + the number 779 stamped in red; otherwise INTERIOR very clean & tight. ILLUSTRATED with brush drawings by Carl Pappe. The legends and special happenings to the peoples of San Juan Parangaricutiro and of Paricutin, since the Paricutin volcano started to erupt on February 20, 1943. Mexican history, volcanology & volcanos. Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Signed by Bernice I. Goodspeed. First printing. Cover is stained, creased, and worn, not affecting legibility of text. Front and back cover are both torn along spine but remain attached to binding. Spine is tanned and stained, affecting legibility of some text. Spine is cracked, but all pages remain attached to binding. Ink inscription from previous owner and author on front endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked.…

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. Signed presentation copy, light wear unmarked, illustrated, 277pp, VG. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Good. Mexico 1943 2nd American Book and Printing. Octavo, 227pp., wraps with attractive two-color woodblook illustrations. **Inscribed and signed by Goodspeed. Good, light wear.

Fifth edition. Quarto, pp 279. Illustrated by Carl Pappe with 20 full-page wood-cuts. Text and cuts printed in green tinted inks. INSCRIBED by author, as is often the case. Charming collection of Mexican legends, nicely retold. The illustrations are very good. Heavy stock, yap-wrappers. Near fine.

1945, Limited edition. (Wrappers) Good. 204pp. Signed by author. Cover detached but present, spine ends have tears. Illustrations by Carl Pappe. Locale: Mexico. (Folklore).

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Currently the only exemplar available that is both in the true First Edition state and SIGNED by the author. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Softcover format, illustrated softpaper wraps, octavo size (9 3/8" tall x 7" wide, respectively), frapped edges worn and chapped a bit along fore-edge. Particularly warm note of inscription of this presentation copy, date 20 de Octubre, 1938, "To Mr & Mrs L.S. Whitehead with my very good wishes and the hope you will enjoy my efforts on Mexico. Sincerely, Bernice I. Goodspeed 2A Calle de Filomeno Miata No. 17 SUite no 4, Mexico, D.F." Illustrated with what appear to be woodcuts by Carl Pappe. Inscribed, signed, and dated by the author. Tri-fold, four panel folding map at front, another at rear. Her own Author's Preface with facsimile signature is preceded by a Foreword of Jefe Del Departamento de Turismo Mexico, also with a facsimile signature. Laid in also is a four-page brochure from the Bernice I. Goodspeed Gift Shoppe. [4], 5-199, I-CI pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Signed by Author. …

206 pp. Illustrated by Carl Pappe. Large folding map at rear. 8vo, publisher's illustrated wrappers. Third edition. Spine a little tanned and spotted; light use at edges of wrappers; tight and sound. Inscribed and signed by Bernice Goodspeed.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Wraps (softcover). 1943. Light wear, else Very Good condition. 72 pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages.