Carpenter W H Editor (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 232 pp. Glossy fold-out between pp. 30-31: "Photostat of the frontispiece to the NEW ENGLAND PSALM-SINGER (1770) (Engraved by Paul Revere)". Following a word "TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS", Contents divided as follows: [1] John Coolidge, "Low-Cost Housing in New England"; [2] Raymond Morin, "A Pioneer in American Music: Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914): "A Pragmatic Transcendentalist" (F.I. Carpenter); "His Metaphysics of Evolution" (Charles Hartshorne); [3] Wylie Sypher, "Irving Babbitt: A Reappraisal"; MEMORANDA AND DOCUMENTS [1] K.W. Porter, "The Oxford Cap War at Harvard"; [2] H.A. Davis, "From the Diaries of a Diplomat"; [3] R.R. Moody, " A Proposed Province of Georgia in New England"; [4] W.H. Bell, "A Captain in Captivity"; [5] T. H. Johnson, "An Edward Taylor Poem that Was Printed"; [6] C.J.Weber, "Miss Owen Corrects a Sonnet of Longfellow's"; BOOK REVIEWS [pp. 145-205, including:] "Charles Noyes Greenough: An Account of His Life as Teacher, Dean, Master & Scholar" By Ruth Hornblower Greenough" and "Collected Studies by Charles Noyes Greenough" (Louis I. Bredvold). . . "An Academic Courtship: Letters of Alice Freeman Palmer and George Herbert Palmer (1886-1887)" (M.A. DeWolfe Howe). . . Cotton Mather: A Bibliography of His Works" By Thomas J. Holmes (Thomas H. Johnson). . . "The Articles of Confederation: An Interpretation of the Social-Constitutional History of the American Revolution (1774-1781)" By Merrill Jensen (Daniel Aaron). . . ; SHORT NOTICES (pp. 206-211); A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW ENGLAND 1940 By Allyn B. Forbes ( pp. 212 229); Notes on Contributors, p. 230; Corrections for December, 1940 ( p. 231); Donors to New England Quarterly (p. 232). Green wrappers with full front cover with large Title lettering and Contents in smaller black letters; rough-cut lower edge. Top right cover corner and ensuing pages (diminishingly) with very small outward curls; book manufacture diagonal soft crease (from 2" down fore-edge at early pages to 1 1/4" down fore-edge at top rear (truly nugatory, but there you have it). Binding strong; Essentially NO rubbing wear, but for 1/32" thin line of rubbing across top spine; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Solid copy. The way to read a Classic Compendium of New England History/Americana more than 80 years old.…

First Edition. 303p., inscribed & signed with signed card laid-in, first edition stated, hardcover bound in boards and unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Dust Jacket. Early Reprint with 1854 copyright. Tightly bound in purple blind stamped cloth. A Poor copy due to the spine cloth lacking but the binding remains intact. The contents are lightly aged. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There are no external indications of the library's ownership however their stamp is on the title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. First Edition First Printing. One in a series of detailed histories of the American states, with detailed look at battles with Native Americans, immigration history, early politics, war with the British & local involvement in the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence & its aftermath, development of various towns, early laws, etc. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1854, NOT a modern reprint! In 287 pages, + 36 pages cataloging other books from this publisher in rear, offering a fascinating look at American history in the decade before the Civil War. Small hardcover book has faded red publisher's cloth over boards, which is torn on the back cover & to spine; evidence of regluing, but still gaps at joints. Condition is Poor: ffep is torn out; all other pages intact. Generally clean with heavy foxing & tanning, random soiled spots. Binding holding strong, but both hinges are cracked. Light pencil marks on a couple of pages in rear. No DJ, as issued. Heavy rubbing to extremities, all the way down to underlying boards at corners & lower edges.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 6th pap/psc edition. 818 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.