Language: English
Published by The Franklin Library, Philadelphia PA, 1981
Seller: Adamstown Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. J. G. Chapman (illustrator). 1/4 Leather hardcover with sewn-in bookmark ribbon and gilt text block. 246 pp. w/ illustrations by J.G. Chapman. Edited by John Bigelow. Book Condition : Fine; unmarked. No Dust Jacket as issued.
Language: English
Published by Hachette Children's Group, 2021
ISBN 10: 1445173247 ISBN 13: 9781445173245
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
US$ 14.44
Quantity: 5 available
Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia, PA, 1944
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Good with normal age-toning to covers No markings except erased pencil price. 25 pages.
Published by Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1996
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stiff paper covers in spiral binding. Edge wear and some sticker shadow in the upper corner of the covers. 132 pages, illustrated. Keepsake no. 25 from the Sterling C. Evans Library. World War I letters from Camp Travis in Texas, written by New Englander Franklin Condit Thompson, while stationed there in 1918.
Published by Seeley Service & Co Ltd, London, 1950
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. . (illustrator). First Edition. The Lonsdale Library Volume VI.
Published by Franklin Library, 1981, 1981
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. J. . G. Chapman Drawings (illustrator). Octavo, hardcover, fine Deluxe Leather Collectors Edition, as new, handsome book in black leather spine, black boards with gilt design, raised ribs, silk marker, blue and gold decorative endpapers, all pages edged in gilt. .J. G. Chapman drawings. Franklin was the youngest son and 15th of 17 children. He worked tirelessly on self-improvement but his passion for improvement was not spent exclusively upon himself. Public projects to which he turned his attention included Philadelphia's first public library, fire company, public academy, philosophical society, militia, defense system, and hospital. Besides these projects, he helped improve the city's police system and its streets (which he advocated paving), and devised a more equitable tax system. Book.
Condition: Fair. Wrappers, illustrated, 8 pages. Toning, front cover splitting, fair condition.
Condition: Good. Green wrappers, 8 pages. Ex-libris Val Evans. Soiling to front cover, else in good condition.
Condition: Good. Brown wrappers, 8 pages. Toning and some spotting, else in good condition.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia, 1944
Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Second, enlarged edition. Card stock wraps. 28 pp., including ads. A guide to performing twenty different magic tricks using a fingernail concealed writing device. Written by Franklin M. Chapman, a semiprofessional magician. This first appeared as 10 stunners. VERY GOOD condition. Moderate toning along the extremities. Minor toning in the interior.
Language: English
Published by Franklin Chapman no date, Burlingame California:, 1948
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
US$ 27.88
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. From the collection of J. B. Findlay. Very good condition, paper back, printed paper covers, 9 pages single section staple binding. [QP].
Condition: Very Good. Wrappers, 9 pages. Mild toning to covers, else in very good condition.
Published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Very Good book in a Fair dust jacket. Uncommon.
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1930
Seller: Hall of Books, Oswestry, SHROP, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 23.63
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition hardback, 1930, Volume VI in The Lonsdale Library series, with no jacket. In overall good used condition - original brown cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt Lonsdale monogram to front, are generally rubbed and spine slightly tanned. Binding overall tight - front hinge beginning to split and plates have become detached at p.48 and p.62 (but are still in place), no annotations or inscriptions; light tanning to endpapers and page-ends with slight spotting here and there but text and plates clean and clear throughout. Includes school cricket award slip dated 1941. Not an old library book. Photograph available.
Published by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981
Seller: Caledonia Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
US$ 20.91
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketQuarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. J. G. Chapman (illustrator). Blue leather on blue cloth; gilt titles and decoration; all edges gilt. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1848
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. Copyright 1848, this copy likely from that time period. Worn copy in dark brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in blind, frontis, engraved title page and additional engravings, 549 plus six pages of publisher's ads. Spine covering mainly chipped away, other cover wear, good hinges, sound text block, heavily foxed endpapers and adjacent blanks, pages mainly clean with some occasional foxing, first name in pencil on verso of preliminary blank, no other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia: 1944., 1944
Soft cover. pp. 25, (3) [Catalog of Magic Tricks]. 8vo. Original pictorial green printed wraps. Excellent copy except for a small label stain on front cover. Scarce instructional manual for telepathic magic. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic). Second Enlarged Edition. MAG 3 0.0.
Condition: Fair. Wrappers. Signed by Leo Behnke on Six Bits. Covers of Another Six Bits detached, fair condition.
Language: English
Published by London
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
US$ 41.82
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Chapman (illustrator). A fine original engraving with name printed underneath, ca 1806. Very attractive. Mounted and ready to frame. A excellent opportunity to purchase a splendid original antique portrait of a distinguished personage.
Published by The Franklin Library, 1981
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Condition: Very Good. Quarter-bound in richly coloured leather; Cloth covered boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; Gold decoration on spine and boards. Marbled endpapers, matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt.
Condition: Very Good. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Reprinted edition of this well-loved and inventive conjuring periodical filled with unusual effects and methods. Very good condition.
Published by New York: Harper And Bothers, Publishers, 1848
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight" stated. 'MDCCCXLIX' on half title page. Very good plus plus and perhaps near fine 549 page hardback with 6 page list of "Valuable Text-books For Colleges, Academies, And Schools". No dust jacket. Typed name of previous owner on 2 inch by 3/4 inch sticker glued to front pastedown. Moderate foxing to first four and final four leaves. Only minor additional signs of age/wear/previous use: primarily to spine tips, corners, edges and extremities.
Published by Mechanicsburg, PA: Lividian Publications., 2025
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 174.23
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition, first printing. Limited edition. Signed by the editors and illustrator. Publisher's original red faux leather, with gilt titles to the spine and illustration to the upper board, in the Francois Vaillancourt illustrated dustwrapper. Housed in the red faux leather slipcase with rectangular cut out. Publisher's bookmark loosely laid in. Illustrated with one full page illustration each by Brooklyn Ann, Tyler Baker, Ben Baldwin, Dirk Berger, Kristen Bird, Emily Blondin, Glenn Chadbourne, Greg Chapman, Vincent Chong, Justin T. Coons, Sarah X. Dylan, Scott Griffin, Lynne Hansen, Eli John, Bailey Ann McDonald, Vincent Sammy, Tomislav Tikulin, Ray Wegner, Erin S. Wells and Charles Paul Wilson III. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($150 to the front flap). Housed in the fine, structurally sound slipcase. Issued in an edition of 1119 copies signed by the editors Brian James Freeman, Richard Chizmar and dustwrapper illustrator Francois Vaillancourt in black ink on the limitation page. A collection of 20 essays about Stephen King's 'Carrie' and the impact the novel has had on popular culture, the horror genre and publishing world. Introduced by Stephen King with an 'Artwork Gallery' of 20 illustrations inspired by the novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1960 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 40 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 40 Volume no.425 Chapman, W. Fred (William Fred), 1931-,Pittman, Jerold F. (Jerold Franklin),Carroll, Adger B,South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.
Publication Date: 2024
Seller: Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India
Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1849. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: : - 587, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 587.