Compiled Wallace Rice (42 results)

Paperbound. Condition: Good. Description: Includes a frontis portrait plate with tissue guard; the title page is printed in red and black. BINDING/CONDITION: top edge gilt; plain white heavy paper covers, with a dust wrapper of a heavy decorative paper, printed with a light marbled background, gilt text and decoration on the front cover; this dust wrapper is bound at the spine; two small sets of holes are punched through the text block and the wrappers; these holes are threaded with a light blue ribbon, and tied in a bow. The bow is flattened with age, and faded; a few small stains on the rear cover, wear to the spine ends and corners; a light damp stain affects the bottom edge of the text throughout; no markings; the rear flap of the wrapper has been creased (the flaps are quite wide). In general: Good condition. 7.5 inches tall by 5.25 wide. 126 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Assumed First Edition. Publisher's gray cloth binding with Art Nouveau motif on front cover, gilt stamped and remains bright. Bump to upper cover corners, else light wear, clean, gilt spine title remains bright with no sunning, tightly bound, remainder mark to bottom edge, brief gift inscription, else unmarked with just light paper toning. Some pages remain uncut. A nice book for the Brownings collector or as a gift.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good copy, bound together with ribbon. Cover is a little faded, corners are bumped. Red stain to upper back cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Used: Good. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Faded cover, worn. Favorite poems lined and penned. Inscribed.

Paper Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. Green paperboard covers with fancy green and orange title box on the cover. Print in the box is black. Cover edges are chipped with two pieces missing , at spine and near center of lower edge.Gift inscription on fly dated 1917. Entire book has been pierced with two small holes for tye ribbon. Portion of ribbon still in rear. Do not know if this is original or add-on. Pages are in very good condition for age. Poems for everyday of the year.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spine has broken off but is present. All else is excellent. We speak Spanish, English and French. Hablamos español, ingles y frances. Nous parlons espagnol, anglais et francais.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a first edition devotional or inspirational compilation book that presents selected excerpts, quotations, verses, and passages from the works of Rudyard Kipling, arranged as a "day book" or daily reader. The format is typical of early 20th-century "calendar" or "thought for the day" books popular in the Edwardian era: one or more short selections from Kipling's poetry, prose, short stories, novels, or other writings are assigned to each day of the year.Hardcover. Light mint green covers with gilt lettering and delightful floral design on the cover. Gilt lettering also along the spine and a gilt top edge. Deckled foredge and foot. Black and white portrait of Rudyard Kipling adjacent to title page. 127 pp. Lightly foxed along a few pages, and mild external wear. A very pretty, very nice copy. The pictures do not do the cover justice. Full refund if not satisfied.

PF. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 63 pages; Ribbon tied; First and last leaf are slightly darkened; Ribbon tie shows a little wear; Volume remains in original glassine dust wrap that is very good; Volume is also in original box, that is poor.

This is an antique collection of sports-themed poetry, "The Little Book of Sports" - compiled and edited with an Introduction by Wallace and Frances Rice. Included is the famous baseball poem "CASEY AT THE BAT" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. 1910; The Reilly & Britton Co.; Chicago. Color frontispiece with decorative floral end papers. Poetry categories include Baseball, Basketball, Bicycling, Football, Fishing, Golf, Hockey, Horse Racing, Archery, Tennis, Rowing, Shooting, Swimming, Wrestling, Yachting, and more. Poets include Walt Whitman, Andrew Lang, Thomas Hardy, Robert Browning, and more. The book measures 6 3/4" tall x 5 1/4" wide. Condition: Corner wear, and some shelf wear along the edges of the boards. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Pages 20, 21, 37, 51 each have a line of verse in parentheses, or with an arrow or vertical line next to a line of verse. Mild foxing at the lower-outer corners of pages 14-21, and 2 small light stains at the top of page 5. There is a name written in old ink handwriting on the front end paper. Overall the book is in Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. first edition. 5 x 7 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, wear to corners and spine ends. BInding tight, text unmarked. Paper a bit toned. Poet. Stax.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by FRONTIS ILUST HOLMES IN OLD AGE (illustrator). 1st Edition?. VERY GOOD Cond, cover bit worn at spine ends, Gift Name ep " From Mrs. J. H. Naumann June 8-1916." ; bright GOLD cover titles inside black border design.on Attractive Limp wraparound Suede Leather covers.Dark Brown-Gold Noir endpapers., GOLD TOP EDGE TO TEXT BLOCK.; 126pg pages; SHORT WRITING FROM O. W. HOLMES FOR EACH DAY OF A FULL YEAR (includes FEBRUARY 29TH).all on attractive soft off white text paper, deckeled on bottom & fore edes. Quite nice shape overall.no major defects, but caution recomended for this old item.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. BOOK DESCRIPTION: GREEN RIBBED CLOTH HARDBOUND, ORNATE GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/DESIGN ON FRONT BOARD/SPINE COVER, FRONTIS IMAGE OF AUTHOR, GILT GOLD UPPER LEAF EDGE. DIMENSIONS: 7 3/4" x 5 3/8" x 3/8." CONDITION: EXTRA FINE. GIFT QUALITY.

Grean Leather cover with gold gilt title on front cover. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Good to Very Good Condition. Browning to spine and edges of covers and edge and corner rubs to covers and pages. Owner's inscription onsecond free endpaper. Tight sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. First Edition. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. Red Cloth with gilt on spine and front board; Top end in gilt. Edge wear on all edges; corners and spine ends bumped. Top Corners are bumped to the point where the coardboard is exposed, and there is a .25" chip on the rear top edge. The cloth is slightly soiled, but remains very bright, as does the gilt. The interior is very bright and clean; the binding is excellent. For a book of this age it is in a very good state, and is not fragile at all.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A lovely edition of this book, tan suede leather covers with very bright gilt title stamped on front board. A little chipping to tail of spine, rear top edge and corners but very minimal. The binding is very tight. No marks or inscriptions in the book, very minimal aging to pages, frontispiece protected by tissue .A quote for every day of the year.

Leather. Condition: Fair. Suede leather. second printing, 1908; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***please read*** name inside cover with light pencil - no marks on text - my shelf location - 27-e-47*.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. 209 p. Owner's ex-libris. Cover in suede altered in the extremeties, paper page glued to the covers (front and back) torn, dedication of the donor on the front flyleaf, contains quotes on friendship from renouwn authors, politians, etc.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Full-Suede. Condition: Fair. Full suede binding in FAIR condition - text block is solid with the follwing flaws: chipping to edges, 1/2" piece missing from top edge/front cover, 2 small holes to spine, damp spots to spine and front cover, chipping to FFE, owner's name & pencil marking to 2nd end paper else worn but intact covers over solid binding. A case could be made for GOOD condition given age and materials, but FAIR is certainly reasonable and accurate.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, octavo, gilt on embossed dark blue cloth covers, VG+ to Near Fine/no dj. Very nice covers, crisp & clean 2-color decorative endpapers, first blank right-hand page gift inscription in Swedish o/w crisp & clean throughout interior incl color frontis on coated stock (portrait rendering of cheery young woman). Multi-color printing throughout. RWR5 Literature Poetry.