Edited by George E Baker (6 results)
Published by Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 1975
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Wrappers. xix, 491-729pp. Small pen notation on front wrapper and in the contents pages, spine cocked, very good. Reviews: "Edgarpoe and Danhoffman" by Charlotte Kretzoi, "Thom Gunn's Cornucopia" by Raymond Oliver, "Sewall's Life of Emily Dickinson" by John Cody, and…more. Poetry: "In Memory of W.H. Auden" by George W. Nitchie, and others. Essays: "Hart Crane and Yvor Winters: A Meeting of Minds" by Thomas Parkinson, "Milton in Old Age" by Frank Kermode, and more. Reviews of "Delusion and Her Daughters: John Berryman's *Recovery*" by William Heyen, and more.
Published by Redfield 1855
- Hardcover
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. NY, 1855. Original brown cloth, tooled board. Good, lightly sunned and puckered spine, with wear at head. 410pp + publisher's ads. Index. Portrait. Contemporary stamp of E. B. Stratton on front endpaper. A determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War,…Seward was a prominent figure in the Republican Party in its formative years, and was praised for his work on behalf of the Union as Secretary of State during the Civil War. He also negotiated the treaty for the United States to purchase the Alaska Territory. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Published by Kessinger 2009
- Hardcover
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.MARK POST, BOOKSELLER
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Reprints. This is a facsimile reprint of the original 3 volume work pubished by Redfield in 1853. At a later date, two more volumes were published. ALL VOLUMES ARE AS NEW WITHOUT DUST JACKETS AS ISSUED.
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Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London 1894
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original… dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator).
Published by J. S. Redfield, NY 1853
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.UHR Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. RARE copy of this third (of a three volume set) volume which includes Seward's orations and discourses, occasional speeches and addresses, executive speeches, political writings, general correspondence, and speeches in the Senate of the United States (continued from Vol. I).…678 pages, plus additional pages of Redfield's publications. Binding has moderate wear to corners and spine ends, inked name on free endpaper, bookplate on front pastedown. Book.
Published by Redfield, New York 1853
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, Manchester, NH, U.S.A.North Books: Used & Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25in. xc. 538pp.; 672pp.; 678pp. Engraved frontispieces. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt titling. All 3 volumes are in VERY GOOD condition. Ex-library, but minimally so with only engraved bookplates and labels on the front and back paste-downs and spines, marginal…tanning of the spines, otherwise the bindings are strong and tight, the text is clean and exceptionally unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.
