Edward Bok, Signed (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by author on first front end paper. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th. Signed by Author. Good red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except for tipped in author's autograph in brown ink on title page. No dust jacket. 278pp. Biographical data. 1 bumped corner, crush at head and tail of spine, soiling on spine. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. New York: St. Martins Press, 2003. First edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 284 pp. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Autobiography. Second impression stated. Author isgned inscription, long and warm, to a friend, William Long, on the first endpaper. Interior clean, rear hinge cracked, pages toned, frontis portrait foxed around the edges. Covers rubbed and sunned, spine faded, chip on the front cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Separate publication of "An Introduction to Two Persons" which prefaced "The Americanization of Edward Bok" Inscribed by the author to a Bronx Boy Scout Troop. Inscribed By the Author. Book.

Cloth/Boards. Condition: Good. First Edition. Vi, 539 Pp + Ads At Rear. Inscribed By The Author And Dated In May 1925.Gray Cloth, Spine Label, Decorated Boards. Inscribed By Author In May 1925 To The Library Of The Church Of The New Jerusalem In Los Angeles , And With Their Stamp And Charge Pocket Ghost On Rear Pastedown. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. New York, First edition 12mo. 25pp. Exlibrary with a library bookplate but quite acceptable as Bok has inscribed the book to a University in 1923. A very good copy in blue cloth. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Nimha Edition, Signed by Bok on limitation page, copy 785/1500. Very good minus, with some soiling to bottom of fron board near spine, darkening and siling to spine and paper label (Extra paper label bound in at rear) . Some light toning to page edges, some darkening of pastedowns, otherwise unmarked. No Jacket as issued. Signed Editions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 473 pages; Signed by Author.

No Binding. Condition: VG. Sized 5 x 6.5 inches, folded, on personal stationary, Mr. Bok's Office, Packard Building, Philadelphia, dated June 3, 1926, a single page on folded sheet, 14 lines, thanking sender for his comment upon the recent establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Professorship of Literature at Princeton University, signed "Very cordially yours / Edward W. Bok." Includes original envelope. Unique. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Worth Brehm (illustrator). newspaper article pasted in, book plate pasted in, ex-lib. so expect usual faults, top and bottom of spine worn, this book has been read, pages clean and binding tight. inscribed. Signed by Author.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fi. Original signature on beige paper announcement for an upcoming book, Side-Talks with Girls (1895). Signed, "Ruth Ashmore," in black ink at the bottom of one of the pages (likely the signed pseuodym of Isabel Mallon). No date, circa 1895. 5 3/4" x 3." Four pages (one leaf folded in half and printed in black ink on all sides). Announcement is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few small wrinkles, a vertical fold line at center, and a few tiny spots of discoloration in the upper-right corner of one page. A Near Fine copy. Ruth Ashmore was the pen name of Isabel Mallon and Edward Bok. It is likely that this signature of "Ruth Ashmore" was signed by Isabel Mallon given that Mallon has been credited by various sources as the author of the book, Side-Talks with Girls, advertised on the announcement. Isabel Mallon (1857-1898) was an American author who is perhaps best-known for her "Ruth Ashmore" and "Bab's Babble" columns. The character of Ruth Ashmore was the brainchild of Edward Bok (1863-1930), a Dutch-American author and the longtime editor of the Ladies' Home Journal from 1899-1919. As editor of the Ladies' Home Journal, Bok had envisioned an advice column in which girls and younger women could write to a motherly figure who would help them with their questions and concerns. Bok named the column, "Side-Talks with Girls," and proceeded to write a sample article, signed, "Ruth Ashmead," to show a female columnist at the magazine what he was looking for in terms of writing style and content for the column. However, his article was misplaced in the editing room, and it received the accidental approval and commendation of staffers at the magazine who had begun to ready the article for publication. Following his staff's positive response, Bok changed the author's name to "Ruth Ashmore" and authorized his own article for publication. Thus, Bok was the writer behind the inaugural appearance of Ruth Ashmore in the Ladies' Home Journal whose column was an instant success. Ruth Ashmore's "Side-Talks with Girls" debuted in January 1890, and depending on the source, Bok may have written at least one more article for this column under the "Ruth Ashmore" pseudonym. With the rising success of the column and the numerous letters addressed to Ruth Ashmore, Bok requested that Mallon take over the role of the advice-giving columnist, apparently no later than the early 1890s. Mallon also wrote two books which were both published under "Ruth Ashmore," Side-Talks with Girls (1895), a compilation of Ashmore's advice columns in book form, and The Business Girl in Every Phase of Her Life (1898). The announcement briefly describes and promotes the Side-Talks with Girls book. One side of the announcement comprises a blank order form for the book. Another side lists the titles of articles and chapters in the book. Signed by Author(s).

THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK, Scribners, 1922, spine ever so slightly cocked, else a vg copy. Inscribed by the author at time of publication. From the library of S.S. Kresge.

. (illustrator). Very Good: light exterior soil. When the author signed it, on the back of the title page, he allowed the pen to rest too long at the end of the flourish, causing a black inkspot visible on the title page. No other marks. Hardcover, Black cloth spine with title patch, paper-covered boards 19.5 cm tall, 64 pp. . According to Bok's foreword, this was written by a boy; it is a tale of two ghost young teens at a sort sailing academy for young ghosts. Illustrted by the author. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed and inscribed by Bok - ex-library bound in black cloth boards 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches with hint of mottled along the edges and foxing to the paper label. 32 pages in length which are bright but the title page and frontis portrait toned and foxed.

Soft cover. 6.25'x7' folded, two pages, blue typewritten letter, 'Mr. Bok's Office, The Academy of Music, Philadelphia' letterhead, signed by Bok on second page, dated 'June nineteenth, Nineteen hundred and twenty-two.' Letter in which Edward Bok, who was editor of Ladies' Home Journal from 1889?1919, responds to correspondence from one Raymond Hoektra concerning Bok's erroneous definition of Hope College as 'the only Dutch College in the United States,' presumably in Bok's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 29th Edition. Twenty-Ninth Edition(Popular Edition). From the library of Edward W. Bok; this was his personal copy of the 29th Edition. He has SIGNED and dated the book in March of 1924 on the front free endpaper. He has also handwritten "29th Edition" on the front of the dust jacket. Dust jacket has chipping to edges and a large closed tear on the front cover. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Special Edition: Limited to 1250 copies numbered and signed by the author. This copy being No. 1008 and signed by the author on the Limitation Page. 6 x 9.5in. xxiii. 473pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the corners shelf rubbed with marginal loss, the spine lightly darkened and the title label somewhat rubbed, endpapers evenly and lightly toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. personalized INSCRIPTION from AUTHOR front end page * 1925 First Edition * corners rubbed * light foxing * reliable packaging * experienced seller. Inscribed by Author(s).

Two typed letters on The Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia letterhead, addressed to Sir Alfred Harmsworth and Mrs. Lee C. Harby. Both letters signed in ink by Edward Bok. In Very Good condition with age-toning and minor scattered staining. Light wear to edges and corners including minor chipping along the edges. Measures: 7 - 11 in. x 8- 9 in.(unfolded). RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville, Room A, General Ephemera Part 2. Born in Den Helder, Netherlands, on October 9, 1863, Edward William Bok was an American editor and Pulitzer Prize winning author. After moving to the United States, Bok wrote for a number of magazines including the Brooklyn Eagle, Scribner's Magazine, and Brooklyn Magazine. After 30 years as editor for Ladies' Home Journal in Philadelphia, he wrote his autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1920. Bok died in 1930 in his estate in Lake Wales, Florida. 1402626. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Signed by author in ink. One of 1,250. Bound in publisher's original quarter green cloth with gray boards. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Spine label is missing. A new spine label printed by previous owner is tipped in to rear endpapers, needs to be affixed. Wear to corners, mild wear to head and heel of spine, and extremities. 6 x 9 inches. 473 pages. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After, known as the Nimaha Edition. (illustrator). Limited Edition / Nimaha Edition. Octavo, xxiii, [3], 473pp, [2]. Quarter green cloth on spine, paper boards. Extra spine label tipped in at rear. Complete with frontispiece portrait and 14 full page illustrations. Text block solid, uncut fore-edge. Originally issued with dust jacket and box, lacking here. From a signed limited edition of 1250 copies, this being number 299. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Beecher Memorial: Contemporaneous Tributes to the Memory of Henry Ward Beecher, the "most famous preacher in the nation," published shortly after his death in 1887. Includes a laid-in letter from First Lady Lucretia Garfield, thanking the editor for (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo, viii, 110pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Silk endpapers. Frontispiece portrait and an illustrated plate by William H. Beard. Rubbing to spine and along edges, solid text block. Letter to the editor written on Lucretia Garfield's mourning stationery. Full text reads: "Mentor, O. / June 26th 1887 / Mr. Edward Bok / Dear Sir / Pray accept my thanks for a copy of the Beecher Memorial just received, and allow me to say that you have honored the contributors in making the book so worthy. As a tribute to the memory of Mr. Beecher, I trust it may be acceptable to his family. Very Truly Yours / Lucretia R. Garfield." Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, and influential clergyman. His sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, achieved worldwide acclaim for her abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. During Beecher's lifetime, his sermons focused on God's love, a notable departure from his Calvinist upbringing. He was a religious guide to multiple Republican presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, who said that no one in history had "so productive a mind." A recent work on his life by Debby Applegate, titled "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher," won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 2007. Signed.

Nimaha edition signed by Edward Bok on a page facing the half-title, copy #350 of 1250 thus. xxvi, 473 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards with green cloth backstrip, paper title label. Spare title label laid in at rear. Very Good with wear to tips, label a little toned and scuffed, front hinge starting. Unopened copyright page. The Dutch-American author and editor's Pulitzer-winning autobiography.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First U.K. Edition. Signed by Bok on front endpaper, and further inscribed in his hand: "Abridged edition published in London June 1921.American portions omitted for then-existing political conditions which tended towards an anti-American feeling." Octavo. Tan publisher's cloth; dustjacket; 318pp; bottom and fore-edges untrimmed. Tight and straight, Near Fine; in the original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and soiled, with clear-tape reinforcements at spine ends; Very Good. "Priced 21/- net" on spine panel. Bok's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography was originally published in the U.S. with the title The Americanization of Edward Bok: the Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After (NY:1920). Bok, whose family emigrated from the Netherlands to Brooklyn around 1870, went on to become a leading figure in American publishing; he was editor of the Ladies Home Journal for thirty years (1889-1919), a position from which he exerted a strong influence on American tastes and politics, advocating reforms in architecture, diplomacy, and education but also taking an unwavering stance against woman suffrage. The "political conditions" to which Bok refers in his inscription are no doubt the ill feelings brought about by America's failure to join the League of Nations, a proposal which had been squarely defeated by a Senate vote in 1920. Uncommon in dustwrapper, more so signed, and a somewhat elusive Pulitzer title. Signed.