Foster Ward G (10 results)

Condition: New. pp. 883.

Condition: New. pp. 883.

Condition: New. pp. 883.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). St. Augustine, FL: ***** Self Published *****. G/No Dustjacket. 1895. . Cloth. Oblong Sm 4to., v. p., rubbed, bumped, frayed, page toning, water staining on fore edge, page edges fraying .

Paperback. Severe damage to the spine exterior as well as some separation of pages on the interior.

Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Edmund Davenport, Penrhyn Stanlaws, & Alan Foster (covers), John Crossman (Wodehouse serial) (illustrator). First Edition. The April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 2, 4, & 12 (conclusion) of 12 of Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), a Blandings Castle novel by P G Wodehouse, Excuse MY Clouds (4/13), an article about the rise of private airplanes as a transportation alternative by W B Courtney, The Iron Handshaker (4/13), an article about Jack Dempsey as a promoter by Grantland Rice, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth (4/13), an article about how golf reveals the character of Babe Ruth by Al Demaree, Reuben the Artist (4/13), an article about the life and work of Rube Goldberg by Ring Lardner, Who Killed Montague Brest (4/27), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, The Somebody Man (4/27), an ethnic themed story by Roark Bradford, The Imperfect Alibi (6/22), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, part 8 of 12 of The Day the World Ended (6/22), a novel of sinister intrigue by Sax Rohmer and others. Condition issues include: 4/13 - soiling to the front cover, most prominent at the upper right with a little at the lower left, a 1" closed tear at the top center of the front cover that diminishes through page 8, a ragged 2.25" half moon shaped chip at the top left of the front cover that diminishes through page10, soiling along the spine of the back cover and .25" of the top corner of the spine is cut off; 4/27 - light edge wear to the front cover; and 6/22 - nothing significant. Overall a good to very good set with serial installments by a prominent and collectible authors. Heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oblong, durable green cloth with silver lettering and decorations on the front. Gilt to all page ends. Decorated endpapers. (39) pages, each with full page photograph. Mostly of northeast Florida, but a few further south. Light shelf wear to boards. Very sound binding and clean interior. Previous owners bookplate affixed to front endpaper. A beautiful copy of a scarce title!

Paperback. Condition: Good. de Grasse, John (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 72 pages. Features: Camp Pendleton cover illustration; Bell Telephone ad features photo of award-winner Dr. James W. McRae; Democratic Control in a Totalitarian Age; Sovite Amphibious Analysis; Ready to Fight, Part I - report from the ready forces, The 1st (First) Marine Division (REINF); Part 2 - Programs to Improve Readiness; How Castro Won - the eyewitness story of small unit actions - excellent photo-illustrated article; The Marine Reserve; Someone Inspects You Every Day; The Salty Skipper Says.; Support by Fire - Part VIII - Targets; The Commandant's Policies; Unofficial digest of orders and news of Marine leaders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

8vo. 383, [1] pp. With 100's of woodcut engraved text illustrations. Pictorial decorated plum-coloured publisher's cloth, gilt & black lettering, decortion, decorated endpapers (scuffing, wear, uniform interior minor toning, somewhat shaken, minor wear to corners), still VG- copy, from library of Emily Carter, w/ ownership marking on verso of last page. First edition of this surprisingly scarce cookbook and household manual, drawn largely from the recipes, and foods developed at the Hyde School Kitchen in Boston, MA; City Hospital in Wilkesbarre, PA; Boston School Kitchen No. 1; New York Cooking School; Philadelphia Cooking School; the German-American Cooking College for Women in Brooklyn, NY and many others. Cooking directions range from sauces to pickling, candy-making to baking, as well as the "most healthful, palatable, economical . . . foods," in the twilight of the Gilded Age. The compilers have also included recipes from White House Chef, Paul Resal; Louis Zerega at the Hotel Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine, FL, Louis Marche in Cincinnati, and Eugene Howard in Louisville, KY. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Cornell DLC, American Dietetic, U of MI, Ohio Hist. Connect., U of PA).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1868 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: 896 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: 896.