Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (39 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Wines & Vines Of California: Or, A Treatise On The Ethics Of Wine Drinking. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good unclipped jacket. First Edition. 1937 in unclipped jacket. Book is fine with cloth back strip and boards. Jacket unclipped with some fading along the spine and light soil. !!NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM!! -Quality Counts! All books shipped in Cardboard and all books with dust jackets have mylar jacket protectors.,

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited: copy no. 26. VERY GOOD covers laminated.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1922 Nemo Publishing hardcover, Good+/NO DJ, no dustjacket, book has slight bow from improper storage, grey boards with gilt lettering on spine & cover, namestamp on inside cover is only marking found, sound binding, clean white text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. - over 9¾ in. - 12 in. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear along board edges yet clean, tight binding, interior text clean. Dust jacket spine mildly faded, covers clean, no tears. Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good. called the "only woman publisher in the world" in Who's Who in the Northwest (1911), and Frona Colburn was an anti-suffragist author, and editor of the Overland Monthly. This lost race novel is located in Golden Gate Park eleven thousand years ago. It seems that San Francisco is also Atlantis? Not sure, but lots of Atlantis talk, as well as demi-gods like Jesus, tarot cards, you name it. Quite the mash-up.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 433 pages. Binding retains much of its freshness, very light wear to corners, mild wear to head and foot of spine, gold-stamped lettering to front board and to head of spine sharp, gold-stamped lettering to foot of spine worn; mild age-spotting to fore-edge of textblock; offsetting to endpapers, else contents pleasingly clean. 640 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised ed. Good in good dustwrapper. Hinge is loose, bumped spine-ends, water stain on the majority of dustwrapper 4. 5inch tear and some smaller ones, a book about Alantis.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Dorothy Payne. Important reference work. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 178 pps.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. 750 copies printed, but not numbered or signed by the author on the limitation page Cloth backed boards. An as new copy in the original dust wrapper. From Nell O'Day, "A Catalogue of Books Printed by John Henry Nash" pages 97 & 98: ".an interesting tale of the (18)90's set in one of the lovely vineyards of California. Mrs. Colburn is an authority on grape culture, her book entitled "Wines and Vines" publsihed in 1889 being a source book on the subject. "In Old Vintage Days is a colorful romance with the facts of the wine war that took place at the turn of the century, resulting in havoc to many of the Califor nia grape growers. It gives a vivid picture of the pleasant mode of living among the prosperous vintners which, as Mrs. Colburn says in her Foreword, will never be entirely relived." 178 pages, plus colophon.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the evolution of the Western novel, from its origins in dime store literature to its recognition as a genre of literary merit. Tracing its roots back to the 19th-century, the author examines how the Western novel, through its classic tropes and characters, reflects the changing social and cultural landscape of a nation in flux. Delving into the works of iconic Western novelists like Owen Wister, Zane Grey, and Louis L'Amour, this book unpacks the complex themes of masculinity, violence, and the frontier spirit that have shaped the genre. By situating the Western novel within the broader context of American literature and history, the author sheds light on the genre's enduring appeal and its profound insights into the American psyche, solidifying its place as a vital and enduring form of storytelling. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A clean hardcover in good condition; former owner's name and address (dated 1925) on paste down, mild shelf wear and rubbing, foxing at end papers. Good minus DJ in mylar cover; closed tears at hinge flaps and spine; age-toned rubbing and shelf wear. SIGNED by Colburn.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. New York, The Alice Harriman Company, 1913. Second Edition. First Impression. Hardback. Near fine copy in a very good jacket. The book was first printed in 1897. Inscribed by the author. A Lost race novel; Atlantis [Bleiler, p201]. In the jacket with some chips to the corners and a few short tears, a couple of marks to the jacket also. Some bumping to the spine tips and some splitting to the front hinge with the webbing showing. Some pencil underlining. Hand-drawn map laid in. Top edge dusty. [10636, Hyraxia Books]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Revised. Dust jacket is torn and tape repaired, now in glassine protector. Contents tight with mild age toning, 433pp. Book.

Condition: Good. 4to, 9 pp., Typed Loose Pages, Some With Deckled Edges, Very Good with toning, minor edge wear.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. 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. Pages: 256. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 256.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 60 pp.; 8vo; gray cloth lettered in gilt; black & white photographs throughout; map. Very light wear and soil to cloth. Inscribed by the author in a large hand on front endpaper: "For, Miss Huggins, with the compliments of the author -, Mrs. Frederick H. Colburn (Frona Eunice Wat), San Francisco, California, February 21, 1928.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of thebook covers have some light bumping and edge wear, along with some beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. "Frona Eunice Wait (18591946) was an American author and newspaper writer. From her beginning as a journalist, she rose to become an associate editor for the Overland Monthly. Frona Eunice was born in Yolo County, California in 1859. She married John Courtland Wait at a young age in Dayton, Washington. She had two children with Wait, the second of whom, Sylvester James "Vessie" died in 1880. Her circumstances of leaving her husband are unknown but she left him after her son died. From that point she began to work as a journalist, getting her first job with the Santa Rosa Republican newspaper and learning the writing and publishing trade. In 1887 she was one of only two female staff journalists in San Francisco, working for the San Francisco Examiner. She married Frederick Henry Colburn, October 31, 1900. Colburn was assistant secretary of the Associated Savings Banks of San Francisco, and had spent time in a variety of businesses including publishing, import and export, and being president of the California Business College." (from Wikipedia).

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 156.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN FINE CONDITION,FINE LIMITED EDITION.