George E Street (41 results)

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. Artists Abroad series. First published in 1855. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 116 pages. Illustrated. J E Morpurgo !Give 'em the Axe" / R J Martin "Pocket-Money" / Llewellyn Pridham "The 'Big Uns'" / George Maracco "Merry Widows" / A G Street "April Pike" / R C Robertson-Glasgow "Esses (cricket)" / Sir Seymour Hicks "Eros" / Hylton Cleaver "Professor" / R P Odell "Rich Reward" / George MacLeod "Cutting Walking-Sticks" / R C Newton "Toujours La Politesse"Kai Lowry "Manolo and the Bull-fight" / Roderic Graeme "Sixty Seconds of Run" / John Witney "Up in Orkney" / Laurence Wild "Off the Peg" (SL#19).

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the November 1927 issue (Vol. XIV No. 3 - misprinted XV on front cover) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to front cover; previously, but lightly, folded; short narrow brown waterstain to right page edges (to blank margins only). Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: The Ethical Ideal on Fieldston Hill by Felix Adler (on Fieldston School); Glimpses of [Joseph] Conrad by Henry J. Golding; The Menace of Socialization by Charles M. Perry; Doing Without by Henry Neumann; Ethics and Social Service by Elwood Street; Saith the Preacher by George E. O'Dell; "Fieldston" ("Dr. Adler lays the Corner Stone of the new Preprofessional Department of the New York Ethical Culture School"). Felix Adler (1851-1933) was a social reformer and rationalist who founded the Society of Ethical Culture in 1877 and the American Ethical Union in 1889.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condition: Good. One or two light marks to cover. Clean and bright internally. Ownership inscription on first inside page. A good used copy without major defects. xxii, 474 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Architecture; Architecture; Travel; Italy -- Description and travel -- 1801-1860; Italy -- Description and travel; Northern Italy; Italian Art; ISBN: 0947752420. ISBN/EAN: 9780947752422. Add. Inventory No: 250528CC3234.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wilton Gordon Poultry King Street Scene Cover Art; Chas Addams, Misha Richter , Helen E. Hokinson Whitney Darrow, Jr., George Price, Etc (illustrator). 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 100 clean, unmarked pages; includes items by/about: Ludwig Bemelmans ("The Antlers of the Alpenrose"); Ogden Nash (Pomem); John O/Hara ("Other Women's Households); John Bainbridge (Profiles: Reuban Maury, Editorial Writer : Pt 1, A Reflective cast of Mind); mollie Painter-Downes (Letter from Leeds); John T. Winterich ("Non of Us is (are) Perfect"); james Reid Parker (Rhe hounds of Spring"); Malcolm Cowley (Books: Sinclair Lewis); Talk of the Town; Books, Art, Theater, Cinema, Food Reviews, Etc.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Edited by Samuel A. Eliot with a memorial introduction by Wilbert L. Anderson. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1905 Reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Mass. 2005. 370 pgs. Near fine clean unmarked text. Tightly bound in blue cloth. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Very slight wear on cover ends. Spine edges clean. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Louis Wain, Phil May, K. Street, Tom Browne, T.E. Donnison et al (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 64 pp Christmas Special for 1905, 112 pp Christmas Special for 1907 with a large T.E. Donnison section, 7 colour plates including frontispeice and 3 folding images, bw illustrations throughout, bound in blue cloth with gilt title to front and spine, colour plate to front cover, red speckled edges. Rear cover water marked and stained with loss of colour, front and spine a little rubbed and marked, a few spots and marks to pages, final 48 pp - the Donnison section - has tanned pages and a big crack in the binding at page 64/5.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, corner crease to the title page; no jacket; two previous owner's inscriptions, both of the Opydcke family, long time summer residents of Bar Harbor a Mount Desert Island town. First printing, same date. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Artists abroad. A paperback book in very good condition, dated 1986.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the periods architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; Unframed Prints : Old; Vintage Prints. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. With another page containing a floor plan and some accompanying text. A gentlemen' club with classical styling, designed for professional sociability in the financial district. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; Unframed Prints : Old; PRINTS : Buildings & Places. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light rubbing of hardboards, some darkening to spine and gilt on spined dulled but readable, some very light edgewear to tips and upper and lower spine, light toning to endpapers; Overall light wear to gray linen covered hardboards with green and gilt embossing to cover and spine, pines against a clouded sky, clean, with black and white photographs, no markings; 339 pages.

Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on blue cloth + owners name inside cover will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. 2 vols.: xix, 356 + viii, 352 p.; 25 pl. (ground plans), 97 woodcut illus. in text; 23 cm. [Reprinted from 1914 edition] VG maroon cloth set, spine stamping dull (not issued with djs).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gray cloth with front cover lettering and evergreen forest scene in green. Top edge gilt. Published September 1905 from copyright page. Tissue guarded etching of Champlain very nice. Full compliment of illustrations and maps. Externally this is VG- and internally VG+. Corners and spine ends and edges rubbed. Hinges strong. Internally very clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardy, E. Stuart & Street, K (illustrator). 1903. Good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards front showing children on stepping stones through stream. Six chromolithograph plates, packed full of b/w text illustraitons. First story 'Our pantomime' by L.L. Weedon Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges scuffed and rubbed. Some scratches to boards. Covers generally grubby. Joints and some hinges cracked. Frontis is partially detached at the top and has a small tear. One plate is detached but present. Another two plates are partially detached. Erased inscription to box on front pastedown. Endpapers and page edges are browned. Some foxing and fingering. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gray pictorial cloth w/green tree motif on front cover; gilt cover and spine titles; teg; xvi, 370pp; frontis; 2-page map; many plates. Great early history of Mt. Desert Island and other nearby islands, edited by Samuel A. Eliot. Good solid information about Champlain, St. Croix, and the St. Lawrence area in that area between old New France and New England. Still a classic history of the region. Spine lightly sun faded; some scuffing at top and bottom of spine; corners lightly bumped; several rear pages have a short tear at middle top margin; o/w in VG+ condition, with a bright and clean interior. [WAH-922].

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Mount Desert" offers a profound and comprehensive exploration of one of the most breathtaking regions of the American Northeast. Written by George E. Street, this work serves as an essential chronicle of Mount Desert Island, Maine, tracing its development from its early discovery and settlement to its emergence as a premier summer destination.The narrative delves into the island's unique geographical features, its rugged coastal beauty, and the lives of the people who shaped its history. Street provides detailed accounts of the early explorers, the struggles of pioneer life, and the eventual rise of Bar Harbor and the surrounding villages. Beyond its historical facts, the book captures the spiritual and natural allure of the landscape that would later become home to Acadia National Park.Rich with local lore and topographical detail, "Mount Desert" is an invaluable resource for historians, nature enthusiasts, and anyone captivated by the enduring charm of the Maine coast. It stands as a testament to the island's enduring legacy as a place of both rugged industry and serene retreat.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1926, new edition revised by the editor, hard cover, gray cloth with green and gilt decoration and lettering on front board and spine, 8 ½ X 5 ¾ inches, (x) 339 pages, illustrated with 22 B&W plates including frontipiece and double-page map. Our copy is in very fine condition without noticeable wear to cover (see images). Interior is very fine too, looking fresh, without any noticeable wear or flaw but and old ex-libris on front endpaper and a small gift inscription on ffep.

Small 4to, 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and complete. Fair, on browned high-acidity paper. Neat strip of stub from mounting in album still adhering to inner margin of verso of second leaf. Headed 'Words.' All but first chorus in double-column. A mixture of the original 'House that Jack built' with 'Jack and Jill'. Begins with 'Chorus. - "This is the house that Jack built."', the first lines of which are 'Our labours are done, our recompense won, | And anger has been on no back spilt, | So now with one voice we'll laugh and rejoice | As this is the house that Jack built.' Characters are: Mr. Jack, Workmen, Architect, The Man all Tattered and Torn, Monks, Priest and Arietta. Songs include 'Fair is my love', 'How now, what's the reason', 'This is the Rat', 'The Milkmaid all forlorn' and They call me the man all tattered and torn'. Scarce: no copy on COPAC, which does list two copies (British Library and Oxford) of a 52-page vocal score for 'The House That Jack Built. A Dramatic Cantata For Children's Voices, with full orchestral and separate pianoforte accompaniment. Composed by George Fox.', also published by Hutchins and Romer.

Lectures on Literature and Art. 4.25 x 6.5 inches. This is the fourth annual volume, it contains the 'Afternoon Lectures' delivered during the months of April and May 1866 in the Museum of Irish Industry St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Lectures: Architecture in the Thirteenth Century, Tennyson's Works, Palimpest Literature and its Editor Cardinal Angelo Mai, The History of the English Sonnet, History and Philosophy of Story-Telling, Matthew Arnold's Poetry, Coleridge, & Old Letters. x, 300 pp. Binding loosening between half-title page and ffep. Preface page loose. Eps somewhat darkened. Internally very clean. Hard paper boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Surface of front board patchily faded. Overall condition VG. Important Collection - Illustration of intellectual life in Dublin in 1860's.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Gray cloth on boards with green and gilt decorations to front and spine. Book is tight, square, sharp cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out - other than some minimal fading to titling to spine. Book is at leaste Very Good. Steel cut engraving of Samuel de Champlain frontis with tissue guard and additional photos throughout. New and Revised Edition from 1926 after the 1905 first edition.