J W Bartram (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Condition: Fair. 1909. No Edition Remarks. 178 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to binding, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front reverse cover and first page. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine with splits to spine edges. Marking to rear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. A little shelf wear to brown pictorial hardcover. Covers have been neatly laminated. School stamp on front end paper. Pages 1-5 have a bit of soiling and a few marks. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. xi, 168 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Text in Latin, with vocabulary and English notes. Covers lightly worn, school stamp to ffep, no other inscriptions or annotation, clean and sound, good.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Shorter Latin Primer (1958) Author/Editor: J. W. Bartram ? Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co ISBN: none (amo, amas, ISBN non est) Condition: Good (upright, chalk-dusted, indomitable) Imprint: Crappy Old Books Behold the pocket anvil on which generations had their grammar hammered: The Shorter Latin Primer , the brisk little volume that can turn ?I saw a girl? into a moral drama about the ablative absolute before elevenses. Bartram?s 1958 iteration is the one with all the greatest hits? first declension to your left, fourth declension to your right, and somewhere in the middle a stern reminder that agricola is masculine however pink the endings may look. Condition ?Good? here means battle-tested, not battle-weary. The boards are square, the hinges firm, the text-block a gentlemanly ivory with a polite dusting of foxing (more digestive biscuit than Pompeian ash). Corners show the honest rounding of satchel years. You may encounter the classic artefacts of study: a pencilled amo/amas/amat warm-up in the endpapers, a faint timetable for verbs that will never leave you (? sum, es, est ?don?t panic?), and perhaps the spectral outline of a timetable that once promised double Latin and delivered destiny. Inside, the pages parade in immaculate ranks: nouns declinable at speed, adjectives agreeing like well-brought-up cousins, pronouns lurking with intent, and verbs ?sweet immortal verbs?conjugated until the subjunctive purrs. The gerundive of obligation is introduced with the nonchalance of a headmaster (?it must be done?), and the indirect statement arrives on time, ushering in accusative + infinitive with a flourish and no apology. Irregulars are corralled into honest tables; particles behave; and somewhere, between hic, haec, hoc and ille, illa, illud , you realise English has been slacking off for years. Bartram?s tone is the kind that stands with hands behind back and expects the ablative to pull itself together. Examples are crisp, irreproachable, and alarmingly re-usable: puella rosas portat has never carried so much freight. There is a tidy little map of syntax where nothing grows wild; even sequence of tenses ?that hedge-maze of hope and regret?has paths trimmed and labelled. As a working copy , this is perfect; as a relic , it radiates the cool authority of a well-burnished ruler. Keep it on the desk and your emails will mysteriously pick up parallelism. Take it on the train and strangers may remember their schooldays and confess to a fondness for ablatives of means . Use it, and English will feel suddenly under-declined. Party tricks included at no extra charge: Decline bellum without blinking while someone fetches wine. Explain the accusative of duration in one sentence and win a bet. Intone ?ut + subjunctive? like a spell and make a sentence behave. Reveal that Carthago delenda est is less a threat than a tidy piece of grammar. Physical charms, frankly disclosed: a few neat underlinings (ambition), light margin ticks (approval), no loose gatherings (discipline), faint scent of library and chalk (character). The kind of ?Good? that outlives fads and remembers where you put the vocative . Crappy Old Books guarantee: we don?t sell mint; we sell usefully indestructible . If you want a prim, untouched primer, buy a reprint. If you want the little redoubt that actually teaches you Latin?and looks ready to do another fifty years of it?this is your copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. New edition revised. Both volumes have seen faithful service. Both have the same prev owner's name to the ffeps. Both spine strips missing and boards worn and well rubbed. Part 1 front board and prelims detached. Back board barely attached. The leaf bearing pp. 23/4 of Part 1 is detached and has a very long lateral closed tear. Both volumes quite extensively marked and annotated. 154pp. + 364pp. Part 2 is considerably less shaken than Part 1. Reading copies only. Very scarce set.

Condition: Gut. Gr 8°, 195 S. Kunstledereinband, Ecken und Kanten ein wenig bestoßen und beschabt, auf vorderen Spiegel Kulistreichung, Buch innen sauber und gut.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1899 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 176 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: 176 Language: Latin.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: Latin. Language: Latin. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1899. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - Latin, Pages: - 176, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 176 176.