John Allen Wyeth (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 15th printing. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (2003). 15th printing. Paperback. Sm 4to., 614 pp., writing on half title page, cover creased . Photographs (Black & White) (illustrator).

Reprint (perhaps circa 1920s). [6], 365, [11] pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; rear panel has brief biographical blurb regarding Burroughs and list of twenty-four of his novels. Dust jacket with large losses to spine and most of rear flap missing; dj well soiled with some foxing; other chips and tears at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth; black lettering to spine and front board; slender scuffing at spine ends and at boards' top and bottom edges. Small stains to text block's toned top edge; lesser stains to fore-edge and bottom edge. Slight toning/foxing and soiling to initial and rear leaves; interior pages remain mostly clean. Binding is firm. B/w decorations (i.e. chapter headpiece illustrations) by J. Allen St. John. A very good copy in a poor dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#3|CMS-00476}.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. Reprint. An early printing of the first G&D reprint of the 1st Tarzan novel. The publication date is estimated but most likely 1929. There is no top stain to the text block & a closed ampersand in G&D at the bottom of the spine & an ad in the rear with 28 ERB titles. The DJ is from 1929 with a synopsis of the book on the front flap, a square picture of ERB at the upper left of the rear panel with a list of 28 ERB titles below, and a list of 25 ERB titles on the reverse. The DJ illustration is by N C Wyeth. The chapter heading illustrations are by J Allen St John. The book is in very good shape with bright red boards and sharp black lettering. The DJ illustration is clean and sharp with some light rubbing to the front panel. There is light edge wear with small loss a the top & bottom of the spine. There is a thumbnail sized sticker scrape at the bottom left of the front panel. A good to very good copy of an early Tarzan reprint. N C Wyeth (DJ), J Allen St John (chapter headings) (illustrator).…

Reprint (perhaps circa late 1940s). [8], 365, [11] pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; rear panel has brief biographical blurb regarding Burroughs and list of his novels. Dust jacket rubbed with light toning and soiling, shallow chipping at ends of white spine panel, minor chipping and nicks at front panel edges with 2cm closed tear and strong crease at lower right, yellow rear panel has slight nicking and two negligibly short tears at edges, strong crease to rear flap's bottom corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth, black lettering to spine and front board, spine head frayed. Muted yellow top edge; light toning and soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Ink ownership inscription and name/address label on front pastedown; partially peeled remnant of Greenwood, Mississippi retail store (Fountain's Big Busy Store) price sticker affixed at front free endpaper's top right corner. B/w decorations (i.e. chapter headpiece illustrations) by J. Allen St. John. A few scattered light brown stains to interior pages which, overall, remain quite clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#2}.…

Madison Square "complete and unabridged" reprint edition circa 1943 (per Grosset & Dunlap's wartime production statement upon title page and dj front flap). vi, 314 pages. Hardcover: H 18.75cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; dj's rear panel has list of books in Grosset & Dunlap's Madison Square Books series. Dust jacket rubbed, some soiling and light stains to white spine and white rear panel, front panel color remains bright but not vibrant, 2cm chip at spine head with shallower chipping at heel, nicks along panel edges with slender loss at flap fold ends; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red boards with black lettering, light scuffing at spine ends and board corners, some small surface abrasion to spine as well. Past owner's pencil signature at top edge of front free endpaper. Interior leaves heavily toned as is usual with Grosset's wartime editions. No illustrations amongst text other than title page headpiece by J. Allen St. John. Binding is firm. A good+ copy in a good dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#1}.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Nonauthor gift inscription.

Condition: gut. 2011. Tarzan 2012 Calendar In englischer Sprache. pages.

(FORREST, NATHAN). WYETH, John Allen. That Devil Forrest. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Foreword by Henry Steele Commager. Maps by Jean Tremblay. N.Y., [1959]. 1st ed. Illus. maps. 614pp. Very good in orig. cloth, d/j.

First Edition. Octavo. xix, 534 pages, John Allen Wyeth (1845-1922) joined the Confederate Cavalry of Nathan Bedford Forest, CWB, I, 183. He was taken prisoner in October 1863 and released in April 1865. He studied medicine under Dr. James M. Jackson of Guntersville, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Louisville in 1869 and received further training at Bellevue Medical College. He founded the New York Polyclinic Medical School then went back "to record from personal observation something of the social, economic and political conditions which prevailed in the South before, during and immediately after the Civil War." Wyeth describes Southern life, particularly in Alabama, touching on issues of education, social class, abolition, and slavery; his writing style includes both vignettes and short opinionated essays. Following a discussion of antebellum politics. Wyeth also tells of his experiences during the Civil War as a scout patrol of a detachment of Morgan's Cavalry. The text continues with a discussion of Wyeth's career as a doctor and concludes with his family's genealogy. Map of the Battle of Chickamauga. Bound in red cloth spine lettered and decorated in silver and gilt, light wear to spine ends and corners. A very nice copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 804 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.82 inches. This item is printed on demand.