Lyle Harper (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: vg. nice book and dj browning pages.

Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. ---------Red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine, bmallish book, 7 1/2" tall. 119 pages----VERY GOOD CONDITION, with browned text-- not spotted, totally browned with age and choice of paper used for text- - - dust jacket chipped with part of spine of dust jacket mssing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, Goldsmith 1932. Near fine hardcover in a very good plus Brodart protected dust jacket. Binding square, firm and bright. Dj price clipped. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of Lyle Harper's Ghost Train, published by The Goldsmith Publishing Company in 1932. A vintage juvenile railroad adventure centered on the mysterious "Ghost Train," issued as part of Goldsmith's popular boys' adventure fiction of the period. This copy retains the striking original pictorial dust jacket featuring a steam locomotive rushing through the night, an important feature since many surviving copies are found without the jacket. Also laid into this copy is a period printed promotional/synopsis slip headed "Ghost Train — By Lyle Harper," describing the story and its railroad setting. An appealing extra piece of period publisher ephemera to accompany the book. Copyright page states Copyright, 1932, The Goldsmith Publishing Company, Made in U.S.A. Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket, based on the photographs shown. Jacket remains bright and substantially complete, with light edge and corner wear, minor rubbing/handling, and some small creases or short closed tears at the extremities. No major jacket loss visible in the photographs shown. Interior exhibits the expected age toning associated with this inexpensive 1930s Goldsmith production. Period promotional slip is present and shows age toning but remains intact.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Pages age-toned, front hinge starting, cloth edges mottled a bit, very good in a good only edgeworn and chipped dustwrapper. "Junior Fiction Stories.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Red paper-covered boards with black lettering. Crease to front board. Corners bumped and rubbed. Bump to head and heel of worn spine. Previous owner signature to front pastedown. Text is clean and bright, no marks, evenly tanned. Great cover graphics. "The O'Malleys, for three generations, had served the Southwestern railroad and Terry was the last of the men of the third generation to get a job on the system. His older brothers, John and Tim, were now pulling the throttles on two of the fastest runs on the system, Tim on the Western express and John on the fast mail. Mountain railroading was dangerous work and Terry found adventure working the line.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Binding Is Parting From The Book As Is In The Picture. There Are No Markings Or Tears Inside The Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Blue cloth cover has modest wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are toned but clean and near pristine. Dust jacket has wear to extremities but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. DJ flap corners clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ).; 119 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Not Issued. First Thus. Illustrated edition. Light blue-gray cloth, lettered in gilt. Cloth is modestly soiled, with minor rubbing to spine extremities. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior. Overall, a nicely preserved copy with minor faults. xii,276 pp., copiously illus. Early printing of this edition, copyrighted 1884, this copy issued 1888. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. E. H. Garrett, Hy. Sandham, B. Irwin, F. T. Merrill, J. Wells Champney, Robert Blum, W. B. Closson, Frank Myrick, W. L. Taylor, S. G. McCutcheon, Walter Satterlee, W. St. J. Harper, M. Lyle Durgin, Kenyon Cox, J. H. Wheeler, F. S. Church, E. L. Weeks (illustrator). Book.…