Macmechen (11 results)

Side Stapled. Condition: Good. 10"x13.5" stapled wraps booklet containing multiple articles and statistics related to the 1918 influenza epidemic as well as the armistice. It has a strong vertical crease to center of booklet, light bumps with slight creasing to spine ends and corners, a light shallow stain to head of front cover and first page, some edgewear with a 1.5" tear to tail of front cover and first page, and small cross creases along the spine, otherwise a solid Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. 79 pages. Illustrated. Very good. (089).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as issued. First edition. An x-library copy. This biography was published by authority of the Council of the City and County of Denver. 79 pages. Illustrated with over thirty high quality black and white as well as some colorized photographs. Also fine portrait of Speer as frontispiece. Robert Walter Speer (1855?1918) served as mayor of Denver for two terms, from 1904 to 1912, then was reelected in 1916, serving another two years as mayor before passing away in 1918 during the Spanish influenza pandemic. Speer is remembered primarily for implementing the City Beautiful plan that gave Denver an extensive system of parks, boulevards, neoclassical public buildings, and monuments that continue to shape the city today.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Disbound article from the Century Magazine, from May 1910 according to a pencil note on the first page. Pages 113-130. Spine edges still sewn and with remains of adhesive from the original binding. Illustrated with diagrams, maps and photographs of the zeppelins. Pages also held together with a rusty paperclip Please email with questions or to request photos. If there is a photo beside this listing, please note that it was placed there by ABE without our permission and is likely what they call a stock photo (whatever that is). This volume is part of a large collection of Aviation and Ballooning books, a catalogue of which is available upon request. Most of these magazine articles (from the Kendall Collection) have pencil notes or handwritten titles, but do not have the KB numbers which were added by a later cataloguer.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (1940). 103 pages. Inscribed by Robert Evans Hughes to Elizabeth MacMechen. Also included, a Christmas Card from Hughes to MacMechen, along with a photo of a younger Hughes. Fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering. (190).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Photographs (illustrator). An article/advertisement from a vintage journal and not the complete magazine ; 6 x 9; 8 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 79 pages. Illustrated with over thirty high quality black and white as well as some colorized photographs. Also fine portrait of Speer as frontispiece. Slight wear to spine ends and corner tips. Slight discoloration on inside covers. Else, fine. (N6).

Condition: Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Extracted from Everybody's Magazine, Vol. XXVII, No. 3; 8vo, pp. 291-304; 15 illustrations of dirigibles; staple bound in later drab paper wrappers; short closed tear to first leaf, the rest clean and sound, very good. A lauditory advertisment for dirigibles as the next big thing in transportation, emphasizing their speed, reliability, and safety. The authors declare the age of the steamship on the way out, and highlight the recent loss of the Titanic as evidence for airship superiority.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 164.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1907 edition. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 266 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. 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: 266.