Markham Edwin Introduction (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Edwin Markham wrote the Introduction to this 72 page volume of poetry. There is a facsimile signature following his writing which is dated 1916. There are watermarks to the rear cover and the last 8 pages of the book, however, the marks remain in the margin and do not reach the text. There is also a previous owner's embossed stamp on the title page. The covers are blue with gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover and plain on the spine and back cover. There is an approximately 3/4 inch tear to bottom of the joint between the front cover and spine. The cover edges are chipped an seem to have some paper loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 819-1166pp. Blue cloth with publisher's printed spine label. Small sticker on front fly, covers slightly faded, spine and label modestly tanned, very good. Volume IV only. Contains British poets from the 8th century to 1630.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1167-1514pp. Blue cloth with publisher's printed spine label. Sticker on front fly, covers slightly faded with top corner bumped, spine and label modestly tanned, very good. Volume V only. Contains British poets from 1631 to 1784.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later printing. Series edited by John Russell McCarthy. Illustrated from woodcuts by Virginia de S. LItchfield. 461pp. A few pages with majority of text/page removed, hinges cracked, text block edges slightly soiled, spine rubbed, good only.

Book is in very good condition and very clean with no writing or markings anywhere. Well bound with no loose or missing pages. No dust jacket but bound in deep red cloth boards. Volume 10 of a series of 10. With essays - criticism and miscellany index.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a trade paperback sized boook with cardstock covers and a glued binding. The covers have slightly yapped edges which have wear, nicking and chipping. The book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking the scarce dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The covers have some toning, edge wear and rubbing, nicking and several small to smallish chips missing. "In the eager pages of this little volume we find a spirit deeply touched with the love of humanity, a spirit alive to all its raptures and despairs.".

Hardcover. 260p., semi-coated paperstock with frontis, preface, introduction and appendices. The lineup includes poems by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Joaquin Miller et alia. Find two fullpage plates, a photoportrait of Pelton and an imaginary portrait of him standing under heavenly light. There are several steel-engraved vignettes and a small photo of the "First Baptist church and first public school in California, 1819" (even decades later it is a single building resembling a warehouse); a relevant newsclip is laid in that has offset badly. Also find pencilled brackets and the address of the no longer extant church. Pastedown bears a generic bookplate with another label farther on, the 9x6 inch maroon cloth casing is uglified by shelfwear and fray, dampstaining, and a dimming to near-illegibility of the gilt titling. Hinges are OK, text is clean and sound. Gilman is represented by a single contribution, "Thanksgiving", a twelve-line poem. Pelton was San Francisco's superintendent of public schools and founder of the first public schools in California. His son was the architect of Pelton Homes which can still be found in the Haight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. VG, no DJ. Two volume set. Light signs of wear to exteriors, bindings solid and straight, gilt top edge, interiors clean and unmarked. Lightly read, but a very nice set. [10+ Rainbow Edition volumes available - please feel free to search our inventory, and contact us for discouted shipping on multi-volume orders.].

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Spine worn. Writing inside. (Biography, Literature).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. SIGNED COPY; signed on verso of half-title page by Edwin Markham; also includes facsimile signatures of the "Covered Wagon Babies," etc; GOOD copy; general wear and rubbing to extremities; name of former owner to front flyleaf; a few pencil markings to the text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Thus. HARDBACK NODustJacket ISSUED, 1904, 1st Edition THUS, VG+/VG, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Interior Nice tightClean light Rub, Wear, 198 PGS, Small Red Cloth Cover with Illustration in Circle Bottom Right ,Cover light Rub,Wear, 16mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Author(s) 10 volumes. Deluxe edition limited to 750 numbered copies and signed by Markham.

8vo. Original publisher's dove grey boards lettered gilt on spine and on front cover with very slight rubbing and slight browning otherwise VG+ copy. Mystic woman poet from New England. First Edition. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original black cloth titled in gilt. Inscribed to the ffep by Williams. Spine gilt dulled, upper tips lightly bumped. The DJ is chipped, with toning to spine and flap folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 221,[2] ads pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover, no dustjacket, a beautiful copy of this vintage classic, green cloth binding with bright gilt title and illustration on front cover and spine, the illustrations by W. F. Stecher include a color frontis, there are a few minor flaws which detract little from the book's appearance: the paper remnants of an article about this book on the inside of the front cover and a price written in ink on the blank front end-paper, a small dark mark on the bottom outer page-edge and a tiny amount of softening/rubbing at the corners and spine-ends, also, a short edge-tear to the bottom of page 93 which is discreet and does not affect the text, the binding is clean and tight, the gold titles are bright and the contents are fine, a nice gift/collector's copy.