Marks Compiler (9 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Arrow Edition. VG, Edgwear, creases, remainder mark, browning. 208 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 160 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Self-Published by the Editor/Compiler, Edmond, OK. 1905. First Edition. Book is tight, square, but does have a F/O genealogy notes on the maternal side of the family of L.L. Smith as marginal notes on the top and bottom of the first 7 pages. Book Condition: Good +; curling of tips; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 99 pp 12mo. This book about L.L. Smith (Luman Lucius Smith) was produced at the request of the Oklahoma Baptist State Convention. He was born on Dec 28th 1863 at Van Wert OH. He obtained his education at Central Normal College in Great Bend, KS and gained a church affiliation and in July 1892, he bacame the minister of the First Baptist Church in El Reno OK. He became a respected Baptist Church leader throughout OK. He was called away by God on Nov. 22, 1902 by typhoid complications. This book contains many letters of appreciation and gives a remembrance of his memory and fine work. A clean very presentable about and Oklahoma Territorial pastor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Winifred Marks (illustrator). Seventh Printing. 80 p. 24.5 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Small smudge to lower board. A little wear to the spine ends and corner tips. Slight offsetting to the endpapers. Otherwise, inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a 1.5" closed tear and further edge wear with tiny chips and tears. Faint pencil mark on front panel. Spine slightly darkened. A collection of classic fairy tales, fables, and poems for children. Pen and ink illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 456 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Illustrated, (illustrator). First Thus. Spine edges damaged, hinges cracked, with boards barely hanging on.but RARE. Brief descriptions of the various communities followed by listings of their businesses; some of the businesses are in large bold type, evidently for an extra fee, and these are indexed at front. There are several pages of advertisements, and ads on the covers, including for the John Wieland Brewery on the rear, and the Fitz Cure for Alcoholism on the front. The guide came out yearly, beginning in 1891 - the present issue is designated Volume 5. Includes a four page section on The Mount Lowe Railway in the San Gabriel Mountains, which had just opened in 1893.

Gilt decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 359 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. We're guessing over 300 pages. Light foxing on title page. No foxing interior. No brittleness. No odor. No tanning. Covers have worn. Spine less so. A remarkable survival.