Max O'rell (985 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First American Edition. Name of previous owner on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. First American Edition. Blue cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library copy - usual marks. Spine toned, endpapers lightly soiled. 1884 Hard Cover. vii, 243 pp. Four pages of publisher ads follow text. Red cloth boards, marbled page ridges. "John Bull" is a fictional character meant to personify Great Britain, particularly England, created by Dr John Arbuthnot in 1712. He is usually depicted as a stout and jolly middle-aged man who is a matter-of-fact country dweller. The phenomenal success of this work encouraged the author to continue writing about cross-cultural manners and morals, niggling at the sensibilities of British, American and French middle classes. The work gives an overview of English customs and the peculiarities of "John Bull" from the French perspective of the author. It discusses diverse aspects of English society at the end of the 19th century including British colonial ambitions and the Anglo-Saxon concept of home. First published in France, it was an instant success and reprinted 57 times within two years. By late 1883, it was published in England and the United States with translations in 17 languages. …

PAPERBACK. Condition: Fine. 0486233138 New but shows light cover shelf wear. Retail 2.50.

Condition: New.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A somewhat humorous book of advice for young people considering marriage in 1901. The boards are red cloth with gilt imprinting. There is some edgewear on the spine, and the interior binding is cracked but the pages are still held firm.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows minor wear and soiling. Pages are lightly tanned with minor tidemarks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, 1st printing. Top edge gilt. Green and brown boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gift inscription on front end paper, otherwise about NEAR FINE (no bookplates, remainder marks, or writing of any kind, etc.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fading to spine. General shelf/age wear. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 365pp. Green cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard and numerous in text illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed, text is toned and clean, owner's name and date, and black ink crossout on front endpaper, binding is sound. A Frenchman's travel in America written with a humorous touch. E.W. Kemble (illustrator). …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. blue/green c w/gilt titles; lite soiling, wear at s=extremities; 313 clean, unmarked pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: VG -. Hardcover / No jacket / Blue boards decorated in gold & black / Frayed at edges, bumped corners, previous owner's plate & stamps within as well as a small child's crayon scrawl on a front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original orange and green cloth with a drawing of Uncle Sam on the front cover. Most of blank front free endpaper missing, cracked in one place, front cover (as a result) slightly tender, some tanning along leaf edges, Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. G+, ex library copy, 1st edn, 313pps, publisher ads, binding slightly loose.

Board Book. Condition: New.