Patch Carolyn (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover. No dust jacket. The text is clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with some fading at the spine. Bindings tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name is on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 223 pages with index in rear; foreword in front. 4 parts with many chapters. Numerous glossy photos and illustrations with photography of Mrs. Hoff made in Paris 1931 with tissue protector. Few pages have not been cut by printer. Front and back inside covers have maps of La Ri iere Du Detroit area. no markings; Pages tight; slight yellowing; page edges cut roughly and darkened. Some foxing on end pages. Blue linen-like hard covers with gild lettering on front and spine. Corners are bumped with some fraying; slight fading along cover edges. Chapter headings include: A Father's Dream; A Significant Lineage; School Days; Apprenticeship; A Decade of Service; The Crown; Foster Country; Castles; Tragedy; Chanut et le Moulin; The Art of Giving; A Village in France; Le Chef d'Euvre; An International Family; L'Ambassadrice; Social Life and Friends; The Home-Maker at Home; Symposium; Books Cited or Consulted, etc. Seven page Booklet also included with letter from Secretary, Division of Public Libraries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dept of Education State House, Boston with Press Notices from Woman's Press Magazine, NY by Mrs. Robert E Speer. RARE VINTAGE COPYmcp 31 match.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 222 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1933. PRIVATELY PRINTED. PRESENTED BY MR. JOHN JACOB HOFF (CARD LAID IN). ADDITIONAL PAMPHLET INCLUDED; THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATE HOUSE, BOSTON - REVIEWS. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED TEXT WITH BLACK/WHITE PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLUE CLOTH HARDBOUND, GOLD GILT STAMPED EMBOSSED TITLE ON SPINE COVER AND FACSIMILE SIGNATURE ON TOP OF FRONT BOARD, BLUE DUST JACKET WITH DARK BLUE TITLE. ILLUSTRATED END PAPERS. DIMENSIONS: 9 5/8" x 6 1/4" x 1 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: NEAR FINE; STAMPED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YWCA. DUST JACKET CONDITION: VERY GOOD-; SUNNED/WATER MARKED SPINE COVER, LIGHTLY CHIPPED EDGE AT SPINE COVER CROWN/HEEL/CORNER TIPS, 1/2" x 1/4" TEAR AT TOP REAR EDGE.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc.: xix, 223 p : plates, ports., maps, facsims. Notes: Includes bibliography (p.217) and index. Subject: Hoff, Grace Whitney, 1862-1938 - philanthropy. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xix, 223. Royal 8vo. Publisher's light-blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, and facsimile signature of the subject in gilt to the front board, pictorial endpapers. Black-and-white photograph frontispiece of Hoff accompanied with its original tissue-guard. Many additional black-and-white plates of photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; as new and housed in near fine original, unclipped, light-blue dustjacket. Accompanied with two small cards from the family requesting acknowledgement of receipt of the book, and a private card belonging to Mr. John Jacob Hoff presenting this title to the original recepient. Penned by the noted Detroit-based philanthropist's private secretary.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Physical desc.: xix, 223 p : plates, ports., maps, facsims. Notes: Includes bibliography (p.217) and index. Subject: Hoff, Grace Whitney, 1862-1938 - philanthropy. 1 Kg. …

8vo, pp. 223. Illustrated with photographs. Author's presentation typed and signed in green ink on paper pasted on blank. Little moisture damage, some pages and cover nibbled at the top corner, o/w VG. Another copy, unsigned, booklet of review quotes laid in. Edges of cover little worn, o/w VG in torn dj. $50. Biography, by her secretary, of the philanthropist: Detroit YWCA president, founder of homes for female American students in Paris, worker in war relief during WWI, founder of free rest homes in France for war widows, students and working women.…