Perkins Eli (47 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1899; illustrated cloth covered boards with gold titles; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are rounded and scuffed; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on ffep; hinges are cracked; interior is clean and unmarked; 305 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This is "Masterpieces of American Humor", being a selection of short stories. It is Little Blue Book no. 959, published by E. Haldeman - Julius. The use of one staple for the binding, and the picture of Mr. E. Haldeman - Julius tells us that this is a reprint of the original 1929 edition, that was issued circa 1947 - 1951. There is also a small Union label at the bottom of the rear cover. CONTENTS : ** That Faithful Wife of Idaho - a poem by Joaquin Miller ** Doctors' Wit and Humor - by "Eli Perkins" ** The Fairs - by John Hay ** The Society upon the Stanislaus, To the Pliocene Skull, Her Letter, Plain Language from Truthful James or the Heathen Chinee - all by Bret Harte ** An Unnecessary Invention - by William L. Alden ** Portsmouth Originals and the Railroad ** The New Netherlanders - by Chauncey Depew SERIES : Little Blue Books (No. 959) TITLE : Masterpieces of American Humor AUTHOR : Joaquin Miller, Eli Perkins, Bret Harte, John Hay, William L. Alden, Robert Henry Newell, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Chauncey M. Depew IMPRINT : Haldeman - Julius Publications PLACE : Girard, Kansas DATE : No Date [ but circa 1947 - 1951] EDITION : Reprint DETAILS : Petite Paperback; 64 pages (last page is a list of Little Blue Book Titles): Pagination includes Title Page; approx. 3 2/8" x 5" ; printed manilla colored wraps with 1 staple, printed in black. Has a picture of E. Haldeman - Julius, and a small union label on the rear cover. GENERAL LITTLE BLUE BOOK CONDITIONS : Pocket Series and Little Blue Books were issued using inexpensive materials and thus are almost always found with toned and faded paper. Other small defects such as slightly chipped corners, printer's smudges, and such are common. Any flaws beyond the normal for these will be detailed. Little Blue Books often did not have blue covers - or the blue has faded to gray. Please remember that vintage paper items are more fragile than their modern counterparts, and thus require proper care in handling. THIS COPY -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book That remains clean and presentable. Weathering along the spine, slight, minute spotting at lower front corner area - else clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hinges repaired. Stain to outer edge of leaves, bleed a little into top corner of some pages. Text is clean. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. Poor/no dust jacket as issued. Circa 1900s. Large 50 cents written on front endpaper with the ghosts of tape marks on endpapers. (Tight but may have been re-glued at one time) Fraying to corners and spine ends. Moderate edgewear. 774 pages. Hardcover copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Pamphlet. 63p., stapled wraps, 3.5x5 inches, evenly toned, rear wrap lightly foxed else good condition; variant with large union bug on rear wrap. Little Blue Book no. 959.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Illustrated by Frontis. (illustrator). First Edition. VG- in pict. cloth (ink inscr., some foxing & wear) 8vo 305pp Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Condition: FR/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Chicago, IL: Star Publishing Company. FR/No Dustjacket. ca1890. . Cloth. 8vo., 754 pp. + index, cover soiled, stianed, edges rubbed, hinges cracked and weak, page toning .

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). Later Edition. New York, NY: Sheldon & Company. Acceptable/NO DUSTJACKET. 1872. Later Edition. Hardcover. Sm 8vo., 249pp., cover some shelf wear, chipping, rubbing, spine panel torn but attached, spine tips chipped, edges rubbed and lightly fraying, otherwise good; front hinge cracked, spotting to front free-endpaper, chipping(?) to front pastedown, light pencil marks scattered throughout pages, pencil scribbles on rear free-endpaper and fly-leaf. .

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightly stained along fore edge, front joint just beginning to split along top edge, rear board rubbed, pages heavily toned, frontispiece torn along binding edge, ink owner stamp on front endpaper. 1901 Hard Cover. 546 pp. Red cloth, black title, photographic portrait of Mark Twain on front board. A collection of writings by various humorists.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good +. Floyd James Torbert (illustrator). Reprint. slimmed down tom sawyer with pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. This is the third printing by this publisher, originally published by Belford-Clark in 1890. Green decorative cloth cover with gilt lettering and gilt with black decoration is clean with light wear at head, tail of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. ; Drawings, photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 570 pages.

Condition: Good. 32mo. 7 pp., Paper Wraps, Very Good, slightly creased with staining. Stamped Apr 7, 1905 on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Werner edition. Originally printed in 1891 by Cassell. Pictorial yellow cloth decorated in brown and red, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine. Cloth moderately soiled, else still very good.

8°. VII, 249 (1) pp. Illustrated with 200 photo-etchings by Arthur Lumley. Original-cloth. (Binding rubbed, two owners stamps on the preliminary page, one leaf with small tear / Einband etwas berieben, zwei Besitzerstempel auf Vorsatz, ein Blatt mit kleinem Einriß). -- Englischsprachige Ausgabe / Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later printing (originally published in 1883 by The Western Publishing Company of Chicago). Small quarto. 776pp. Binding rubbed, bumped, and lightly soiled, binding just a bit loose, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Lang, O. (illustrator). Original light brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering and black decoration. Decorative pink endpapers with gilt and white floral pattern. Both hinges broken. 2" tear in cloth along rear spine edge. Covers stained. Edgewear. Much of the "funny" material within would be considered politically incorrect today.racism/sexism abound! Heavy book will require extra postage. 774 pp. including Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Arthur Lumley (illustrator). Inscribed and signed by illustrator, artist Arthur Lumley, who contributed 200 photo etchings. Heavy foxing and soil, as well as water stains. Owner's name on front endpaper, some penciling. Page 95 has a closed tear. Size: 5.5"x8". Signed and Inscribed By Illustrator.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Fair. First Edition Early Printing. Green/Red Paper Covers. Worn To Edges And Spine. Binding Tight. "Multum In Parvo" Series Valuable Books For Little Money. Many Humorous Illustrations. 348 Pgs Ads Rear. Very Rare Worldcat Finds 0 Copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. NY: Sheldon & Company, 1872. vii,(250) pages. Many comic drawings. 8 x 5.5", black, gold & blind stamped pictorial orange cloth. 'To M.A.L. Munson, Treasurer "Jockey Club" from The Author, "Eli Perkins", Melville D. Landon, Fifth Avenue Hotel, Oct. 1, 1874' on blank & pencil lines along few passages about jockeys. Letters to New York Commercial Advertiser on horse races, gambling, Congress Spring, Round Lake Camp Meeting, poker, dress, park benches, Clarendon Hotel, preaching, flirting, etiquette, ball, hop, intemperance, cant words. Wright, American Fiction 1505. Edges frayed, cloth soiled, text foxed, few adhesive marks on blank, G.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. xi, 305 pages; portrait; illustrated publisher's cloth with wear to the exterior. Eli Perkins, pen name for Melville Landon, noted for his platform humour, opened speaking engagements for the famous Beechers. See= Blanck - Bibliography of American Literature #11226. Very good clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers a lively, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the world of horse-racing in Saratoga in the late 19th-century. It captures the excitement of the races, the colorful characters involved, from the wealthy owners and jockeys to gamblers and society figures, and explores the social and cultural landscape of Saratoga during this glamorous era. With its rich historical detail, this book provides an engrossing account of an important chapter in the history of American horse racing. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condition: New. In.

Cartoné. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo. 01. Una selección de relatos de horror que muestra lo más oscuro del mundo vegetal. Una antología que reúne a nombres como Roald Dahl, Eudora Welty o H.P. Lovecraft. Orquídeas sanguinarias, bosques enteros que se rebelan contra quienes los masacraron, setas tan bellas como venenosas, robles majestuosos que se convierten en la reencarnación del hombre de la casa, maravillosas enredaderas que reviven espantosos fantasmas del pasado, máquinas rudimentarias que permiten registrar el terrible sufrimiento de las plantas maltratadas, árboles solitarios que señalan el mismísimo umbral a un mundo pesadillesco? Un verdor siniestro recorre la literatura de los siglos XIX y XX y nos recuerda que las plantas, seres fascinantes y misteriosos, benéficos y letales a la vez, encarnan la otredad en forma de monstruo silencioso, al tiempo que padecen los efectos de la avaricia que lleva al ser humano a usurpar y destruir sin compasión aquellas formas de vida que, reducidas a materia prima, pueden generar riqueza. Gótico botánico es un catálogo de historias del mundo vegetal más fantástico, que incluye a autores tan destacados como M.R. James, Richmal Crompton, H. P. Lovecraft o Roald Dahl, y que permite, además, descubrir las inquietantes creaciones de escritoras pulp como Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Maria Moravsky o Eli Colter. A partir de ahora, el verde será el nuevo negro. CRÍTICA. Ya sea como eficaces símbolos de temas universales, en forma de remotos miedos victorianos y de personajes híbridos, peligrosos o sedientos de venganza, los vegetales ofrecen una fascinante variedad literaria, consecuencia lógica de su casi infinita y perturbadora cantidad de especímenes y de todo lo que nos queda por descubrir sobre ellos. ?Patricia Esteban Erlés. LIBRO.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Sheldon Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1872. . Cloth(Hrdcvr). 12mo., 250 pp., cover rubbed, owner's inscription .