Language: English
Published by The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, 1911
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: VG. Light gauge paper, pictorial printed wraps, sized about 11 x 15 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated including an abundance of advertisements. Overall a clean, bright copy with light toning around edges, and a one inch closed tear at bottom of front wrap. Contributors include Rose Gaston Parker (An Aunt To James, complete), Captain Frank H. Shaw (Bluebeard's Chamber, part II of II), Baroness Pereira (The Blind Man Of Kultieze, complete), L. G. Moberly (Christina, chapters VIII), Ellen Leys (The Wiles Of A Woman, chapters XX - XXI), Charles Bryant Howard (The Colby Girls, complete), and St. George Rathborne (Carried By Storm, chapters XXI - XXII). From 1869 - 1942, over 70 years, Augusta, Maine was America's mail - order magazine publishing capital with some seventeen titles published there and circulation at its height reaching an estimated three million copies. Magazines were mailed to subscribers nation - wide, and the sheer volume of sales led to the opening of a new post office in January, 1890. The major publications targeted women, particularly women in rural areas, but some also included articles and stories of interest to men and children. Farm and literary magazines were other types published in Augusta. The primary focus for the majority of the magazines was family and home life, and content included down - home advice on family life, decorating, business (raising chickens, for example), personal care, health, fashion, and the latest trends. Reading material included poetry, romantic fiction, short stories, and editorials, but most prominently the magazines offered opportunity (and encouragement) for women to buy the various and sundry items advertised. Contests and competitions were part of the allure, and subscription rates were very cheap (and often not even collected) as the magazines were supported well by the advertisements. The major publishers, E. C. Allen, P. O. Vickery and John F. Hill (who later became Governor of Maine), and William H. Gannett all became very wealthy. Publications included Good Stories, Happy Hours, Hearth and Home, American Woman, Needlecraft, and Farm World, all by Vickery - Hill Publishing Company, Comfort, by Gannett, which was the most successful of the magazines, Fireside Magazine, Peoples Illustrated Journal, the Illustrated Family Herald, Thrifty Farmer, Farming World, National Farmer, Golden Moments, Sunshine, Daughters Of America, and Practical Housekeeper, all by Allen, and later Gannett who took over Allen's publications in 1891. Some of the magazines including the present number were oversized, newpaper - style, and printed in quadruple columns, on cheap paper that did not hold up over time and use, thus, copies are relatively scarce, especially the early issues. Worldcat / OCLC locates only 5 repositories. See Zuckerman, A History Of Popular Women's Magazines In The United States, 1792 - 1995.
Language: English
Published by The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, 1911
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: VG. Light gauge paper, pictorial printed wraps, sized about 11 x 15 1/2 inches, profusely illustrated including an abundance of advertisements. Overall a clean, bright copy with light toning around edges, and a 1 x 1.5 inch piece missing near top of front wrap. Contributors include Tom Gallon (The Buying Of Barbara Angel, complete), W. T. Fernandez (Stay-Eyes, complete), Mrs. Helen Combes (Honeymoon Cottage, complete), Captain Frank H. Shaw (Bluebeard's Chamber, part I of II), L. G. Moberly (Christina, chapters VII - VII), Ellen Leys (The Wiles Of A Woman, chapters XVIII - XIX), and St. George Rathborne (Carried By Storm, chapters XIX - XX). From 1869 - 1942, over 70 years, Augusta, Maine was America's mail - order magazine publishing capital with some seventeen titles published there and circulation at its height reaching an estimated three million copies. Magazines were mailed to subscribers nation - wide, and the sheer volume of sales led to the opening of a new post office in January, 1890. The major publications targeted women, particularly women in rural areas, but some also included articles and stories of interest to men and children. Farm and literary magazines were other types published in Augusta. The primary focus for the majority of the magazines was family and home life, and content included down - home advice on family life, decorating, business (raising chickens, for example), personal care, health, fashion, and the latest trends. Reading material included poetry, romantic fiction, short stories, and editorials, but most prominently the magazines offered opportunity (and encouragement) for women to buy the various and sundry items advertised. Contests and competitions were part of the allure, and subscription rates were very cheap (and often not even collected) as the magazines were supported well by the advertisements. The major publishers, E. C. Allen, P. O. Vickery and John F. Hill (who later became Governor of Maine), and William H. Gannett all became very wealthy. Publications included Good Stories, Happy Hours, Hearth and Home, American Woman, Needlecraft, and Farm World, all by Vickery - Hill Publishing Company, Comfort, by Gannett, which was the most successful of the magazines, Fireside Magazine, Peoples Illustrated Journal, the Illustrated Family Herald, Thrifty Farmer, Farming World, National Farmer, Golden Moments, Sunshine, Daughters Of America, and Practical Housekeeper, all by Allen, and later Gannett who took over Allen's publications in 1891. Some of the magazines including the present number were oversized, newpaper - style, and printed in quadruple columns, on cheap paper that did not hold up over time and use, thus, copies are relatively scarce, especially the early issues. Worldcat / OCLC locates only 5 repositories. See Zuckerman, A History Of Popular Women's Magazines In The United States, 1792 - 1995.
Published by The Odyssey Press, 1947
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 214 pages. Pages toned; some water stains to the bottom of the covers; a good solid book otherwise. The dust jacket is present but heavily chipped, stained and water damaged. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Inventory No: 194602.
Published by The Bodley Head, 1957
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1957. First Edition. 207 pages. Red jacket over cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
Published by Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd., 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Heavy creasing to rear free endpaper. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Dark rubbed marking overall. Brown scuffed marks to all surfaces with some staining to boards.
Published by Daily Express Fiction Library, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends.
Published by Hutchinson & Co, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. No Edition Stated. 286 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.
Language: English
Published by Cleaver-Hume Press, London, 1953
Seller: Church Street Books, Lutterworth, LEICS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: G-. First Edition. Story of the 2000-year history of the British merchant navy. 219pp with numerous b/w illustrations. Green covers with gold lettering to spine. Book basically very sound, but with sunning to head and foot of spine and a couple of small, light marks. Non-price-clipped DJ has several small closed tears (some repaired), very minor losses and general wear at edges. Still a very presentable copy. Ref:06897.
Published by The Childrens Press, 1927
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Book has a slight lean with toning to spine. Pages are age toned with some spotting/foxing. Front end page removed with small previous owners name to half title page. DJ has some edge wear and light surface marks.
Published by Daily Express Fiction Library, 1111
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 187 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by Stanley Paul & Co., London, 1950
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. Presumed first. Sound copy, clean inside. Covers have moderate patina, three or four small marks, and minor sunfade at spine and on edges, but for all that, still look reasonably tidy and presentable. Corners and edges rubbed. Previous owner inscr on ffep. Minor page-toning. Ten b&w photo illustrations. Size: 8vo.
Language: English
Published by The Children's Press, 1927
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift inscription written by the previous owner. Frontispiece. The Pictionary boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and a touch edge worn. The pages within the book are a little 'browned', the text remains clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Language: English
Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd, London etc, 1921
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
First Edition
Pictorial Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Gordon Brown, R. I. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Juvenile Action Adventure of World War 1, at Sea. A highly patriotic naval novel. Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl was a popular Royal Navy officer. People also ask312 pages color frontispiece and three color plates; 21 cm tall. Great cover illustration of three sailors firing a naval gun. Interior overall bright and clean with no markings but a few very minor blemishes. This book, because of its size and weight, does not qualify for Canada Post Lettermail - the rate shown - therefore additional postage will be needed, the amount depending on destination and speed. When an Order is placed online, your destination, as well as the book's size and weight, has not been factored into a correct postal cost. We will notify Customers of postal options, including costs, at the time of either the order or the enquiry. We use three postal systems and shop them for the best rates - at our cost - or less on larger Orders. This adjusted rate may be accepted or declined. This book can be shipped to any destination within Canada for $12.50 - boxed, tracked, insured, faster and less expensive than Parcel Post. A little less to the USA.
Published by Odyssey, New York, 1947
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 214pp. Blue cloth stamped in white lettering. Page edges lightly foxed, spine a touch faded, spine ends and corners bumped, a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket.
Published by Werner Laurie, London, 1950
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 12.57
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex plymouth naval Library. covered in sticky back plastic. Book.
Language: English
Published by Harrap, UK, 1940
Seller: Hedgerow Books est.1989, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st. 255pp; 15 half-tone illus. browning to endpapers, ffep has area which is worn through, foxing to text block, faded spine. Dustwrapper is rubbed and chipped wihth faded spine and slight soiling to rear, small areas of loss tail of spine, closed tear splits to head of spine and top rear.
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
Seller: Books that Benefit, Fawley, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair/Good. No Jacket. Light blue cloth hard cover - blemished/label on spine wearing/Fair. 280 pages. Name neatly to Fep. Content Good. No date. A good reading copy. (425g) Photo on request. As the proceeds from the sale of this book go to charity, correct postage will be asked for, if more than default price quoted.
Language: English
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. LTD.
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, SUFFO, United Kingdom
US$ 28.13
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Date unknown, very lightly tanned pages and the remains of a book plate on the front free end paper. Edges of the dust jacket are rather tatty.
Published by Cassell & Company; (1926), London, 1926
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. First Edition. Very good+ with no dust jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering and boarders, and a color oval illustration (from the frontispiece) glued to the front board. Presentation bookplate (from 1928) on front endpaper; top corners of boards are bumped. Light foxing on the first few pages. Includes color frontispiece and three other b & w full page illustrations by Chas. Crombie. A tight and square copy.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1940
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. A touch of foxing at the endpapers and edges, otherwise a VG, unmarked, hardcover first edition copy in blue cloth binding, in a mylar protected DJ, that is chipped and has magic tape repairs. Blue spine.
Published by Childrens Press, 1927
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Some wear to edges of covers with some bumping to corners, see picture. Pages lightly tanned throughout, otherwise a clean and firm copy. We are closed between 13th-18th February, books ordered during this period will be posted on our return 19th February. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Language: English
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, UK, 1940
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An excellent, clean and tightly bound book.
Published by Cassell and Company Limited, 1926
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1926. First Edition. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Frontispiece is mildly loose. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Tiny droplets to rear board. Notable crushing and small tears to spine ends. Book has forward lean.
Published by Werner Laurie. London. ., 1955
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
First Edition
1st Ed. 208 PP with 10 drawings on full page. Hard cover, title on a faded spine. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing and offsetting on endpapers. Faint water stain at lower corner of 10 last leaves. Good reading copy. 18.5 x 12.5.
Published by George G. Harrap. London. ., 1940
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
First Edition
1st Ed. 254 PP, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood. Cloth cover (soiled). Spine sunned, war economy paper, some foxing. Good reading copy. 22 x 14. The first year of World War 2 at sea: Battle of the River Plate. Liner Rawalpindi versus the Deutschland.
Published by Odyssey Press, NYC, 1947
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated 1947, first printing, matching dates on title and copyright pages. Published by Odyssey Press, NYC. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, edgewear, no names, no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, foxing on endpapers only, not a reminder. DJ good, tears and chips at edges, hole on rear panel taped over, taped to boards, price not clipped, price not clipped. 8vo, X + 214 pages. ASIN: B0006AR6C4.
Published by Daily Express Fiction Library, 1935
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
US$ 16.88
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Undated daIly express edition on red cloth.
Published by Cassell and Company Limited, 1930
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cassell and Company Limited 1930, reprinted. Hardcover with loose binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. We are closed between 13th-18th February, books ordered during this period will be posted on our return 19th February. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Language: English
Published by Daily Express
Seller: Yare Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
US$ 14.77
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.
Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket No date stated. Owner's name on front endpage. (biography, royal navy, history).