Simonds William A (25 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is the story of a boy who turned aside a career in law to work with the inventor, Thomas Edison. It contains 285 pages and is illustrated with 21 actural photographs. The pages are clean and free of marks and tears, with the exception of a penciled inscription from a brother to a sister on the inside cover. The binding is tight. The green cloth cover is stamped in black on the spine and is quite faded. There is some edge wear at the corners and top and bottom of the spiine. There is a spot of hardened glue on the front and some soiling on both front and back.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Sun Dial Press, New York, 1940. Hardcover, 285 pp. With black & white illustrations. Written for boys age ten and up, this is the true story of Francis Jehl, who became an assistant to inventor Thomas Alva Edison. Book very good with light tanning of endpapers. Dust jacket has underside tape repairs, small chips, edge wear - mostly at head of the spine. Jacket flaps are trimmed but the original 75 cent price is intact on the rear flap. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean, unread copy in Very Good condition. No marking or writing in the book - text is completely clean and paper shows only very slight fading (and not brittle). Covers show very slight fading and shelf wear - no dust jacket. Binding is firm. Keichi Kimura (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Orange cloth covers with black lettering on the front cover and spine which is faded and worn. Covers exhibit heavy wear with fraying, bumping and soiling on corners, spine ends and edges. Moderate wear and soiling on hinges. Heavy soiling and shelf wear on covers and spine. Yellowing to inside front and back covers, ffep's, bfep's and text due to age. Text is otherwise unmarked. Hinges are weak but still attached. Includes a very interesting supplement in the back of the book that is a pictorial trip through the River Rouge Plant. All other b&w illustrations including the frontispiece are clean and unmarked. A biography of Henry Ford detailing his childhood and his first car. Continues with chapters on The Peace Ship, the crisis, his own company and much more. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-lib unless stated.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "The Story of Menlo Park", previous owner's name on front endpage, DJ is price cut with closed tears and corner & edge wear, ship by MediaMail.

Condition: Acceptable. Doubleday, Doran, & Company New York 1929 reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Early Printing. staining and edge wear to boards, otherwise a clean, sound copy, octavo, 205 pages, light orange cloth with black titles, illustrated, also contains photo essays of the Ford Rouge Plant and the Henry Ford Trade School.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Complete issue with original covers and advertisements. Light wear soiling to covers, well bound, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. Inquires about condition details and content always welcome. Comes in a clear archival bag.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Spine extremities and corners bumped, rubbed. 2" and 3" tears in spine tail edges. Spine lean. Age-toning, some soil to binding. Spine cracked between pg. 80-81. Pages clean. ; B&W, green illustrations; AHH14A; 105 pages. Illustrated by Keichi Kimura (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. (8), 279 pp with lists of b&w illustrations, fictional supplements and line cuts; index. First Editioln, 1930. A fictionalized history of aviation as seen through the eyes of young Pat Callahan. Minor edge wear top and bottom spine edge and fore-edge tips with lightly age-toned text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with yellow plane and lettering to front board, and yellow lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good (-). No Jacket. First Edition (stated). 279 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, f.e. deckled, photo frontis; a.e. well tanned/spattered, decorative bookplate + gift inscription dated year of publication inked ffep. Cover: blue, yellow airplane front, yellow titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extrems worn, spine/edges sunned, a dozen or so sm dk stains front. Aviation explained via the fictional exploits of young Pat Callahan. …

Condition: Good. American Factors Limited 1949 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 285 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/chipping, tears, moderate soiling, uncli88pped price. B/W Photos (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with light edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the front endpaper, along with a longish inscription. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends, spine joints, edges and corners have some bumping, rubbing , small nicks and wear. The spine of the book has some darkening / toning . There are a couple of spots of discoloration to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. " Since my election to the presidency of the Early Birds in December, 1934, I have given a great deal of thought to the accomplishment of some worthwhile undertaking during my tenure of office. Upon various occasions it had come to my attention that our organization had long sought a suitable place to safely preserve for posterity the records, photographs, biographies, antiques and other matters of historical interest of the Early Birds. The first person of whom I thought in this regard was Mr. Edsel Ford, who at the time was attending the California-Pacific International Exposition at San Diego. Notwithstanding this I called Mr. Ford by long distance and outlined to him at length our desire. He expressed interest in our proposed undertaking and requested that I contact him upon his return to Detroit. This, of course, I did, and found him interested in the idea in connection with the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan." (from Wikipedia).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Stated. Blue cloth stamped in yellow. Signed, inscribed by the co-author, Fred L. Black in 1935. He has inscribed this to a Ned Guyman who may be the author and book collector of detective fiction. Guyman lived in my area of the country. The upper corners are bumped, a little sunning to the lower spine area. The dust jacket has chips and small tears, light soiling. Original price of $2.00 for the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; Signed by Author.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. Peuser, Buenos Aires, 1951. Biografías. Motor. Automóviles. Empresa. Economía. 327 páginas. 327 pp. 23 x 16. Tapa dura con dorados en tapa y lomo de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Sin sobrecubierta. Aceptable estado de conservación.…

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. FINE BOOK IN NEAR-FINE DUST JACKET. CLEAN AND TIGHT. BOOKPLATE.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Poor to Fair. First Edition. 279 pages. Edges rubbed. Pages slightly discolored. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with backstrip area discolored. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Question of Copyright | comprising the text of the copyright laws of the United States, a summary of the copyright laws at present in force in the chief countries of the world | William Edgar Simonds (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 524 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337406608 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Describes the life and achievements of Thomas Edison. For the younger reader. 285 pp, frontispiece and 30 b&w photos. Owner's name on front paste-down. Black cloth with green illustration of light bulb on front and lettering on spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Slight water stain on first 7 and last 2 pages. Discolouration of rough cut page edges. Binding tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a fine hardcover first edition copy in orange cloth binding with black lettering on the cover and spine top edge tinted orange , alas no DJ. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Signed by Author(s).

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1929. 1st edition. Signed/inscribed by Author on 1st free end-page. Illustrated, including a pictorial supplement showing a trip through the Dearborn plant. 205pp+Supplement. Hardcover. Orange boards with title in black print lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges, spine ends and edge points gentle bumped. Top page edges stained orange.  Internally, aside from inscription by Author on 1st free end-page, a very good clean copy however pages have darkened with age. The binding is tight with hinges intact. Inscribed by author. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. soft cover in very good to near fine condition,revised 1946 edition.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Uncommon in lovely collecible dust jacket. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends, light rubbing. Illustrated with photographs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.