Stated Bowen (5 results)
More imagesPublished by The Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH U.S.A. 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, U.S.A.Bargain Finders of Colorado
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The Dave Dawson aviation stories were classics of the WWII era. American Dave Dawson, with his English pal Freddy Farmer, roamed the skies throughout the world defeating the evil forces of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The titles in this lot were published in 1941, Vol.2 .with the R.A.F. and V…ol. 3 .in Lybia. Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (1900-1977) was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 76. He is best known for his boys' series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He also worked under the name R. Sidney Bowen and under the pseudonym James Robert Richard. The Crown Publishers approached Mr. Bowen about developing this series and they published the 1st Editions. Crown had an arrangement with Saalfield to allow them to produce an inexpensive version which is the edition most commonly found. The books for sale are from Saalfield. Hardcovers have red & brown cloth boards with black lettering on front and spine, but only Vol. 3 has a DJ. Interior is tight, clean and text is unmarked. Vol. 2 has prior owner's signature and Vol. 3 an ex-libris sticker from a department store on front paste-down. Gutters torn out in Vol. 2, not repaired. Bookworm holes in page-edges. pages fragile and discolored. Still is remarkably readable shape for over 80 year old child's books. Copyright 1941. 12 titles in series. Edition/print-run info not found. No ISBN, LCCN nor MSR. Not Stated (illustrator). Prior Owner Name No Value.
More imagesThe Babes in the Basket; Or, Daph and Her Charge.
None stated [Sarah Schoonmaker Baker, pseud. for Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen]
Published by Milner and Company No date [c.1860], London 1860
- Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. This scarce work of mid-nineteenth-century American children's fiction published anonymously by Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen. Undated, however this edition published circa 1860 according to records at the University of Liverpool Library.Illustrated with a monochrome plate frontispiece.Full bound…in the original publisher's decorated cloth with a floral paper label to the front board.Includes four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.Scarce.This is a mid-nineteenth-century work for children by Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen, the author of Timid Lucy and Heart and Hand, who published the majority of her works anonymously or under the pseudonym Sarah Schoonmaker Baker. In its description of a devoted, black caregiver to two white children and their collective adventures, it includes stark examples of the racist stereotypes perpetuated in American culture during the transatlantic slave trade. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some minor handling marks, slight discolouration to the front board's paper label sticker, and a small damp stain to the cloth at the rear. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities, and rubbing to the fore edge resulting in fractional lifting and splitting of the cloth. Gift inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, binding firm. Pages are a trifle age toned however generally clean with the occasional spot or light handling mark. A very good copy indeed given the age and scarcity of the work. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., London 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A fascinating work of Canadian naval history by Frank C. Bowen. First and only edition of this work, dated via Jisc from a copy found at the British Library.A fascinating history of the Canadian Pacific Line pre-, during, and post- First World War. The Canadian Pacific was an important cont…ributor to the Merchant Navy, providing ships to carry troops in both World Wars.Written by Frank C Bowen, author of naval histories.With numerous black and white photographic illustrations in text. Featuring numerous leaves of advertisements to front and rear. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, some damp mark to back strip and boards. Staining mark affecting inner gutter first few leaves, not affecting text but cockling leaves slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Not Stated 1925-8, Not Stated 1925
- Softcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Two uncommon articles extracted from 'Sudan Notes and Records' recording of the game birds and waterfowls of the Sudan. An account of the game birds and waterfowl of the Sudan, by W. Wedgewood Bowen. Two articles extracted fromSudan Notes and Recordsvols. VIII, No. 2, 1925, and continued from Vol…. XI, no. I, 1928. Comprising notes on the life-habitat of some game-birds and other animals, useful to sportsmen and naturalists.Illustrated with four plates, one folding. In the original publisher's wraps. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and a touch of sunning, light spotting to the wraps and minor chipping to the 1925 volume. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the fore edge, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with four plates, one folding. In the original publisher's wraps. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Frederick Warne 1880
- Softcover
Seller: Ivy hole books, Uckfield, United KingdomIvy hole books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. London: Frederick Warne & Co, No date[circa 1880]. [6] leaves of text, printed on one side only& [6] chromo-lithographed full colour leaves of illustrations printed on one side only; the first and last pasted to the inside of the wrappers as issued. 27 x 23 cm. This book is in very good or…der. Colours are good even though the actual printing by Warnes is fairly rudimentary. The book was designed to be cut up and the images either framed or presented as a tableau to interact with. Times were simpler in 1880's London. Litho Illustrations by master printer J.M. Kronheim which tells the story of the salvation of a young bird at Christmas . Lost in its first snow, a small robin seeks warmth and shelter, initially at a lordly mansion and finally at a church where it raises its song along with children practicing for a Christmas concert, Victorian feel good kitsch.
