Wright C Ernest (54 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: As New. Ernest Weckbaugh (illustrator). Like New condition. (Business, Education).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Frontis Portrait (illustrator). Reprinted From The Proceedings Of The British Academy, Volume Xlvi; Printed Grey Wraps; Pp. 98-129 Clean, Unmarked Pages. [Humfrey Wanley Was An English Librarian, Palaeographer And Scholar Of Old English, ].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st Printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 580 clean, unmarked pages; Selected Bibliography; Translation and Notes; Indexes; a few foxing (tiny) spots on pages edges, lite toning of end papers.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement upon copyright page). x, 187 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket well soiled, nicks and several short tears along edges, small hole at top right of front panel. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. Pages are clean and binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. With Foreword, section of b/w illustrations on unpaged leaves, and Appendix. Features the following essays: THE MODERN RELEVANCE OF THE RENAISSANCE by Louis B. Wright; THE COUNCIL OF TRENT AND TUDOR ENGLAND by John L. Lievsay; THE DISCOVERY OF SPACE by Marjorie Nicolson; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK IN MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY COATS OF ARMS by Astrik L. Gabriel; LEAR, THE KING: A PREFACE TO A STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY by Ernest William Talbert; HUMANISM, CONSCIENCE OF THE RENAISSANCE by Isidore Silver; THOMAS MORE: HUMANIST IN ACTION by Richard Sylvester; CHRISTIAN HUMANISM AND REFORM IN THE ERASMIAN CRITIQUE OF TRADITION by Ray C. Petry; PUBLICATION AND SCHOLARSHIP by Howard R. Webber.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Supplement Map of the Heavens is present, folded in magazine in very good condition. Square, tight binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling and light handling wear. Pages clean, slightly age-darkened. ; Contents: Marden, I found the bones of the Bounty. Kaplan, How man-made satellites can affect our lives. National Geographic satellite finder. Fisher, New chart for watchers of the skies. Craighead, Bright dyes reveal secrets of Canada Geese. Wright and Soulen, Bringing Old Testament times to life. President Eisenhower presents to Prince Philip the National Geographic Society's medal. Full-color Coca-Cola ad featuring Santa Claus on Christmas Eve on back of wrappers. 10.0" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # 103 of this collection of short stories by various authors. Featured are The Man in the Passage by G.K. Chesterton, The Disappearance of Marie Severe by Ernest Bramah, The History of Bel from The Apocryphal Scriptures, The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, The Little House by H.C. Bailey, East Wind by Freeman Willis Crofts, The Cyprian Bees by Anthony Wynne, The Lenton Croft Robberies by Arthur Morrison, The red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim by Agatha Christie, Man Bites Dog by Ellery Queen, The Treasure Hunt by Edgar Wallace, The Avenging Chance by Anthony Berkeley, The Aluminium Dagger by R. Austin Freeman, The Unknown Peer by E.C. Bentley, The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle, The Haunted Policeman by Dorothy Sayers. Heavy edgewear to the spine. In good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition; brown cloth in photographic color dustjacket ; LCCN: 65-20508 ; OCLC: 1249160 ; 448 p. illus., maps. 26 cm ; 9.9 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches ; Contents: Introduction: The nature and evolution of mammals -- The classification of mammals -- The mammalian orders: Monotremes -- Marsupials -- Insectivores -- Flying lemurs -- Bats -- Primates -- Edentates -- Pangolins -- Lagomorphs -- Rodents -- Cetaceans -- Seals -- Aardvark -- Elephants -- Hyraxes -- Sirenians -- Odd-toed Ungulates -- Even-toed Ungulates -- Appendix of rare species -- Index of popular names -- Index of scientific names. ; numerous photographs in black and white ; nicks and small tears to dustjacket ; else G/VG. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . . . . 4to, paperback. Vg+ condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy, square and tight. 80 pp. County, Genealogy, Harford, High, Local, Maryland, School, Yearbooks,

1st edition. 8vo. 187pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p. Original cloth. Browned and chipped cream d/w. lettered in blue. US$11.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Slim EX-LIBRARY hardback, no dustjacket, published by OUP, 1960. Some wear to spine & covers, usual library marks, light tanning to pages. Good.

24x18. Tela editorial (tapa dura). 402 pgs. Numerosas ilustraciones b/n dentro del texto. Texto en dos columnas. 687979.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 4to, pp. xxi, 475, original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, some water staining and a mark across front board, owner's name to ffep, mildly toned end papers otherwise interior largely clean and crisp, some faint foxing to fore edge, the spine leans slightly but binding sound.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. xxi, 475pp. frontis., col. & b/w pls., fldg. pls., text ills., appends., index. The cloth is fine with no fading, wear or marks. End-papers reinforced with conservation binders tape. A lovely copy.

4to. Or.cl. 475pp. Gilt to top edges. (sl foxing) Name on ffe. Many b/w plates. @With Lloyd's ephemera from a Lloyd's of London display held in Sydney in October of 1964.@ Edward Lloyd opened his first Coffee House in London in 1688, a popular place for sailors & merchants. Edward began providing reliable shipping news for them & then insurance.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. xxi, 475p. Pub. red cloth, with the gilt coat of arms to the front board. The red cloth is in fine condition [d.j. present but torn] Illus. throughout with no fading or wear to the binding or contents. A lovely copy in a fine hardback binding.

Lyon : L'Arbalète, août 1944 - grand in-8 (19,4x28cm) broché sous couverture bleue illustrée, 315 pages - tirage à 2150 exemplaires sur papier pur fil Johannot à la forme (n°493) - exemplaire en bon état - Joint les feuillet d'annonces de Chants secrets de Jean Genet et Dessins, par Jean Martin - Numéro d'anthologie de littérature américaine en traductions inédites par Marcel Duhamel, Henri Fluchère, R.N. Raimbault, etc. Livres.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xviii, 328 Pp. Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Spine Label, Green Boards. First Edition Stated. Light Usage, Very Near Fine, Covers And Git Bright, No Marks, But Petrified Remains Of Very Thin Rubber Band On Front Cover With Traces On Front Endpaper. Part Of An Endless Discussion With No Comparable Consideration For, Say, Sex In Astronomy. The Reader Might Conclude That Is Because Publishers, Dealers, And Other Slimy Promoters Can Easily Sensationalize The Arts With Visual References But Have No Avenue For Comparable Profit In The Other 99% Of Human Intellectual Endeavor, Yet.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Suzanne Eward. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes : portrait, facsimile ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723 -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726 ; Diaries. Old English scholar and librarian. Harley, Robert Earl of Oxford 1661-1724 Library. Paleographers. Librarians. Antiquarian booksellers. Book collecting. English philology Old English, ca. 450-1100 History ; Sources. 1 Kg.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Robert L. Lipman, A.C. Lovekin, J.S. Hutchinson, James K. Moffitt, Ansel F. Hall, Frank A. Williamson, C.O. Schneider, W. Harris, Con L. Grover, Frederick H. Morley, Walter L. Huber, Chester Versteeg (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1923. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 4, for 1923. This was published during a several-year time period when the Sierra Club did not stipulate the month of an issue, just the volume, the number, and the year - monthly designations for such an infrequent publication having always been somewhat unnecessary in any case. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 115 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, features and ads, including a fold-out map (Grouse Meadows to Vidette Meadow) and a fold-out wide-angle photograph by W.H. Wright. Gray stapled wraps, rather than the usual medium brown. Very Good; circuit binding (yapp binding) was used, in which cover edges were intentionally extended out beyond page edges, but over time the extended part becomes pressed inward somewhat (see scan). Some damage at inside front hinge area, and some spine sunning and abrasion. A handsome copy. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. In addition to the graphics mentioned above, this issue is chock full of photographic plates by the club's best photographers, as well as others, including Robert L. Lipman, A.C. Lovekin, J.S. Hutchinson, James K. Moffitt, Ansel F. Hall, Frank A. Williamson, C.O. Schneider, W. Harris (an 1867 shot), Con L. Grover, Frederick H. Morley, Walter L. Huber, Chester Versteeg and several uncredited artists. SC2.

Thick Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes complete. Vol I: General Geology 119p two large geological maps in end pocket. Vol 2: Younger Granite Complexes 169p illustrated 6 maps in substantial end pocket. Clean and unmarked. See scans. See scans.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Xviii, 328 Pp. Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Spine Label, Green Boards. First Edition Stated. Light Usage,Gilt Bright, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.50, Light Wear And Browning But Large Chips At Top An Bottom Of Spine Panel. Ny Herald Tribune Book Revoiew Clipped And Laid In Loosely. Part Of An Endless Discussion With No Comparable Consideration For, Say, Sex In Astronomy. The Reader Might Conclude That Is Because Publishers, Dealers, And Other Slimy Promoters Can Easily Sensationalize The Arts With Visual References But Have No Avenue For Comparable Profit In The Other 99% Of Human Intellectual Endeavor, Yet.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xviii, 328 Pp. Green Cloth Spine With Gilt Spine Label, Green Boards. First Edition Stated. Light Usage With Slight Wear To Spine Label, Some Fading To Cloth, Git Bright, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.50Minute Losses At Corners, Slight Fading. Part Of An Endless Discussion With No Comparable Consideration For, Say, Sex In Astronomy. The Reader Might Conclude That Is Because Publishers, Dealers, And Other Slimy Promoters Can Easily Sensationalize The Arts With Visual References But Have No Avenue For Comparable Profit In The Other 99% Of Human Intellectual Endeavor, Yet.

1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 7 ins). Original blind-ruled gilt lettered red cloth, top edge gilt (bright VG), dustwrapper (nicked at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 475, illus with b&w plates some with tissue-guards (light toning on endpapers; no inscriptions).

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Suzanne Eward. Fine copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes : portrait, facsimile ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723 -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726 ; Diaries. Old English scholar and librarian. Harley, Robert Earl of Oxford 1661-1724 Library. Paleographers. Librarians. Antiquarian booksellers. Book collecting. English philology Old English, ca. 450-1100 History ; Sources. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xx, 24 pp; 24 plates. Original cloth, 4to. Top of spine slightly worn. Signature of former owner on front flyleaf. Else Very Good+, without dust jacket. Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v. (xcv, 207, [4], 209-518, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ports., facsims. ; 26 cm. Series; Bibliographical Society publication for the years 1961 and 1962. Notes; Introduction also published separately and simultaneously as Humfrey Wanley and the Harleian Library, by C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. Includes index. Select bibliography: p. lxxxiv-xci. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723. -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726. Oxford, Robert Harley 1st Earl of 1661-1724 - Library - History. Oxford, Edward Harley 2nd Earl of 1689-1741 - Library - History. Wanley - Diaries. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg.

rilegato. Condition: Molto buono (Very Good). XXI, 475 p., [44] c. di tav.ole di cui 2 ripiegate : illustrato. ; 26 cm Molto buono (Very Good) . Book.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 v. (xcv, 207, [4], 209-518, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ports., facsims. ; 26 cm. Series; Bibliographical Society publication for the years 1961 and 1962. Notes; Introduction also published separately and simultaneously as Humfrey Wanley and the Harleian Library, by C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright. Includes index. Select bibliography: p. lxxxiv-xci. Contents; v. 1. 1715-1723. -- v. 2. 1723-1726. Subjects; Wanley, Humphrey 1672-1726. Oxford, Robert Harley 1st Earl of 1661-1724 - Library - History. Oxford, Edward Harley 2nd Earl of 1689-1741 - Library - History. Wanley - Diaries. Genre; Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust Jacket. xxi, 475p. Ex-library. Stamped on front end-paper.