Visit Farm, Signed (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade size paperback with general light wear, clean, no spine crease; one page with soiling, otherwise clean/unmarked. Inscried and signed by the author on the title page.

First edition In three-color showcase, handmade edition. . Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the flyleaf. Illustrated, 89 pages of memories of growing up on a farm in the northern Maine town of Chester amongst a family of 13 children. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Tall octavo, 423 pages, numerous vintage photos. Second edition. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper: "Compliments of Edith M. Thomas Quakertown, Pennsylvania May 5th, 1933." The first 150 pages are a description of Pennsylvania Dutch home life, the remainder devoted to Pennsylvania Dutch cooking and recipes. A bright copy with a little wear at base of the spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. To the front pastedown a presentation inscription from Jones [1904-1992] one of the most original illustrators of his day. Quarto, 30 pages approx. Paper covered boards, mild grubbiness. book in protective Mylar sleeve [removable]. Coloured and b/w illustrations. Boards with mild edge wear.Some rubbing around the spine extremities. One ownership inscription in addition to Jones'. Jones presented the copy to one 'Theo Zimm'. A unique copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 24 cm. 423 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. This copy contains a signed inscription (containing a stanza of verse) by the author Edith M. Thomas, a noted American poet, to the front loose end page. In very good condition. Bookplate affixed to the front loose end page. Additional signed inscription by Mabel G. Dick (of Quakertown, Pennsylvania) to the page opposite the title page. Some interior pages are stained at their extremities. Rear hinge cracked but holding. Moderate edge wear/bumping, mottling, soiling to the cloth covers. Thomas uses the fictional character of Mary to explore the culture, art and cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch. The rear of the book (pages 151 to 409) contain recipes. A book featured in Feeding America, an online archive of important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th century from the Michigan State University Libraries collection. Second edition (originally published in 1915).

First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. Illustrations by the author, some in colour, on every page.Presentation copy from the author/artist, inscribed by him on the front pastedown: ''To Professor Randolph Schwabe with all my best wishes from Harold Jones. Nov. 13, 1941.'' The recipient was at this time the Principal of the Slade School of Fine Art and was himself the illustrator of a number of books, including one by Walter de la Mare another of whose books was illustrated by Harold Jones. Schwabe had just been appointed to the War Artists' Advisory Committee and given the commission of recording the bomb damage at Canterbury Cathedral.Corners of rear cover slightly bumped, otherwise fine in very good, slightly marked dustwrapper a bit darkened at the spine, with a small chip to head of spine and a 2 cm closed tear.