brander matthews editor (20 risultati)

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. very nice clean tight hardback with only the lightest of wear. tightly bound. clean cloth covers with blue lettering in very nice condition. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is rubbed and has a tear on front.312 pages.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. New York: Tor / A Tom Doherty Associates Book [1994]. Good. 1994. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 0812551788 . First edition. Pictorial [Jim Thiesen art] wrappers, 217 pages collecting 12 stories. Good or better copy [cover rubbed with a scratch and short lower corner crease to the rear cover, name inside the front cover]. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 2nd Edition. The book and contents are tight. Pages are clean. Covers have minor scuffing and corner wear.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Cloth. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Reprint Edition. Brander Matthews, 1852-1929. 268 p. 18 cm. Brighjt, clean, unmarked copy, inside and outside. Tight, square binding, virtually no wear to the cloth. However, the front free [blank] endpaper has been neatly removed - otherwise a solid VG+. Weight. 296g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. Spine weak. ; 786 pages.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. Pencil notes on front endpaper. Pencil check marks on some titles in table of contents. Edgewear. Spine faded. ; Ex-Lib; 786 pages.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. Edgewear; 786 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Moderate scuffing at top and bottom of spine and corners, elsewise a bright, clean, tight copy. Inkstamp on the title page reads: "Property of Board of Education, Dec 18 1906 City of New York" (no other markings). A chronological arrangement of U.S. patriotic poems ranging from 1773 to 1876 by 41 revered and lesser-known poets. Burgundy boards with black lettering and elaborate gold gilt decoration on the front cover and spine. 285 pages. LH2.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition. Covers are slightly dull. Spine tips and corners are rubbed. Top page edge is dirty. Name on front fly leaf. 786 pages.

Mass market. Condizione: Good. Good paperback. Text is unmarked. Covers show edge wear with some rubbing, scuffing and creases. Previous owner's name is on the inside cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Maroon cloth cover has cream colored foil stamp on front and spine, lightly crushed top and bottom of the spine, cover is soiled lightly and spine is mildly worn with some soiling. Inside front cover has previous owner's name and address elegantly written, Mild pencil mark on the front fly sheet. Pages have minor pencil markings from time to time throughout the body, are lightly discolored due to age and have slightly loose hinges. This book is in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing (Same date on Title page and copyright page. ) Very Good with moderate wear to covers and no marks to text. Small scuff at top pf front board near head of spine, affecting gold rule; previous owner's armorial-style bookplate on front pastedown. Lacking jacket, if issued. Essays. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 508 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 7.90x5.00x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 342pp with black and white illustrations in text, tissue-guarded plate frontispiece. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black with central vignette. 8vo. Cloth is a little tired, rubbed and rounded at corners and tips of a sunned spine, a few mild marks. Shadowing and faint spotting on endpapers, tissue guard toned with offset toning in margins of frontispiece, hint of toning in margins throughout. A very pleasing vintage volume, elegantly produced albeit well used, providing a compelling guide to bookbinding practices up to the end of the 19th century.

Condizione: Very Good. Later. Very good minus. 1/100 special copies printed on large paper. White covers show soiling/browning especially along spine.

Condizione: Sehr gut. First Edition. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.

The Simplified Spelling Board was founded in 1906, funded by Andrew Carnegie, and counted Mark Twain and President Theodore Roosevelt, and the English lexicographers James A. H. Murray, Walter W. Skeat and Joseph Wright among its members. The present collection of the Board's Circulars consists of 25 uniform items, all unbound and stapled. The collection is in fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with occasional wear. Stamps, shelfmarks and labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. The collection consists of a run of Nos.1-25 of the Board's Circulars, lacking No.22 and with two versions (1907 and 1911) of No.16. Nos. 1-21 attached to one another through punch holes by green string. ONE: 'A First Step'. 4pp. TWO: 'List of Common Words spelled in two or more ways'. 12pp. THREE: 'The Amelioration of our Spelling' by Calvin Thomas, LL.D. 8pp. FOUR: 'The Spelling of Yesterday and the Spelling of To-morrow' by Brander Matthews, D.C.L. 8pp. FIVE: 'List of common Words spelled in two or more Ways. The Three Hundred Words, with the Authorities'. 8pp. SIX: 'A Statement about Simplified Spelling'. 4pp. SEVEN: 'Simplified Spelling in the Schools'. 8pp. EIGHT: 'Simplified Spelling and the Universities'. 8pp. NINE: 'Mark Twain on Simplified Spelling'. 4pp. TEN: 'Simplified Spelling in Writing and Printing. A Publisher's Point of View. By Henry Holt, LL.D.' 11pp. ELEVEN: 'The Medical Profession and Simplified Spelling'. By Burt G. Wilder, S.B., M.D. 4pp. TWELVE: 'Annual Meeting of the Simplified Spelling Board - April 3, 4, 5, 1907'. 12pp. THIRTEEN: 'A Letter to the Signers'. 4pp. FOURTEEN: 'The Simplification of English Spelling'. 8pp. FIFTEEN: 'Three Hundred Words spelled in two or more Ways'. 16pp. SIXTEEN: 'The Simplified Spelling Board'. Two copies, both dated 28 November 1907, but the second from 1911. The first copy (3pp.) with list of members dated 'November, 1907'; the second with different, undated list of members, and with list of publications 1-25 dated September 1911, the first copy having an undated list of publications 1-16. SEVENTEEN: 'The Advisory Council of the Simplified Spelling Board'. 8pp. EIGHTEEN: 'Simplified Spellings. A Second List'. NINETEEN: 'The Problems before us' by Thomas R. Lounsbury, LL.D., L.H.D., President of the Simplified Spelling Board. 16pp. TWENTY: 'Simplified Spelling in Periodicals' by William Hayes Ward, D.D., Editor of The Independent. 4pp. TWENTY-ONE: 'The Spelling of the Poets' by Brander Matthews, D.C.L. 7pp. TWENTY-THREE: 'Alfabetic List of Simplifications in Spelling recommended by the Simplified Spelling Board up to January 25, 1909'. 32pp. TWENTY-FOUR: 'Simplified Spelling: A Letter to Teachers' by Calvin Thomas, 'For the Executiv [sic] Committee | Simplified Spelling Board'. 12pp. TWENTY-FIVE: 'The Need of Reform of Spelling in the Public Schools' by William H. Maxwell, LL.D., City Superintendent of Schools, New York. 8pp. Scarce material. A few major libraries appear to have a 26 number run.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.45 inches. This item is printed on demand.