Bruce and william b catton (20 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: UsedGood. Hardcover; The Doubleday Basic History of the United States; surplus librar y copy with minimal stampings; light wear to the cover with bumps to the sp ine ends; page preceding title page removed; in good condition with clean t ext and tight binding. Dust jacket shows fading, scuffing, and small edge t ears.…

Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. "First Edition after a privately printed limited edition." No other printings are listed. Ex-Library with the usual Markings; Jacket in Mylar. The book has solid binding. A very small stain to the bottom of the textblock. The spine of the DJ is sun faded, and the head has a crease.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright 1978 by Estate of Bruce Catton, and William B. Catton. No other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings or tears noted. Both front and back endpapers contain a map of the United States in 1815. Dust jacket in good condition, has been price clipped (at bottom of front flap - assuming price was clipped. ) Shows some rubbing and shelf wear near top of spine and a small closed tear at front bottom corner about 1/2". * From the book, "This is the story of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812--told with rare eloquence and power by two eminent historians". "Bruce Catton and his son William B. Catton bring their special flair for analysis, narrative drive, clarity, and precision to this the first of their eventual two books constituting Doubleday's Basic History of the United States." Volume concludes with a Selected Bibliography and an extensive Index.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Trade Edition. Type: Hardback First Edition after a privately printed limited edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. The story of America, from Columbus and the Colonial Age through the War of 1812, told by two eminent historians. Black full cloth binding with sharp and bright gilt titles on spine, no wear to extremities, square with sharp corners, tight & solid. Faint smudge spots on text block lower edge, one on top edge. Maps on end papers. Internals very clean & completely free from any markings, lightly toned. Clean unclipped cream jacket with red and black titles, corners and spine edges chipped, a scrape on front. Now with mylar protective cover. viii plus 495 pages with Bibliography and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Doubleday, New York, 1978.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First. pp. 495 with index First edition after a privately printed limited edition clean tight copy d/j sunned to edges and spine small tears top spine and corners slight creases to top edge Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condizione: fine. very good(-). Maps. 530pp. 8vo, black boards, d.w. sunned on spine portion, d.w. lightly soiled. Garden City: Doubleday, (1978). Book Club Edition.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 495pp. Map endpapers. Very good/very good. Tight, nice later printing, part of "The Doubleday Basic History of the United States" series.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. (Originally published, 1978) Larger, sturdy book, quality red cloth covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 530 lightly browned pages, maps in early pages. DJ glossy with the color-illustration of Washington crossing the Delaware on front and spine, smaller on spine, the complete painting show at back in thin red frame. DJ and book, both Very Fine.…

Full Leather. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 643 pages. Full brown dyed leather with raised spine bands and gold stamped decoration and lettering. All edges are gilded. Silk moire end leaves and sewn in book mark. Lacking "Notes from the Editor.". Dennis Lyall (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Later printing. 495pp. Black and white illustrations. Slight spotting to the front board else near fine with a remainder spray on the bottom edge in a near fine dust jacket with slight fading to the spine. The Doubleday Basic History of the United States.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. A fine copy in all respects of this limited first edition. Bound in full brown leather with an elaborate gilt design. All edges gilt. Illustrated by Dennis Lyall. Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: vg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Franklin Library, First Edition Society. Full brown leather binding with gilt decorations. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Book appears unread.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Fine copy, bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. All edges gilt, pages clean. First edition.

HB BLACK CLOTH OWNER SIGNATURE SMALL ANNOTATION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER COVER MARKED VERY GOOD PP495 DW GOOD 8V0 Sub-titled Americas Founding Fathers 1492-1815.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Limited edition of The First Edition Society. "Notes from the Editors" laid in. Octavo, fully bound in dark brown leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. About fine.; 643 pages. Illustrated by Dennis Lyall (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. New, and quite pristine in every way. As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited First Edition. True First Edition of "The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815", by Bruce Catton and son William B. Catton. Includes the scarce, separate 8-page Notes from the Editors. Illustrations by Dennis Lyall; also, the accompanying Notes from the Editors bears a portrait sketch of both Cattons by Jack Desrocher. Prior to pagination is 'A Special Message to the members of The First Edition Society' from both authors. Octavo, 645 pp.(2 pp. Map + 643). Full rich deep brown topgrain cowhide binding, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, brown moire endpapers, All Edges Gilt, with brown satin page-marker ribbon. An example of Franklin's always-lavish bindings, the limited and true first edition of the Cattons' dramatic account of the first several centuries of America's evolution. 22 k gilt at all page edges and embossments, 50-pound Franklin Library Olde Style Cream Wove paper, 11-point Bembo typeface. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; pristine and flawless. As bright, tight and immaculate as it was on its first day in 1978. Includes the scarce 8-page Notes from the Editors. See all scans. LFR5. Dennis Lyall; Jack Desrocher (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Dust Jacket. 1978 Hardcover As New/No Dust Jacket The Franklin Library, Pub, Franklin Center, PA, 1978; A Limited Edition; bound in full leather; 'The First Edition Society' series; As New condition; 'Notes From the Editors' booklet layed in; Bruce Catton, Fine Bindings.…

Hardcover. Illustrations by Dennis Lyall. Small 4to. Full brown calf with raised bands and gilt lettering, rules and decorations, publisher's thin card stock slipcase with gold foil label. 643pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, maps, brown silk moire endpapers, sewn-in brown satin page marker. Fine/near fine. Minor wear to slipcase (only). Pristine limited first edition (preceding the Doubleday trade edition) of this thick survey, a volume in their "First Edition Society" series. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to blank leaf facing the title page is a fine First Day Cover signed by Bruce Catton, 6½" X 3½", postally cancelled in Appomattox, Virginia on 9 April 1965 and with "First Day of Issue" so stamped. Single 5-cent "Appomattox" stamp at upper right and printed cachet at left depicting Grant and Lee seated together to sign the surrender document. Near the center, Catton signs boldly in blue ballpoint. Laid in is the publisher's "Notes from the Editors" leaflet about this title. …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…