Editore: Quiet Path Books, 2010
ISBN 10: 0982870728 ISBN 13: 9780982870723
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Editore: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985
ISBN 10: 0396086861 ISBN 13: 9780396086864
Da: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Dan Beard (illustratore). Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018
ISBN 10: 1983948020 ISBN 13: 9781983948022
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: Brilliance Audio, 2017
ISBN 10: 1536630535 ISBN 13: 9781536630534
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
CMD. Condizione: Brand New. mp3 edition. 6.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994
ISBN 10: 0937707848 ISBN 13: 9780937707845
Da: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. From the estate of and signed by the late astronomer Adair Lane. Fine copy in all respects with this additional association.; Astronomical Society Of The Pacific Conference Series; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 426 pages.
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Editore: San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,, 1994
Da: Buch & Cafe Antiquarius, Bonn, NRW, Germania
Membro dell'associazione: GIAQ
Prima edizione
Gr.-8°, original hardcover. 1. ed. With numerous images, XVII, 426 p. Shelfmark on spine, stamp on title, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.
Editore: Chatto and Windus, London, 1892
Da: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Prima edizione
Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Dan Beard and Hal Hurst (illustratore). First Edition. The Weather in This Book and list of illustrations. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Dan Beard and Hal Hurst, including a tissue guarded frontispiece  the tissue guard has become a little creased. Red coloured boards with black coloured embossed decorations and titles to the front panel and gilt coloured titles and black coloured illustration to the back strip. This book is about mistaken identities, multiple role switches and no mention of weather! The author dictated this book using a pornographic dictation device, the first author to do so. The book is starting to show signs of age and use. Bumping, rubbing and fraying of the book corners with the underlying board is visible to the lower book corners. Softening, rubbing and fraying of the back strip and there is a 2 1/2 inch split to the rear spine gutter edge. Fading of the back strip along with some marks visible. Staining to the panels along with rubbing. Light age toning of the text block edges and even lighter tanning of the pages. Offset tanning and some foxing to the end pages with previous owners name, with a date of 13/1/93 (1893) to the free front end page. First English Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X - XI, [2], 3 - 258, [34  of which 32 a further titles from publishing house] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Dan Beard and Hal Hurst. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; 19th century; Humour. Inventory No: 0288940.
Editore: San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific,, 2004
Da: Buch & Cafe Antiquarius, Bonn, NRW, Germania
Membro dell'associazione: GIAQ
Prima edizione
Gr.-8°, original hardcover. 1. ed. With numerous images, XX, 367 p. Shelfmark on spine, stamp on title, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.
Editore: The Guilford Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 146255119X ISBN 13: 9781462551194
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
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Editore: Chatto and Windus, London, 1902
Da: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, Regno Unito
Cloth Bound Boards. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. A New Edition with over 220 Illustrations by Dan Beard (illustratore). New Edition. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co Ltd, New Street Square, London. A New Edition with over 220 Illustrations by Dan Beard. Black cloth bound boards with embossed gold lettering.12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No Jacket. Very slight fading to lettering on spine. Minor rubbing to ends of spine and outer corners only. Full page engraving on frontispiece retains protective tissue paper. Slight browning to edge of sheet not affecting the engraved area. Few spots to rear end paper. All pages and illustrations in fine clean condition. 525 pages plus bound in at the back a 32 page alphabetical catalogue of publishers' other books in fiction and general literature. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
French Flaps. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Text in Swedish and English.
Editore: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004
ISBN 10: 158381177X ISBN 13: 9781583811771
Da: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Fine copy in all respects.; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches.
Editore: Mudam Luxembourg, 2007
ISBN 10: 2919923633 ISBN 13: 9782919923632
Da: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Two softcover books with clear plastic slipcase, 176 and 242 pages; in English and French; as new condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Editore: London: Chattto & Windus, 1892, 1892
Da: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NO DJ, , 1st British Edition, 1892, NF-/NF+, NODJ, embossed DESIGN Dark Blue cloth with Bright Gold Gilt Title front & gilt on spine Bright, Interior Nice clean some FoXing, light Wear, 258 pgs + page with b/w decorated design, Cover light Rub, Wear, APPENDIX.
Editore: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892
Da: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dan Beard Line Drawings (illustratore). First Edition. A superb copy with gleaming cover gilt, tight and unmarked except for a historic 1919 Asheville, North Carolina bookplate neatly tipped to the front endpaper. Twain wrote this novel with the help of phonographic dictation, likely the first author to do so. This was also an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although, of course, the first sentence of the second paragraph contains "fine, breezy morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to reference from time to time. The story is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches. One rarely finds such a fine copy of this Twain work.
Editore: Chatto & Windus, London., 1888
Da: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Beard, Dan (illustratore). First English Edition. 1st UK edition. Red boards with black decorations and titles in gilt. Leaf patterned endpapers. Top edge roughcut. 526pp + publisher's list. Previous owner's neat ink signature to front free endpaper. Spine faded and corners bumped. Webbing exposed at front hinge. Foredge slightly foxed but not visible when the book is open.
Editore: Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1889
Da: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dan Beard (illustratore). 1st Edition. Same date 1889 to title and copyright pages. Second state with last three lines of broken type to page 72 and without "S" ornamentation between THE KING on page 59. Spine and front cover omit "Connecticut" Over 200 steel engraved illustrations. 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 book; binding sound with gilt emblem and titles to spine which has moderate fraying to top, original olive green cloth boards which are connected but loose have mild bumping and rubbing to corners and bottom edges with front having gilt titles with grey and black and gilt to vignette; text has mild toning to edges with small hole to page 53, 1/2" closed tear to fore edge one page with mild soiling to few pages. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Editore: Chatto & Windus, London, 1889
Da: Robert Wright, trading as 'The Bookman', Norwich, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. Illus. by DAN. BEARD (illustratore). First Edition. Time-travel satire. First Edn., 1889; full red cloth; titling/illus. (knight upon dragon) blocked in gilt (very bright)/black full to front board; titling/illus. (magician) blocked in gilt (bright)/black full to spine; publisher';s monogram blocked in black to rear board; brown foliate pattern printed to endpapers; xvi+525+[1]+[ii]pp. + 32pp. publisher's catalogue (dated October, 1889); illus. bw. drawings. Slightly faded spine very lightly worn at top and crushed at tail, but complete/robust/clean; small beverage stains to rear board, but boards robust/bright/quite crisp; page edges slightly tanned/moderately foxed; small scuff to paper surface of front paste-down endpaper near top corner neatly (almost imperceptibly) repaired; moderate foxing to preliminaries and final pages of catalogue, but text fresh, pages generally clean/crisp/very bright. Binding firm, all complete/intact. A weighty tome at approx. 1075g (packaged), hence overseas customers are welcome to contact us prior to ordering to ascertain additional shipping charges incurred. No inscriptions. G+ PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Hardback.
Editore: Chatto and Windus, London, 1892
Da: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Dan Beard & Hal Hurst (illustratore). 1st Edition. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Adverts in rear state May 1892. Spine a little faded. Corners bumped. Edges spotted. Please see photos as part of condition report 1892 1st Edition May 1892, UK Edition THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT By Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 ? April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Illustrated By: Dan Beard & Hal Hurst Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Chatto and Windus, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 258 ISBN: The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation,[2] the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. The American Claimant is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by American democracy. Previous owner stamp Dr. E. W. F. Stiven (Surgeon), of Manor Lodge, Harrow-on-the-Hill. SKU: BTETM0002123 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.
Editore: Charles L. Webster, New York, 1892
Da: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Near fine condition. 1st. 23 black-and-white text illustrations. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover stamped in gilt, black, and darker green and the spine stamped in gilt and black. Minor stain to the front cover and minor wear to the corners. Minor writing in ink on the front free endpaper.
Editore: Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1893
Da: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Dan Beard (illustratore). 1st Edition. 8vo. (21 cm.) -260; blank leaf; advertisements pp. -9. Black and white frontispiece drawing by Dan Beard inserted with tissue guard. Tan cloth with black, brown and gilt letters on the front cover and gilt letters on the spine and with a vignette in gilt, brown and black of a wolf running to the right trailing a ribbon with the word "Starvation" on it set against a background of sun with shining rays. Cartouche in lower right corner of front cover of braided leaves with "Mark Twain" in the center. Very minor wear to extremities with nothing rubbed through, top and bottom of spine somewhat tender, spine slightly darkened, all gilt bright, some evidence of silverfish grazing on the covers, frontispiece in fine condition, tissue guard intact, fingernail sized stain on front free pastedown and endpaper, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Blanck 3436 Other stories include the following: Mental Telegraphy, A Cure for the Blues, The Enemy Conquered, About All Kinds of Ships, Playing Courier, The GermanChicago, A Petition to the Queen of England, and A Majestic Literary Fossil. Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (1850 ? 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who also illustrated Twain's A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT.
Editore: Chatto & Windus, London, 1889
Da: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Germania
Prima edizione
First Edition. xvi, 525, [2] pp, publisher's red cloth and lettered in gilt.Front hinge loose. 19 cm. With 220 illustrations by Dan. Beard.
Editore: Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1893
Da: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth with Stamped Design. Condizione: Very Good. Dan Beard (illustratore). First Edition. The L 1,000,000. Bank Note And Other Stories, 260 pages plus 9 pages of ads in the rear of the book, corners bumped, right top corner of pages having been bent over at one time, page 130 and 131 with a couple of minor smudges otherwise book is pretty clean, tight, and complete. Story is about two Englishmen who had two "one million pound notes printed by the bank of England, the story centers around a dispute between the two brothers as to how an American would behave should he fall into possession of one of the notes, there are other stories appearing as well for the first time.
Editore: Chatto & Windus, London, 1889
Da: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Very Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First UK Edition, later state with catalog dated October 1889. Octavo. 525, [ii], 32 pp. publisher's catalog. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt; decorative endpapers. Boards edgeworn with a couple short tears to top of spine; corners bumped; spine soiled; light discoloration along fore-edges. Moderate lean to boards but binding is sound. Light foxing to endpapers and edges of text block but interior else unmarked. Very Good. [BAL 3429].
Editore: Chatto and Windus, London, 1894
Da: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. Dan Beard (illustratore). First English Edition. Pictorial red cloth binding, 208 pages with 32 pages of ads at the end (dated Feb. 1894 as called for in the first editiion), some old finger smudges to some page margins, and minor discoloration to some areas of cloth otherwise in pretty good condition. Minor/superficial paper split only to front inside hinge. The English edition preceded the first American edition.
Editore: Chatto and Windus, London, 1889
Da: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Dan Beard & Hal Hurst (illustratore). 1st Edition. Please email for Photographs or further information. Good - Adverts in rear state Oct 1889. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black, lettered in gilt in spine. Spine a little faded, spine cover present but coming off. Corners bumped. Edges spotted. Please see photos as part of condition report 1889 1st Edition Oct 1889, UK Edition A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR By Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 ? April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". Illustrated By: Dan Beard & Hal Hurst Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Chatto and Windus, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 290 ISBN: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur. After some initial confusion and his capture by one of Arthur's knights, Hank realizes that he is actually in the past, and he uses his knowledge to make people believe that he is a powerful magician. He becomes a rival of Merlin, who appears to be little more than a fraud, and gains the trust of King Arthur. Hank attempts to modernize the past in order to make people's lives better. Hank is disgusted by how the Barons treat the commoners, and tries to implement democratic reforms, but in the end he is unable to prevent the death of Arthur. Hank declares England a republic, but the Catholic Church - growing fearful of his power - issues an interdict against him. Twain wrote the book as a burlesque of Romantic notions of chivalry after being inspired by a dream in which he was a knight himself, severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor. It is a satire of feudalism and monarchy that also celebrates homespun ingenuity and democratic values while questioning the for-profit ideals of capitalism and outcomes of the Industrial Revolution. At one point in the book, Twain even defends the French Revolution.[2] It is among several works by Twain and his contemporaries that mark the transition from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era of socioeconomic discourse. It is often cited as a formative example of the fledgling time travel genre. Previous owner stamp Dr. E. W. F. Stiven (Surgeon), of Manor Lodge, Harrow-on-the-Hill. SKU: BTETM0002122 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.
Editore: The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1897
Da: Rosebud Books, Golconda, IL, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
hardcover. Walter G. Grant, Dan Beard, et. all (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Sm 4to; 712pp. Blue cloth boards; engraved color illustration of elephant on front board; gilt text boxes, illustrations/decorations, and lettering on spine. b/w famous photograph of Mark Twain w/ his signature as caption as frontispiece; frontispiece protected by tissue paper; 193 b/w illustrations/photographs both full page and otherwise, throughout. Orginial Hartford printing w/ signature "11" at bottom of 161pp. Laid in newspaper clipping of Abraham Lincoln's favorite poem, reprinting. Good; cardboard reinforcer in spine absent (cloth covering still attached and present); frontispiece and tissue covering detached from boook & laid in; looseness in spine; separation channel between front board & first few pages, and spine; a few page turning tears on egdes; staining on boards, spine & slightly throughout; foxing also throughout; fading on boards & spine; rubbing on board & spine corners and edges; fraying of cloth covering on spine; all else clean, tight & attractive.