Ed ainsworth (549 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Very nice hardcover Inscribed by Author First Edition with DJ protected by clear mylar cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

hardcover. Condizione: As New. Used like new hardcover in original dust jacket. No underlining, tears, highlighting, or marginalia. A clean sound and serviceable copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bales, Bob (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bales, Bob (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bales, Bob (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. #TX 777. Digest-size paperback. 94pp. Anth. Faint pen mark in crnr of front cv else VG. Light-mod readers crease detracts lightly. Leaves light-mod edge browned. Bright. Tight.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Missing. Murray & Gee, Inc., 1948. Hardcover, 272 pp. First edition. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by Ed Arnsworth on front free end paper dated Oct. 29, 1938. In acceptable+ condition/ NO dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards have tiny nicks/holes to the cloth along the hinges of the front and back covers and moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight. Previous owner's address label on bottom corner of front free end paper (below author's signature). Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Missing dust jacket. A good reading copy. A collection of anecdotes and historical narratives about California. The book delves into various tales and lesser-known stories from across the state, reflecting Ainsworth's long tenure at the Los Angeles Times where he began in 1923 and eventually became an editor and columnist. Among the stories, Ainsworth explores the Swallows of Capistrano, visits to the Salton Sea, the Dance of the Dead ceremony, celebrations in Monterey, a journey along the El Camino Real, and the lost city of Buena Vista Lake, providing a colorful tapestry of California's cultural and historical landscape.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Bank of America, 1959. Paper cover, 48 pp. In good condition. Rose colored illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing with a bit of fraying to the corner tips. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO Remainder Marks. Illustrations by Orpha Klinker. From Foreword: This is the life story of a great city told in new terms. What made Los Angeles a great city? From whence come the forces and the nourishment to transform it from wilderness to metropolis? In the mold of History, this was no ordinary fashioning. This was slumber metamorphosed into catapulting activity. This was a siesta gone wild. In these pages there emerges the image of the miracle that transpired. From the chronicle step forth the causes and the men bringing it about. No other city has such a story. Never has the story of this one been told in this manner. Klinker, Orpha (illustratore).…

Wrappers. Condizione: Good. Sunkist Growers, Published [No date: circa 1968]. Wraps, 54 pp.; 23 cm; illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Elgas Grim; black-and-white photographs.In Good condition. Olive yellow illustrated paper covers, staple bound, with mild bumping to edges, some color loss along edges, and scuffing and soiling to back cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.Published by Sunkist Growers as a keepsake for the ninth joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano book collector clubs (1968), this charming pamphlet traces the history of citrus from its ancient origins in the East (where the orange was known as "Nagrunga" and the lemon as "Nimbu") through the courts of ancient Persia and Arabia, Moorish Spain, the California missions, and the founding of the cooperative marketing movement that became Sunkist. Written by Ed Ainsworth, longtime journalist for the Los Angeles Times, the text is illustrated throughout with decorative pen-and-ink drawings by Elgas Grim. A central "Citrus Pictorial History" section includes black-and-white photographs documenting early California citrus operations -- packing houses, orchards, and portraits of the Sunkist presidents. Concludes with a full double-page illustrated color map titled "The Western Pilgrimage of Citrus." This copy does not include the presentation bookplate found in some Roxburghe/Zamorano copies.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 188pp. Pages browned, a little wear, very good. David Lockhart (cover illus) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. World Pub. Co January 1968 Binding: Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. hardcover with jacket. small tears on jacket. clean pages Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good Minus. Good shows wear to covers and light discolorations and wear around edges. Still tight. Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page to someone: "For Grace and Neil, who, I hope always will live in an "Enchanted Pueblo" Love, Ed (Ed Ainsworth)." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall. Signed by Author(s). …

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Stapled booklet with history and illustrations. SIGNED by illustrator Orpha Klinker ("Artistically yours"); sepia toned illustrations. Very good condition in rust-colored wraps, shelf wear to edges. Free of any markings, not ex-library. . ; 48 pages; Signed by Illustrator. Illustrated by Orpha Klinker (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. worn with minor edge tears. The hardcover book is in good condition, with the dust jacket showing signs of wear, including minor edge tears. The binding is intact and the pages are clean, making it a well-preserved copy for its age.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Murray & Gee, Inc., Published 1948. Hardcover, 272 pp.; 20 cm. In Good condition, no dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with blue lettering on front and spine show light bumping to edges and corners with light overall scuffing and soiling, and a small area of bubbling to the cloth on the front cover near the spine. Binding tight. Front free endpaper bears a personalized inscription signed by the author: "For Jon and Maggie, Best wishes, Ed," dated Christmas, 1948. Pages lightly toned; endpapers with moderate toning. Otherwise unmarked. California Jubilee was published in 1948 to celebrate the centennial of the California Gold Rush, the subtitle "Nuggets from Many Hidden Veins" reflecting its anthology nature. Ed Ainsworth, a veteran journalist and author who spent his career at the Los Angeles Times, drew on decades of reporting across the state to compile this collection of stories and reminiscences: the mystery of the Swallows of Capistrano, a celebration in Monterey, travels along the El Camino Real, the lost city of Buena Vista Lake, and many other episodes from California history and lore.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Yorty: Politics of a Constant Candidate, Bollens, John C. ; Geyer, Grant B., Palisades Publishers, Pacific Palisades, 1973, 245p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/shelf wear/small tears, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding, name inscribed back fly---LOS ANGELES MAYOR + MAVERICK MAYOR, A BIOGRAPHY OF SAM YORTY OF LOS ANGELES, Ainsworth, Ed, Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company 1966, 256p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/shelf wear/small tears, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding--6.00 for both.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket As Issued. Spotting along front cover and spine. Bales, Bob (illustratore).

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. 201pp. Orange cloth. Bottom edge rubbed, some discoloration to endpapers, text is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and has been taped along edges. Inscribed, stamped and signed by W.Parker Lyon, foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. Includes a handwritten 1942 letter by W. Lyon Parker, and a W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railway ticket from Arcadia to Santa Anita along the Haw Haw Route, plus addressed envelope. Signed by Author(s). …

Stapled wraps. Condizione: Very Good+. No Edition Stated. No publication date found; very light edgewear, 2 tiny light soil marks to front cover; b/w photos.

Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Near Fine. This work is the story of the citrus fruits, the orange and the lemon, and their travels from the East where they were known as Nagrunga and Nimbu, to California. Photographs and illustrations are included. This copy is clean and solid. Elgas Grim (illustratore).…