fulton will oursler (89 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1949. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light wear to head, tail, and tips; large closed tear to front panel and missing piece on rear panel at top. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering in a green shadowbox on spine. Maps as endpapers. 302 pp 8vo. Presented for the first time is the story of Boys Town, Nebraska, the man who created and guided it, and the real stories of the boys it served. Created 32 years ago, it now comprises over 900 acres outside of Omaha, NE, caring for 1000 boys from age 6-18. A story of the growth of young men and of a life and a devotion that is unparalleled. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair to Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. First Edition. Stated First Edition with 1949 in roman numerals on copyright page. Book Condition Fair to Good. Green cloth wrapped boards. Spins has dark green boxes surrounded by gilt design and letters stamped on boxes. The board edges, corners have some wear. A small worn spot about 1/4" x 1/8" is on front board's top corner. Inside endsheets have illustrated maps of Boy's Town, Nebraska. Clean with no writing, no marks. 302 clean, bright tightly bound pages. Edges are lightly tanned beige, inside white. B/w photos throughout. Dust Jacket: poor due to wear, creases, tears and pieces missing. The front cover illustration of Father Flanagan and boys in background still pretty bright in spite of the wear. The original price of $3.00 inside front flap. Flaps still white. The dust jacket has clear tape inside on some tears. Inspite of wear on outside of book, inside pages are clean, fresh, and still a nice reading copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good/Good in Brodart. Illustrated in B&W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. Wheat colored, hard cover, boards. Nice, bold, gold letterring on the spine on an equally nice green background. Pages are clean and tight. The Dust-Jacket's original price is still present. The DJ has stress marks along all edges. The dust jacket is protected by a clear, plastic, cover. 302 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Edgewear to price clopped dj.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AJ6 - Book has wrinkling on the top and bottom spine, discoloration, and normal shelf wear otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

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

FATHER FLANAGAN OF BOYS TOWN BY FULTON & WILL OURSLER 1949 FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET GREAT PHOTOS THIS FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER HAS ITS ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. THE DUST JACKET IS WORN ON EDGES AND HAS MILD SCUFFING ON FRONT COVER. THE HARDCOVER HAS BEEN WELL PROTECTED. THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE PAGES HAVE SOME MILD STAINING BUT THESE ARE NO VISIBLE ON THE INTERIOR PAGES. THE INTERIOR PAGES ARE NICE AND CLEAN WITH NO WRITING AND NO TEARS SEEN. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS. WE PURCHASE OUR ITEMS FROM ESTATE SALES SO ALL ITEMS ARE IN "AS IS" CONDITION UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. WE TRY TO DESCRIBE ANY FLAWS OR DAMAGE SEEN PLUS TAKE MULTIPLE PHOTOS. PLEASE READ OUR DESCRIPTION AND VIEW ALL PICTURES. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WE LOVE TO COMBINE SHIP TO SAVE YOU MONEY SO BE SURE TO LOOK AT OUR OTHER LISTINGS. WE ALSO ARE HAPPY TO OFFER FREE LOCAL PICKUP. PLEASE REQUEST AN INVOICE IF THIS OFFER ISN'T LISTED. THANKS FOR SHOPPING WITH US!

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

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Nice bright and strong copy. Lightly bumped at the spine tips and the bottom front corner. Previous owner's name on the top right corner of the front endpaper. No other markings. Dust jacket (in mylar sleeve) is not price-clipped. It has some creasing and nicks along the edges. Stated first edition. Illustrated.

1st printing of 1st US edition. End papers lightly foxed otherwise near fine hard cover book/ closed tears & edgewear otherwise very good+ dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

vg/-, tiny scribble fep, binding bumped. Illustrated by photos. ed no info. Binding is hc.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). "The warm human story of a man's devotion to an ideal and to his unshakable faith in human nature." Dust jacket has significant edge chips/wear an dis lightly faded. Book.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DJ. Greyish cloth with green printed endpapers of Boy's Town, Nebraska. Possibly BCE. Receipt laid in from 'The Family Reading Club' of Mineola, N.Y., though it is not for this title. Father Flanagan was a Catholic priest who started a school/orphanage for unfortunate boys in Nebraska. Called 'Boy's Town', it became a very well known extensive institution, that basically formed its' own town. Illustrated with sepia photos of the school and the boys. 302 pp. Education, history, youth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Stated First Edition. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1959. Stated First Edition. Near FIne/Good+. Very clean green/gray cloth boards with green title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Illustrated endpapers. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is quite clean with faint stain at top edge of rear panel, thumb-nail size chip at base of spine, small chip at top of front panel, corner & edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.

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

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE STORY OF BOYS TOWN. WORN.

Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. ; B&W Illustrations; 302 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition stated. Bound in pale green cloth with illustrated endpapers. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Softening to spine ends. Boys Town ephemera laid in. 8vo. 302pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good, price clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn at spine tips and corners and is rubbed at most edges with a small sticker scar near top corner of front panel and a light damp stain along inside top edge.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good -. No Jacket. Interior is tight, clean & text is unmarked. Hardcover has grey cloth boards with gold lettering & designs on green shadowbox on spine, but only fragments of a DJ. Someone clipped top edge of ffep to remove a name & cut then pasted narrative (plus Father Flanagan's picture) from DJ into end papers. Discarded the rest of jacket. 'The warm human story of a man's devotion to an ideal and to his unshakable Faith in human nature. '- from dust jacket. This stirring biography tells of a Catholic priest who started a home for teenage misfits, street kids, and other unwanted boys in order to help them turn their lives around, located in Omaha, Nebraska. Written by father (Fulton) & son (Will) team 10 years after the 1938 movie, "Boys Town." Father Flanagan died in 1948 in Germany where he was working to establish a war orphan home. Illustrated with photos in sepia. Copyright 1949. No ISBN, LCCN, edition/printing nor MSR information found.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. GREAT MOVIE AND SUPER BOOK ABOUT A LOT OF STRUGGLING YOUNG PEOPLE.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. $10 EACH. THE WARM HUMAN STORY OF A MAN'S DEVOTION TO AN IDEAL AND HIS UNSHAKBLE FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE. ALL FIRST EDITIONS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition, (stated). Full cloth; 8vo.,302pp. Moderatly worn d/j with a few small chips, else Fine in Good only D/j in Jacket protector.