Introduction by william dean howells (24 risultati)

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. First Thus. Creasing to back lower corner. Light edge wear and rubbing. Used Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition thus. A Library of America Paperback Classic (Library of America Paperback Classics). Octavo, 8" tall, xviii + 278 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A near fine, clean, likely unread soft cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper white with slight soiling at top fore-edge.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 12th Printing, December 1960. 394 pp. Book still has a tight and solid binding. Pages are unmarked and clean. Moderate fading and browning of text. Previous owner's name written with pen on top corner of first front-end page. It carries an all edges (top, bottom and fore) the universities' (Sarah Lawrence College) stamp. A crease along front cover page. Moderate edge wear and shelfwear. Book shows its age, but still a great work/study copy. Stefan Salter (Typography and Cover Design) (illustratore). …

Very good reading copy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Used-Acceptable. 429 pp. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Creased and slanted spine. Heavy damage at bottom of spine. Chipping and ripping of some page corners. Some pages detached from spine, but still intact. No pages missing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking the dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy.

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo (8vo); xxxiv, 494pp. Full blue cloth in buff blue dust-jacket (with mylar wrap). Some mild wrinkling to dust-jacket, small price-sticker stain on front paste-down, else a very good copy by two experts on all things Howells.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1961, Very Good/no dj, octavo, 127pp., blue cloth hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, front cover lightly soiled, b&w ill's., binding tight, text unmarked, hand-written presentation on front endpaper: "For Joe & Vivien Slater with love and affection from Clara and Rudolf, 22 March, 1961.". Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 269 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt And Silver Gilt. First Printing, With 1890 Date On Title Page. Light Rubbing At Corners. Bookplate Of James Fraser Gluck (1852-1897), Prominent Buffalo Area Attorney. He Was Influential In Establishing The School Of Philosophy At Cornell, Where He Was A Trustee. Through Mr. Gluck's Influence The System Of Scholarships Was Also Established Whereby Poor And Meritorious Students Received University Aid For Four Years To The Amount Of $250 A Year. At The Time Of His Death He Was President Of The Grosvenor Library And A Director Of The Buffalo Library. While Curator Of The Buffalo Library. Mr. Gluck Made A Collection Of Manuscripts, Autograph Letters Of Famous Men, Historical Documents Of Value And Rare Books; And Just Before The Close Of His Term Of Office He Surprised The Trustees Of The Library By Presenting To Them For The Institution What Many Deemed The Most Valuable Collection Of The Kind In The Country. His Private Library Was Probably The Largest Private Library In The City, And Distinctively Rich In History, Philosophy, Science And The Classics. Gluck Corresponded With Many Authors, Including Mark Twain, From Whom He Obtained The Original Manuscript Of "Huckleberry Finn", The Second Half Of Which Was Presumed Lost But Discovered 100 Years Later By One Of His Granddaughters In Their Attic.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. new edition edition. 247 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 400 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condizione: Good+. First Edition. Ink gift inscription on ffep, aged textblock, faded yellow highlighting, else clean and tight. Faded brown top page edges. Sunned/soiled spine, soiled covers; Bmped and worn head and foot of spine, worn corners. 435p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Frontispiece (illustratore). Hardcover. …

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 480 pages. 7.50x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. open market ed edition. 496 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Stated First Printing. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bottom corner tips (1/4") chipped from about the first 75pp., some pencil check marks on later pages on lightly browned margins, call numbers on small label on spine with clear tape over label, markered out bar code on rear cover with clear tape over code, library name stamp on bottom page edges, on ffep and on contents page, remnants of date due slip on one of rear smudged endpages. Dark green cloth with white lettering on spine. 946 pages. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust jacket included. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. First Modern Library edition of 1885 original. Review copy slip laid in. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear including 1/2" closed tears on lower front edge and small chips out at corners at top and base of spine; Good to Very Good condition. We have placed dust jacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. No Signature.…

New York, NY: Modern Library/Random House. Very good condition: some jacket fraying/No Dustjacket. (1951). 16mo., xxii, 324,(vi) . Very good condition: some jacket fraying/No Dustjacket. Not Illustrated (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Thus. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1952. First printing of the new American Edition, 1952, printed in the USA from new plates and made from type completely reset. Brick red cloth printed in gilt and black, clear plastic dustjacket with red borders. The book is in near fine condition, looks and feels new and unread with only a light touch of rubbing to the corners, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The clear dustjacket has some rubbing and some minor loss of the red border on the inside flaps. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1890; First Edition; 269 pp.; Ornate blue cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine; Slightly rubbed corners and spine ends; Inscription dated 1894 to FFEP; Tissue covered frontispiece; Deckeled pages; Charming illustrations throughout text; Age toned pages; Tight binding, clean pages; Near Fine copy from 1890; $45.00.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. 14th Printing December 1962. 394 pp. Heavily used book in poor quality. Spine strengthened with adhesive tape. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Light foxing on page edges. Occassional pencil/pen markings on text.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 5.75 x 8.75in. xiv. 207pp. Publisher's cloth boards with gilt titling. NEAR FINE. Boards lightly rubbed, handsome former owner bookplate at the front paste-down, else Fine/As New having ben exceptionally well preserved. As pictured.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. new edition edition. 247 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.