J b pond (133 risultati)

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good+. 4 pages.

Chapters are divided into: Orators; Pulpit Orators; Women Lecturers and Singers; Humorists; Explorers; Actors, etc. Illustrated with many portraits. -- Hardcover, ex-library copy with pocket, labels, stamps; bright red cover with attractive gold decoration. Conditon: good only (library flaws as noted; hinges cracked and taped; spine tips worn).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. 1st Edition. See photos or condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards decorated in gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps and wear, spine is quite signed and rear board has numerous scratches. Internal binding is good, hinges are intact at front and rear boards. Pages are toned due to age and some minor foxing is present. There's a hint of webbing showing at page 146. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings present.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. frontis, illustrations, index, xxvi, 564p. Original green cloth. 22 cm. Top edge gilt. Private library label on front pastedown. T.M. McFarland Library. Backstrip lightened at bottom where a label was probably removed. No jacket. Includes short sketches on Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington (pages 28-33), the only African Americans smong a sea of white entertainers and lecturers. Eleven women are found under "Women Lecturers and Singers.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1900 edition published by G.W. Dillingham. Minor wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. signed and inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Memoirs by the celebrated lecture manager Major J. B. Pond of the writers, speakers, performers, explorers, and other public figures he encountered during his long career, illustrated with numerous portraits. Includes reminiscences of Mark Twain, Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass, Arthur Conan Doyle, and many others. Publisher's dark green cloth elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Near fine. Light rubbing and minor wear at spine ends and corners; gilt remains bright and attractive. Interior clean and sound.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good -. xxvi, [2], 564 p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 21 leaves of portraits: in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and front cover decoration. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library on front fixed endpaper. Also on the front fixed endpaper and title page verso is a small stamp reading: Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Title page printed in red and black. Observations on the stage presentations of public speakers and other performers of the late 19th century. Contents: Orators -- Pulpit Orators -- Women Lecturers and Singers -- Humorists -- Explorers, Travellers, and War Correspondents -- Actors and Dramatic Critics -- Literary Lecturers -- Miscellaneous -- Author Readers and Lecturers -- General Survey of the Lyseum Field. Includes index. Among many others, the author discusses Frederick Douglass, Henry Ward Beecher, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Henry M. Stanley, Ellen Terry, Ralph Waldo Emerson, BP. T. Barnum, Elbert Hubbard, and Arthur Conan Doyle. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good- Condition: cover is soiled; edges are frayed; spine is sunned; both hinges are weak; pages are clean and solid.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Good. First UK edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xxvii, 564pp. Frontispiece, plates, text illustrations. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. First Edition. 233 pages, clean and clear. White endpapers, with previous owner`s name on ffep and ex-library plate on front paste-down endpaper. Red cloth with black titles. Corners lightly worn, head and tail of spine lightly worn, small stain. VG+. Book.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Hardcover. Condizione: good plus. 564 pages. Index. Illustrated. Spine cracked at dedication page. Spine is darkened with a small chip gutter edge; covers lightly soiled with small water stain, 1/2", at bottom of front cover. Internally, book is clean. Good plus in red cloth. (168).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, TEG. Edge and corner wear to boards, slight foxing, stain to lower board, faintest lean. Tissued frontis. Firm binding. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Red w/gilt lettering and decoration. Shelfwear head and heel of sunned and soiled spine. Lettering to spine rubbed almost to embossed impressions. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Hinges both cracked, front hinge most severely, just holding by mesh. Frontis photograph of Pond w/tissue guard is loose but still attached, small tear to tissue. Gift inscription from Pond on front endpaper reads: To my beloved friend Newell Dwight Hillis, whose makeup contains a little of all that is best in these friends that I write about. J.B. Pond, November 16, 1900. Sadly pages 83 and 84 are missing. This is the text that Pond wrote on Rev. Hillis. Text is otherwise clean and bright, the occasional smudge. 90 illustrations including frontis. Includes Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ward Beecher, Samuel Clemens, John Fox, Jr., John Stoddard, Henry Irving, Emma Abbott and many others. Amusing preface taken from prefaces of other books. More details on request.…

- Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in dark red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed & bumped with a couple of minor stains to the rear cover. xxvi, [2] & 564 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, 25 portrait plates and profuse textual portraits of the subjects of the book. The front hinge is cracked. Pond's own copy with his bookplate, here creased and soiled, mounted on the front pastedown.[Together With]: A collection of 7 signed letters to Major James B. Pond from his boyhood friend, the Railroad Attorney & President of the American Bar Association, George R. Peck. Included are 6 Typed Letters and 1 Autograph Letter, each signed by Peck, plus a telegram to Pond. The collection consists of the following:An autograph letter penned on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide "Gilsey House, New York" hotel stationery. In his letter dated April , 1891, Peck states that "I came up from down town sick . I expect to come to your dinner though, sick or well. Would particularly like to meet Mr. Depew". Signed "Y - GRP".In a letter dated September 20, 1895, typed on his 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My Dear Old Sweetness" and describes his sad departure from his previous Railroad position. Signed "Geo R Peck". The letter is folded for mailing with Pond's dated red "Answered" stamp across the top.In a telegram dated July 1, 1898, Peck offers to help Pond with an army matter and the Paris Exposition ".will write letters to president or anybody else." Sent during the height of the Spanish American War, Peck comments on the troops "If it is as hot in Cuba as it is here I feel sorry for our soldiers." He goes on to express his pride that his "boy Charley is to be first lieutenant in the 12th Illinois".In an August 8, 1899 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery, Peck thanks Pond for sending "so beautiful a copy" of "The Message to Garcia". Signed "Geo R. Peck". Folded for mailing.In a March 12, 1900 2 page letter typed on facing sides of his folded 7-1/2 inch high by 11 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck, addressing Pond as "My dear old sweetness", writes that he "shall take the greatest pleasure in meeting Mr. Landor. Walter Savage Landor is one of my divinities . Tonight there is to be a literary gathering at the Oakland Culture Club on the South Side, in honor of Eugene Ware - 'Ironquill', - of Topeka. He will be here and I am to introduce him. You see Kansas continues to come to the front." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing with a small smudge affecting 2 words.In a May 22, 1900 2-page letter typed on 2 sheets of 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white stationery, with the first page being on his "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My dear old American Beauty". He again mentions his son: "My boy Charley is in Texas on a cattle ranch, and bids fair to become a cattle king in time, He rides a bronco, wears a sombrero, and can round up a herd of Texas steers with the best of them." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing, the edges and corners are soiled and creased.In a September 24, 1900 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck states that "Sunday night after leaving you, I went to Boston . but I saw no place more charming and visited no one who gave me such pleasant hospitality as I received at your grand old home at Bergen Heights." Signed "Geo R Peck". He sends "kind regards to Mrs. Pond" and with a postscript in his hand "Also to 'Bim'". Folded for mailing.In a January 4, 1901 letter typed on.…

Soft cover. 1st Edition. [First Edition] Quarto. stiff wraps, folded once. Signed and sometimes inscribed by Anthony Hope, Gibson, James Burton Pond, Bangs, George Brett, Talcott Williams, Frank Lawrence, George Washburn Smalley and S. S. McClure. Scarce item. Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1890 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 6 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 6 Pond, J. B. (James Burton), 1838-1903.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1877 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 118 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 118 Volume 20, no.5 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1877 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 129 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 129 Volume 19, no. 6 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1877 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 116 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 116 Volume 19, no. 4 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1877 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 120 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 120 Volume 19, no. 2 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1877 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 118 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 118 Volume 19, no. 3 Language: English.…