November 1957 (12 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 5 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Encounter; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. White ill. stapled wraps. [8] pp. Bw frontispiece. G, light wear to cover, very light age-toning and foxing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is the English text which Nobel Prize winner, Pearl S. Buck translated from the Chinese classic Shui Hu Chuan. This translation of a Chinese classic (14th Century) is the epic tale of a band of patriots in China during the latter part of Sung Dynasty and is considered by most to be one to the three or four greatest novels in Chinese literature.Amazon. This copy is the Heritage Press 1948 special edition of her 1933 original translation. It is in excellent condition with no negative issues, no dustjacket but in a slipcase.The book measures 11.5" x 8.5". The hardcover book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Covarrubias , Miguel (22 November 1904- 4 February 1957) (illustratore).…

Unbound. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Also, "The Lazy Tour of Two Lazy Apprentices" by Charles Dickens (5th of final chapters). Very good in wrappers with some wear to spine where disbound and short closed tears and creasing to bottom corner of final two pages.

Condizione: Very Good. First English language edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8¾'' x 6''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (x), 277 pp with 24 pp monochrome photographs throughout. Spine sun faded, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. OPERA.…

Condizione: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched blue card wrap covers (soft back) with pasted label to the front cover. 4to. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 8 pp colour illustrations, no text, just the illustrations. In Very Good condition. Blast was the short-lived literary magazine of the Vorticist movement in Britain. Two editions were published: the first on 2 July 1914 (dated 20 June 1914, but publication was delayed) and featured a bright pink cover, referred to by Ezra Pound as the "great MAGENTA cover'd opusculus"; and the second a year later on 15 July 1915. Both editions were written primarily by Wyndham Lewis. The magazine is emblematic of the modern art movement in England, and recognised as a seminal text of pre-war 20th-century modernism and originally cost 2/6. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Contains 368 printed pages of text with monochrome and colour illustrations and archive photographs throughout. In Very Good clean condition with the corners of the front cover slightly turned-up, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1853320080 MEXICO.…

4°. 122 S. OKt. 17. Jahrgang, Heft 11. - Inhalt: Afrika. Eine Nord-Süd Traversierung. Photos von Emil Schulthess. Viertes Heft: Ost- und Südafrika, Reisenotizen von Otto Lehmann. - Im Süden des Limpopo von Peter Sulzer. - Afrikanische Gespräche von Alexander Campbell. - Der Afrikaforscher Stanley erzählt u.a.…

Condizione: Very Good. Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 6'' [205 mm x 150 mm] portrait. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA [Front of House Press Photograph].

Condizione: Fine. Original vintage archive glossy monochrome photograph. 8'' x 6'' [205 mm x 150 mm] portrait. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHOTOGRAPHS.

Photograph. Condizione: Near fine. Matte Photograph. The monochrome photograph is mounted on white matte paper, previously framed, with mounting tape residue on verso. Full piece measures 9" x 11.25". Others in the photograph include former Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., and Attorney General William P. Rogers. The photograph was taken by the Washington Post and the Times Herald. Signed along the bottom quarter: "For Dr. Norman Vincent Peale / with best wishes and high esteem / Dwight D. Eisenhower / J. Edgar Hoover." Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) was a Protestant minister and the author of The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). His book sold over 20 million copies and was on The New York Times bestseller list for 186 consecutive weeks. Despite criticism from some psychologists and theologians for oversimplifying complex mental health issues, Peale's ideas reached a global audience, and his philosophy influenced leaders like U.S. President Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Peale was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Peale served as the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City for over five decades, where his messages of faith, optimism, and "positive thinking" resonated with millions. Photograph of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale at the FBI National Academy in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1957, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. (illustratore). Signed.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1958 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: 204 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: 204 Volume no.253.…