putnam g p editor (6 risultati)

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Ralph Barton (illustratore). First Edition. 181 pages. Fairly solid and tight copy showing light rubbing on covers. Light general use/wear, though clean and free of markings, etc.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Ralph Barton (illustratore). 1st Edition. Bright gilt lettering & front cover "Flaming Sword" emblem on blue cloth covered boards. 8vo, 181pp. plus ads. Small "Herr's Book Store, Lancaster, PA." label at the bottom of the first free end paper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Publisher's cloth, faded to brown, binding otherwise very good, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, tight. iv, [4], 691 pages, foxing. Has a folding hand-colored chart, "A Chart of History." "What is here aimed at is simply to indicate, in brief and suggestive terms, the succession of the prominent occurrences and of the governments in the chief nations of the world - enough merely to recall to the reader of history the full pictures of these events, and to enable him to classify them correctly in his memory." - Preface.The contents are Ancient History and Modern History (pp. 2-145); Dictionary of Dates (pp. 146-608); Literary Chronology (pp. 609-647); Heathen Deities, &c. (pp. 648-656); Biographical Index (pp. 657-691). George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872), b. Brunswick, Maine; d. New York City. Putnam entered the publishing trade in New York City in the 1830's. He was a partner in several firms before establishing his own in 1848. In 1852 he founded Putnam's Magazine, later merging it with Scribner's Monthly. His publishing firm was extremely successful and remains today as part of the Penguin publishing group. He strong interest in art led him to become one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; he was the author of several books on history, biography, and reference.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Ralph Barton (illustratore). 1st Edition. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A few mild surface marks to cover cloth, two shallow indentations to upper back cover. Text block edges dulled by age. Firm binding, clean interior. xiii,181 pp. Jeremiads against Puritanism, not limited to the Prohibition of the era. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st reprint edition. 643 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: Good. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. 1st American edition. Abridged version of three-volume English edition. 12mo. 492pp. Illus., map. Good book. Owner's name on front free endpage veso, and stamped on frontis. Title page and p. 23 detached. Binding cracked at middle. (Arabian peninsula, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages) Inquire if you need further information.