Rainey r i william (24 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. no dust jacket visible. This 2002 hardcover edition by Robinson Books is an ex-library copy, with associated markings and labels. The book does not include a dust jacket. The binding is intact and the pages are clean, with illustrations by William Rainey, R.I., adding to its visual appeal. Overall, the book remains in good condition, suitable for both reading and collection. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. This hardcover edition of With Kitchener in the Soudan is an ex-library copy, with typical markings and stickers associated with library use. The cover is bright and intact, displaying minimal wear. The binding remains strong, ensuring the book's longevity. Illustrations and maps are clear, adding depth to the historical narrative. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 220 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: no jacket present. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. It is an ex-library copy, evidenced by library markings and stamps. There is no dust jacket. The pages are clean and intact, with no significant signs of wear or damage. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Hardcover with good pages (mild foxing/spotting), VG hinges, fair cover (even soiling, boards peeking at corners, repaired cloth tear at top of spine). 381 pages of fiction based on naval fact ("describes life aboard a modern man-of-war"). [1.7 lbs]. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore). Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Covers have edge tears and wear and light rubbing. Front inner hinge cracked. Back one partly cracked. Previous owner's inscription on the half-title page. Bumped corners. . Illustrated by William Rainey, R. I. (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Red pictorial cloth, frayed at spine ends, corners. Light overall soiling, Former owners' names, inside front, first blank. A solid copy of the New York edition. Catalogs of Henty, books for young people published by Scribners in 1902 follow text. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 380 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1912. Published 1912. The Works of Charles Dickens, Standard Edition, Volume II. Attractively bound in half warm brown leather over tan cloth, color frontis, many additional black and white plates printed on a parchment colored background, 8.25" tall. Some expected edgewear and rubbing, some light chipping to spine head, some finger smudging to the cover cloth, good hinges, sound text block, foxing to half-title, clean pages, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Ediiton. A very good red pictorial boards hardcover Cover: 2 men with muskets. Wear to spine ends and corner tips. Looks like spine may have been reglued All illustrations intact. 1st edition. 1900 on title page. Deluxe binding. Missing ffep. William Rainey, R.I (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. early reprint; ca. 1900; original green publisher's cloth; bevelled edges; fore edges and top and bottom edges tinted by publisher in green; hinges tight; lettering in gilt on spine and front cover is bright; circular ink mark on front cover not affecting lettering; attractive cover design of two sailing vessels; mild shelf wear at extremities; three tips peeking; slight lean; 384 pp. followed by 32 pp. of ads; boys adventure story. Rainey, William R.I. (illustratore).…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Not dated, c.1915? Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 356 pages. Sand coloured cloth covered boards with green titles and border to the front cover and spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, cloth rubbed along the bottom edge and a tine piece chipped from the bottom edge of the front board, end-papers browned, spots to page edges, school prize inscription on front end-paper, otherwise contents are clean. Dust jacket condition good, creasing and rubbing along the edges, folds rubbed, slightly darkened shelf wear, now protected, not price clipped, price 2/6 net. A Boys' Adventure Story. Black and white frontispiece illustration by William Rainey. Map of the Island opposite first text page. Dust Jacket illustration has a name of "Fred Leist" on it. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore).…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Pictorial Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 381 pgs plus ads. Green cloth pictorially stamped in red & black, titled in gilt, light bumping to extremities, faint stains at edges of cover, a few cracks in the binding and occasional finger soil but clean and sound overall. Henty's last book, published posthumously. Illustrated with 8 full page half-tone plates. Size: Thick 8vo. William Rainey, RI (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books are tracked. PayPal accepted. All dust wrappers film protected. Superb pictorial cover in a very scarce dust wrapper with a few tears and a chip. Colour frontispiece by William Rainey and four black and white plates plus three map plates all are present as listed. Illustrated By William Rainey R.I. and With three Maps (colour frontispiece) (illustratore).…

Condizione sovraccoperta: No jacket as issued. First American Edition. A trace of rubbing at corner tips. Overall an exceptionally very good to fine copy. Tight and clean. 381 pp. 8vo plus 32 pp. publisher's list of books for young people. Pictorial green cloth stamped in red beige and gold. Swashbuckling half-tone frontispiece. Illustrated by William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore). …

Hard Back. First Edition. Beautiful red cloth boards with decorative painting on cover and spine In fair condition with some fading and discolouration due to age as well as bumping to extremities Lean to spine Pages throughout generally bright and clean with twelve illustrations by William Rainey pp 383 32. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore). book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1906 370viii, 370 pp with six B&W plates and four maps. 'Hebert Strang' was a pseudonym used by George Herbert Ely (18661958) and Charles James L'Estrange (18671947), co-editors in the Juveniles Department of Oxford University Press from 1907 until 1939, and the authors of adventure stories for boys. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Gold cloth boards, with a picture of a young man in Russian garb carrying a gun and protecting (presumably TransSiberian) railroad tracks, is VG with slight rubbing to spine ends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rainey, William R.I. Rainey, William R.I. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. Author: Lt.-Colonel F. S. Brereton. Illustrated by William Rainey, R.I. Title: A Boy of the Dominion: A Tale of Canadian Immigration. Publisher: London, Glasgow and Bombay, Blackie and Son Limited, circa 1920. Language: Text in English. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches. Pages: 367 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original publisher's pictorial blue cloth binding, front cover and spine stamped in black, blue, and yellow with a dramatic scene of a moose charge (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Content: Good to very good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing mainly on outer edge, preliminary and last pages - as shown). Illustrations: Complete with the 6 full-page illustrations by William Rainey, including frontispiece, all present and in good condition. The book: A vivid imperial adventure tale set against the backdrop of early twentieth-century Canadian settlement, A Boy of the Dominion reflects the era's fascination with immigration, frontier life, and the forging of character in the vast landscapes of the British Empire. Brereton blends action, moral resolve, and patriotic spirit in a narrative that follows a young protagonist carving out his destiny in Canada. The striking pictorial cloth, depicting a dramatic encounter with a charging moose, captures the rugged romance of Dominion life and remains one of the most appealing features of this edition. Blackie's adventure stories for young readers were widely circulated throughout the Empire, and this volume stands as a handsome and engaging example of the genre. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. SOME PAGES SLIGHTLY FOXED CORNERS SLIGHTLY FRAYED SPINE SLIG FADED. WILLIAM RAINEY R,I, (illustratore).

LEATHER SPINE OLIVE GREEN. Condizione: FAIR. CIRCA 1905 title cont.In the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth, rendered into Modern English by Charles Kingsley, introduction by William Keith Leask, gilt decorated spine, top of spine is torn about 1 1/2" down, rubbed along spine and all corners, some frayng to spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1905 EDITION. WILLIAM RAINEY, R. I. (illustratore).…

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Publication: London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1902. Formatting: 8vo, unpaginated (publisher's specimen). Condition Report: Very Good. The original red cloth boards remain structurally sound but exhibit noticeable mottled fading and dampstaining to the front and rear panels, a common flaw in publisher's dummies which were heavily handled by traveling salesmen. Despite the cloth's discolouration, the elaborate gilt Art Nouveau tooling on the front board, featuring stylised plant stems, a thistle, shamrock, and rose, remains remarkably bright and unoxidised, as does the distinctive 'SPECIMEN' stamp at the foot. The spine, though slender, holds the binding tight and square. Internally, the text block is completely sound; the pages are generally clean and bright with only very minor age-toning, free from significant foxing or internal wear. A highly presentable and structurally robust survival of a fragile ephemeral item. Catalogue Note: This intriguing volume serves as a publisher's specimen or 'salesman's dummy' for The Gresham Publishing Company's 'Imperial Edition' of Charles Dickens's works, specifically showcasing The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Such specimens were utilised by traveling agents to solicit subscriptions from the public prior to the full publication of the set. Bound in the striking red cloth with Art Nouveau gilt tooling, the front board bears the explicit 'SPECIMEN' stamp. These ephemeral items offer a fascinating glimpse into Edwardian publishing practices and subscription models. The inclusion of the title page detailing William Rainey's illustrations highlights the publisher's intent to market a premium, heavily illustrated collection. The specimen also includes the preliminary dedication to Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P., giving prospective buyers a sense of the typography and layout. As an ephemeral tool meant for heavy handling in the field and eventual disposal, surviving subscription dummies of the Imperial Edition are distinctly scarce on the open market today, particularly those that retain their structural integrity without entirely split hinges or loose signatures. A rare survival of Edwardian publishing history, this salesman's dummy for the Imperial Edition of Dickens's The Pickwick Club offers a unique, tactile window into how literature was marketed and sold door-to-door at the turn of the century. With its striking Art Nouveau binding and rare 'SPECIMEN' stamp, it stands as a charming piece of ephemera for the dedicated Dickens collector, offering a direct link to the historical mechanics of the British book trade. William Rainey, R.I. (illustratore).…