Ralph straus (496 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with a small tear on spine top edge. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Carriages & Coaches: Their History & Their Evolution. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Robert M. McBride & Company, New York; Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London. Published date: 1928. Hardcover, xxvi, 256 pp; 23 cm. Series: Eighteenth Century Diversions, Vol. I. Frontispiece and plates. In very good condition / NO dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with red cloth spine and gilt trim. Gilt lettering to spine now dulled. Boards show light overall soiling and mild edge wear. Spine cloth slightly darkened with faint rubbing; ends gently bumped. Binding sound. Textblock clean overall with light age toning. Previous owner's name, city and date (Dec. 26, 1936) in ink in top corner of front free endpaper, together with two small red stamps at the lower corner of the same page. Interior pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. "This edition is limited to one thousand copies for England and America" as stated on the limitation page. Contents include: Introduction; Tricks of the town laid open (1747); A trip through the town (1735); A trip from St. James' to the Royal Exchange (1744). This is a compilation of three popular eighteenth-century London satirical tracts that expose the manners, vices, amusements, and social customs of Georgian urban life. Edited and introduced by Ralph Straus, the volume places these pamphlets within their historical and literary context, tracing their role in the tradition of social satire aimed at revealing the tricks, cheats, and follies of the metropolis. Illustrated with eight plates after eighteenth-century views of London, the book offers a vivid contemporary portrait of everyday life, entertainment, and moral commentary in the capital during the mid-eighteenth century.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Charles Dickens: A Biography From New Sources This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. No Jacket. 1st Edition. green c w/gilt decorations/titles, lite wear at extremities; ; lite toning of end papers; 240 clean, unmarked pages. b/w illustrations (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good hardcover first edition with dustjacket. Light wear to dustjacket edges plus contemporary sticker to spine. A few small marks to boards. A few small marks to textblock top edge. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Contents are otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover, black cloth, lacking dust-jacket. 292 pages, with 16 pages of publisher's ads appended. Index. Illustrated with 16 full page plates. Published (1937), [from copyright page], no other dates extant. A history of the famous London insurance house. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Head and heel of spine chipped, affecting title (upper) and publisher (lower). A sound, internally clean and tight copy. Good reading copy. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Spine is slightly faded due to sunning. Pages are clean, unmarked and firmly bound. Elegant private library label on the back of the front flysheet. This book is in near fine to fine condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 6-7 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. hardback, octavo, paper somewhat brittle and markedly age-toned. Binders crease to the leading margin of the last three leaves, a tightly bound copy in a rubbed and markedly age-toned dust jacket, 280pp.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Unknown Binding. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. No jacket. Pages showing some age toning. Otherwise a good copy. Pasadena's premier new and used bookstore.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. John Baskerville: a Memoir. Book.

Condizione: Fair. 1936. 1st thus. 240 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Notable forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. …

Condizione: New.

hard cover, inch and a half tear in the top of the spine cover, 340 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 1st edition, good book condition, no dust jacket, non-fiction.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Cloth boards, with titles to spine and an unclipped DW. Small stamp to FFEP. Contents are tight and clean, with no inscriptions and no foxing to contents. 280pp. (14x22.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Hardcover, dark blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 309 pages. Appendix of a Bibliography of Sala's works, Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece in color and 16 plates of illustrations and others in text. Second impression, published one month after first printing. Evidence of bookplate removal on front free end-paper. Biography of the writer, journalist, dramatist, and painter [George Augustus Sala], who, along with his family, was closely tied to Charles Dickens. Sala's works were often mistaken for those of Dickens. No previous ownership marks but for slight glue residue from bookplate. Spine lettering worn but readable. A clean, square, copy with no underlining, marking or writing. Near very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New.