taylor bayard edited (7 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fair. Cover chipped on all sides. Spine split open. Text slightly age-tanned but generally clean. Many B&W prints of the Black Forest and Sweden.

Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Front hinge cracked. Title page nearly detached. (Norse Mythology, Poetry).

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Good. First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. First American Edition. Poetry. Owner's Name. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. blue boards soiled, spine bumped, 201 pgs ads, from the Swedish of Esaias Tegner Bishop of Wexio. Owner's Name.

12mo.; brown decorative covered boards with gilt, hardcover; xvi, 280 pages plus advertisements; black and white illustrated frontispiece plus black and white illustrations; fold-out map; gift inscription verso frontispiece and boards are edgeworn with corners and spine ends beginning to fray.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 18th Edition. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping, rubbing and thin strips of cloth missing from both spine ends and corners. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there are a few spots of foxing throughout. There is a former owner's name and city inked on the first free page. Several sections have pulled and the string binding is a bit loose. "Taylor imitated and parodied the writings of various poets in Diversions of the Echo Club (London, 1873; Boston, 1876). In 1874 Taylor traveled to Iceland to report for the Tribune on the one thousandth anniversary of the first European settlement there. During March 1878, the U. S. Senate confirmed his appointment as United States Minister to Prussia. Mark Twain, who traveled to Europe on the same ship, was envious of Taylor's command of German. Taylor's travel writings were widely quoted by congressmen seeking to defend racial discrimination. Richard Townshend (D-IL) quoted passages from Taylor such as "the Chinese are morally, the most debased people on the face of the earth" and "A Chinese city is the greatest of all abominations." " (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1439 Pp [Vol. 1 (1875) - 488 p, Vol. 2 (1878) - 460 p, Vol. 3 (1879) - 491 p]. Fo. 3 volume complete set. Full period black leather binding, 5 raised band spine and boards ornamented with gilt stamped/embossed title surrounded by floral detailed compartments, marbled end papers, profusely illustrated with steel and wood engravings throughout. Each volume is personalized, see spine heel, marked "J.A.W." Measures: 2.25 (7 overall) W x 10.25 D x 13.25 H inches. About the author and work: Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. The Europe series is known as a popular 19th century work with illustrations that support the historical location descriptions. Condition notes: Very good; light wear commensurate with age and use (e.g. board wear at extremities - rubbed/loss of color, age-toned text pages), hinges intact and appear strong, vol. 1 & 3 strong square spines/tight bindings, vol. 2 strong spine/slightly cocked/tight binding, overall a nice clean set with some shelf wear. A great set.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. London, James Blackwood, Editor's preface dated 1859. Pp 294 [10] cat. Frontis. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt. Sm. split at head of spine, VG.