wells ray gordon (20 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. The lightly tanned pages have some underlining and margin marks. The cover has some creases. The spine is darkened. 236 pages.

Purple cloth, Wells sketch "Vi. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Jacket faded, edgewear. Photographs, facsimile sketches by H.G. Wells (illustratore). 1st Edition. An account of the 10-year love affair between two intellectuals documented by letters provided by Dame Rebecca. Notes, general index, principal figures index. xxvi, 215 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None. Couple of pages in middle loose; Beta Phi Mu Chapbook; 8.80 X 6.50 X 0.80 inches.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No. 300 of 1,413 numbered copies reserved for members of Beta Phi Mu. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 6 1/2" x 9." Partially unpaginated, c. 120 pages (Introduction is nineteen pages; the facsimile of The Desert Daisy is about 101 pages), complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for light rubbing and very slight wear to extremities. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. A charming facsimile reproduction of The Desert Daisy, the earliest known surviving narrative authored by H. G. Wells (1866-1946). The Desert Daisy was composed by Wells sometime between 1878 and 1889 when he was either 12 or 13 years old. The Desert Daisy is a precursor to present-day comic books and features a humorous story originally handwritten in cursive by Wells that is accompanied by equally comedic illustrations drawn by Wells. In his Introduction, Gordon N. Ray briefly describes the early years of Wells's childhood and gives some background information on The Desert Daisy. The Introduction is followed by the facsimile reproduction of The Desert Daisy which comprises black-and-white scans of Wells's original manuscript housed in the University of Illinois Library. This book is the third in a series of chapbooks by Beta Phi Mu. Back colophon ("No. 300" is handwritten in black ink; the rest of the text is printed in black ink): "No. 300; This book, including the facsimile reproductions, was manufactured by the photofact offset process by The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois and Crawfordsville, Indiana. Text type face is monotype Baskerville and the text paper is 25 x 38--70# Bethany Book. 1,413 numbered copies fo this book are reserved for the members of Beta Phi Mu. An additional 3,000 copies have been made for general distribution. This manuscript is reproduced with the permission of the Executors of H. G. Wells.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. H.G.Wells (illustratore). 1st Edition. Purple boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt line drawings of two cats to front. Faded to top edge. Clipped d/w has loss to top of spine and several tears into edges with fading and edge wear. Inside has light tanning o/w very clean and tight. Illustrated with b&w photos and sketches/cartoons by Wells. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1960 edition by Riverside Editions (Houghton Mifflin Company). B52. Edited by Gordon N. Ray. Soft cover. Very good condition. (PM) "W"ells.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 1413, this being No.703. Hardcover in Near-Fine condition in original glassine dust wrapper, large 8vo, pages: xix,vi,96. Black cloth with titles in gold, salmon-colored embossed end-papers, black-and-white frontis, title page in blue and black, copiously illustrated by H.G. Wells. Top of block dusty else a clean un-marked copy, glassine dust wrapper chipped with some tears and loss on spine. From the intro by Gordon Ray, " 'The Desert Daisy', which is here reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript in the University of Illinois Library, appears to be H.G. Wells' earliest surviving narrative of any length. It was composed sometime during the period 1878-1890, when Wells was in his twelfth and thirteenth years." The numbered copies were reserved for members of Beta Phi Mu, an addition of 3000 un-numbered copies were printed for general distribution.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated. Dust jacket (unclipped). Very good. 215 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st American ed., 1st printing ; 160 pp. ; color illustrations ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0789452065 (alk. paper); 9780789452061 (alk. paper) LCCN: 99-86577 ; OCLC: 43227452 ; LC: SB411.6; Dewey: 635.9/33734 ; color photographic boards in similarly illustrated dustjacket ; VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Hbk, xix pages, facsim.: vi, 79 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm. A clean unmarkec opy in very good condition. "Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript in the University of Illinois Library." p1838 / m15510.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Ex libris No dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959; stated second impression; 272pp. VG/VG- hardcover in VG dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of tan cloth boards, black titling remains bold; previous owner inscription on front end page, text very good throughout. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[0-300-01753-7] 1974. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 215pp. Illustrations, notes, indices. Lightly edgeworn, the dust jacket is rubbed and faded along the spine, a newspaper clipping tipped in, and a previous owner's inscription and bookplate inside. "This is the story of a love affair between two greatly gifted people, two strong personalities interacting in a memorable but inevitably fragile union. In 1913 when they fell in love Rebecca West was twenty years old; H.G. Wells was forty-six and bound by unbreakable ties to his wife Jane". Biography of H.G. Wells, Rebecca West. Time Period 1910's & 1920's. (Biography, Correspondence, Letter Writing, Love Affairs, Novelists).

Condizione: New.

Yale University Press, New Haven 1974. XXVI+215 pages. Orig. boards in dust wrappers. Name on titlepage. Otherwise near fine/ near fine.

First English Edition. Plates One corner bruised, otherwise a nice copy in dust-wrapper which has a few short tears.

First English Edition. Illustrations Fine copy in slightly worn and faded dust-wrapper.