famous prefaces prologues (210 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very clean with no marks or inscriptions. Green leatherette cover with gilded lettering and decorations. Harvard Classics Deluxe and Registered Edition. 62nd Printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in green boards with gilt border and design. deluxe edition. 437 pp. frontis of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. No dustjacket, as issued. Includes Caxton, John Calvin, Edmund Spenser, Sir Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton among others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Registered Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. The Harvard Classics. Boards are brown leather with gold writing and embellishments.There are four raised ribs on the spine. All edges are gilt, front and back end papers are marbled. Book has silk page marker. Translated by Thomas Shelton. Bookseller Inventory BS/CC2032.

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Moisture damages and front cover torn at top near spine. A book that has various signs of damaged but is complete. Heavily worn. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed!

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 61st edition. Registered edition. 437 pages, 8vo, green leatherette. Spine stamped deluxe edition, top of cover lightly worn, very good; contents fine; no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 62nd printing. Green boards with gilt lettering.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. No (illustratore). 1969 Collier Harvard Classics Deluxe ed - 8vo / 437 pp - Full green leatherette hardcovers with gold title letters as shown - In VERY GOOD PLUS condition and no dj Issued - clean, secure, unmarked, not worn - Contents as shown - YSB # 221533.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No (illustratore). 1938 Collier Vol 39 Harvard Classics ed - 8vo / 437 pp - Full brown leatherette hardcovers with gold title letters as shown - In VERY GOOD condition and no dj Issued - Owner bookplate on ep - Slight cover edge wear - All else clean, secure, unmarked, not worn - Contents as shown - YSB # 221530.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Faded gilt lettering and decoration, esp. on front cover where the top line is missing.

Leatherette. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Frontspiece (illustratore). The Harvard Classics. Dark green leatherette binding with gold colored print and design on spine. Cover has gilt colored decorative banding and Harvard logo in center. Contents are tight sound and unmarked. Yellow end papers. 437 pages. " Deluxe Edition". For items of the same series, please see our #'s 1160, 1161, 1721, 1723, 3819-3834.

hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Leatherette. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Frontispiece (illustratore). De Luxe Edition. Dark green leatherette binding with gold print and design on spine. Cover has gold decorative banding and Harvard logo in center.Light rubbing near top edge of rear cover. Yellow end papers. Tight, sound and unmarked. 437 pages. If binding is of interest, we have matching books, same design. Size: 5 3/4 X 8 1/2.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. G/none, used hc, 462pp. Black colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; edge wear; shelf wear and fraying to head and tail of spine. Interior pages clean, unmarked except former owner's inked name and town on front paste down. Binding is straight and tight.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Deluxe Edition. Dark green faux leather boards, gilt lettering, trim and colophon, rubbed at corners, chipped at tip, front hinge cracked on bottom 3". Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. It appears as though this book was completely soaked at one point. This book is severely edgeworn. Binding is very loose. Some pages are falling out. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Alumni edition. Limited #4708. Same as later reprint. ; 462 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. WONDERFUL BOOK OF PREFACES FOR FAMOUS BOOKS BY FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Leather. Condizione: As New. deluxe registered. Black leather with bright gilt, square tips, never cracked open for a read, no wear, clean, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 437 pages.

Hard Cover. Condizione: vg. 62nd ptg. Registered Deluxe Edition; contents clean; 8.25" tall; light shelf wear to edges of dark green cover with gilt decor & lettering on front & spine. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.45.

Leather Bound Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Leather covered Hardcover. No DJ. 62nd printing, 1969. Deluxe Edition. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers (dark green leather covered with gilt decoration/lettering) show very minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Sixty-Second Printing. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light scuffing to rear board, mild soiling/spotting to top edge else a bright and solid copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.