Alfred Colbeck (84 results)

Hard cover. R.N. S. (illustrator). 16 mo; tan boards with silver lettering & brown decoration; 199 pps.; 7 b/w illust. no dj. Good. No dust jacket. slight discoloration of top edge of front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive. 0.0.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 374 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative cloth. Colour illustrated plates. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding and some detachment to plates. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Grey pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine and edges are moderately tanned, with noticeable crushing and slight splitting to ends. Noticeable marks overall.

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

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. More pronounced to endpapers and pastedowns. Noticeable cracking to gutters and front hinge, with exposed netting. Binding is heavily compromised. Pen inscription to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends. Gilt lettering is dulled. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: 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. Item in good condition for the age. Green cloth boards with illustration showing definite signs of wear but in good solid order. Pages well bound with signs of handling. Nice woodcut illustrations throughout.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback, blue decorative cloth. Portrait frontispiece. 116 Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Completely intact but has some mildew stains some of page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 132 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, soiling marks. Content has light toning. Owner text to prelim page. Circa 1893.

Condition: New. pp. 432.

Prize Tale on Gambling. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, (Publisher's Note, 1892). 238p. 3 plates, vignette. 7.5x5'', cloth. Winner of L100 prize from London Sunday School Union. 'The vice . . . has become so alarming in America, . . . through lotteries, horseracing, stock & grain boards, pools, ball games, & college contests'. Cloth rubbed, text lightly tanned, G.

First American edition. 12mo. Khaki cloth boards decoratively stamped in silver and burgundy; 199 pp.; five illustrations. A morality tale about the evils of gambling. A better-than-average copy with some soiling to cloth and gift inscription to ffep; VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5 b/w illus (illustrator). First American Edition. Good (stains/sl rubbing to cloth). Tall 12mo 199 American issue of the "pri ze tale on gambling" (title page), prefaced with a letter by Charles Kingsl ey on the same subject. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. £100 prize tale on gambling. With 5 illustrations & chapter heading vignettes & opening letter illustrations. All edges gilt. Publishers black leather, titled gilt on upper board (no title on spine). Contents clean and VG with "Band Of Hope" prize plate affixed in front. Spine a little chipped & loose. No dustwrapper as issued.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 199, [13] p.: illustrations; 18 cm. Paperback with brown covers; dark brown spine and cover titles and cover illustration. Publisher's catalog on 12 pages following text. Former owner's name in pencil on first (blank) page: Mary M. Heinly, Spring City, Pa. Alfred Colbeck (1858-1933) was an English Methodist minister and author of fiction for boys. This paperback edition is much scarcer than the hardback issued by Revell at the same time. In Good Condition: cover is brittle, with resulting loss along edges; one page corner creased; pages are clean and tight.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Letters From Mandalay: Written 1878-79. Together With Letters Written During The Burmese Campaign Of 1885-88 James Alfred Colbeck.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London: S. W. Partridge, No Date. 157pp.Thought to be 1890 . Condition: GOOD plus. Original binding. Handsome brown cloth hardcover with floral design and boy looking through open window to front cover. Gilt lettering. Nice designs to chapter headings. Endpaper has cracked at the front only and the netting is exposed. Prize pastedown to front endpaper dated 1897. Previous owner name on recto.Some scattered foxing throughout which does not affect the text block. Binding is a little shaken but is still holding well.

[first edition] 256pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.green/blue/gilt dec.stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,ads.to eps,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked).

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, silver lettering to spine, man and boy hand-in-hand to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 157, 32 [pages] publisher's catalogue. Full-page monochrome illustrations. Former prize plate to upper paste down, front end paper missing, large indigo letters verso to frontispiece, lower end paper torn, tanning to page margins, light rubbing to spine tips and corners. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative orange cloth. Prize plate to front free endpaper. Minor foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpaper, as well as title pages. Light cracking, creasing and staining to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Colbeck, Alfred. The fall of the Staincliffes: £100 prize on the evils of gambling. London: Sunday School Union, 1891. Hardback, good. Illustrated covers with gilt lettering to front and spine and plant motif on reverse. Covers a bit bumped and age-discoloured; binding strong. Front pastedown has prize certificate from 1892-3. Frontispiece b/w illustration. First four pages loose from binding but complete, frayed at edges. 160pp., b/w illustrations. Tanning to final text page. rear endpaper has a prayer written out in pencil. "The Council of the Sunday School Union decided to offer £100 for the best tale illustrating the essential dishonesty of betting, and setting forth its disastrous consequences" (from the Preface). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.