Alfred S Johnson Editor (9 results)

Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1898 Garretson, Cox & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Columbian Annual. Hardcover has navy buckram cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on a thin leather spine panel. Marbled page edges. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding cracked at title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Binding getting loose in a few places in the text, with webbing peeking at signature divisions. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Leather on spine panel is mostly rubbed off, with the lettering partially missing. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. A few pages have small tears at the bottom edge at the binding. 1040 pages, made up of 4 issues: January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December. Includes index, bound at front. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 239 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Patterned Boards. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dj Priced $15.00. Small Name Label On Front Free Endpaper. Tipped In Color Plates, B/W Illustrations (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition - Original Issue. Original Wraps. Good. First Edition - Original Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. -- This is an original, complete issue of 146 pages dated May 1891 -- Vol. 1, No. 2 -- Illustrated -- contents are tight, many pages uncut, spine missing some paper -- Publisher makes this statement: "A unique publication, occupying a literary field hitherto unfilled, A systematic and accurate record of the world's doings, fully illustrated, covering every field, and giving the only complete biographical necrology published, Strictly impartial in every respect; an invaluable aid to every one who desires to keep abreast of the times" -- Very interesting advertising --.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition - Original Issue. Original Wraps. Good. First Edition - Original Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. -- This is an original, complete issue of 156 pages dated August 1891 -- Vol. 1, No. 3 -- Illustrated -- covers and contents are tight, piece of spine is loose at top and bottom -- Publisher makes this statement: "A unique publication, occupying a literary field hitherto unfilled, A systematic and accurate record of the world's doings, fully illustrated, covering every field, and giving the only complete biographical necrology published, Strictly impartial in every respect; an invaluable aid to every one who desires to keep abreast of the times" -- Very interesting advertising --.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. -- This is an original, complete issue of 160 pages dated November 1891 -- Vol. 1, No. 4 -- Illustrated -- covers and contents are tight, very nice condition -- Publisher makes this statement: "A unique publication, occupying a literary field hitherto unfilled, A systematic and accurate record of the world's doings, fully illustrated, covering every field, and giving the only complete biographical necrology published, Strictly impartial in every respect; an invaluable aid to every one who desires to keep abreast of the times" -- Very interesting advertising --.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. -- This is an original, complete issue of 146 pages dated December 1892 -- Vol. 2, No. 8 -- Illustrated -- covers and contents are tight, nice condition -- Publisher makes this statement: "A unique publication, occupying a literary field hitherto unfilled, A systematic and accurate record of the world's doings, fully illustrated, covering every field, and giving the only complete biographical necrology published, Strictly impartial in every respect; an invaluable aid to every one who desires to keep abreast of the times" -- Very interesting advertising --.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. -- This is an original, complete issue of 152 pages dated May 1892 -- Vol. 2, No. 6 -- Illustrated -- covers and contents are tight, nice condition -- Publisher makes this statement: "A unique publication, occupying a literary field hitherto unfilled, A systematic and accurate record of the world's doings, fully illustrated, covering every field, and giving the only complete biographical necrology published, Strictly impartial in every respect; an invaluable aid to every one who desires to keep abreast of the times" -- Very interesting advertising --.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 1 only of three volumes ; ISBN 9780910956147, 9780910956307, 0910956146, 0910956308 OCLC 734741 ; green cloth ; bookplate of G. P. Cuttino (1914-1991), who taught at Emory for 32 years and was a distinguished and beloved professor and author. He was a two-time Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and he chaired the Emory history department in the early 1970's. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War I and worked for the U.S. Army Intelligence Service at the Pentagon during the Korean Conflict. He received a Bachelor's degree at Swarthmore College and a Master's degree at the University of Iowa. In 1938, he received a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He received the Emory Medal in 1982. ; Contents: Prelude: Complexity and basic phases of administrative control -- The Monarch -- Parliament -- The Council -- The Chancery and the Privy Seal -- The Household and the King's Special Services -- Parliament -- Definition of Parliament -- Parliamentary records -- The Composition of Parliament -- Parliament at work -- The King's Council -- The regency and Mortimer -- The Council after the King's Emancipation -- The Council in administration -- The Chancery -- The issue of Chancery writs -- Warrants of Issue: The authorization of Chancery writs --The Special contribution of the Chancery: The Chancery Court -- Chancery office and personnel -- The King's Wardrobe and Household -- The position of the household in the administrative system -- Domestic offices -- The Wardrobe -- The Household staff -- The Household Courts -- The Queen's Household -- Scope and plan of the survey -- Finances and resources -- Administrative agents and agencies --Not on the Queen's Seals -- The machinery of diplomatic intercourse -- Prelude: The major diplomatic questions of the period -- The direction of foreign relations -- Forms and methods -- Diplomatic agents and missions -- Ratifications and promulgation of diplomatic agreements -- The payment of expenses -- The Army and Navy -- Prelude: The campaigns 1327-1336 -- Types of troops in Edward's army -- Military service in 1327 -- Eclipse of feudal service -- Commissions of array -- Commissariat arrangements -- The navy -- he forests -- The importance of the decade in forest legislation -- Extent of the forests -- Administration of teh forests -- Officials -- Judicial features -- Common law of the forests -- Estimated values and profits of the forest -- The King's Hunting and his great horses -- Common uses of forests by forest vills -- Appendix:; Particular forests and their officials -- Maps: Sherwood Forest, Wychwood Forest, Windsor Forest, Pickering Forest, Forests of England. Book.…

VERY GOOD. Condition: THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION. 1892. THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION. 1892 VERY GOOD THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION 1892 VERY GOOD THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION 1892 VERY GOOD Condition: THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION 1892 VERY GOOD THE EVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION HARDCOVER Very Rare and Collectible, not remaindered, bookclub or library.…