Arthur Kyle Davis Jr (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Black cloth, gilt lettering. Extremities of spine slightly worn. Jacket worn and chipped, missing pieces at head of spine and front cover. 148 versions or variants, with 101 tunes, of 46 Child ballads.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Foxing on top edge; corners bumped; otherwise Very Good. xlv, [1], 429 p. + plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. Original price of $4.00 is still present on the front flap. DJ is soiled along with chips and tears to the edges and corners. The underside of the jacket was reinforced at one point with masking tape along the entire top and bottom edges, over the decades the tape blue has darkened the DJ paper which can be seen in the photos. Black cloth boards underneath are clean with only minor edge bumps. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight, no signatures or bookplates present, no library markings. Paper is mildly toned due to age but pages are clean.…

Cloth. First Edition. Charlottesville, VA: Univ. Press of Virginia. Very good condition/NO DUSTJACKET. (1968). First Edition. Cloth. Contains letters listed in chronological order, arranged under names of corresppondents, with appendices of table of corresppondents, with the number of letters addressed to each and the holders of autograph letters, with the number held by each, plus a bibliography. . 8vo., xlv, 429 pp. . Very good condition/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece (illustrator).…

Cloth. First Edition. Charlottesville, VA: Univ. Press of Virginia. Very good condition/NO DUSTJACKET. (1968). First Edition. Cloth. Contains letters listed in chronological order, arranged under names of correspondents, with appendices of table of correspondents, with the number of letters addressed to each and the holders of autograph letters, with the number held by each, plus a bibliography. . 8vo., xlv, 429 pp. . Very good condition/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Hb. Condition: VG. No DJ. 429 pages, biblio., spine and board extremities bumped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Ex-library with the usual features. The interior is clean and tight. Page edges are slightly soiled. Binding is good. Cover shows light wear. 389 pages. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(+). First edition (stated). Large dark red octavo, gilt to spine and front board, xiv, 429 pages, b&w illustrations, portrait; 25 cm. Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 ? 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently bumped top corners, extremely gentle rubbing to rear corners, extremely light soiling to boards, bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(+).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by the University Press of Virginia, 1968. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with light shelf wear and light spotting on vertical page ends. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Very Good, internally clean, solid hard cover without a dust jacket. [It was published in an acidic plain brown paper jacket.] With ALS from author thanking someone for their help on the book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Statement "First published 1968" to the copyright page. Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. A comprehensive listing of correspondents, letters written in chronological order. Fresh. Fine in maroon cloth with titles in gilt, sewn binding, burgundy-and-yellow head and tail bands, no dust jacket, as issued. Octavo; 429 pages; appendices, and bibliography. Frontispiece portrait.…

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (music, VA, reference) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing this extensive collection of Virginia folk ballads and folk songs -- a major contribution to the folklore and folk history of Virginia. Has an interesting inscription (dated 1929) on the front endpaper from Susie McGee Heck Smith to notable Virginia physician Staige D. Blackford. Susie McGee Heck Smith's late spouse was C. Alphonso Smith, an esteemed University of Virginia English professor and founder of the Virginia Folklore Society. Alphonso Smith's efforts to collected and preserve Virginia folk ballads formed the basis of the project and editor Davis dedicated the book to his memory. Red cloth, 634 pages, fold-out map at back. Has a bit of rubbing and fading of the dye on the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st edition thus, facsimile reprint of original 1925 edition, with new Fwd. Minor shelf wear, text block edges slightly toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. xxxi,545 pp., b&w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Condition: Good. 1968. First Published. 429 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white photographs. Pages and photographs are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good condition with light rubbing to top and bottom of spine and browning and staining to inner front cover. Small water stains to very bottom of first dozen pages. Former owners book plate and other written name beside it. In the present volume we find fifty-one British ballads, nearly all of them represented by numerous versions or variants. "Dr. Davis s volume will command the serious attention and respect of ballad scholars both in America and in Great Britain. With commendable reliance on Professor Child s introductions, the head-notes for each ballad are extensive and adequate.The foot-notes perform the usual service of their kind, says Dr. Davis." 634 pages with appendices, index of titles and fine, full color map of the region. …

Condition: New.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Though an effort has been made to bring the record of Arnold's letters to a reasonable degree of completeness, it is recognized that in a work of this sort finaility is not attainable and that any approximation to completeness needs the help of all holders, individual or institutional, of Arnold letters and of all students of Arnold and of his Victorian contemporaries and background. A Major purpose of this book, by its nature somewhat preliminary, is to bring out of hiding any letters that have so far eluded my search and to correct any errors that may still remain in [site of efforts to detect and eliminate them. 429 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. etc.).…

Condition: Very Good. 634 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with a few black & white photographs. Bookplate on inside front cover. Features music and lyrics. 1 Fold-out map of Virginia. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610968.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Octavo. 9 1/2" x 6". Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. 630pp.

Condition: good. First Edition. First? Printing. 429, illus., bibliography, red "X" on front endpaper, some edge soiling, pencil erasure inside boards and flyleaves. This chronologically arranged catalog of Arnold's letters is an indispensable reference for both scholars and collectors. An English poet and literary and social critic, Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) is considered a quintessential Victorian writer in his philosophy, taste, and manner of expression.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good copy in green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Light shelf-wear. Name on endpaper and on title page. Top, fore-edge corner of first two endpapers have had the corner torn off. Folding Map. 627pp tall 8vo.

Hardcover. xlv, 429 p.; 24 cm. Part I. Letters listed in chronological order; II. arr. by correspondents; holders; bibliography. VG lt. edgespotted orig. maroon cloth in publ's kraft wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. First Edition. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The contents page has a small stain near the fore edge. Near fine condition. ; Large 8vo.; lxiii, 389 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightly age-toned text block edges, otherwise nearly as issued. Scarce dust jacket with triangular loss extending about 2" from top front edge, affecting top of "F" only on front panel and upper spine panel, also 1 3/4" lozenge of loss along lower rear joint, toned spine panel, minor edge chipping, now in mylar. Scarce in DJ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Minus. First Edition. First edition. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Inscribed on ffep by former owner, folklorist Joseph Hickerson. -- Very Good condition. Covers lightly rubbed/dulled around edges, mostly on front cover -- almost invisible head-on, only seen at an angle to lighting. Page block edges starting to fox a little. Interior starting to tan. Dust jacket Very Good Minus, protected in clear plastic -- some edgewear, small hardly noticeable tears in edges here and there (made less visible by protective plastic) -- spine a bit darkened, edges faintly darkening -- pretty clean and bright otherwise, fairly tight-looking in plastic, but with chips out of head of spine. 389 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Folklorist Joseph Hickerson.…

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed. U of North Carolina, 1960. Some light pencilings on endpaper, else a fine copy in chipped dust wrapper.