Bennett Hannaford (39 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue leather effect boards with some wear and gilt emblem to front. Name inside, but an otherwise tight and clean copy with no foxing to contents. 128pp. (10x15.5cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 148 pp. NAP: presumed first John Long Ltd. printing. With a Biographical Introduction by Editor. No jacket. Green buckram cloth with brilliant gilt lettering and decorative elements on spine and brilliant Publisher logo at center front cover; red silk bookmark, with offsetting from ribbon on pp. 132,133, where bookmark was placed for many years, evidently, at the beginning of his first published piece ; 1 1/8" x 1/4" bookseller's label pasted in at lower left inside rear cover: "E.F. Hudson Ltd./ Booksellers / 116 New St., Birmingham". Top edge gilt. Offsetting on ffep/verso and forward, diminishingly, through half-title page and becoming more like small, irregular splotches of foxing, until p. 15, where it all virtually stops; similar pattern on rear flyleaf, working back toward front of book through p. 144. Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO spine fading; NO previous owner names. Clean text. From the Biographical Introduction: "Artemus Ward was one of the most distinctively American of American humourists. He belongs to the early Mark Twain period, and his humour, like that of Mark Twain in his young days, new and strange as it appeared, quickly caught fire over the two Continents. Artemus Ward's real name was Charles Farrar Browne, and he was born in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, on the 26th of April, 1834. As is the case with most American families [sic] he could not boast an ancestry. . . When he was 14 years of age [sic] Ward was apprenticed as a compositor to the Skowhegan Clarion; next year he became a compositor on the Carpet Bag, a comic weekly published in Boston His first printed contribution appeared in the Carpet Bag. . . Being of a restless disposition, Ward left Boston and travelled as a journeyman printer over most of New York and Massachusetts. Arriving in Tiffin, Ohio. . . he was offered a position as a reporter on the Plaindealer, a daily paper in Cleveland. . . ." Brilliant condition for a book more than 95 years old. The way to read this Classic work of humor and social commentary.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. 156 pages. No dustjacket. Olive-green leather(?) binding. Gilt-coloured decoration and titles to fully decorate spine, small logo of JL capitals to fornt cover. Light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Light yellowing and foxing to page-edges o/w pages clean and tidy.…

Condition: Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 157 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Further adventures of Cheri-Bibi. Ex-rental library with markings on the front end paper. Bumped and rubbed with light wear to the edges. Rear hinge a bit loose, spine slightly cocked. Most of the front jacket flap glued to the front pastedown, glue residue to the rear pastedown. Ex-Library.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Top edge in gilt; front board with device (the publisher's initials) in gilt; decorative spine in gilt; dark green boards. Maroon marker ribbon. Previous owner's signature on ffep. Book.

Condition: Good. hardback, small 8vo, 157pp, slight browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, gilt-decorated spine, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. edge wear on the soft boards. gently faded gold gilt on the top paper trims. foxing and markings. text is clear and legible. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Thus. The book is very good with some edge wear, chipped at spine ends and previous owner's name on the ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG original green boards, gilt design, teg, spine sunned, pencilled notations on rear end-paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo. Dark grey cloth with gilt decs. 171 pp. Clean and bright. VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good lightly used condition, front inner hinge straining, light age spotting to page edges mainly to the first section of the book, spine faded, bottom corners slightly bumped, light wear and marks.

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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback in jacket. 15x10cm. 128 pages. Clean & tight. Front end paper has a 1948 inscription. Jacket has some edge wear & tears with minor loss. Jacket is now under removable clear covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref zx-fk.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small hardback copy in red cloth boards with lettering and decoration to spine, no dustjacket. 128pp. Not library copy, some rubbing to board edges. (51/2).

Condition: Good+. The Carleton Classics. 136pp, small green leatherette, top edge gilt, spine faded, unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has very light sunning to spine, slight bumps to spine ends and corners, some slight shelfwear to edges with a few small dings, a small indent to rear board, and some rubbing, otherwise a solid Near VG copy.

Condition: Good. 16mo. Green Cloth, Very Good with sunning. 136 pp. The Carlton Classics.Previous owner's signature inside cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. HARDABCK 1925 Pages are clean and tight with some light foxing. Address on half title, which has tanned.Blue boards have little wear.Images available.Rear flap of d/j stuck on r.e.p. No other d/j present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First U.S. Edition. (1929) 410 pp. Original green cloth covers. Binding and DJ lightly soiled and rubbed. DJ has light chipping to corners and spine ends. Contents nice.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

The Readers Library Publishing Company. c.1928. Small 8v hardback in DW. Upper joint split and extremities slightly worn. Pages browned otherwise a lovely copy in a creased, soiled and worn wrapper that has a closed tear to to spine which has had an attempted repair internally with tape. FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD WAKELING.…

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 126.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannaford Bennett.A mismatched group of people find themselves passengers on a stage coach from Dauphiny one dark night, drawing up to the Little Red Riding Hood Inn, where tales are abound that guests had slept there and never been seen again.By Gaston Leroux, best known for 'The Phantom of the Opera'.Lacking the original dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Very light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A touch of discolouration to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…