C Alphonso Smith Editor (7 results)

Hard Back. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 292 pages with four pages of advertisements. Green cloth binding with black lettering. Page edges aged and some discoloration and wear of covers. Owner's name on front endpaper. No other marks, stamps or underlining. Clean tight white pages. Twelve classic short stories: Esther from the Old testament, Ali Bab and the Forty Robber, Rip Van Winkle, The Gold-Bug by Poe, Christmas Carol by Dickens, The Great Stone Face by Hawthorne, Rab and His Friends by John Brown, Outcasts of Poker Flat by Harte, Marheim, The Necklace, The Man Who Would be King and the Gift of the Magi.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Eighth Printing. 255 pages. Corners and lower edge of backstrip rubbed; backstrip discolored. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Very clean stated First Edition. Clean unfaded burgundy ribbed cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name and date neatly penned on front free endpaper. Nice photo portrait frontispiece of O. Henry in the Winter of 1909-10. 255 pages.

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: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 471 pp. including index. Worn at the extremities. The spine lettering is tarnished. The endpapers are tanned. Unmarked and in a square, sound binding with hinges intact. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Reprint, 6th printing. Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Minor wear to edges and corners of covers and spine." A-to-Zed School" stamps are on the inside of the front cover and the front fly page. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 255 pages.