Careless John (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12mo, red covers, orig. publ. 1821, 24 cps, minor rubbing to paper spine label else VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

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

Condition: New.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. A Poem in Ten Cantos. Red cloth binding with paper lable title, author etc on spne. Top and botton of spine and corners of binding rubbed and bumped. 127pp. Content clean, bright and sound.Copy is in good condition is no dust jacket, Spine and paper label on spine are darkened. Binding shows some shelf wear. Ohotos availale on request. 24 Full Page Color Illustrations By One of the Family (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the 1821 edition. 16mo. Red cloth, paper spine label, top edge gilt. Illustrated with colored plates. Pages foxed, boards soiled, spine faded with ends chipped, very good. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. viii + 127pp, coloured illus in the style of the early 19th century, good. *First printed in 1821 - a scarce poem on the adventures of a country squire in London etc.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Methuen & Co. 1905 edition. Soem minor foxing to pages, text clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 5, 1935 issue of the Saturday Evening Post containing part 3 of 5 of O Careless Love by Rex Stout, one of his last attempts at mainstream fiction. Precedes book publication. Additional fiction includes part 7 of 7 of Furious Young Man, a novel by I A R Wylie, and a short story by Stephen Vincent Benet (The Curfew Tolls). It also includes an article about Louisiana's colorful & bombastic senator Huey P Long (Paradox in Pajamas by Herman B Deutsch). Cover art by Gordon Grant. Light soiling to the front cover & some wear at the spine, but the rest of the magazine is in nice shape. A very good copy with an early Rex Stout fiction installment. Gordon Grant (cover), H R Ballinger (O Careless Love), H J Mowat (Furious Young Man), John La Gatta (The Curfew Tolls) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in red buckram with paper spine label, top edge gilt. No dust jacket. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Colored Books edition of 1905. Book is in very good condition, generally crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Wear to paper spine. Color caricature illustrations throughout "by one of the family. " 16mo. 125 pp.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 1905. Very good condition with no wrapper. "A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank, and Free"; a poem in ten cantos. The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books series. Red cloth boards, plain title label to spine. Colour plates. spine faded & title label browned and scuffed. A few light marks to boards. Text block browned. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. …

New edition. Based on the 1821 original edition. Red cloth, with paper title label on spine. 24 full-page colour illustrations (all present). A few spots of foxing; binding firm; spine slightly faded, with browned & damaged title label. Used - Good. Good hardback in red clolth.

[1970]. (Oversize paperback) Very good. 124pp. Photographs, maps, notes, bibliography. Contributors include J.M.S. Careless (George Brown and Confederation), Lionel Dorge (Bishop Tache and the Confederation of Manitoba (1869-1870)), John T. Maurice (Demographic Influences at Yotk Fort, 1714-16), Roland Michener (The Republican Monarchy of Manitobah), George F. Reynolds (The Man Who Created the Corner of Portage and Main), Norman C.H. Russell (Manitoba Historical Architecture), Donald Swainson (The North-West Transportation Company: Personnel and Attitudes). Article about Bishop Tache, George Brown & Henry McKenney. Locale: . Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 26. (Manitoba). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated with 24 color plates by One of the Family - all present and well preserved. Part of The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books series. A reissue of the 1821 edition. Small octavo, red cloth with paper label on spine, 127 pages + advertisements. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, else at least good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Methuen & Co. 1905 hardback pp127. Red boards with light shelfwear. Slight lean. Spine sunned. Spine label a little chipped at top and tanned but clear and all legible. A little foxing/tanning to prelims and then occasionally. Colour frontis plus 23 other full colour plates illustrated by "one of the family". No markings. Binding good. Good++. No d/j.…

Taschenbuch. 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.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book, written in 1821, is a lively and humorous verse novel by a then-unknown country squire. The author's experiences and anecdotes, from mishaps while shooting to a disastrous dancing lesson in London, are recreated in realistic and often laugh-out-loud detail. Set against a backdrop of early 19th-century rural England, it is full of authentic period detail and entertaining accounts of everyday life and customs of the time. The loosely-connected narrative gives a unique snapshot of the life of a country squire, his family, and his friends in this period of social and economic change in Britain. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. 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. …

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. Colour plates (as called for). Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Top edge bit dust marked.

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.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The Old English Squire, A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank, And Free: A Poem In Ten Cantos is a book written by John Careless and published in 1905. The book is a long poem consisting of ten cantos, each describing the life and adventures of an Old English squire who is a fox hunter. The squire is depicted as a jovial and carefree character who loves the thrill of the hunt and the camaraderie of his fellow hunters. The poem is written in a lively and playful style, with rhyming couplets and a jaunty rhythm that captures the spirit of the squire and his world. The book provides a vivid and entertaining portrait of an important aspect of English rural life in the 19th century, and is a delightful read for anyone interested in English literature, history, or culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.…

Condition: near fine. London 1905 Metheun. Hardcover. 12mo., 127p., with 24 lovely color plates "by one of the family." Color frontispiece with tissue guard. A few pages yet unopened. Red cloth. Text near fine, hinges not cracked; cover has overall light wear; printed paper spine label is toned but legible. no dj.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With Twenty Four Humorous hand coloured plates, being a spoof on British Sporting Society First edition, large paper copy, in contemporary half red morocco over worn boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, re-laid, retaining the old, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-136 pp, 24 pls (unnumbered, hand coloured, & dated 1821-1822), with the half title, bookplate to fpd (A Edward Newton 1864-1940 - Oak Knoll [Books]), armorial stamp to fep, some light offsetting, watermarked Whatman 182? Housed in a red cloth box and a red quarter calf cloth slipcase. (272*180 mm). (Tooley 128. Abbey Life 387. Schwerdt I:95. Prideaux 305) In addition to Careless, Chatto also used Joseph Fume & Stephen Oliver as pseudonyms. An excellent example. One of the Family (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 179. Plates. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w. Signed by the author to the title page and inscribed by him to the front free endpaper.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 184.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 194.