Clifford Gessler (73 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: G-. 1st Edition. The book and contents are clean and tight. There is a 1.5" scratch on the rear cover, else there is some scuffing. The dust jacket has wear on the extremeties and a sun-faded spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed by the poet at FFEP, to previous owners. 154 pages. Cloth soiled, rubbed, edgeworn. Spine square. Binding sound. Lacking the DJ. Sparse underlining in pencil, and penciled notes at rear paste down. Text else clean. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in unprinted wrappers and dj with some edge-fading, a partially split spine-fold, and two small dampstains.

HARDCOVER. First edition. 331pp, numerous b/w illustrations, octavo. book plates, owner name, slight cover/spine wear otherwise Good. A S MacLeod (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pencil notes to rear end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 267 pp, b/w photos, the book and contents are clean and tight, covers have some light spotting, dust jacket is clean with light corner wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 267 pp.+ 16 Photo Plts, Map e.p., Blue Hardback, nip on opening edge of F cover else, VG, 1st ed (Bishop Museum Expedition to Tahiti & Polynesia).

Hard cover. First edition. Maps on lining-papers. "First edition. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacket clipped, though original price remains - with closed tear at head of spine section and a 1" stain at top of front panel and 3" stain at top of rear panel. Wonderful image on front panel unmarred. Book itself Very Good. A Bookplate from Reader's Digest's Pleasantville, NY's headquarters to ffep, suggesting this volume was once in that institution's collection. BW plates throughout. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. D. Appleton-Century, 1941. First Edition. Very Good + condition. No jacket. What a nice copy for display or to actually read. The jacket color is so vibrant! (CK).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing D. Appleton-Century 1941. Near fine hardcover. Binding square and firm. No writings to text. Suydam, E. H. (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. vii, 214 pp. Very light rubbing to the corners of the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket has a 2" chip missing from the upper edge of the front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printing. Very good in good dust jacket. Book : minor wear at bottom of spine, former owner's name stamped on inside front cover, 1 small tape remain on both inside covers. Jacket : 1 piece of old tape in the middle of each flap, minor chipping at top & bottom of spine and corners. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos of the south sea islands and their peoples. Hard Cover. 268pp. 14 x 21cm. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. DJ: None Book: Fine minus tiny pushed tear T edge of spine - Light scuffs on B cover - Light stains on B cover - Gift Inscription.

Octavo, yellow cloth (hardcover), blue lettering and decoration to upper cover & spine, illustrated endpapers, uncut, xvi + 382 pp. Very Good, with foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers and edges. Contents: Introduction' My Hawaii; Those Who Burst Through the Sky: Floating Islands, The Floating Islands Multiply, For Whom the Gods Fought, The God in the Black Box, Fragrant Wood and Blowing Whales, Preserved in Righteousness, The Eagle Hovers, Gesture Toward Empire, Lady of the Twilight, Counter-Revolt, The Islands Never Let Go; Hawaii To-Day: Place of Abundant Calm, Waikiki: A State of Mind, Ewa of Nuuanu, Valleys Whose Names are Songs, Blue Sampans, Land Where Our Fathers Died, Around the Island, Spear-Head in the Pacific, Earth in Creation, Around Hawaii, House of the Sun, Precipitous island, Wettest Spot; The People of Hawaii: From the Pillars of the Sky, Plumed Fields, Checkered Slopes, Land of Song, Haunted Islands, No Night Life, The Iron Bird Soars, Bibliography, Index. Hawaii, Americana, U.S.-iana, American History, U. S. History, United States History zslic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book describes Hawaii in the 1930s with sketch illustrations and descriptions of island life. It has sturdy yellow boards with blue lettering, and strong binding.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Early Printing. An attractive copy of a vintage 4th printing in yellow boards stamped with mint green lettering & decoration. With colored frontis. Book is square and tight. A beautifully illustrated book. E.H. Suydam (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition and 8 illustrations by A S Macleod (Heavy Book). A S Macleod (illustrator).

Condition: New. MacLeod, A S (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Inscribed on the Title half page; To Joseph R. Farrington because your father said I should write this book. My aloha. Clifford Gessler. Aldo signed by the Illustrator - Some of my impressions of the Isles of Enchantment E. H. Suydam. Yellow cloth covered boards with blue lettering on the front cover and at the spine. Spine is bumped at the top and bottom with chipping. Book pages are clean with no marks. From the private library of Elizabeth P. Farrington, Publisher of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and an American Politician who served as a delegate to the US Congress for the Territory of Hawaii. Her book plate is pasted to the inside of the front board. Illustrated front and back inside boards, Frontispiece is color Rice Paddy, Hawaii by Suydam. 32 black and white illustrations. Suydam, E. H. (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Second Printing. Very good+. First edition, second state. Period former owner bookplate on front pastedown and small neatly penned name on rear. Bound in yellow cloth with blue lettering. Lacks jacket. 382 pages, index, bibliography, map, pictorial endpapers, coloured frontispiece, many b/w illustrations by E H Suydam. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. Green covers w/gilt title & illustrations of mariner items and borders on spine. Embossed illustration on front cover of sailing ship. No jacket. In mylar protector. Rubbing to edges/corners. Gift inscription to prev. owner, as well as book plate on first blank pgs. Binding & pages very good. A.S. MacLeod (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Later printing, FINE in near Fine DJ. Illustrated by E.H.Suydam. DHABF. Hawaii.

HARDCOVER. Condition: cover wear otherwise good. First edition. 32pp, text figures. octavo cloth. presentation copy signed in full by author. a. s. macleod (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering. PON on title page unclipped jacket in mylar protector. Very Good condition.

Condition: New. Suydam, E H (illustrator).

Características: Pasta dura en tela editorial. Estado regular. Las orillas y esquinas inferiores de las tapas están raspadas. Ligera fatiga en ambos extremos del lomo. Letras y filetes estampados en el lomo. Cantos sucios, sobre todo el superior. Sellos del propietario anterior. Sobrias capitulares. Las páginas llevan cornisa y tienen los folios en los extremos del margen superior. 214 pp. (20.5 x 14 cm). Peso: 550 g. Libro. …