Devere William (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontispiece of author, several black and white illustrations. Good solid book. Levino, Dolph and Morningstar, J. (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1891. Brown cloth covered boards; edges worn, top edge somewhat soiled; title and cover illustration in gold, now darkened; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; no jacket. Stamped on free front endpaper; Interior clean and unmarked; 102 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cloth extremities have shelf wear.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Good to VG: light exterior soil else clean and unmarked; front hinge a little loose and appears reglued; corners and tips rubbed. Hardcover in blue cloth with much silver stamping, 7.5", 130 pp. Illustrated by Dolph Levino and J. Morningstar. Early cowboy poetry by "The Tramp Poet", inc. long tales about circusses, preachers, and other showmen, with lots of Colorado references.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Good+ hardcover with tight binding and mostly clean pages. Some shelf wear and some fraying to cloth covers and spine. No dust jacket. Some ink spots on the pages. Pages are gently yellowed with age. Devere noted as "Tramp Poet of the West" and poems are written in presumed western dialect, early Cowboy Poetry with plenty of nostalgia for the earlier West. Nice chapter drop cap illustrations and pen and ink type drawings throughout. ; B&W Illustrations; 7.65 x 5.10 x 0.50 inches. Illustrated by Levino, Dolph and J. Morningstar (illustrator). …

1st edition. Octavo, silver-decorated purple cloth, 130 pp. Plates, illus. Near-Fine; minor shelf wear. Western Americana, Americana, Traditional Tales, Oral Tradition.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. New York Chicago London: Whitmark & Sons, 1897. First Edition. 8vo. 130pp. Publisher's blue cloth stamped with silver design and letters. Cloth slightly worn, very good condition, "G.A.R." lightly rubber-stamped on endpapers and p.7. Several full page and text illustrations by Dolph Levino and J. Morningstar [well-done]. Penciled note on ffep: "This 'Almanac' is given to Bosworth Post - GAR [Portland, Maine] By A Bad Domino Player the Author Wm DeVere". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages; Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2nd issue. Small 8vo silver stamped decorated blue cloth. 130pp. Illustrated with well done pen & ink drawings, mostly humorous to match the poetry. Western verse, "a rough chronicle of some vivified wild and wooly western stories that have occurred in the sub-strata of western life." A fun read! Vg.…

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

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

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

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

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

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the March 1925 issue (Vol. XI No. 7) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to front cover. Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: Building the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral by Felix Adler; Why We Read Novels by Henry J. Golding; The Opium Problem by William T. Stone; Youth Carries On by Devere Allen; Youth Versus Age: The Duty of Reverence by Roy Franklin Dewey; Currents of Thought Among Young People by Algernon D. Black. Devere Allen (1891-1955) was an American socialist and pacifist political activist and journalist; Algernon D. (David) Black (1900-1993) was an Ethical Culture leader, author, and educator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 130pp.; HB blue w/silver; rubbed w/wear on edges,corners,&spine; pencil&ink on pastedwns.&encpapers; cracked hinge; clean,tight pgs. " .a rough chronicle of some vivified wild and wooly western stories. " illus. Levino, Dolph & Morningstar, J. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 130 pp.+ Photo Plt of Author at frontis, Illus, Blue Illus Hardback, edgewear, sm scrape on cover else G-VG, no DJ, 1st ed (Loosely Heralds Mining Camps of the Rockies by the "Tramp Poet of the West").

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In blue cloth.

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

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

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

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

New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1908. 8vo., 130 pp. . Very good condition/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator).

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

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Baby blue boards with silver letters and design clean corner bump and wear. very nice.very light.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Illustrations by Dolph Levino and J. Morningstar. Decorative blue cloth stamped in white. Some spotting and light stands on the front board, good or better.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo hardcover book with blue cloth and silver stamped tilting and decoration on the front board and spine, with black and white illustrations throughout the book. Collection of "frontier poetry" by proclaimed "Tramp Poet of the West". The condition of the book is Good (light shelf wear to the top and tail of the spine; shelf wear along the bottom edges; little to no interior damage).…

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: Good. Author's ink signature and inscription on ffep, dated 1898; Lightly age toned, and a bit shaken front hinge, yet safely intact. Else clean and tight. White cloth binding, age soiled and a lightly worn, with black stamped illustration on front cover; 130p. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. J. Morningstar/Frontispiece (illustrator). Signed & Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. …

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book of Western verse captures the wry, heart-tugging tales of the Wild West through poetry and prose. The author's years of living among the itinerant population of the era are distilled into a rich collection of narratives, each one revealing a transient lifestyle, the complexities of human nature and the enduring challenges of an unforgiving landscape. From the sagas of gamblers and tramps to the lives of miners, cowboys, and Native Americans, the pages are filled with the authentic tunes of the American frontier. Readers will discover a cast of vivid characters seeking fortune and often finding unexpected life lessons in the raw and untamed spirit of the Old West, where dreams and realities dance a perilous dance. 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.…