Elmer Jacobs (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). Reprint Edition. G/none, used pb, 491pp. X-LIBRARY Perfect bound, illustrated stiff paper wraps with white and red colored text on upper and black and white on spine; slight edge wear; no chips or tears; spine creased; upper has a soft vertical fold. Library stamps on ffep, rep and title page. All other pages clean, unmarked. Binding is tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. The brilliant and light-hearted newsletter of a company which made metal lids for things, illustrated alternately by photographs of products using the lids (wonderful shot of McCormick spice containers) and the artwork of Elmer Jacobs, which here includes the March installment of the historic chronology of human history (here covering the years 1900-1904. There is also an analysis of what it means about you if your favorite color is orange, and a page about the F.W. Fitch Company's radio program, the Fitch Bandwagon, with photos of Benny Goodman, Ted Fiorito, and Eddy Duchin. Excekkent condition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). 3rd Printing.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and tear. Name inside front cover. Pages have toning, but are unmarked. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know.

hardcover. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. 37 pages. Limited edition, 121/1500. SIGNED by Higdon. Fraying to one corner. Two others starting to fray. Some rubbing to spine ends. Some sunning to covers. Else, very good condition. (R4). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued. Limited edition, this copy stamped 494/1500 copies printed,1945. Fading to cover, slight spine slant and shelf wear, remains Very Good. A gift inscription is inside: "To Frank: I've never had a better Martini 4/30 1/48". No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Elmer Jacobs (jacket art) (illustrator). First edition. sm. 8 vo; bright blue cloth boards with small black front board illust., black spine lettering; 301 pp; illust. dj. Book was written under a Newberry Library Fellowship tekks the author's story of the struggle of a Black woman in Depression era in the Midwest. Fine in Fine DJ; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). First Edition. A very good copy. Save for some foxing to the pages the text is unmarked. Very moderate wear to the cover, which has a 1/4" intact tear along the base of the front panel. A lovely copy.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Flaming Press, 1944. Octavo. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by author on copyright page. Book is very good. Excellent copy of this classic poetry collection with illustrations by Elmer Jacobs.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Elmer Jacobs (Cover Design) (illustrator). 482 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). First Edition. Original blue cloth with $3.00 flap price and single date on copyright page. Written with a Newberry Library Fellowship, this is the memoir of a Black girl from the West who migrated to Chicago and became an successful businessperson. With vignettes of Black life in the Chicago of the Depression Era. Book sif ine and unmarked. Except for a small V chip to the top edge of the front panel, jacket is near fine and protected by a Mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unpaginated Christmas keepsake. Stapled stiff paper binding. One of an edition of 100 (un-numbered) copies. Text originally appeared in The Merrell Magazine. Ottumwa Stamp Works was the printer. A clean, unmarked and well-kept copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by the author. Out of print and scarce. Limited numbered edition. Binding is boards. Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Elmer Jacobs (illustrator). First Edition. Small printing. Extremely scarce. From the library of Ward K. Schori (of the Schori Press). Binding is stiff wraps.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good binding. 16mo. [8] pp. French fold. Limited edition. As issued, sewn in pictorial wrappers. Wrappers are a trifle chipped and soiled; contents clean. Uncommon, despite a fairly large limitation. A charming keepsake.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Chicago: The Flaming Press, (1944). 31 plus one pages, hardbound. VG in a tight quarter cloth binding with light soil to the top edge. The preliminary page is inscribed and signed "HIG".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Elmer Jacobs (dj) (illustrator). First Edition. 1st, blue cloth, near fine (thin sunning at top & bottom of boards) in nf dj w/ very light fading on spine, tiny scuff at bottom, $4.50 price. An absurdly nice copy; one might take it for a facsimile. INSCRIBED to a friend on the ffep and dated May 6, 1959. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Black cloth spine over burgundy paper-covered boards with white paper title onlay to front cover, illustrated endpapers, illustrated in color throughout. Toning from newsprint laid in between pages xii-xiii, else a fine copy. Is it a manufacturer's catalog? A literary zine? An art journal? From the manufacturer's website: "Throughout the 1930s and continuing through the 1950s, PHOENIX history was spoken elegantly through The Phoenix Flame, a stylish magazine that combined advertising and product highlights of the Phoenix Metal Cap Company along with poetry, humor and art. Editor-in-Chief, Hal Higdon, better known as HIG to the Phoenix Flame?s readers, gracefully juxtaposed style and function in a monthly publication that reached far beyond the manufacturers of products who purchased metal closures. This beautifully bound, high quality, saddle-stitched, print piece brought the wit and wisdom of life alive through full-color illustrations, black and white photography, and world-class writing.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Various paginations. 29 cm. Illustrations in b&w and partial colour. Black cloth spine and brown paper boards. Two labels, one cream paper, the other raised copper. Corners and edges worn, dampstains to boards. Some paper stuck on rear board. Rear pastedown a bit wrinkled. Some discolouration or staining to lower margins and upper corners. Lower edge also has slight "bleeding" from covers. Occasional thumbing. "Short stories, articles, editorials, witticisms." All from Phoenix Flame, 1925 to 1947, selected by the editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. jacobs, elmer (illustrator). 1st Edition. Association copy inscribed by Hig to Norman Forgue. The copy is also signed by Forgue at the end of the introduction he wrote. Laid in is a signed letter from Hig to Forgue presenting him the book and thanking him for writing the introduction. Inscribed by Author(s).

Catalog of reproduced glass plate photographs taken between 1908-1914 by Elmer G. Jacobs (1882-1964), of Grafton, New York. The exhibition was put together by Paul E. Grattan, O.D., on behalf of Rensselaer County in celebration of Independence Day, 1967. One unpaginated volume.~~The catalog presents Jacobs' photography in 5 sections - the Town of Grafton, the people who live there, the annual summer visitors, the Troy Waterworks, later part of Grafton State Park, and a trip to NYC in 1909. ~~A completely unique record of early 20th-century small town New York by an unknown photographer. Excellent photographs and in very good condition. ~~Most uncommon. We find no copies online as of April 26, 2026.