Forester Frank Editor (14 results)

Condition: Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers with a black-and-white cover illustration reproducing "Siegfried" by Franz Kline. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with some light foxing & soiling to the wraps. A mailing address is stamped on the rear wrap. 38 pages. Black-and-white illustrations with Bayreuth and Metropolitan opera playbills reproduced in black on tan stock. The page corners are lightly bumped & the edges of the tan pages are slightly darkened. Good. The featured opera of the week is Wagner's "Siegfried", with articles on the opera by Lilian Foerster Loveday; on Italian Heldentenor Guiseppe Borgatti by Mary Jane Matz; and on the temporary building at Bayreuth by Ann M. Lingg. There is an article on the Ford Foundation's new opera program by W. McNeil Lowry.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus 1951, first printing, matching dates on title and copyright pages. Published by William Morrow. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition near fine, fine inside, square and tight book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, covers slightly darkened, not a reminder. DJ very good, couple of small tears, no chips, rubbing on the front panel from price sticker removal, price clipped. 8vo, 276 pages. ASIN : B0007H8WEC. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 294 pp., xvii. No citing of Edition, printing or number line, but Publisher "FR" logo printed on Title page above Publisher name at foot of Title page. Following the Editor's Preface, Contents divided into 14 Essays: [1] Louis Trenchard More, "The Pretensions of Science"; [2] Irving Babbitt, "Humanism: An Essay at Definition"; [3] Paul Elmer More, "The Humility of Common Sense"; [4] G.R. Elliott, "The Pride of Modernity"; [5] T.S. Eliot, "Religion Without Humanism"; [6] Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "The Plight of Our Arts"; [7] Alan Reynolds Thompson, "The Dilemma of Modern Tragedy"; [8] Robert Shafer, "An American Tragedy"; [9] Harry Hayden Clark, "Pandora's Box in American Fiction"; [9] Stanley P. Chase, "Dionysus in Dismay"; [10] Gorham B. Munson, "Our Critical Spokesmen"; [11] Bernard Bandler II, "Behaviour and Continuity"; [12] Sherlock Bronson Gass, "The Well of Discipline"; [13] Richard Lindley Brown, "Courage and Education"; "A List of Books", pp.291-294. // NO JACKET. Dark blue cloth with very dulled gilt on spine (nearly unreadable); Deckle fore-edge. Strong spine (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear, but for vague hints at spine corner topmost edges; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Despite dulling of lettering on spine, in remarkable condition for a book more than 95 years old. The way to read Classic Essays on the subject, still relevant, by distinguished writers. From Amazon: "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.".…

Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1859 W. A. Townsend & Company, New York. Later printing of 1856 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with elaborate blind-stamped cover decorations and gold spine lettering and decorations, including a fox and hounds. Light yellow endpapers. Six color plates, hand-tinted, illustrated by John Leech. Binding strong and intact, with just an inch of the endpaper at the top of the front hinge splitting. Covers are worn and rubbed, with three small but deep scratches on the front. Cloth at the head of the spine is torn and frayed. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded with tips fraying. Endpapers and first few pages soiled and finger smudged, with light foxing. Gift and ownership inscriptions in pencil on front free endpaper and the following two blank pages, some dated 1873. Pages foxed and age-spotted, with occasional brown finger smudges in the margins. NO highlighting or other markings. A few pages are dog-eared. A few pages have small tears in the edges; one page has a 3-inch tear at center which appears to be a flaw in the paper. The rear pages of the book has a pair of curved dents suggesting that something was once stored in the book, and these dents have propagated noticeably back through about quarter of the book; readability is not affected. Pages moderately and uniformly tanned but still supple; pages closer to plates are more tanned. 425 pages + 3 pages of publisher's advertising. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Brick-red embossed cloth boards w/ gilt titling and vignette to spine and vignette to cover. No DJ. Boards are soiled/rubbed w/ bumped corners. Text block is square and tight despite cracking to inner hinges at fr/bk pastedowns, PON to fep, pgs are well read and age-toned w/ occas smudges and light foxing (prim to eps), and unmarked except for paren's around a couple of index entries, w/ dusted/soiled pg ends. A new and revised American ed of Dinks and Mayhew "The Dog" w/ Hutchinson's "Dog Breaking" added, 663 pps, frontis, 1873 date incl'd on Title Pg verso, b/w illus's, notes, index. A long-held comprehensive and definitive guide to successful dog-breeding and owning containing a wealth of information on topics incl'g breeding, care, kenneling and field management, conditioning, the pathology and diseases of dogs, etcetera. Forester, Frank (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Light green cloth, slight edge wear, former gift inscription on half title page. INSCRIBED BY BEVERLEY -GIDDINGS on first blank. In worn, price clipped DJ, with chips missing along edges, and insect damage of DJ at corners. Front of DJ is still bright, colorful, and the DJ is now protected in a mylar jacket. Color frontispiece and DJ. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; Signed by editor. Illustrated by James Von Brunn (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. First Edition. New York:Gould, Banks & Co. 1842. 1st edition. vi+241pp and vi+231pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Original brown blindstamp boards, with gilt on spine strip still bright, lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges, both spine ends chipped with wear along spine strip (front and rear gutter) on volume 2 and both volumes edge points gently bumped and worn to boards. Page edges soiled.  Internally, both volumes have age toning to yellow end-pages with a large bookplate to inside front boards of both volumes with a different previous owners name stamped to both 1st free end-pages. Both volumes have foxing scattered throughout with volume 2 having old damp stains to bottom edge of both ends of book, diminishing as book progresses. Both bindings are tight with hinges intact. Overall, a good solid copy.…

Half Calf Leather. Condition: Poor. First Edition. Volume III, twelve issues complete (Sep 1831-Aug 1832) of this monthly magazine. Original half calf leather with slightly raised bands and black label. Leather is much chipped to the bottom of the spine and it is lacking a 3/4 inch section. The front board is off and the back board has been inexpertly reinforced. Marbled boards and endpages. frontispiece has been glued to title page affecting readablity of title page and the text description of the frontispiece plate. Lacking most of the two fold out horse genealogies. Generaly light foxing throughout. One plate torn in half but complete. Lacking plate for the fifth month. Otherwise complete. READING COPY only. We have the first FIVE YEARS of American Turf Register for sale. Photos of each volume is available upon request. The "American Turf Register" is one of the most versatile of the early American sporting magazines, with several important contributions by Frank Forester (i. e., Henry W. Herbert). Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (April 3, 1807 - May 17, 1858), was an English novelist and writer on sport. He is best known for his works on sport, published under the pseudonym of Frank Forester. These include: * The Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces (1849) * Frank Forester and his Friends (1849) * The Fish and Fishing of the United States (1850) * The Young Sportsman's Complete Manual (1852) * The Horse and Horsemanship in the United States and British Provinces of North America (1858). He eventually committed suicide in New York. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 444 pages. German language. 8.27x5.83x1.00 inches. In Stock.

13 x 7.5 card. Fair, on aged paper, with minor creasing to one corner. Stamped and addressed on one side to 'Mr. J. Charles Davis | Proctor's Theatre | New York'. The unsigned card (with the words 'and United States' deleted from the heading) has partly printed text. Mather completes it in pencil, acknowledging the 'inquiry about Frank Forester' and stating that 'as a boy I knew him and shot with him but my recollections would be of no value'. He ends by saying that he will 'try to brush them up' on his 'return from the west'. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 444 pages. German language. 8.27x5.83x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.