Henry Van Dyke Editor (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York, 1907; red cloth covered boards with gold cover titles and spine titles; spine is faded; corners slightly bumped; mild wear and discoloration; corner and edge wear; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; no jacket; Ex library with typical stamps and markings. 245 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Cloth binding separated from pages. Cloth soiled and frayed.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New York, 1932. Green cloth covered boards with gold titles; mild edge wear; jacket is worn and soiled with small chips and tears in edges; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 419 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Red cloth cover with gold gilt has worn boards that have minor bleaching, staining, and wear throughout. Top and bottom of the spine are crushed, and the spine has soiling and wear. Inside front flysheet has previous owner's notations that are faded on the upper third of the flysheet. The pages are lightly discolored due to age, have some minor foxing throughout and notations through the entire book. This is a former library book that still has the due date stamp panel and the library card pocket on the back fly sheet and inside back cover. This book is in good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Well loved by millions, the writings of Henry van Dyke are among the most captivating descriptions of nature ever written. This collection of his essays, short stories, and poetry, taken from such turn-of-the-century classics as Days Off, Fisherman's Luck, and Little Rivers, also includes an informative biography and beautiful etchings throughout. Henry van Dyke was a short-story writer, critic, poet, essayist, journalist, professor clergyman, and minister. He wrote profusely in the fields of religion, literature, diplomacy, education, nature, and public service. His dual love of religion and nature left a strong impact on his writing as well as his literary criticism. Most of his themes are related to nature and love of the outdoors. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Later Printing. (vii) 332 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with woodcuts by David G. Klein. This story collection contains: Transfiguration by Madeleine L'Engle; Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck; The Other Wise Man by Henry van Dyke; Brother Robber by Helene Christaller; Three Young Kings by George Sumner Albee; The Cribmaker's Trip to Heaven by Reimmichl; The Guest by Nikolai S. Lesskov; The Miraculous Staircase by Arthur Gordon; No Room in the Inn by Katherine Paterson; The Chess Player by Ger Koopman; The Christmas Lie by Dorothy Thomas; The Riders of St. Nicholas by Jack Schaefer; Grandfather's Stories by Ernst Wiechert; The Vexation of Barney Hatch by B. J. Chute; The Empty Cup by Opal Menius; The Well of the Star by Elizabeth Goudge; A Certain Small Shephard by Rebecca Caudill; The Carpenter's Christmas by Peter K. Rosegger; What the Kings Brought by Ruth Sawyer; and The Christmas Rose by Selma Lagerlof. Size: 8vo. David G. Klein; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. minor fading to leather spine edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Inner hinge cracking; shaken spine; large dampstain on front board; text block is clean and very readable. 348 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 258 p., plus catalog, clean and unmarked within on strong paper only mildly age-toned; former owner's stamp on front paste-down and front end page, plus signature in pencil and finger-sized smudge in front gutter; frontis. map of City of London; binding firm; red boards with gilt lettering and deocration are sunned with small white stains on rear panel; lightly bumped corners, slight rubbing at crown of spine.…

Condition: Acceptable. Doubleday, Page, and Company 1905 18mo. 324 pages. reading copy. soft leather boards with gilt emblem to front. boards are worn with rubbing and heavy chipping along edges. chip to crown and heel of spine. G-.

Condition: Acceptable. Doubleday, Page, and Company 1905 18mo. 318 pages. reading copy. soft leather boards with gilt emblem to front. boards are worn with rubbing and heavy chipping along edges. spine chipped away.

Condition: Acceptable. Doubleday, Page, and Company 1905 18mo. 315 pages. reading copy. soft leather boards with gilt emblem to front. boards are worn with rubbing and heavy chipping along edges. heavy chipping to spine. hinge cracked at ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown. Octavo, hardcover, beige and black boards with yellow and green decorations Light wear to boards, front hinge cracked else VG. 374 pp. Seven color plates and 102 black and white pictures in text; discusses history and the novel; last days of Pompeii, return of Richard Coeur de Lion, for Wallace or King Edward, the rescue of Florence, the trial and execution of Sir Thomas More, defeat of the Armada, battle of Edgehill, the taking of Quebec, General Washington, taking of the Bastille, Waterloo and more.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The blue cover has what looks like a water spot, which does not detract from cover, there is a gilt geometric design on the front with "The Pocket University" in the center of it, the corners are lightly bumped, the spine has the title in what was gilt and now has faded, the top edge is gilt, the back cover has a white mark on it. The end papers are age yellowed, but clean except for a penciled price on back page. The frontispiece is a portrait of Walter Scott, Bart, there is one other portrait also a painting of Dryburgh Abby and one of Benawe, Loch Etive in Argyleshire, the interior is very clean.…

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Pocket University; 348 pages.

Condition: Good. Doubleday, Page, and Company 1905 18mo. 286 pages. reading copy. soft leather boards with gilt emblem to front. boards are worn with rubbing. corners bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 1881273288. Hardback. First Printing of this 1995 edition as designated on the copyright page with a decending number line going down to the number 1. Very Good to Near Fine condition in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. We have placed the dustjacket in a Brodart clear plastic protective cover and it looks much better than described. No Signature.…

Condition: Good. Doubleday, Page, and Company 1905 18mo. 283 pages. soft leather boards with gilt emblem to front. boards are rubbed and chipped along edges. binding secure.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 376 Pages; 22 Storie; Biographical Notes And Suggestions For Supplementary Reading In Rear Of Book; History And The Novel By Editor, Dr. Henry Van Dyke In Front Of Book. Pages Tight; Minor Page Wear; No Markings On Pages; Ornate Green Design On End Pages. Slight Darkening On Page Edges. Tan Hard Covers With Gild Lettering And Illustration On Front Cover And Spine. Moderate Shelf Wear. Slight Rubbing And Few Darkened Spots On Cover. Stories By: Sir Walter Scott; George Eliot; Daniel Defoe; Nathaniel Hawthorne Thackeray; Charles Dickens; J Fenimore Cooper, Etc Numerous B/W Illustrations Including Full Page Color Illustrations Including Frontispiece, "Emperor Maximilian Visiting The Studio Of Albrecht Durer" Very Rare Vintage Copy. …

Paperback. Condition: As New. None. With original contribution by Van Dyke in the form of an eulogy. A tight, unmarked copy. Uncommon in this nice condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. #728 of 1000 copies of the revised Edition Deluxe. Retired library copy, stamped, and labeled; lightly aged, else textblock is clean and tight. Top Edge Gilt; Sunned binding, lightly edge and corner worn and scuffed; 462p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photogravures/Etchings/Colored Plates & Full Page Portraits of Great authors/Clarence Cook (art editor) (illustrator). Ex-Library Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library w/usual stamps inside. Prev. owner's name/date on front end paper. Dark green covers with gilt lettering and decorative border and photo plate of sea surf on front. Light rubbing to extremities/edge of spine. Binding is very good, and book appears lightly handled. 148 pgs. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Editors and Artists Edit. Limited Editors and Artists Edition is number 256/1000 copies printed. This three volume set is bound in matching taupe publisher's cloth. Covers are plain with each bearing an off-white paper label with black and red lettering on each spine. Top edges guilt. Deckled foredge and foot. Illustrated occasionally throughout with illumined plates in color. Volume I is xii, 430 pp. Volume II is 478 pp. with a large, fold-out map of The British Empire at the back in color. Volume III is 220 pp. On a shelf, this set spans a little over 5 inches. CONDITION: Moderate external wear and some soiling. Inner hinge of front board shows mild crack, yet all boards are firmly affixed. All plates are present except for one missing plate within Volume III at page 50. Many pages are uncut at the foredge. Even still, bindings are sound and plates are wonderful. A nice little set. Due to size and weight, an additional shipping charge will likely apply and will be requested after purchase. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. One of the "Gateway Series". Covers faded, edges worn and corners bumped. Owner's name inside and extensive notes inside front and back covers. Some notes in text. Otherwise in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Text/NEW & Bright. Illustrated, wine linen boards/NF w/fading to spine. DJ/None. Map of London, 1741-5, biography of authors precedes text. Early novel; 18th century English literature. Collection of 33 the Sir Roger de Coverley papers first published in the Spectator. This 1904 edition reproduces papers edited by Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) and Richard Steele (1672 -1729) for the first Collected Edition of the Spectator, 1712 - 1715, with modernized spelling and annotations. Tales of a baronet, Sir Roger de Coverley, a gentleman of Worcestershire, in life in 1711 London --- an aging and mellowed Restoration rake who supped with the high, once fought a duel, kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffeehouse for calling him youngster, and known unconsumated love, now a quaint, harmless and amiable representative of the Tory landowning class.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. New York: Barse & Hopkins Publishers, 1915. Undated, circa 1915. Selections by Henry Van Dyke in a charming pocket-size, Arts-and-Crafts style gift book full of quotations from the most highly recognizable voices (Coleridge, Lord Byron, Jefferson, Sir John Lubbock, Ali Ben Abu Taheb, Thoreau, Hugo and more) upon the subject of friends and enemies. Light tan softcover with Greek Renaissance color cover design, tied with a small white ribbon, 60 pages. The book is in very good condition with some overall surface wear, lightly rubbed periphery, sound text block, gift inscription in ink on first free endpaper, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. Soft Cover. Very Good. 32mo (4.25" x 3.5" or 11 cm x 9 cm). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 124 clean, unmarked pages; items by/about: Life Gores to a French Literary Saloon of Duchess De La Rochefoucauld; John Singleton Copley Portraits; John Dos Passos (Failure of Marxism); New England Snowstorm, Orange Blight, Bird Counters, Vaudeville Talent Market, Warfare in the Holy Lands, Art of Egypt, violins; Marcia Van Dyke; Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Etc, overseas and priority orders may require folding of item . Marcia Van Dyke Photo By Johnny Florea on Cover; b/w & Color Throughout (illustrator). …

Half Leather, Cloth Sides. Condition: Very Good+. Third Edition. Young Folks Library, Vol XV only; Gently aged endpapers, else textblock very clean and tight; Top edge gilt; Half-leather, Cranberry Morocco binding with cloth sides; Decorative gilt spine titling, bright and unmarred. Lightly edge worn and scuffed at the spine extremities and board corners; In this twenty-volume series are "Selections from the choicest literature of all lands: Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry". This Book of Historic Scenes in Fiction is 377p., including notes. Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Seven Color Plates; 102 Black and White Drawings (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***please read*** name inside cover - no marks on text - my shelf location - 27-b-12*.