Howard Whitcomb (443 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). A poem in rural dialect. Full page illustrations every other page or so. Unpaginated. Rare and collectible. No stated publishing history so presumed first edition, first printing thus. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. No DJ. Two handwritten gift inscriptions on front endpaper. No other owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is coming loose at the top. Boards show some fading and wear around the edges. Corners lightly bumped. A good reading copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: fine. 384 pages including index; navy cover with silver lettering & decoration; 9.75" tall; includes freestanding hand-written note on Lehigh Univ. stationary signed by both authors. Hardcover.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Some edge wear and parting to the front hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: very_good.

Notecards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Cards an d envelopes in a box. reference.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). Hardcover. First Edition thus. No DJ Light edge wear. Green cloth boards with B&W oval portrait paste-down with gold gilt upper & spine text. Thick cardstock semi-glossy pages. Shaken. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. POETRY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Christy, Howard Chandler; Stuart, Bertha, decorations by (illustrator). Nonpaginated. Red boards with very minor shelf wear, lightly bumped corners, light soil. Tight spine not square. Light soil on fep, ffep and several pgs. Eleven color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Bertha Stuart.

Howard Chandler Christy and Bertha Stuart (illustrator). Unpaginated, but about 62pp, (6x8 inches), color illustrations. Very Good condition in red boards with gilt titles, no dust jacket. Tips of corners barely rubbed, boards clean and bright. Contents also clean, no tears or creases, no markings. Printed on unusually heavy paper (like tagboard). Eleven full page color illustrations by Christy, decorations by Stuart throughout. Charming!

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cheap Reading Copy. No Jacket. Illustrated by Ill. by Howard Christy. (illustrator). Pictorial green cloth (shaken, some bumping and wear; ink inscription) 8vo unpaginated One of Christy's better-known illustrated books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). Hardcover, no jacket, in Very Good condition, previous owners name and label inside, no other marks or writing, a little edge wear at the corners, nice shape especially for its age,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrations included in the book. Slight edge wear. Pages are clean.

Hardback. Condition: V. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). 1st Edition. clean inside. small spine crack. 1922 gift inscription. a gorgeous copy of this little book. the entire poem is illustrated on each page w/ beautiful art. the grey boards w/dark lettering show minor wear. a joy to read, a treasure to own, books are not done like this anymore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Illustrated by Ill. by Howard Christy. (illustrator). Later Edition. In green cloth with gilt titling and cover portrait label, 8vo, unpag. (wear and rubbing to extremities, front inner hinge starting, name/address to endpaper). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: good+. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). Memorial edition. pp numbered 2517-2801; includes index to Riley's works; maroon cover with gilt decoration on front; lettering & decoration on spine is darkened & spine is sunned; glossy color frontis, possibly from Ethel Franklin Betts (no signature); 2 glossy Christy plates, one with a touch of color; b/w photo of Riley home; gilt top edge shows evidence of biopredation; stains on fore edge; price in ink on first page. Hardcover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Christy, Howard Chandler (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Christy, Howard Chandler and Virginia Keep (illustrator). Good- condition hardcover with cracked and fragile binding. Lovely pink page decorations on each glossy paper page, plus Gibson girl style (actually known as "Christy Girl) illustrations by Christy throughout. B&W illustrations also shaded with pink. Small waterstain at top of several page edges, does not extend to illustrations. Otherwise pages are clean. Paste on Christy girl on stamped decorative red cloth covers. Moderate wear. Spine has good gilt titles. A shabby chic treasure. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: New. Christy, Howard Chandler; Betts, Ethel Franklin (illustrator).

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Christy, Howard Chandler; Betts, Ethel Franklin (illustrator). The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol. 1. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Please note this is the orginal 1910 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. 1902. Hardcover. No date on title page. First copyright to James Whitcomb Riley -- 1888, 1899, 1902; Copyright 1902 to the Bowen-Merrill Company, just a year before it was to become the Bobbs-Merrill Company. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on the first blank page from 1910. Book Condition: Very Good; light head, tail, and tip wear from shelving. No DJ. Green decorative cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and front board; red roses in floral patters on spine and front board; pictorial centerpiece pastedown. Endpapers have Riley's note of An Old Sweetheart of Mine for the verses; Christy has With Studies From Life for his illustrations. Hinges are sound and not cracked. Interior is clean. Heavy card stock pages. Non-paginated 8vo. This is a poem by Riley in which he fascinates about his sweetheart from childhood to elderly only to find it is a dream and he wakes to find his wife there- his sweetheart. A clean very presentable copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). this book would be near fine except for taping of upper spine please see picture. Inside is pristine with beautiful decorations and illustrations by Christy. the pages are clean white and spotless. no foxing no water marks no writing With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. In full grey cloth-covered boards; interior decorations in pink. A clean, bright, unmarked copy. please see pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Illustrated by Ill. by Howard Christy. (illustrator). Later Edition. In red cloth with gilt titling and cover portrait label, 8vo, unpag. (wear and rubbing to extremities, front inner hinge starting). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: New. Christy, Howard Chandler; Betts, Ethel Franklin (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator). (1902), not paginated, illus., decorations by Virginia Keep, pastedown to front cover, green & red decoration to front cover & spine, gilt lettering, bottom corners lightly bumped, slight shelfwear to cover, gift note to front flyleaf, small tear to bottom edge of title pg, no dj, contents clean.

Condition: As New. Christy, Howard Chandler; Betts, Ethel Franklin (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator) (illustrator). Edition Not Stated. red cloth over stiff boards, part of covering is mssing, binding loose; internally pages are white and bright; wonderful illustrations; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ Size: 6 x 9".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Howard Chandler Christy (illustrator); Decorations By Virginia Keep (illustrator). Early Edition. Very Good hardcover (wear to corners and spine; beautifully illustrated; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; ALL ORDERS SHIPPED WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; Size: 6 x 9".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Green binding with cream and gilt decoration. Cover has minor edge wear and light rubbing particularly to lower front panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages.