John a Hows (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Brown cloth with elaborate lettering and decoration stamped in gilt and blind. Minor edgewear and rubbing, and lightly bumped spine ends and corners; cloth lightly chipped and split at spine ends. Binding tender and cracked at center, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Illustrated with b/w…

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Frayed extremities. Bumped and worn corners. Foxing on first few and last few pages. 1 inch and 1/2 inched tears at extremities. The Victorian illustrations usually cover 1/2 of every page in line drawings and are illustrative of the three poems: Bryant's The Death of Flowers; Longfellow's…

Leather. Condition: Vg. Revised Edition. 235 pages. Dark leather binding with gold lettering and decorations on spine, and front and back covers. Five raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Numerous B/W illustrations.Light shelf wear to binding. Some soiling to endpapers. Some foxing to interior pages. Intersi…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fair. Large folio. Pagination runs 110-128. A collection of essays, short stories and poetry on various subjects including traveling in Ireland, noble savages etc. Includes the poem "The Rainy Day," by Longfellow. Illustrations by T. Moran, R.E. Piguet, John A Hows, H.L. Stephens, L. Beckmann and other…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book of poetry captivates with its poignant exploration of nature's cyclical beauty and the fragility of life. The author's vivid imagery and evocative language paint a vivid picture of the natural world, capturing both its splendor and its melancholy. The poems delve into themes…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a collection of nature-inspired poems that explore themes of beauty, wilderness, and the human experience within the natural world. The author's vivid imagery and evocative language capture the essence of the Adirondack Mountains, its wildlife, and its landscapes. Th…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth bevel edged boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front together with ornate gilt frame. 240 x 180 mm approx. All edges gilt. [iv] + 64 pp 16 b/w illustrations inspired by the forest in the Northeastern New York state engraved by Bobbett & Hooper to compliment 16 poems by…

Cloth. 1st edition. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. Tall 8vo., 91 pp., illustrated with numerous b&w engravings, headers, and text drawings. Bound in russet cloth over beveled boards, with title and floral decorations in gilt. Tips and spine ends lightly rubbed. All edges gilt. Midnight blue coated end papers. Text clean. Binding…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Revised Edition of 1864 printing. A Very Good PLUS volume. Full leather with all edges gilt, though a bit dulled. Bright gilt spine title/with gilt decorations. One small chip to leather spine with other micro rubbed areas. Marbled end-papers. BOOK PLATE of renowned Gilbert Ernest Hubbard on bla…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. 28 pages (one side printed on only); engravings; full publisher's leather binding with embossed patterns on the covers and spine, gilt highlights; gilt edging to the pages. Contains - Wm. Cullen Bryant "The Death of Flowers"; Henry W. Longfellow "When Woods were Green"; Fitz-Greene Ha…

Hardcover. Gold-embossed brown original publisher's cloth. 28 pp. 28 bw engravings. Contains three poems, with lovely illustrations. They are not full-page engravings, and they are meant to compliment the lines of poetry on the page. VG-, slight wear to tips of spine, foxing to endpapers contents clean. Hows, John A. (illustrato…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Finely Bound, Leather Revised 1865 Edition. pp. 235. Green leather binding, gilt decorations to the boards and spine with five raised bands and gilt decorations and titling. Gilt floral decorations inside the boards around the edges of the marbled endpapers. Gilt edging to the pages on all sides. W…