John W Beebe (37 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 5 drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLIII, No. 2, December, 1891. The author's first-hand account of an eventful voyage from New Guinea to New Bedford in the ship, Brewster. Housed in protective mylar report cover. W. Taber (illustrator).…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The March 1933 issue, vol 151 # 3 of The Atlantic Monthly - pages 257 - 384 of text with 44 pages of ads. It contains most notably New Lands, an article by William Beebe (naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author remembered for his deep dives in the Bathysphere), Prelude, a poem by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Conrad Aiken, The State of Being Bored, an essay by James Norman Hall (of Mutiny on the Bounty fame), A Civil War Boyhood: Soldier of the Union, an article by John W Burgess, Serpentine Wall: The Midst of Life III, part III of Mina Curtiss' compilation of letters to her husband, plus other articles and stories reflecting the Great Depression era. No cutouts or missing pages. Light edge wear to the covers. A very good copy. …

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, off-white pages. Wrappers have light handling wear, faint crease at spine on front. Contents: Gifford, Ernest Hemingway: the monsters and the critics. Farquhar, Dramatic structure in the novels of Ernest Hemingway. Schneider, Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms: the novel as pure poetry. Cochran, Circularity in The Sun Also Rises. Green, Symbolic sentences in "Big Two-Hearted River." Burhans, The complex unity of In Our Time. Ryan, Uses of irony in To Have and Have Not. Beebe and Feaster, Criticism of Ernest Hemingway: a selected checklist. 9.0" tall; 118 pages. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's red-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 199 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece portrait of the author, complete. Endpapers have much fading and browning and front and back free endpapers each have a chip and small crease. The rest of the pages are virtually pristine and intact except light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight darkening, a few small stains on front, and slight wear to extremities. A Near Fine copy. A collection of poems by author John W. Beebe. In his Preface, Beebe explains that the title of this book alludes to the diverse nature of the poems herein, as varied and "free as the wild flowers." The following is an excerpt from one of the poems, "The Kansas Pioneer": "Yes, I had a hard time stranger, / When I first came out to Kansas; / Thought I'd have to give it up, sir. / No man knows better than I do / What we people have to live on." Another excerpt; this one from "A Morning in the Country. (A Pastoral Monologue.)": "In the country by the wayside, / In the woods, or by the stream, / Where the view by nature's bounded, Where her children live and dream, ." A third excerpt; from "Evening": The sun sinketh low, / The evening winds blow, / The sweet waters flow; / The night-hawk doth scour / O'er the plain, where the flower / Blooms sweet by the hour; / The dark clouds gather, / Denoting bad weather / Ere long. On heather / The dew is fast falling, / The cows are all bawling, / While th' milkmaid is calling / Them home. Night is coming, .".…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera edición. Contents in photograph. Patrick Chase; Rafael Steinberg; Robert L. Green; Gahan Wilson; Stephen H. Yafa; Ken W. Purdy; Hohn D. Macfonald; U.S Senator Stephen M. Young; Thomas Mario: D.G. Lloyd & Larry Siegel; Max Gunther; John Wyndham; Locius Beebe; Margaret of Navarre; Robert . EXCELENTE ejemplar. 206pp. …

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This rich collection of verses delves into the beauty of Kansasâ captivating landscapes, the hardships and triumphs of its people, and the resilience of the human spirit. The author masterfully captures the essence of the Sunflower State, weaving together themes of love, nature, faith, and ambition. Through vivid imagery and heartfelt reflections, this book celebrates the indomitable spirit of a region and its inhabitants. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.