Mary Hield (70 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. McLoughlin Brothers, New York. 1910 (?) First appearance in a McLaughlin catalog is 1910. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and mostly unmarked but for childish pencil scribbling on page 106 and the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Fair; wear through fabric at he…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [nd], ca 1890. 322 pages. Mustard cloth boards with black design and gold gilt lettering on front cover. Moderate shelf wear/soiling/staining, with bumped spine tips and fore-edge corners. Both hinges slightly cracked; binding else intact, and is sound through textblock. Prior owner's name and notatio…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 154pp. Black and white illustrations, chromolithograph frontispiece. Young person's history notes penciled on the endpapers, one inch wide vertical stain on front board, very good. From "Love - The Invention of the Stocking-Loom" to "Martydom - Abraham Lincoln," histo…

Condition: Fair. 1882. No edition remarks. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Gilt edges to textblock. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Heavy cracking to hinges and gutters. Binding loose. Pages detached at front. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bu…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. An overview of South America: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela, Indians, Forests, Chili, etc. Undated, but probably published in the 1880's. Contains numerous black & white illustrationsCovers somewhat worn, but decorations still quite legible. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book. Stat…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Thus. Full-bound green cloth, green flora illustrated boards with gilt titles and decorative accents, b&w illustrations; mild to moderate wear and bumping at extremities, slight slant, some dulling spots to finish, presentation bookplate front-free en…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date but probably around 1905, Wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners bumped and worn, boards showing, top and bottom of spine bumped and worn, surface of covers faded and worn, edges a little grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but browning,…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Fifth edition - "10.85" imprint suggests 1885. Boards slight wear and turned spine, a few marks, scratches etc from use. Yellow eps have labels removed from front and a slight tear to the fep paper surface. Text block gold trimmed. Contents clean with a few foxing…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting,…

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright referenc…

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st edition. The World in Pictures series, in olive green cloth with gilt, green & brown lettering & decoration; all page edges gilt; illustrated throughout. Minor rust stains on 2 gatherings that had become loose (now repaired); owner's name on front end paper & half-title page; small stai…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 212 pages. Edges and endpapers marbled. Attractive prize binding of Edgehill School for Girls (established 1891: Windsor, Nova Scotia). Prize awarded to Mary Vroom for Holiday Reading, in 1900. Profusely illustrated. Light rubbing to leather; leaves evenly toned; no inscriptions. 7.4 x 5 inche…

2nd Edition Thought to be 1879. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; Physical desc.: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subject: Biograph…