Myrtle Kaufmann (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Godwin, Frank (illustrator). First Thus. One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, each with a colorful paper pastedown to the front board. The artist here is Frank Godwin, who did also did the decorative endpapers, frontispiece & 13 internal illustrations, all full-page, 3 in full-color! With Stevenson's story originally published in a magazine for boys in 1886, this is the First Edition by Winston in this format from 1925 (First, Thus), in 340 pgs with a Glossary in rear. With green cloth-covered boards, this hardcover is in solidly Good condition: generally very clean, with random smudged/soiled spots (this one has lots of spots on front endpapers). Binding straight & strong, pages modestly tanned but unmarked. Moderate rubbing to extremities & portions of front pastedown, corners bumped down to underlying boards, small tear/frayed area along spine-front cover interface about 1" below top. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus; First Impression. Bumped corners with some fraying. Damage to head & tail of spine. Tear on spine near centre (3 cm). Some scuffs to pictoral paste-down illustration. Gilt border faded In areas. Small stains to back cover. Previous owner name wriiten neatly on front loose end paper. Title page coming detached (1/3) . Hinge-cracked damage on title page & pages 84 - 85. ; Original buckram cloth boards with full colour pictoral paste-down illustration by Frank Godwin, framed with gilt. Black ink blind stamped lettering on spine. Illustrated green ink end papers, front & back. Four full colour pictoral plates & ten ink black & white illustrations. Five page glossary at read of book. A Classic historical adventure novel set in 18th-century Scotland. The story follows young David Balfour, who, after his father's death, seeks out his uncle Ebenezer only to be betrayed & kidnappedshipped off to be sold into slavery in the Carolinas. Escaping with the help of the dynamic Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, David finds himself caught up in the dangerous politics & wild landscapes of post-Jacobite Scotland. The novel blends themes of betrayal, survival, & unlikely friendship, vividly portraying the country's turbulent history through a compelling journey for freedom & rightful inheritance. ; 21.5 cm x 15 cm x 3.9 cm; ix, 340 pages Original cloth boards with full colour pictoral paste-down illustration.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1921 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 11 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.