Parsons Herbert C (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Shows minor wear.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). li, 452pp + plates. 18 b/w plates.

Rústica comercial. Condition: Aceptable. Traducción de Luis del Castillo Aragón ; cub. de Jordi Fornas. -- 215 p. -- Colección Ediciones de bolsillo, 179.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Walter L. Huber, Everett Shepardson, Francis P. Farquhar, W.C. Alvarez, Charles W. Michaels, Philip Carlton, M.R. Parsons, Elsie Zeile, Edna Osborn, A.W. Wilding, H.E. Bailey, Harry D. Webber, Heinemann, Herbert W. Gleason, A.A. Forbes (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1913. First Edition. Vol IX, No. 1, for January, 1913. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 83 numbered pp. + unpaginated photographic plates and ads. Modest touching at edges, faint occasional soil at covers. See scans. Binding sturdy, contents fine. Overall, better than Very Good. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics, which here include the Tuolumne Meadows, Kern Canyon, California Pine Grosbeak, Yosemite Valley, etc. Several maps, several drawings, and of course tons of photographic plates, in this issue executed by Walter L. Huber, Everett Shepardson, Francis P. Farquhar, W.C. Alvarez, Charles W. Michaels, Philip Carlton, M.R. Parsons, Elsie Zeile, Edna Osborn, A.W. Wilding, H.E. Bailey, Harry D. Webber, Heinemann, Herbert W. Gleason, and A.A. Forbes. Standard departments as well, of course. SC2.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, Geo. W. Hall (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. January, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.1 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, other features, and ads. Very, very Near Fine, certainly one of the nicest examples available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling, not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding (yapp binding). See scan. Clean, sturdy, handsome, bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles (Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning",and more) and their authors: John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L SC-2.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Herbert W. Gleason; C.C. Clarke; Francis P. Farquhar; Miss Atterbury; Arthur L. Jordan; J.N. Le Conte; Rodney L. Glisan; Marion Randall Parsons; Mabel Sykes; Edward Gray; R.R. Lawrence; E.T. Parsons; W.L. Huber (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1912. The January,1912 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin, that being Volume VIII, Number 3. 9 1/4" x 6 3/16", staple-bound wraps with squared spine, 98 pp.+ 10 pp. ads + 30 pp. photographic plates. Very Good, plus some; moderate stain toward top right of cover (scan), roughening at spine bottom (scan), no other flaws, contents Fine. Topics for this issue of the always content-rich SCB are High Sierra Birds; Kings-Kern Divide; Devil's Postpile; Mazama Club-Glacier Peak; Sherbrooke Lake; Cottonwood Lake Golden Trout; Wildflowers , and of course more. Writers include editor William Frederic Badè; Robert M. Price; William E. Colby; J.N. Le Conte; Marion Randall Parsons; Rodney L.Glisan; Fred Koch; George T. Ruddock; J. Horace McFarland. Contributing photographers: Herbert W. Gleason; C.C. Clarke; Francis P. Farquhar; Miss Atterbury; Arthur L. Jordan; J.N. Le Conte; Rodney L. Glisan; Marion Randall Parsons; Mabel Sykes; Edward Gray; R.R. Lawrence; E.T. Parsons; and W.L. Huber. Hours of the Club's best. For the collector, in collectible condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box; no bag. LSC2.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is the original English edition published for The British Journal of Ophthalmology. Blue cloth, gilt title and publisher on spine. In excellent condition. With extensive illustrations, some in color, diagrams. x, 306 pp. Mann was a distinguished ophthalmologist . equally well known for her pioneering research work on embryology and development of the eye, and on the influences of genetic and social factors on the incidence and severity of eye disease throughout the world. Scarce first edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is number 162 of a limited edition of only 500 copies. Signed by the author. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. One map and many black-and-white illustrations and photos. Some minor signs of rubbing to original dark blue cloth binding, otherwise, overall, in good+ condition. 546 pages including index. Very hard to find.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. Date on title page. No additional dates,editions or printings indicated. Near fine. Attractive signature (3.5 inch by 1.75 inch) of previous owner dated 1/24/96 on first blank page and light rubber stamp (1.75 inch by .75 inch) of different previous owner in upper fore-edge corner of glassene leaf between frontispiece and title page. Only one flaw: coating to cloth boards is mostly rubbed off, especially on front cover, leaving a mottled appearance. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use. Photograph available on request.

[2] pp.; 27.8 x 21.5 cm.; monochrome; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Two sided flyer / schedule of events published in conjunction with a series of five symposia organized as an accompaniment to the exhibition "Sustained Visions," examining the "esthetic, social, political, and economic aspects of the New York art community from the 1950s to the present," held May 2 - 30, 1979. Panels and panelists included: "Artists and Community," featuring Jennifer Bartlett, Ron Gorchov, Gaylen C. Hansen, Claire Moore, Salvatore Scarpitta; "Art Writing and Criticism," featuring Nicolas Calas, Douglas Davis, Joseph Masheck, Carter Ratcliff, Barbara Rose, Irving Sandler (moderator); "Museums and Exhibitions of Contemporary Art," featuring John I.H. Baur, Linda Cathcart, Linda Shearer, Marcia Tucker and Palmer Wald; "Galleries, Artists, and the Public," featuring Leo Castelli, Arnold Glimcher (moderator), Betty Parsons, Holly Solomon and Jock Truman and "Collectors and the Private Patronage System, featuring Richard Brown Baker, William Copley, Sondra Gilman, Barbara Schwartz and Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. Fair / Good. Mailed copy with mailing marks and wear, folded in two for mailing. 4.5 cm. area of bumping, tearing and loss to top right corner of recto. 3 mm. tear to bottom edge of page, 3.9 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner with additional wear to corners and a 3 mm. yellow stain to bottom right of recto. Otherwise clean and unmarked.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Wightman, W.E.; Hiley, Francis E.; Goss, G.W.; Cleaver, Reginald; Holloway, Cyril; Thompson, Kenneth; Sherie, E.F.; Prater, Ernest; Vedder, S.H. (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Poachers - An amusing story of a chase after a wounded African elephant; The Mystery of the "Mary Clyne" - A chief officer's story of a weird and nerve-trying affair that happened on board a tramp steamer; Housekeeping in the Wilds of Bechuanaland - Vivian France explains how she set up her home a month's ox-cart journey from civilization - with nice photos ; Following the Frontier Trail - Part II - The continued adventures of Edith Ammons Kohl in Wyoming; Our Caribou Hunt - How four young Newfoundlanders went into the interior one winter to shoot caribou, and what happened to them; Pekin [Peking / Beijing] to London - Mostly By Car - Part II - A most adventurous 15,000 miles, with nautical detours around civil war in China, and floods in Siam and Burma - with nice photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part I - The amusing narrative of a decidedly unathletic 46-year-old Londoner who decided to tramp from the French coast to Lourdes; The Black Trackers of Australia - follow-up to "The Great Boulder Murder Case" which appeared in the prior issue; Photo of sheep being used as pack animals on the way from Tibet to the Rampur Fair; A Chinese Night's Entertainment - A lively interlude in the peaceful routine of life at a mission-station in a remote Chinese town; Buddy Assheton's Return - A tragic story from Western Canada, as told by a member of the Mounted Police; My Room-Mate - The amusing story of what happened one night at a hotel in a Queensland township; The Unmasking of Gola Singh - A member of the Indian police goes bad, creating the need for a delicate investigation; A "Creeper" in Ceylon - Part I - C.V. Warren travels to a tea estate in Ceylon and describes his experiences and the general routine of the tea-planter's life, with photos. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Wightman, W.E.; Woodville, R.Caton; Cleaver, Reginald; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Nicolson, W.C.; Goss, G.W.; Leigh, Conrad; Gillett, Frank; Burns, Inder (illustrator). First Edition. Features: The Derelict; The Vengeance of Devi Chand - the revenge of a bereaved father in India; A Donkey in Spain - the author planned to take a walking trip through Spain with a donkey carrying his baggage; An Arctic Outpost - what happened to three members of the RCMP's Craig Harbour Detachment - article with photos; Through France with "Sylvabelle" - I - a yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera - article with great photos; The Netik - native 'magic' on a south sea island; Aerial photo of dozens of log booms at Vancouver, B.C.; "The White Man's Great War-Game" - II - amazing photo-illustrated article of the savages of Sura, Angas and other primitive tribes of northern Nigeria; Truffle-Hunting - a description of the industry in Italy and France - and a description of the manner in which the pigs and dogs are trained to search for them - with photos; The One-Legged Kea - a tale from the South Island of New Zealand; Behind the scenes in American crime - "a veritable hell-brew of wickedness and intrigue that has no counterpart in Europe - article with photos of Mrs. Margaret Whittemore and Richard Whittemore; Besieged by Crocodiles; The Lost Safe - a detective story; Lee Sum's Lucky Day - a 'gang-robbery' in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Multiple pieces of red and clear tape holding covers in place. Brown tape securing fore-edges of each cover. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril; Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth; Seper, George (illustrator). First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.

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 1918 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 16 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.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1913 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. 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. Pages: 704 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. 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. Pages: 704 Language: English.