Phelps Robert Ed (43 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). xvii, 605 pp. The cover edges are slightly rubbed, and there is some moisture staining to the upper page edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). xvii, 605 pp. The front cover is creased at the tip of the lower fore-corner. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. TEXAS SHEEPMAN: THE REMINISCENCES OF ROBERT MAUDSLAY, edited by Winifred Kupper, illustrated by Hilda Wilcox Phelps, hardcover with a dust jacket (not price-clipped), 1st edition per custom of publisher, 1951. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in fine condition with no dog-ears, tears, or marks. The pages are age-toned as are the endpapers. Foxing on top and fore edge. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The gray-green cloth boards are in good condition (some minor spotting on front cover; some thin black stripes left by Bro-Dart dust jacket covering; edge-wear). The dust jacket (encased in clear plastic Bro-Dart covering) is in fair condition (a few tears and edge chipping, edge crinkling, faded spine). 9 ½ x 6 ½, 138 pages, 17 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER ONE POUND, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU REQUIRE PRIORITY MAIL OR LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S. XX [From the dust jacket] Robert Maudslay was a young Englishman who carne to the high hills of West Texas in 1880 to seek his fortune. The fortune eluded him but he found instead a full and interesting life which, as he expressed it, "seemed to be inexorably tied up with sheep." Between his seventy-fifth and eightieth years, goaded by his nieces who had always been fascinated by his tales of the sheep trails of the past, Robert Maudslay preserved his memories in a series of letters addressed to one of his nieces, Amy Thalmann (Mrs. Frank M. Jones). The result was what J. Frank Dobie, noted writer of the Southwest, has described as "one of the most interesting and literate frontier narratives I have ever read," high tribute indeed from a Texas cowman! The high, dry lands of West Texas were especially well fitted for the raising of sheep, and the Spanish merino had already been successfully introduced long before Robert Maudslay arrived on the scene. He never became an important sheepman, but his experiences were typical for most sheepmen of his day and he wrote of them vividly, objectively, and with a sparkling touch of humor. In Robert Maudslay's narrative breathes the spirit of the true frontier, the grandeur of the limitless West. The reader lives with him through the commonplace hardships of the range which so seldom find expression in literature — the burning heat of the desert sun, the bitter cold of the blizzard, the incredible loneliness and isolation of the sheepman's life, the drives which sometimes extended over a quarter of the continent and tried the souls and bodies of the sheepmen to the breaking point. Robert Maudslay's story was edited for publication by another niece, Winifred Kupper, who accomplished the task with the assistance of the author himself prior to his death. TEXAS SHEEPMAN is a beautiful book, illustrated with photographs and six unusual drawings by Hilda Wilcox Phelps. [About the editor] Winifred Kupper was born on a sheep ranch at Bandera, Texas, in 1900. During World War I she was taught to work with sheep by her uncle Robert Maudslay and with him, for several years, took care of the sheep on the ranch. In 1917 she turned from sheepherding to school teaching. Her master's thesis, prepared under the direction of J. Frank Dobie, was based on Robert Maudslay's reminiscences of sheepherding which comprise the present book. Phelps, Hilda Wilcox (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing (stated). First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo w/yellow cloth spine and red titles. Very Good/ No DJ. Ex-lib w/usual faults. 331pp inc. Sources and Asides; illustrated in photo and drawings. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Square 8vo, purple cloth with blind-stamped flower, silver lettering. Jacket edge-worn, age-toned, in Mylar. Photographs, drawings, and anecdotes by friends and confrers, copiled and with a commentary by Robert Phelps.

Hard. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978, first printing. Square 8vo., 303 pp., illustrated with many b/w plates. Blind embossed purple cloth with silver titles over limp boards. Light foxing spots along top edge. Very good minus in good dust jacket.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condition: Good/Deco Cover. Trade no stamps or names present expect usual conditions of age.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown cloth, 505 pp. Jacket design bu Milton Glaser.Jacket darkened on spine, dust-soiled on torn two inches on back cover, in Mylar. Drawn from some 40 books of Colette's nonfiction, translated by Herma Briffault, Derek Coleman, and others. A joy.…

dj. First edition. Large octavo. Lavender blind-stamped cloth, silver spine. 302,[2] pp. Black & white photographs throughout. Appendix, notes and sources, bibliography. Assembled, and with commentary, by Robert Phelps. Publisher's review slip laid in. Near fine, in a very good plus pictorial dust jacket.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very nice copy. The only flaw in the jacket is the bit of fading of the spine.

Condition: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDThe "Crowbar" Governor-Morgan G. Bulkeley, A "New" Martial Pistol? Assault Pistols, A San Francisco Pope Barrel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 144 pp. : color illustrations ; 29 cm. ; OCLC: 38833119 ; ISBN: 0765107910 ; LCCN: 98-16436 ; purple boards with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; "For thirty years, photographer Charles O'Rear has been fascinated with wine and the process that transforms a cluster of ordinary grapes into a world-class wine. To understand the entire process of making Cabernet and to know the people who make it happen, O'Rear visited four continents, talked with hundreds of winemakers and mad e thousands of pictures." ; VG/VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 144 pp. : color illustrations ; 29 cm. ; OCLC: 38833119 ; ISBN: 0765107910 ; LCCN: 98-16436 ; purple boards with gold lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; "For thirty years, photographer Charles O'Rear has been fascinated with wine and the process that transforms a cluster of ordinary grapes into a world-class wine. To understand the entire process of making Cabernet and to know the people who makie it happen, O'Rear visited four continents, talked with hundreds of winemakers and mad e thousands of pictures." ; VG/VG. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First editon, translated and selected by Robert Phelps. 214pp, dustjacket with a little wear to the top edge. The flyleaf has been removed, there are a couple of light marks to the back inner board where sellotape has been removed, but otherwise internally clean - a good 'reading copy' of a selection from half a century of Colette's letters to Ravel, Proust, Cocteau, husbands and lovers etc.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Bright, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with cellophane tape repaired front flap and chipping to spine ends in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid boards, bright gilt lettering to front board and spine strip, clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Blue cloth binding. Top edge gilt. Bumping to upper corners. Foxing to endpapers, a few spots to page edges. Some offsetting from portraits to facing pages, text is otherwise clean throughout. Good solid binding. A collection of biographies of the first 23 US Presidents, this is the scarce first UK edition. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 8vo. xii, 526, [6] (ads).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Free of internal marking, spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are pointed. While the jacket has its price, it has general wear all over, a repaired tear out on the front top cover, another unrepaired at back bottom corner and small chipping at some edges, especially at tips and along top of spine. Actually looks quite smart in a shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping.…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hbk, stated 1st edition, dj price-clipped, otherwise fine and now in protective sleeve, 505pp, front hinge slightly weak, but holding, otherwise a fine, clean, tight and unmarked text, becoming harder to find.

Condition: New.