Phelps William Lyon Editor (12 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is 260 pages of poetry by James W. Riley followed by an index of first lines. The book is in excellent condition with no writing or tears on the pages; no signatures. It is printed on the poorer quality war-time paper and all the pages have turned brown. The binding is tight. The navy cloth cover shows almost no shelf wear. …

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

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Burgundy boards have rubbed edges. Front inside hinge very weak, back inside hinge weak. Pages are clean, text has no markings. Notation on ffep reverse. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This anthology has a white and orange dj with black spine lettering and a cover illustration of the editor. Dj is soiled, with edgewear, a few worm homes, and a small closer tear at the lower edge of the front cover, rubbing and soil-now in mylar. Book has browning to page edges, gift inscription on front endpaper, and some light soil/browning within. As the title indicates, this is a collection of works Phelps personally selected as favorites. They span the whole of literary history, including essays as well as fiction; most readers will find familiar pieces in here as well as lesser-known works. 714 pages, plus index; approx. 6"x8". None (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. A selection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, edited and with an introduction by William Lyon Phelps. Includes his notable "Virginibus Puerisque," as well as biographical sketches of authors such as Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Pepys and Walt Whitman; and on many other topics relating to human nature. An entry in publisher's Modern Student Library series. --- In full navy cloth-covered boards with titling and series vignette gilt-stamped on cover, titling in gilt on spine. Volume has no dust jacket. --- With near complete dulling to spine titling, some chafing to head of spine, else a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xvi, 323, [6, ads] pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN. c1930. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; light dust soiling to textblock top; wear to gilt lettering on spine. No DJ. Maroon cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; embossed borders on front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. Frontispiece portrait of Riley.349 pp tall 8vo. In 9 chapters, the editor, of Riley's papers presents a selection of his letters from 1876 (when he was 27 years old) to 1916 of which most have never been published before. The Editor chose the letters that seemed to be the most important both for the subjects discussed and for their revelation of the man. A clean very presentable copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Poor. pp.355 clean tight with tanning to text pages and edges wine colored covers show rubbing to hinges and crimping/fraying to top and bottom spines and bumping to corners a bit of soiling/scratching to covers inside front cover gutter cracked but all pages still attached with a tape shadow on top, inside back cover gutter cracked but all still attached with Printed in the United States stamped on backpiece, scratches, cuts to top back outer corner. some soiling to edges.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Fifth Printing. A Later Printing with a sunned spine in otherwise Near Fine condition; This book is a collection of essays edited by William Lyon Phelps focusing on the play Merchant of Venice. The essays explore the play's historical context, its structure, and its dramatic themes.; 12mo; 120 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1895 Hardcover. Not a facsimile. Ex-Library, no card pocket. Text is clean, Binding is strong. B & W Frontispiece portrait with tissue. "The Mermaid Series", "The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists". Brown cloth cover with ornate border. Corners are lightly rubbed & bumped, spine ends have tiny tears & wrinkles, lightly soiled. …

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, so stated. Burgundy cloth with gilt tiles to the spine. This copy is VG+ in a VG, unclipped ( no price), Brodart protectected DJ. Illustrated. 349 pp. Exterior is rich . Gilt is bright with minimal wear. Edges and spine ends show only a hint of wear. Minimal spotting along front edge. Inside is unmarked ( save for the author's signature on the second EP ), clear, and firmly bound. Pages and EPs are modestly/moderately toned. DJ has minimal/modest wear along edges and tips - moderate wear to spine ends. Inside bottom front flap has a 1" triangular open tear. Exterior of DL looks to have modest soiling . Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New.