Robert L Perkin (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition hardcover book, first edition, 1959. No dustjacket. SIGNED by the author with a brief inscription. Covers show reading/handling wear; title on spine is faded. From the library of famed western historian Robert K. DeArment and has his imprint on ffep. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. wonderful and full history of the first 100 years of Denver and the Ricky Mou9ntain News.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A VG+ copy of the stated "First Edition" in fair to good jacket. Signed by the author! Signed by Author(s).

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

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

hardcover. first edition. 8vo 624pp. stated first edition. from Foreword: "When in the early morning I put aside this book by Robert L. Perkin, I felt as though I had been reading a love letter to two of my old sweethearts: the City of Denver, and the Rocky Mountain News. The city and the newspaper had to wait one hundred years for someone capable of seeing the spiritual as well as the physical bond between the newspaper and teh city which is its twin sister." #03277 HEAVY ITEM WILL REQUIRE EXTRA S/H. Book G: soil and shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, mild foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding intact.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 12 issues nicely bound in a faux tan leather binding. Fine condition: no wear, no marks. A presentation by Bob Cormack a contributor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First Edition. An Informal History of Denver and The Rocky Mountain News) and 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Doubleday & Company, New York, First Edition, Very Good, No Jacket, hardcover, 8vo. Signed by the Author on the. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a very slight lean to the binding, slight bowing to the boards, a touch of waving to edges of text block, and a previous owner's small stamp to tail of front pastedown near gutter, otherwise a solid VG copy in a like dust jacket, which is clipped, has light bumps with some small chips and tears to spine ends and corners, and rubbing with some edgewear.

Gray Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition / First Printing. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, no dj, corners are very lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, overall a very clean used signed first edition (stated)! Signed by the author on the half-title page! Gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 624 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 32 historic pages of black and white illustrations and photographs! Illustrated endpapers. "When in the earlymorning I put aside this book byRobert L. Perkin, I felt as though I had been reading a love letter to two of my old sweethearts: the City of Denver, and the Rocky Mountain News. The city and the newspaper had to wait one hundred years for someone capable of seeing the spiritual as well as the physical bond between the newspaper and the city which is its twin sister." ---- from the Foreword Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good in Poor DJ. First edition. 8vo, 624 pp., illus. Signed by the author. Spine lightly pulled, edges of boards faded, page edges tanned, prevous owner name, pencil notes on one page only. Jacket worn, chipped, torn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Small DJ spine corner chip protected in a Mylar cover. Out of print. Illustrated by 32 pages of photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Perkin on the half title page, the front hinge is cracked but solid, and the book has light bumps to the spine ends, mild sunning to the spine and cover edges, some small spots and smudges to the covers and to the edges of the text block, and a square of adhesive/peeling to the front fly leaf with previous owner's name in the center, otherwise a solid Good+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has faint soiling along the tail of the front cover, bumps with short tears to the spine ends and corners, rubbing with some smudges to the covers, edge wear with several short creased tears to the covers, and faint sunning to the spine. Jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. Light sunning to lower edge of book. Tiny chips along DJ top edge, about .25 x 1" chip to upper DJ spine, shelfwear and age-tanning to DJ panels. Gilt lettering in a red block on spine, gray cloth-covered boards. Pictorial endpapers showing the State Museum model of Denver in 1860. New plastic covering to DJ. Unmarked text. 624 pp with acknowledgements, bibliography and index. Foreword by Gene Fowler. illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Perkins chronicles the history of a great western city and its newspaper, from the early pioneer days of the Rocky Mountains with its mountain settlers, Indian marauders, Horace Greeley, the new railroads and famous American journalists like Damon Runyon and Lowell Thomas. Tales of corrupt politics, wide-open gambling towns, and colorful eyebrow-raising events in a time where newspapermen usually kept a six-shooter on his desk!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 624 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Small bump to bottom edge of rear cover. Light foxing to edges of text block. Tape ghosts to bottom edges of endpapers and paste-downs. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT PERKIN ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ edge wear. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Signed & Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Foreword by Gene Fowler. Small 4to. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 624pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear and minor rubbing. First edition, tight and nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition, signed by author, "For the Department of Journalism University of Omaha", previous owner signed bottom of book, otherwise Very Good in Good DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Small DJ spine corner chip protected in a Mylar cover. Out of print. Illustrated by 32 pages of photographs.

hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The author joined the staff of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS in 1937. At the time of publication of the book he was considered the foremost authority in the newspaper business on Western literature. Signed by the author. Near fine dust jacket with only minor rubbing to top. Book is in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size.; 624 pages.

FORMER OWNER'S ADDRESS LABEL. VERY GOOD IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated by PLATES. 1ST ED. Binding is CLOTH.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, previously owned by the author William Barrett and is inscribed by Perkin to Barrett and his wife on the half title page, stapled wraps copy of "Lee Casey: A Memoir with Quotes" by Perkin is laid in at front with a folded "Compliments of the Rocky Mountain Press" slip. Book has a tiny skew to the binding, slight bumps to spine ends, and moderate sunning to head and tail edges of case, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has slight bumps to spine ends, a touch of wear to edge and corners, very faint sunning to spine, and some mild rubbing. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Gene Fowler. Signed, Inscribed by author Perkin and two former newspaper editors (Foster and Chase) to another former managing editor (Dwyer), all referenced in the book. Laid in is a somewhat tanned 4-page outside sheet facsimile on newsprint of the first issue of the 12x15" tabloid newspaper of Saturday, April 23, 1859. Dust jacket, with price on flap, has a 1" and a 1/2" tear, a tiny corner chip, and edgewear.