Rountree T J (10 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. Hardcover, in good condition,light tan on page edges,127pp.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour pictorial onlay showing aeroplane over the desert. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story "Rendezvous Creek" by J.S. Fletcher. A few foxspots to endpapers. Wrapper edge-torn with some loss. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Robinson, T.H. & Rountree, Harry & et al., (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A smart first edition of the second "Joy Street" annual, a richly illustrated children's anthology featuring A. A. Milne, G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, Hilaire Belloc, among other leading writers and artists. In the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition. This work is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at insitutions including the University of Oxford Libraries. Illustrated with eight tipped-in colour plates, including a frontispiece, alongside numerous monochrome in-text illustrations by Marian Allen, Hugh Chesterman, Harry Rountree, Valery Carrick, J. R. Monsell, Alec Buckels and numerous other artists. Collated, complete. The second volume in the Joy Street series, an annual anthology of prose and verse for children, bringing together stories, poems and imaginative pieces by a distinguished group of contemporary writers. Contributors include G. K. Chesterton, Walter de la Mare, A. A. Milne, Hilaire Belloc, Hugh Walpole, Edith Sitwell and Rose Fyleman. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing to extremities with light discolouration, heavier to the spine. Protected by a mylar dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot to first and last few leaves. Near Fine. Marian Allen; Hugh Chesterman; Harry Rountree; Valery Carrick; J. R. Monsell; Alec Buckels; C. T. Nightingale; Kenneth Harrow; Et al. (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1922, 1st Edition, VG-/GOOD, AS-IS, , 2mo. 93 pages. Bound in Reinforced Cloth Orange Hardcover with Pictorial Label on front cvr matches DJ Illustration,Cover has white stains on edges, with a white Foxed dust jacket with decorations in blue and Red. Jacket is rubbed and worn and soiled with some edge tears and creases. Book shows moderate rubbing and wear; there is some white spotting (damping) a the bottom edge of the covers of the book. A sound copy with secure inner hinges., 2mo. 96 pages. Hardcover with a white dustjacket is rubbed and worn and soiled with some edge tears and creases. 5 3/4 X 7 1/2 in . Approx, Tiny Chips DJ Spine Ends, Back DJ shows 1 Tiddly Wink Resting Atop A & Z has small Extremities chips, Printed with Large Type on Fine Paper with attractive Cvr. Interior nice , tight Clean Light Wear Fox, Alphabet Jingles, Greatest Tiny People ever put into a Book, as they Learn many Useful Things, such as Counting, Being on Time at School, Reading the Thermometer, # of Days in Month, Little Lessons in Thrift, Good Helath & Good Cheer & many other Interesting things.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Hymer, H.E. (Cover Art); Clark, Matt; Schlaikjer, J.W.; Williams, Charles D.; Rountree, Herman; Stoops, Herbert Morton; Dobias, Frank; Steele, Frederic Dorr (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. United States Edition. Features: A Fall From the Clouds; Mary Gaunt - A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar; Eight Thousand Dollars; Insect Oddities; Byways in Sind and Baluchistan; The Pirates of the "Tai On"; Odds and Ends. Pages 97-192, plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage ads. Many black and white photos and illustrations. Tight and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this excellent vintage issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World - The Magazine for Men, June 1915, No. 206, Vol. 35 Fall From the Clouds; A Woman Alone in China - part 1; Blackmailing a Railway; Interviewing Mount Robson; Imprisoned Beneath the Sea; Short Stories - Farringway's Luck, Catching a Tartar. Illustrated by Somerfield, Thomas; Wright, Frank; Whitaker, W.G.;Rountree, Harry; Wigfull, W.E.; Pitcher, N. Sotheby (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good. On offer is a very nice World War II archive of 22 letters, most [19] handwritten by Pvt. (later Ensign) George S. Rountree, Jr. of H. Q. Battery 557th C.A. Bn. (AA), dating from April 7 to October 5, 1943, initially from Camp Lee, Virginia, then Camp Davis, North Carolina and later the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida (George gets discharged from the army and accepts a naval commission), a couple are typed, 19 have envelopes. Collectors and historians will find very good content concerning his experiences in boot camp and basic training. Here are some snippets: Camp Davis: " . We had a little excitement out this way yesterday afternoon. Two Douglass Dauntless dive bombers, flying in formation got tangled up and both fell within 30 yards of each other about a half mile away from our building, and on one of the ranges. One pilot managed to parachute to safety, but the others died when both planes caught on fire as soon as they hit. There have been several other crashes around here lately-- most of them fatal." ". spent most of the day riding around in a jeep-- going from one firing range to another. Even got fired at by accident, but suffered no damage." The letters are all written to his wife Mary in Johnson City, Tennessee. Folds, some light toning issues, otherwise very good; envelopes have expected wear and tears. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Manuscript.…