Shapley R E (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover. First Edition [presumed]. Navy cloth boards with gold gilt upper and spine text- illustrated/decorative blind stamped upper & back and spine. Frayed at spine head. Rubbed at board edges. Shaken- gutters visible. Pages toned/sunned/spotted with age. Corner bumped/rubbed. Illustrated with fifty choice etchings engraved expressly for this work [stated]. Authors: Francis Cowley Burnand, William Carleton, Joseph Addison, R. E. Raspe, Washington Irving, Robert Smith Surtees, Oliver goldsmith, John Poole, Oliver Wendells Holmes, Mark Twain and many, many other. Complete list and contents available upon request. Dual column text format. Gilt page edges [faded/rubbed]. Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board [clean/blank]. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Vol. II. POETRY. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1910; Philadelphia; VOLUME I; red cloth covered boards with beige label on spine; front cover has a stain on it; wear to edges of covers; front and rear hinges are split; Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper and frep; interior is clean and unmarked; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 400 pages.…

Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. 8vo. Dark blue boards with black tooled Art Deco motif and gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine. Lovely gilt page-edges. Book is in VG condition, with a few tiny closed tears to edges of boards. Corners of boards are bumped. There is a previous owner's address stamp on front free endpaper. Very light foxing to a few pages, otherwise interior is clean. Binding is tight. Collected humor from poetry and prose, including excerpts from Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll, Balzac, Alexander Pope, and many others, as well as from folk tales and anecdotes. With etchings illustrating the text. 400 pp.…

Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. 8vo. Dark blue boards with black tooled Art Deco motif and gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine. Lovely gilt page-edges. Book is in VG- condition, with a few tiny closed tears to edges of boards. Front board is shaken. Corners of boards are bumped. There is a previous owner's address stamp on front free end paper. Very light foxing to a few pages, otherwise interior is clean. Binding is tight. Collected humor from poetry and prose, including excerpts from Thackeray, Twain, Goethe, Benjamin Franklin, and many others, as well as from folk tales and anecdotes. With etchings illustrating the text. 400 pp.…

Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. 8vo. Dark blue boards with black tooled Art Deco motif and gilt lettering and illustration on front and spine. Lovely gilt page-edges. Book is in VG condition, with a tiny closed tear to cloth along spine. Corners of boards are bumped. There is a previous owner's address stamp on front free endpaper, and the corner of page is torn at tip. Very light foxing to a few pages; otherwise interior is clean. Binding is tight. Collected humor from poetry and prose, including excerpts from Washington Irving, Rabelais, John Milton, Mark Twain and many others, as well as from folk tales and anecdotes. With etchings illustrating the text. 400 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New. In.

319.SPOFFORD A.R. & SHAPLEY R.E. 1885 THE LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR. VOLUME THREE 400PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NICELY BOUND GOOD CONDITION. OBG-BASE-15) (.

317.SPOFFORD A.R. & SHAPLEY R.E. 1885 THE LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR. VOLUME ONE. 310PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER GOOD CONDITION. OBG-BASE-15) (.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 322 Clean, Unmarked Pages. Lightly Used, Touches Of Rubbing At Edges, Spine Gilt Lettering Clean And Brilliant.Small Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Library Stamp At Bottom Of Front Free Endpaper, No Other Damage Or Marks. Dust Jacket With Light Wear, Small Edge Chips, 5/8" V-Chip At Bottom Of Rear Panel, Price Clipped, Three Small Corner Creases On Flaps. . Illustrated With Black And White Photographs, Equations, Diagrams And Charts (illustrator).…

320.SPOFFORD A.R. & SHAPLEY R.E. 1885 THE LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR. VOLUME FIVE. 411PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NICELY BOUND VERY GOOD CONDITION. OBG-BASE-15) (.

318.SPOFFORD A.R. & SHAPLEY R.E. 1885 THE LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR. VOLUME TWO. 400PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NICELY BOUND VERY GOOD CONDITION. OBG-BASE-15) (.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Five volumes bound in original blue cloth with gilt and black titling and decorations, all edges gilt, 8vo, approx 400pp/vol. Illustrated with Choice Etchings expressly for this work. (light shelfwear, rubbing and soilng to outer cloth extremities, tips and corners). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Illustrated With Etchings (illustrator). Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: --. 5 Vols. green floral patterned eps; frontis of 3 different authors with tissue guard in each vol; 50 etchings with tissue guards; text in 2-column format; contents unmarked; all edges gilt; 9.75" tall; lightly soiled cream covers with brown lettering & decor on spines; no djs. Hardcover.…

Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5 Volumes. Full green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Very light edge wear to the extremities. Top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Decorative endsheets. No previous owner's marks. Numerous plates. slightly scuffed. Volume 5 has a couple of white marks to the front board. Overall in VERY GOOD PLUS condition and a good gift item. UncleAndy Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 418 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.94 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.