Skiff Frederick (42 results)
ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA Recollections of 40 Years Collecting Books, Furniture, China, Guns and Glass
Published by Metropolitan Press
- Hardcover
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing. Tan cloth covered boards with green spine titles; minimal wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; no jacket. Previous owner's name on front pastedown; Interior is clean and unmarked; 366 pages.
Published by Metropolitan Press, Publishers, Portland, OR, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Emily's Books, Brainerd, MN, U.S.A.Emily's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The price clipped dust jacket is in a Mylar type protector, is edge worn, has some damp stains and is soiled and the spine is darkened. There is some soiling to the page edges and end papers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Language: French
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland OR, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.R Bryan Old Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Autobiography. Covers nice, spine label faded, corners sharp. Interior clean and tight, pages toned. Dust jacket rubbed, sunned, and worn, chips on the spine panel and corners.
- Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Metropolitan Press Portland, OR 1935 beige cloth boards are soiled. age toned spine. both hinges cracked at boards.
Published by Metropolitan, Portland, OR, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 366 pp.,Illus, Illus e.p., Tan Hardback, Paper Title Label Tipped-on Spine, uncut pp. opening has caused couple short tears on title page else VG, no DJ, 1st ed.
Published by Metropolitan Press, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In tan cloth with slight darkening.
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, Oregon, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1935. A handsome copy. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO u…nderlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1935. First Edition. Mostly about collecting books. With illustrations by Clark Moor Will and Eugene de Forest Braman. Includes a 35 page catalog, with full bibliographical descriptions, of suggested additions to Merle Johnson's HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Other chapters cover: Books and Manuscripts Relating to Oregon; The Southland; Finding a Wagon Load in New England; In Quest of First Editions; Book Collecting Incidents; etc. Top edge tinted brown, as issued. Bound in the original tan cloth, with a printed paper spine label. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Will, Clark Moor; & Eugene de Forest Braman. 8vo. (xii), 367pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Will, Clark Moor; & Eugene de Forest Braman (illustrator).
Published by Metropolitan Press, Publishers
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd printing. (Book Collecting, Biography) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media… such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
- Softcover
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Published by Metropolitan Press, 1935
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Includes scarce dust jacket. Price-clipped jacket, minor shelfwear/tanning, in mylar. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean.
- Softcover
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Condition: New. Will, Clark Moor; Braman, Eugene De Forest (illustrator).
The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. A Complete History of the Enterprise; a Full Description of the Buildings and Exhibits in all Departments; and a Short Account of Previous Expositions, with an Introduction.
Trumbull White; William Igleheart; George R. Davis; Potter Palmer; Thomas B. Bryan; F. W. Putnam; John P. Barrett; J. W. Collins; Frederick J. V. Skiff
Published by J. H. Moore & Co., 1893
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. An original copy in poor condition. Lacking spine, decorative leather cover shows heavy rubbing and edgewear. Pages are tanned and clean. A good reading copy.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, Oregon, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.Yesterday's Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. 318 pp, b/w photos, scattered pages are uncut, pages are clean and lightly browned on the edges, the endpapers are illustrated with a map of the continental United States,the covers are tight and have very light corner rubbing, the bottom edge of the spine label is lightly uneven,… the dust ajcket has light soil and wear, the spine is browned, this is a very usable book.
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, Oregon, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
Contact seller4-star sellerAmerican bibliophile Frederick Skiff (1867-1947) built one of the finest private book collections in Americana. He also founded the Acorn Club in Hartford, Connecticut specializing in fine press publications. "Adventures" includes a bibliography of significant first editions. 8vo. 22cm, 366,(1)p., number 654 of a limited edition… of 800 copies, Signed by the Author, frontis, sketch illustrations, bibliography, index, cloth-backed green paper over boards, paper spine label, rear hinge repaired, very good copy.
Published by Metropolitan, Portland, OR, 1935
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Second edition. Very good minus. (Pages: 365) Binding is starting to seperate from the text, is also slightly stained and spotted, fraying at the spine end and spine is yel.
Published by Metropolitan Press 1937, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
Contact seller4-star sellerHardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases and fading around its edges.
Published by P.F. Pettibone, 1895
- Softcover
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.THIS OLD BOOK
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a Scarce Original 1895 softcover book with 244 pages including diagrams and descriptions. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The titl…e page states 1895 Third Edition. The covers are clean with just a hint of edgewear and there isa minute chip on the bottom of the front cover. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, OR, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 368 pp. Original olive green paper covered boards w/ paper title label on brown cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges; light rubbing to hinges and ends of spine. Covers slightly cocked; inner hinges cracked. Small note written by previous owner on front blank endpaper. SI…GNED BY FREDERICK WOODWARD SKIFF. #710 of 800 copies. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Clark Moor Will and Eugene De Forest Braman (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland Oregon, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bingo Used Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Bingo Used Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in near fine condition with a good plus to very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is in a clear protective mylar sleeve. 1st edition.
Language: English
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, 1935
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 366p, [1]. Publishers cloth. Inscribed by the author to Warren P. Wright. A fresh clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland Oregon, 1935
- Hardcover
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. A couple of clippings about the book have been pasted in. Illustrated by Will, C M and Braman, E D (illustrator).
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Published by Portland. Metropolitan Press. 1935, 1935
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
Contact seller4-star seller8vo. 22cm, first edition, 366p., index, line drawn illustrations including frontis, illustrated endpapers, beige fine grain cloth, paper spine label, the un-clipped jacket, loosely inserted, is split at the folds and has a few old interior tape stains, the book is fine (bks). American historian and bibliophile, Frederick Skiff (…1867-1947) amassed one of the most significant libraries in the United States, especially books and manuscripts relating to Oregon and Connecticut. A very important chapter in this book is entitled "Books and Manuscripts Relating to Oregon.".
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, 1935
Seller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller3-star sellerFirst edition. One of 800 numbered copies, signed by Skiff. Octavo. [12], 366, [2] pp. Publisher's quarter brown cloth over green boards, printed paper spine label. Original dust jacket; spine ends with a bit of tape reinforcement, some nibblings to edges but complete and whole. A very good and clean copy.
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Published by Macmillan and Co.,, 1878
- Hardcover
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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£ 46.50
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable condition hardcover, shelfwear and rubbing toboards, dust marks and small marks to cloth. No jacket. Foxing to text block edges. Binding detached at inside hinge to rear, spine back fully visible, front board still partly attached to front, webbing visible, hence acceptable. Content c…lear. A suitable reading copy, candidate for rebinding. Acceptable: a readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
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A History of American Literature 2 volumes
Tyler, Moses Coit. [The Frederick W. Skiff - Estelle Doheny copy]
Language: English
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1879
- Hardcover
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. xx, 292p: xi, 330p. Early 20th century quarter tan calf over marbled boards and marbled end papers. Burgundy and green spine labels and marbleized foredge. From the Library of Frederick Woodward Skiff (1867-1947) with his bookplate on the inside front board. Skiff was an author. collector and bib…liophile with a particular interest in Americana. Estelle Doheny with her bookplate on the inside front marbled paper. Doheny purchased 800 books from the Skiff Library sale in 1947. A fresh clean copy with just slight rubbing to the extremities.
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Published by Metropolitan Press, 1937
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Rob the Book Man
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in near fine condition with very good minus dust jacket. Jacket has some aging and a chip at foot of spine, but is protected in clear mylar jacket sleeve. Includes signed personalized inscription and note from the author along with a personal photo glued… in of him and his wife. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Unknown, 1904
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Hammonds Antiques & Books
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Add to basketmagazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. . ; "approximately 6x9, from our extensive vintage paper collection, in mylar with stiff backing"; Many photos; approximately 6x9; 100 pp pages; THIS IS NOT A BOOK, but unbound pages from a journal. Image can be supplied if desired.
Published by Metropolitan Press, Portland, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.Gene W. Baade, Books on the West
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth with printed title label on spine. 318pp. Illustrated with portraits of some of the book collecting world's most recognized dealers and collectors from the 1930s. Endpaper maps. Presentation copy inscribed on the verso of the ffep. Laid i…n is the dust jacket of the 2nd printing of Skiff's other book, Adventures in Americana. This is a well-written account of the author's search, crisscrossing the United States, for fine books in the field of Americana. Fine in vg dj with minor chips, several wrinkles, & a couple of stains on the backstrip. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Generic, 1935
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. does not include the dust jacket.
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MORE CHEERFUL AMERICANS
Loomis, Charles Battell [1861 - 1911]. Skiff, Frederick Woodward [1867 - 1947] - Former Owner
Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller[14], 284, [8] pp. 4 pages of adverts at rear. Frontis + 11 inserted plates. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" Square & tight. Gilt bright. Bookplate of noted Portland book collector, Frederick W. Skiff. A Nr Fine copy. Original publisher's green vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamping 1st book edition (Smith L-496). INSCRIBED by Loomis on th…e ffep.
