Smith C W Charles (131 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. J. D. Woodward, W. C. Fitler, Clifton Johnson, and E. E. Thompson (illustrator). 22pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 22 drawings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly Magazine, Volume VI, No. 4, October, 1889. Illustrations include a woman's head-dress of silk, an Icelandic horn spoon, the harbor at Reykjavik, the Parliament House, with Thorwaldsen's statue at the left, a general view of Reykjavik, examples of ordinary Icelandic costumes for women, farm buildings, a woman in festal costume, a velvet belt with gold ornaments, Icelandic double-thumb mitten of wool, a fish - skin shoe, a full-page view of Thingvellir, or Thing Plains where Icelandic Parliament met, a view of native ponies, Almannagja at Thingvellir, the Falls of Oxara, Bruara, or the Bridge River, the geysers, Fullfoss, the Fall of White River, Mount Hekla, a full page view of the Fall of the White River, a silver brooch, and silver belt buckle. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Light edgewear. Minor spotting on fore edge of text block. DJ has a tiny tear on top front edge near spine. Binding and text crisp and bright.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. Book with blue cloth binding, illustration in yellow, black and blue. Illustrated endpapers. Name stamp on second front endpaper. 383 pages, color illustrations.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. First Edition. FIRST EDITION in stiff light green wraps, photos, map, illus., photos, map, illus, 39pp. Very Good. Includes Lewis & Clark, frontierman, the military, Indians, etc. Nice collectible copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 144 pages. 8.90x7.00x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. X (in 51 Volumes). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Christian Barthelmess, C M Bell, W G Chamberlain, E S Curtis, C S Fly, Alexander Gardner, John Hillers, William Jackson, Andrew J Russell, Charles R Savage, Adam Clark Vroman & Ben Wittick (illustrator). Illustrated.

hardcover. Condition: Good. cover shows minor wear and rubbing, no dj. pages lightly tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. Inventory # D570-2 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 12, No. 4, Issue 109, April 1959 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - The Etruscans, Mystery People of Europe; Translator Reveals Errors In The Bible - George M. Lamsa; Devil Snakes Of Ansuam; Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, ** STORIES (1) The Devil Snakes Of Ansuam by Lloyd A. Smith (2) My Crawl Away From Death by Henry Charles (3) "Woman OF Zion" by Dr. W. E. Farbstein (4) A Glimpse Of Paradise by Rudolph Boris (5) What Good Is Palmistry? by Bertha C. Freeman; ARTICLES (1)The Etruscans - Mystery People of Europe by Harlan Wilson (2) Translator Reveals Errors In King James Bible by Dr. Geo. M. Lamsa (3) The New Supersensory-Superrational Man by Pitirim A. Sorokin (4) London-Leeds Experiment by Edmond P. Gibson (5) A Scientist Looks At Life On Other Worlds by John C. Ross; PRICE = $17; G/VG; spinal wear; small piece missing from bc Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former owner's name & bookplate on front endpapers, 358 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1954. [96] p. : ill. ; 18 cm. A well worn copy, with occasional foxing to the pages and considerable scuffing to the original green paper covered boards; small stains to the cover; the cloth spine showing wear and tears. This copy with English and German text and drawings on opposing pages.

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. CLII, No. 6. [Edited by Matthew White.] Cover art is uncredited for "Without Gloves" (pt. 1 of 6) by James B. Hendryx. Includes "Pit of the Golden Dragon" (pt. 2 of 4) by William Dudley Pelley; "Dan Barry's Daughter" (pt. 3 of 6) by Max Brand; "A Gentleman in Pajama's" (pt. 5 of 6) by Charles Neville Buck; "Cheero, Inc." (pt. 4 of 4) by Jack Bechdolt; "Jimmy helps Himself" (pt. 1 of 2) by Henry Dodge; "And Jill Came Tumbling After" by Jackson V. Scholz; "The Westerner" by Romaine H. Lowdermilk; "Brother to the Snake" by Robert W. Sneddon; "The Heathen Sea Cook" by Lt. C. Donald Feak; "Uncowed" by Edgar Valentine Smith; "the Extroducer" by Ellis Parker Butler. Poetry: "Old Morgan's Gold" by James Stuart Montgomery; "The Cowboy to His Friend in Need" by Burke Jenkins; "The Carpenter" by M. Ray Willis; "When East Goes West" by Margaret Severence; "The Flapper-Mother" by Strickland Gillilan; "I Looked on Life" by Charles Henry Mackintosh; "In Fairyland" by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Glue-mends to spine and hinges; some spine losses; edge and corner wear with small losses; creasing; mild tanning. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pages. Illustrated. Hoggar Mountains, Sahara Desert; Norfleet's Quest (part 1 of 2) - the adventures of a Texas cattleman who tracked down the swindler gang which conned him; The Broken Pick - a prospector's account of an eventful search for a lost Australian gold mine; The Ambush-a gripping story from the vast cattle country of the South American interior; Photo of man standing on one of the devil's marbles in Australia; "People of The Veil" - a most interesting photo illustrated account of a visit to the Tuaregs, the strange masked nomads of the Sahara; Two of a Kind; The Tuskless Elephant -a tragic incident in the Tanganyika Highlands in 1946; The "Killer" Wolves of British Columbia -these shaggy covered brutes have become a terrible menace and the provincial government and ranchers are hard put to keep them in check; When the Fire Came - big brush fire in the Matawai district of New Zealand in 1925; "Mariposa" -as ship is visited by many butterflies in South America; Photo of kangaroo caught in snare; (SL#253).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Not dated, but 1907 or 1908 based on library catalogues. Bound in publisher's cloth, with printed boards. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. X (in 51 Volumes). Book.

Eight vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1976 UK re-release of the 1936 US film. Distributor (Canada) rubber-stamps on the versos. Nominated for two Academy Awards (1937), and based on Robert Hitchens' novel, about Domini (Marlene Dietrich), an heiress who visits the North African desert for spiritual renewal. There she meets Boris (Charles Boyer), who has recently escaped from a Trappist monastery. Their friendship ripens into love, but he conceals his past from her. A story set in North Africa, shot on location in California and Arizona. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Condition: New.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Original wraps show minor wear and chipping. Pages tanned.

Condition: New. In.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. LVII, No. 3. Cover art by Gordon Grant. Pulp magazine. Includes "Up Against It" (novel) by Martin Cross; "the Frozen Fortune" (pt. 1) by Frank Lillie Pollack; "Land of Lost Hope" (pt. 2) by Johnston McCulley; "With Sealed Lips" (pt. 4) by Albert Payson Terhune; "Gordon's Getaway" (pt. 3) by Stephen Brandish; "The Time Limit" (pt. 5) by Bertram Lebhar; "Through No Fault of His Own" (pt. 3) by Casper Carson; "The Lesser Evil" by Garrett Smith; "Six Hours on the Rack" by Robert Russell; "Rivals in Love" by Seward W. Hopkins; "Why the Cars Collided" by Helen Fairchild Duke; "A Quarter Million in a Hurry" by Howard Dwight Smiley; "Quite Like a Free-Lance" by Harold C. Burr; "A Predicament and a Desperado" by John Montague; "Mr. Mawson on the Phone" by Mabel Gertrude Dunning; "A Dog-Day Indeed" by Marvin Dana; "Upsetting the Garrison" by Garrett Swift; "A Matter of Coats" by Charles B. Fremont; "Between Syracuse and Buffalo" by Edward Preston Campbell. Slick advertising pages at beginning and at end of issue; tape and glue mends to spine with tears, wear and losses at ends; edge and corner wear with edge tears; upper front foredge corner loss (see scan). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing ] ; xi, 271 pages illustrations 24 cm ; ISBN 9780835202220, 0835202224 ; OCLC 6023 ; LCCN 69018200 ; LOC No Z476 .A63 1969 ; grey cloth, no dustjacket ; Contents: Forward / Joseph A Duffy -- Starting a new store / Elizabeth Young -- Choosing a location / Gordon W. Bryant -- Is an architect necessary? / Marshal L. Oliver -- How materials and design can cut maintenance costs / Adolph Novak -- ABS's of stocking the bookstore / H. Joseph Houlihan -- Hiring and training personnel for the bookstore / Barry H. Mark -- What to tell the neophyte: Bookselling is a good career / James F. Albright -- Trade tools for the bookstore / Elizabeth A. Geiser -- Bookstore accounting methods and operating controls / Stanley Hunnewell -- Perpetual inventory control system (PICS) / H. D. Greene III -- Portrait of a lending library / Charles B. Anderson -- Fine bindings / GordonW. Bryant -- Paperbacks in the general bookstore / Eliot Leonard -- Technical books in the general bookstore / Sam Weller -- Foreign-language books in the American bookstore / Emanuel Molho -- Setting up a children's book department / Judy Noyes -- Getting the right book to the right child / Elizabeth Lowry -- Promoting a children's book department / Blanche Campbell -- Book fairs / Goddard Light -- Sidelines and the American bookstore / Joseph A. Duffy -- Snob sidelines: Chess sets, jigsaw puzzles and literary dolls / Elizabeth Lowry -- Personalized Christmas cards / Charles B Anderson -- Bookstore publicity / Harriette Waterman -- Direct mail for retail bookstores / Morton L. Levin -- Developing an advertising program / Morton L. Levin -- Store windows and in-store display / Trumbull Huntington -- Successful radio and television promotion / Lewis Myer -- Currents from the Chinook: putting a bookstore on the map / Judy Noyes -- Autographing parties: a community service / Anne Udin -- Summer reading lists for secondary and elementary schools / C. Roysce Smith -- How to get through Christmas / Goddard Light -- A general bookstore in a college community / Robert B Campbell -- Managing a branch bookstore: problems and responsibilities / Lee A Weber -- Planning and making the move to a new store / Ellsworth Young -- The long-range role of the American Booksellers Association / Joseph A Duffy -- Purposes and servces of the American Bookseller's Association -- ABA suggestions for bookstore personnel -- Single-copy order plan (SCOP) -- Uniterm -- Combination order-invoice form -- Books about books: a bookman's library ; scuffed, G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. ix, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0700601368 ; LCCN: 75-35532 ; LC: DA925; Dewey: 941.5 ; OCLC: 1849097 ; textured yellow boards ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamp, label ; Contents : Irish mythology / Robert Jerome Smith -- From the beginnings to the end of the Middle Ages / Henry L. Snyder -- The art of prehistoric and early Christian Ireland / Marilyn Stokstad -- Medieval art / Marilyn Stokstad -- From the accession of the Tudors to the Treaty of Limerick / Henry L. Snyder -- Festivals and calendar customs / Robert Jerome Smith -- From the Treaty of Limerick to the union with Great Britain / Henry L. Snyder -- Antiquarianism and architecture in eighteenth-century Ireland / Marilyn Stokstad and Linda Gill -- The dynamics of population / Kenneth C.W. Kammeyer -- From the act of union to the fall of Parnell / Charles Sidman -- A drama for the nation / Harold Orel -- The arts in twentieth-century Ireland / Marilyn Stokstad and Mary Jean Nelson -- The Irishry of William Butler Yeats / Harold Orel -- The two attitudes of James Joyce / Harold Orel -- From the fall of Parnell to modern Ireland / Charles Sidman -- The Irish experience in America / Norman R. Yetman. ; Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 592 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 285 pp. : illustrations (mostly color) ; 28 cm. ; OCLC: 8676543 ; textured blue flexible covers, with a price list laid in ; bookstore stamp of front ep ; clipped corner on front ep ; cover dusty and slightly soiled, else G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO PROVIDE A FULLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT SHOWS HOW, IN THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO OUR OWN TIMES, INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES INTERIORS OF AUSTERE SOLEMNITY, EXTREME LUXURY OR EXQUISITE DELICACY. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1981. OFF WHITE CLOTH HARDBOUND FOLIO WITH GILT SILVER STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK. 320Pp. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SMALL BLACK MARK ON EDGE OF FRONT COVER AT LEAF EDGE, INSIDE BOARD EXPOSED AT SPINE HEEL, PRICING NOTES ON FRONT BOARD PAGE, INTERIOR PAGES BRIGHT, STRONG SPINE. DUSTJACKET: GOOD-FAIR; 1" TEAR AT CROWN OF SPINE, 2" CHIP AT HEEL OF SPINE, CORNER TIP AREAS WITH SMALL TEARS.

Condition: New. In.