Stark George W (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New York, 1957; brick red cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; illustrated jacket in good condition with edge and corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 311 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

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. Signed by Authors.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is a series of short essays by Stark intermixed with poetry by Campbell, "staff poet" for the Associated Press Stark was the City of Detroit historian and member of the Detroit Historical Commission He formerly worked for The Detroit News and was the author of two books, including City of Destiny This copy is signed by both and includes a poem by Campbell, "Being Married," inset Some chipping to DJ, pages clean 192 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with Good DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with creases. Presented with clear book jacket cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. jacket chipped, worn, sunned, book plate, otherwise a clean, square copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Local history. Brown cloth covers rubbed and soiled, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, spine faded, bottom edges spotted. Small bookseller sticker inside the rear cover, otherwise the interior is clean and tight, endpapers tanned, pages toned, book slightly bowed, top edge dusty. Lewis, Arch H. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 311 Pages; 14 Chapters With Index In Rear. Pages Tight; Minor Pate Wear; Previous Owner Name Inked On Front End Page. Series Of Glossy Photos In Book Section Following Page 96. End Pages Present Image Of City Scene With Horse Drawn Fire Truck On Front End Page; Tashmoo Ship On Back End Page. Orange Linen Like Hard Cover With Silver Lettering On Front Cover And Spine. Minor Shelf Wear. Faded Glossy Dust Jacket With Back Background; Image Of City; White And Yellow Lettering On Front Dj. Small Tears And Nicks On Dj Edges, Spine Ends; Some Rubbing. Authors (Two Veteran Detroit Newspapermen) Present An Anecdotal, Nostalgic And Authentic Portrait Of Detroit From 1900-1930, Three Decades Of Its Most Spectacular Growth. A Heart Warming Story Of The Growth Of The Auto Industry Against The Background Of Political, Cultural, And Social Life Fo Detroit. Very Rare Vintage Copy.…

Clothbound Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First Edition. v + 251 pages. Gino Leonelli (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Good condition. (forest, trees, maine) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The authors, two veteran Detroit newspapermen offer an anecdotal, nostalgic, authentic portrait of Detroit during its growth 1900-1930.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Stark of the Detroit News was also "Historiographer of Detroit" as well as the author of "City of Destiny." His contribution is in the form of brief essays, mostly of an historical nature. His wife, Anne, contributed poetry. This is stated as a special limited edition (#97/207), and was supposed to have been signed by both authors, but apparently wasn't, though the #97 is hand numbered in the correct location. Original red cloth covers with gilt spine and cover lettering. Rear pages are blank, deliberately left that way to paste Stark's clippings in the book (none were pasted in this copy). A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings.; Frontis Photograph; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages.…

Illustr by William T. Woodward, 8.25 x 5.5, stapled wraps, 21pp + pp, covers a bit worn, spine sunned, old pricing sticker on rear cover, contents nice and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear consistent with age and use. Former owner's name in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Bending and bowing to boards and page block. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and page block edges. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good in good dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket rubbed along spine ends and corners. Dustwrapper worn and torn. Pages yellowed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arnold-Powers: Detroit January 1939 Binding: Hardcover DUST JACKET HAS SOME CHIPS AND TEARS OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.

(14)192pp + blank pp for clippings. Poems & essays by MI authors. Fine in gd dj. SIGNED by both authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 311 (1) pp, illus. First Edition, 1957. acknowledgments, 16 pp unpaginated sepia glossy photos, 14 titled chaptrs, index. Light external book wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.5" Brown cloth with silver lettering to front board and spine, and pictorial lining papers. . 3/4" chip along top edge spine dj with edge wear to same. clipped Pictorial dj in acetate protector. Size: Octavo. Book.…

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Tan wraps, sticker shadow front panel. Biographical account of Michigan resident and amateur pitcher Harry S. German, "The true life story of an amazing Old-Timer in baseball who burned them across the plate for fifty-three consecutive years, and made the batters "hit where they wuzzent!". Illustrated.; MCN33978; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 11.25 x 8.75", pict pebbled boards, 96pp in double columns, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned else a nicely preserved copy, printed for the 250th Anniversary of Detroit's Founding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. (4) 251 (3) pp, illus. First Edition, 1959. Not Price Clipped. Scarce First Edition. Only the slightest wear to dust jack and book, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.25" x 9.25". Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. Size: Octavo. Gino Leonelli (illustrator). Book.…

9 x 6, cloth, 251 pp, illustr by Gino Leonelli, appendix, index, small sticker stain to mildly rubbed jacket, vg in vg jacket. FIRST ED. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO BEULAH GROEHN, NOTED DETROIT PRESERVATIONIST.

11872 STARK, GEORGE W. AND CAMPBELL, ANNE 1947 TWO HEADS ARE BETTER 192 PP SIGNED HARD COVER FIRST EDITION, GOOD CONDITION (BS-258).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Inscribed by George W. Stark on half title page. Burnt orange cloth boards, silver titling to cover and spine. Fading of cloth around edges, light shelf wear. DJ worn and rubbed with taped tears and chips, enclosed in mylar cover. ; 8.40 X 5.50 X 1.25 inches; 311 pages; Signed by author.…

Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small, faint, white spot on front board. Otherwise book is in near fine condition. Jacket has light wear along back fore-edge. Front flap is detached but, present. Small chip at tail of spine. Two, very small, closed tear on head of spine. Reader's crease along spine. Small, closed tear at tail of spine. Chip at tail of spine. Two closed tears on back fore-edge. Small chip at tail of back fore-edge. Otherwise jacket is in very good condition and in a mylar wrapper.…

Detroit 1947. 8 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 192pp, cover a bit worn & darkened, in chipped & spotted dw. FIRST EDITION, WITH LONG MANUSCRIPT POEM WRITTEN OUT AND SIGNED BY ANNE CAMPBELL ON F.E.P. ALSO SIGNED BY STARK (Campbell's Husband, and fellow Detroit News writer). Also: "Being Married" broadside by Campbell printed poem present. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Good condition. Signed by both authors. EX LIBRARY. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Pocket on the BEP. Edge wear and corner wear also. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By Authors. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Orange cloth cover is very modestly scuffed, caps are rubbed, corners are rubbed but cover is in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Inscribed and signed by both authors. Several pages of B&W photographic images.; Signed by All Authors. …