Taylor Bert Leston (586 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. newspaper clipping on "The Water Wagon Departs" attached on pg.15, other pages clean and tight. Bound in illustrated cloth, a good copy. L. M. Glackens (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding loosening slightly but intact. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 129 Pages; Pages Tight; String Binding; Moderate Page Wear; Page Edges Somewhat Yellowed And Foxed; No Markings On Pages; Sine Smudges On Title Page; Frontispiece Is Image Of Bert Leston Taylor; Blue Hard Covers With Lettering On Spine. Moderate Shelf. Over 55 Poems Plus 15 In Babette Ballads. Foreword By Franklin Adams. Poem Titles Include: The Dardanelles; The Balance; War; Grand Op; Absolute Zero; The Modern Muse; Summer Passes; In Hospital; Holidays; Revised; Washington's Birthday 1902;Passing Strange; To A Friend; Expectation; A Day Fo Days; Sundown. Babette Ballads Include: The Horoscope; Early Training; An Accident; With Father; The Journey; Behind The Door; Omens; At The Naval Station;Colors; Absence; Replanted, Etc. Rare Vintage Copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good in dark pink cloth covered boards with light rubbing and a slight warp. George Brehm (illustrator).

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Front hinge broken, Pages loose. Spine cracked. Reading copy only. Slightly dampstained. (Humor, wit, Wisdom, Fiction).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Heavy soiling the coverboards. Moderate rubbing to the edges and corners. Small closed tear to the front cover verticale page side edge.

Condition: Acceptable. H.M. Caldwell Co. Boston, MA 1905 18mo. 128 pages. binding copy only. illustrated cloth boards soiled. hinge cracked at ffep. spine detached from binding. binding shaken.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 121 pages of poems. Binding is faded and has light edge chips. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This antique hardcover book is bound in red checkered cloth boards, with paste-down cover labels. Cover and labels are soiled; inner pages browned, edgewear, light foxing. This book takes a humorous look at the temperance movement. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. 120 pages; approx. 4"x6". Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Third Printing. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Bookplate. ; 130 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition, 124pp, index, illustrated with a portrait of the author by Eve Watson Schutze, printed paper over boards with brown lettering at cover and spine, and orange decorations at cover, edges untrimmed, occasional pages uncut, minor staining at cover, spine has a crease apparently from being opened, contents bright and clean. Copy inscribed and signed by author at front fly, "For W. E. Faithorn / With the apprecia- / tion of the / author. / Bert Leston Taylor / Dec. '13." Scarce thus. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. softcover Pages lightly browned.

Good plus or better, light general wear Cloth.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. First Edition. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Blue ribbed cloth boards with stamped lettering on spine, stamped author's initials on cover. Light soiling, light surface wear to spine corners. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 129 pgs. 8vo. Poetry. …

paperback. Condition: Good. shows minor wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 225 Pages; 2 Sections. Pages Tight; String Binding; Moderate Page Wear; Slight Darkening Of Page Edges; Ex-Library Copy With Usual Markings. Foreword In Front Of Book; Faded Blue Hard Covers With Black Lettering On Spine. Corners Bumped; Some Wear On Spine Ends And Edges.Section On The East Window Provides Quaint Literary Charm By The Author Who Spoke Daily Through The Columns Of The Chicago Tribune As He Viewed A Bit Of Chicago's Water Life From His East Window. His Essays In The Car Window Provided A Strong Flavour Of The New England And Canada And His Jaunts Near Chicago (Aurora, Elgin, Lake Geneva). Very Rare Vintage Copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 191 pages; 19 chapters; 8 full page illustrations with frontispiece, "And Now Vanished in the Depths of the Well". Glossy pages tight; string binding; no markings; pages slightly tanned; moderate page wear; Inner spine crease slightly split and weakened but pages intact. End pages slightly soiled with few smudges. Dark blue hard covers with faded gild lettering on spine. Moderate shelf wear; Spine ends and corners slightly worn. Few discoloration spots. Poem, "The Storied Roads of Fairyland" in front of book. Chapter headings include: Enchanter's Nightshade; On the Way to Beavertown; The Laziest Beaver; The White Blackbird; A Traveled Donkey; Troubles of a Bear; The Wee Bear's Birthday Party; "Mary's Little Lamb"; AT the Corner; A Frolic in the Forest; Doctor Goose's Lecture; The Well in the Wood; Disenchantment, etc. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY. F y Cory (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THE MAGAZINE COVERS AND ITS MULTIPLE STORIES ARE INTACT BUT APPARENTLY THE ADVERTISING AT THE END OF THE MAGAZINE HAS BEEN REMOVED RESULTING IN AN OVERSIZED COVER. THIS MAGAZINE HAS A TALE BY BERT LISTON TAYLOR. THE TITLE OF THE TALE " THE AMATEUR SKIPPER " HAS FOUR B/W DRAMATIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE ARTIST MARTIN JUSTICE . THE ADVENTURESOME DAY ON A RATHER LARGE OLD SAILING YACHT WITH AN IMPLACABLE AMATUER SKIPPER, HIS EQUALLY IMPLACABLE WIFE AND GUESTS EXPERIENCE SEVERAL NEAR TRADGEIES INCLUDING A TORN AND USELESS MAIN SAIL AND AN INTRMITTENT INOPERABLE MOTOR RESULTING S IN THE YACHT DRIFTING 12 MILES OUT TO SEA. THE AUTHOR EXHIBITS HIS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THELTERMINOLOGY OF PLEASURE BOATING, THE BOAT'S EQUIPMENT, AND THEIR NEAR TRAGEDIES, THE IMPLACABLE "AMATUER SKIPPER, WIFE" AND HIS GUESTS EXPERIANCE SEVERAL NEAR TRAGDYS WHEN THE MAIN SAIL IS LOST AND THE BOAT'S MOTOR FALTERS RESULTING IN THE AFTERNOON PLEASURE CRUISE EXXTENDING INTO THE LATE NIGHT. THE MAGAZINE ALSO FEATURES A TALE BY OWEN WISTER THAT IS TITLED "THE KEYSTONE CRIME," A STORY OF THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK IN PENNSYLVANIA. . MARTIN JUSTICE (illustrator).…

Good plus or better, light general wear, darkened spine Cloth Lightly soiled.