Thompson Ames (42 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Oversized.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear. Book was inscribed to previous owner.Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. very minor shelf wear to covers, pages clean, binding tight, ship by MediaMail.

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Third book in 'The Jewel Series'. 260pp, not illustrated, 6pp publisher's ads at back. Clean interior, pages barely showing any toning. pencil inscription to inside of front cover, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Cloth boards are only slightly soiled. Sound, attractive copy. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 334g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be required, particularly for Canadian and Overseas shipments, but not usually to the USA. In case of doubt please email. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Condition: GOOD. First edition. The first book in this boys adventure series, also known as The Jewel Series, since each adventure has the boys involved in finding different gemstones. "Malcolm Edwards and his son Ralph are adventurers with ample means for following up their interest in jewel clues. In this book they form a party of five, including Jimmy Stone and Bret Hartson, boys of Ralph's age, and a shrewd level-headed sailor named Stanley Greene, They find a valley of diamonds in the heart of Africa." Probably a first edition - lists only the first 3 titles in the beginning of the book all issued in1927 as a "starter set" as was common with juvenile series at the time. Glossy frontispiece. 211 pp. Good only in beige cloth with navy lettering and illustration on front cover - pencilled gift inscription dated Christmas 1927, some soiling to the covers, front hinge cracking, foxing in the margins of some pages and other wear.

very good red binding, very soiled.

very good , edge fraying/rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. minor shelf wear to covers, top corner of ffep missing, front internal hinge weakening, rear internal hinge split showing netting, pages unmarked, DJ has corner & edge wear with closed tears & folds at bottom front & top of spine, ship by MediaMail.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edition not indicated. Very Good pictorial cloth. Inserted frontispiece is an amazing fantasy scene of hardhat diver in battle with giant octopus, assisted by a native diver.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 205 pages. 8.50x5.67x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Half-Leather. 1st Edition. First Edition. Cood copy. No DJ. Straight binding. Clean inner pages. In grey cloth covers with black lettering and illustration (not rubbed) on front cover and lettering on spine. Previous owner's name on verso of frontispiece. Bumping of head and tail of spine and corners. Light shelf wera. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No Edition Or Printing Stated. The Book Is Bound In Gray Cloth With Black Lettering On The Front And Spine. Three Young Men Featured On The Front. The Book Has Moderate Soiling. Edge Wear And Through At The Upper Back Corner. A Former Owner's Name Is Printed Near The Upper Edge Of The Front Pastedown.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. cover art by Unreadable; Centerfold By Victor C. Andersn; charles Dana Gibson, Otho Cushing, Rodney Thompson, (illustrator). 1st. pp. 335-370 pages; disbound copy; includes: Full Page Ads (Columbia Graphohone, Overland 1914; Anderson Electric Car Company, Good-yesr Tire Co., Scribner's Magazine, Garfield Trucks, , Arthur Guiterman (Rhymed Reviews), Politics, Culture and with the usual facetious jabs at Women, Asians & Blacks plus Much Mor Size: 4 vo. Magazine.

Illustr frontis, 7.75 x 5.25, green pict cloth, 206 pp + ads, edges a bit worn, hinges loose, title page spotted, pp toned else a nice copy in a worn, edge chipped dw.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in gray boards with dark blue illustration on the cover with dark blue titles. Book has light edge wear with lightly age tones pages. Dust jacket has edge wear with chippings (now protected in archival jacket cover). No edition stated, but assumed to be the 1927 FIRST EDITION as titles on the dust jacket are all dated as 1925. All the books in the Adventure Boys series are listed with 1927 copyright date. An adventure story for young boys. Black and white frontis. 210 page plus 2 pages of ads Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

first edition. very good grey binding, some spine darkening,

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Sutchinda Rangsi Thompson (Design); Gold Medallion of Justinian (Cover) (illustrator). 1st Published: 1996 by Routledge. 345 + xiii pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York 1940. xiii, 393 pp. Publisher's cloth. Good condition.

Ca 1929. [4], 210, [2] pp. 2 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. VG (slight lean/some yellowing to paper)/VG (closed tear/stain to upper right of rear panel). Grey cloth binding stamped in dark blue. Full color dust jacket, replicating the front board graphic.

206 pp, followed by publisher's catalogue, edges and end-papers foxed, small piece off top of spine of d/j , else very good copy in good, illustrated d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This VG/G+ book is clean (see photos) and square; it has lightly bumped lower corners and head and heel of the spine, but there are no fabric tears. The interior is free of writing, stray marks, stains and damaged pages. Hinges are strong and the lightly toned pages are very flexible. The jacket has edge wear at the front fold and modest sized chips at head and heel of the spine, which is somewhat faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Possibly a first edition-- the rear of the jacket lists the 1925 "Bob Dexter" books but not the next one, published in 1930. This VG-/G+ book has a slight lean, slight bottom edge wear, bumped head and heel of the spine with no fabric tears; over all light general wear and soiling, with a 1-1/2" x 1/2" dark stain on the rear board. The book is free of writing, stray marks, stains and damaged pages. Pages are toned but still quite flexible and both hinges are strong. The jacket has a very faded spine, minor chips at the corners and at the head and heel of the spine; the backside of the front panel has two parallel streaks of red, as though it had been water damaged, but neither the jacket nor the book have signs of such damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harper & Row. New York. [1940] 1972. 393 pages & index. Book is about fine. Last date on copyright page is 1940, but last page of book has a numberline dictating a 1972 publication, 32nd printing. Book is bright, tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Book is about fine with two gently pushed corner tips, barely. Book is housed in its original attractive DJ with $6.95 price intact on flap. DJ shows shallow chipping at crown and foot, with a couple of tiny chips on fold corners. Author Dr. Arnold Gesell was the first person ever appointed as a school psychologist in the United States. He is also the founder of the Yale Clinic of Child Development; later renamed the Gesell Institute of Child Development, in his honor. Gesell's theories and ideas are commonly known today as Gesell's Maturational Theory of child development. A solid, attractive copy of the child development classic; by legendary child psychologist Dr. Arnold Gessel. Near fine/ VG++.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1940. (1954). 393 pages & index. E-D code on copyright page translates to May1954. So while this appears to be a 1940 printing, the publisher's code would suggest this was actually a 1954 printing. Binding and hinges are strong and tight. Book is housed in its original attractive DJ. DJ shows a couple of very small chips at foot and crown. Small closed tears. Price on DJ has been removed. Blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Minor shelf-rubbing at tips. Light soiling to panels. Endpapers are clean with slight toning in gutter. Author Dr. Arnold Gesell was the first person ever appointed as a school psychologist in the United States. He is also the founder of the Yale Clinic of Child Development; later renamed the Gesell Institute of Child Development, in his honor. Gesell's theories and ideas are commonly known today as Gesell's Maturational Theory of child development. A solid, attractive copy of the child development classic; by legendary child psychologist Dr. Arnold Gessel. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Ernest Townsend (frontispiece) (illustrator). Early Printing. New York: Cupples & Leon Company 1927. Hardcover. Unstated, but early, printing. The Jewel Series list on the copyright page consists of 3 titles of which this is the first. The Boy Ranchers Series ad at the rear lists 8 titles. The Motor Boys Series ad on the rear panel of the Dust Wrapper lists 12 titles. Grayish-light green pictorial cloth with black lettering/decoration, 211 pages plus 1 page of ads at the rear, black-and-white frontispiece. Richard Frank's typed ownership label affixed to the front front free endpaper and RF monogram shield sticker affixed to the front side of the frontispiece leaf. Good at best copy with spine cocked with the ends bumped, light corner bumping, scattered light staining/soiling to the cloth, some top edge foxing, both hinges badly cracked, foxing to a few early pages; but the main story text is tight and clean, in worn, torn , including into two pieces at the front spine edge, and chipped pictorial jacket with scattered light colored staining and chipping along edges. An uncommon title [in any early printing] that is relatively scarce in jacket. LR5/2E.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quite possibly a first edition--there is a 1928 inscription on the FFEP and the rear of the jacket lists the 1925 "Great Marvel" book, but not the next one, published in 1929. This VG-/G+ book has a slight lean, modest bottom edge wear, bumped head and heel of the spine with some fabric damage at the heel; over all light general wear and soiling. With the exception of the FFEP inscription, the book is free of writing, stray marks, stains and damaged pages. Pages are toned but still quite flexible. Both hinges are strong though the rear one has a 2-1/2" paper tear over the hinge. The jacket has all four corners taped and chips (replaced with crayon-colored paper) at the head and heel of the spine and the lower front corner.

Condition: Fair. A vintage bundle of early editions of novels by Zane Grey, G. A. Henty, Ralph Connor, Ames Thompson, Frank Gree Patchin. All books have some degree of wear consistent with age (fading to pages, wear to cover and spine, staining etc), several contain beautiful ink inscriptions or are signed by owners. Please message for more details/photos. The bundle includes: The Pony Rider Boys In Texas or The Veiled Riddle of the Plains, by Frank Gee Patchin, illustrated, The Saalfield Publishing Company, Ohio. Undated, but ink inscription dates to Xmas 1936. Has some pen scribbles on inside cover. The Adventure Boys and the River of Emeralds, by Ames Thompson, illustrated, Cupples & Leon Company, New York, 1927. Inscription erased from inside cover. Considerable wear and staining to cover. The Golden Canon, G. A. Henty, Hurst & Company, New York. Undated, but believed to date back to early 1900s. Illustrated cover, considerable fading on back. Missing front end paper. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land, by Ralph Connor, McLelland & Stewart, Doran Company, Toronto, 1919, First Edition. Includes ink inscription dated 1923. Wanderer of the Wasteland, by Zane Grey, Musson Book Company, Toronto, 1923. The Mysterious Rider, by Zane Grey, Musson Book Company, Toronto, 1921. Possible first edition. Includes inscription dated 1933. All books are aged, make up a beautiful vintage decorative set, and are also fully readable! Would prefer to sell as a set, but please message if interested in purchasing individually.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. book covers like new, previous owner's name on ffep - pages clean, binding tight, DJ has very minor corner & edge wear with a few very small chips & closed tears, ship by MediaMail.