Van Steen Marcus (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 191 [Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight unmarked book in clean cream-colored cloth; in dust jacket with light edgewear.; 191 pages.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Near New. First Edition, Presumed. An account of the events leading up to the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell at the Bell homestead in Brantford during the summer of 1874. Not dated. 29 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. OCLC Number:30509730. Bright, clean and unmarked with a sound, stapled binding. Almost 'as new'. Unpacked weight, 58g. Ships via inexpensive Lettermail within Canada slightly more to the USA. Rates to the Rest of the World at cost. Size: 22cm. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 30 pp. Staple-bound in pictorial card covers. Actually undated - circa early 60s. Light wear at the corners; slightly rippled on the back page; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by J. Forster; illustrated with sepia photographs. Written to commemorate the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in Brantford in 1874. Size: 8vo. J. Forster; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Presumed First. Blue boards with illust.unclipped jacket; A sound copy, ex- school library book with minimal markings, such as school stamp and scuffed back end page where card pocket was removed; Tape marks where jacket was taped down, Pages are discoloured light foxing along top edges; Jacket is intact slight agetoning and handling/rubbing no tears or creasing; 279 pages with bibliography; Canadian First Nations poet. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG-. First Edition. A brief biography and a longer selection from Johnson's works. Nice copy in worn jacket. 279 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. tight solid binding, clean unmarked pages, light wear to the dj edges, 279 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Her biography written by, and, her prose and poems selected by, Marcus Van Steen. Emily Pauline Johnson, also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian poet, author, and performer was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her father was a hereditary Mohawk chief of mixed ancestry and her mother was an English immigrant. 279 pages portraits (on lining papers); 23 cm. Book is bright and clean. Unmarked except for a previous owner's name/date to the front endpaper. The unclipped dustjacket is also bright and clean showing only slight top edge wear. Laid-in, a 4 page leaflet from Johnson's birthplace in Ontario. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are often incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Asendia and try to offer very competitive postal charges based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images are available. Shipped well packed. USA postage is usually $8.00 - $9.00 unless extra heavy/large. Media Mail void for magazines in USA. Canadian postage varies considerably depending on weight and destination. Postage to anywhere within Canada, can now be a maximum of US$15.50 for weights , including more than one book - up to 5kg total fitting the Flat Rate Box- boxed, insured, trackable and faster than regular parcels. Less will always be charged if rates indicate. NOW available - lower Trans-Canada rates for many major markets, and, new, considerably lower rates for many Overseas destinations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. Light edge wear to extremities, short tear base DJ, scuffing; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped.; 279 pages; Includes a selection of Johnson's prose & poetry. Illustrated by Decorative endpapers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Includes short stories and poems by Johnson. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Some pencil highlighting of passages and sentences. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped and has original price sticker on front flap. Jacket has light surface and edge wear. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 279 pp. …

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Close to fine in a close to near fine dj. (Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. 1/2"-inch tear at head of front panel of dj. Small chip at upper tip of rear panel of dj. Traces of rubbing on rear panel) Pauline Johnson was the daughter of a Mohawk chief, who attained some renown as a lyric poet while also pursuing a career in vaudeville, and all the while supporting the rights of Native American people. Besides the biography their is also featured a selection of her prose & poetry. (G). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NO DATE BUT NO LATER PRINTING DETAILS-1960'S.BETTER THAN VG SOFTWRAPS ORIGINAL.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Blue cloth on boards. Library evidence. DJ protected by plastic wrapper. Life story and poetry of a girl from Brantford, Ontario, who became the sweetheart of England. 278 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Portrait Endpapers (illustrator). Book. …

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. 29 p. Ill. code 1267.

VG, G Dust Jacket, Stains on DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sandy-tan cloth, 181pp, illustrated with [5] double-sided b/w plates, incl. frontispiece, some rubbing on spine ends, very small soil at top-edge, else about fine in a very good but creased, and worn jacket at front cover edges and jacket spine, but unclipped and very good.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 279. 8vo. Light-blue boards, silver lettering to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Light bump to the tail of spine, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket showing a few chips along the edges of the dustjacket. Overall, very good+.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. 191 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Bound in beige hardcovers with brown titles on the spine. Lightly smudged on the tail edges. Brown and white dustjacket in good condition with white titles. Worn around the edges with creases, chips, and tears. Smudged and scuffed. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. SCARCE. VG+/G. Book.…

Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn and chipped. 8vo pp. 279, illustrated eps, very good in blue cloth with worn and chipped dj, previous owners name on FEP. book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 39 Pages plus five pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Legend and History in the Oldest Geographical Names of the St. Lawrence; Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement; British Columbia Lakes (Pictoria); How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII; Nice Army recruiting ad inside front cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Canadian Geographical Journal, July 1960 : Tobacco - Another Canadian Achievement British Columbia Lakes (Pictoria); How Canada is Helping the Fishermen of Ceylon; Physiography of the Queen Charlotte Islands; Pictures of the Provinces - XXIII Legend and. …