Ward Selected (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. None Listed. 350 pp, the book and contents are clean and tight, dust jacket has light soil and edge wear.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Vernon Ward, Alan J. Bowyer, and F.J.L. Streevens. (illustrator). yr. of pub. not stated - circa 1930's-40's; end papers soiled, yellowed, binding faded, with moderate edge wear and rubbed, frayed spine extremities and corners; book block is solid and tight with 1000 pages of classic stories and tales from the best writers of the last 500 years. Hard Cover.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit darkened. Rear hinge loose, previous owner's name inked out on the front end paper, dated 1955. Pages clean and unmarked.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. David Gentleman (illustrator). 'Sandglass' laid in; Textblock very clean and tight; Couple small spots along top edge; Minimally shelf worn; Lightly worn slip case cover. 337p., including notes and index. Size: 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First in World Classics Edition. x + 355 pages. No dustjacket. Very clean dark blue hardback with impressed, blind decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Light browning to page-edges, ink address stamp to flyleaf o/w contents clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No additional printings are listed. No dust jacket, as issued. Comes with the original slipcase. The book is clean and tight. One corner is slightly bumped, and a hint of wear to the spine ends. Pages 255-262 were bound inverted. This does not interfere with the text. The SC has some light overall soiling. One corner is bumped. The lower edge has a bump. Sandglass laid in.

Full-Leather. Condition: NEW CONDITION. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET (AS ISSUED). David Gentleman (illustrator). First Collector's Edition. // NO REMAINDER MARK// PREVIOUS OWNER BLIND STAMP //gilt lettering and decoration//satin place mark ribbon//watered silk end papers//full leather binding with raised bands//all edges gilt.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ward Ritchie (Design) (illustrator). Facsimilies of Original Editions. 193 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First in World's Classic's Series. 350 pages. No dustjacket. Dark blue hardback binding with some marks. Light wear/rubs to spine-ends & boards' corners. Moderate browning to page-edges, ink name to flyleaf o/w pages clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 375 pp, red cloth black title to spine. Clean sound book, clipped dust wrapper edge worn with nicks and chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 1992 near fine hardback, light foxing to page edges, in a near fine dust wrapper. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. Not price clipped. 198 pages with index. Illustrations.

Duodecimo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Humprey Milford Oxford University Press 1945 first edition. Pages clean and bright, inscription on first page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: Good. Original blind stamped blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, reprinted, small 8vo. The World's Classics 498.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. Like new with light wear to covers and no marks to text. No dust jacket as issued. Photography; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 141 pages.

Hardback. Condition: nrVG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Very good copy in slipcase. An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy?s Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy?s other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition copy. No dust jacket, spine faded and some rubbing to edges. Mild tan with some foxing to pages. Structurally sound.

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Very good copy in slipcase. An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy's Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy's other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . .

Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Gentleman, David (illustrator). Collector Edition. This book is in fine condition with tight binding and clean text. This book is apart of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 100 Greatest Books Ever.

HRD. Condition: Good. Condition:Fine, No Dust jacket, blackish and faded pages, sun burn.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean black cloth on boards with gilt titles.Thin fading to top boards margins. Edges: moderate foxings .Eps: foxings. Clean contents. Binding is VG albeit feels just a touch loose. 375p Dj: moderate foxing and light soiling. Spine: head with wear, small section missing and chips; foot with chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear, tiny tears & chips.Pprice-cut to front flap foot. Front top-edge with small some open tears and chips.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. Ward, Lynd (illustrator). limited edition. Printed at Stinehour Press. Number 1453 of 1500 copies. Illustrated by Lynd Ward, and signed by him on the limitation page. Quarto (approx. 7 1/2" wide by 11 1/8" tall). x [2] +362 pages. Dark blue cloth spine over marbled boards in a marbled slipcase. Book is in fine condition, slipcase has light wear at edges, still very good. 092717E.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Leather. Large 8vo. Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1976. 316 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in full leather with raised bands to the spine. Decorated gilt stamped boards and spine with all edges gilt. Silk moiree endsheets with silk bookmark sewn into the binding. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Compleat Angler, first published in 1653, has become a classic of English literature. Where other angling books are of limited appeal to those who do not fish, The Compleat Angler inspires readers from all walks of life to go in search of the countryside that Walton recreates with such vivid and loving writing. Walton appears to have spent his life in an oasis of calm conviviality and, what's more, he succeeded in bottling it for us to enjoy more and more with each century that glides silently by. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. David Gentleman (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. 337 pgs. Black paper-covered boards with gilt device to upper cover, red calf spine with black & gilt titling, a few faint foxed spots to edge of text block, slip case scuffed and worn. A selection of Keats' poems, illustrated in color by David Gentleman. #1160 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. Size: Large 8vo. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First edition, association copy. 89pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Blue cloth over boards. With only light wear to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with taping to the edges on the reverse (a bit of this taping is visible through the edge tears). Dance 012. Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister Muriel Ward, with her bookplate on the front pastedown. From the dust jacket- "Grace Scribner began life in a lumber village, with little preparation for the bitter struggles she was later to face and overcome. After years of confusion and suffering she at last found the opportunity which enabled her to devote herself, body and soul, to her lifelong faith- the religion of humanity." Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward (Lynd Ward's father - a Methodist lay minister, political activist, and cofounder of the ACLU) on the front free endpaper.