Winterich John T Introduction (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Edition, Date Or Printing Stated. Includes Sandglass Pamphlet. The Book Is Bound In Gray With Red Decorations. Gray Embossed Titling Within A Gilt Title Block. The Top Edges Are Dyed Red. The Book Has A Slightly Darkened Spine And A Very Faint Damp Stain To The Lower Edges. The Red Slip Case Is Damp Stained At The Spine. Manning, Wray (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Sunnig to outer slipcase, minor wear overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Original price has been clipped from bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap. but a new U.S. price of $3.00 has been stamped to top of flap. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. Dust jacket considerably age-browned to spine; 294 pp. including Index. Now reduced from $87.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. No Edition Or Printing Stated. Reprint Of The 1968 Limited Editions Club Edition. The Sandglass Paper Is Laid In. The Book Is Bound In Sailcloth With Silver Titling On A Green Field On The Spine. The Field Has A Silver Border On The Top And Bottom. An Image Of One Of Mr. Quackenbush's Woodcuts Is Stamped On The Front. The Spine Has Darkened. Quackenbush, Robert M. (illustrator).…

Leather Bound. Condition: Used - Very Good. Navy Blue leather over boards with raised bands, gilt stamped decoration and titling, gilt-edged pages, silk moire endpapers and attached satin bookmark; A Collector's Edition from the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series; publishing date refers to copyright of contents therein. Spotting to top of book block, little wear otherwise.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HERITAGE PRESS. Hardcover. Very Good.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Shows original price on "10/- net" to bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap; jacket front panel shows a water stain. Faint emerald top stain. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. As mentioned, dust jacket shows a 4-inch dampstain to front panel; 294 pp. including Index. Reduced from $52.…

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A Very Good copy. Bound in full brown leather, gilt-stamped and decorated spine and covers, spine with raised bands, silk moire endpapers, silk bookmarker, all edges gilt, publisher's notes laid in, Easton bookplate with owner name to front pastedown. (has a couple of minor marks to gilt edges). Introduction by John T. Winterich. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket as issued. Collector's Edition. xvi + 354 pp, Introduction, Author's Preface, "The Diary of the Famous Moll Flanders". 5.5" x 8.8" brown leather boards, gilt design, lettering, & text block; raised spine bands, silk moiré e.p.'s , bound in ribbon book mark, with replica library catalog cards & archival notes laid in loosely. Size: Octavo. Marsh, Reginald (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in dark brown genuine leather with gilt border and decoration to boards and spine. Boards near fine with gentle shelf wear. Front board has several tiny divots to surface and a faint scratch near the bottom edge. Else unmarked. All edges gilt. Gilt sharp and bright. Binding tight. Pages clean and crisp. Interior free of markings. Ribbon marker like new. Large print font. This is a lovely, unread copy. …

Leather Binding. Condition: Fine. First Thus. A fine copy. Bound in full brown leather, gilt-stamped and decorated spine and covers, spine with raised bands, silk moire endpapers, silk bookmarker, all edges gilt (has a couple of tiny marks to gilt edges). Introduction by John T. Winterich. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Collector's Edition, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Frontispiece portrait art by Fritz Eichenberg specially commissioned for this Easton Press Collector's edition. Illustrated throughout on striking black-and-white plates from wood-cuts by Fritz Eichenberg. Easton Press bookplate, with former owner's name typed-in, attached to the verso of the blank page facing the half-title page, else fine, crisp, very tight and unread in rich-black leather with patterned gilt embossed decorations to the front and rear covers, gilt embossed decorations and titles to the raised four-band hubbed spine, black-and-yellow headband and tail-band, all page edges bright gilt, taupe satin-moire end-papers, and a sewn-in silk ribbon marker. 9.5" by 6.4"; 235 pages; plus introduction, and publisher's preface.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. (1961). Tall 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION one of 1500 copies SIGNED by Wilson. LEC letters laid in. Uneven darkening and slight spotting to textblock edges. Slight wear to forecorners of barely rubbed boards. Light spotting/soiling along spine with minor wear to joint ends. Uneven darkening/soiling to edges and closed end of rubbed, slightly marked, and soiled slipcase with slight rippling to front panel. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.…

Condition: Fine. Fifth impression. Still stiff to open in clean illustrated boards, about new. The book is illustrated with Civil War photographs. In clean black slipcase.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket as issued. Collector's Edition. 166 pp, blank (usused) Easton Press book plate affixed fr pastedown, Publisher's Preface, Introduction, fiction with color illustrations. 9.25" x 12.25" brown leather boards with gilt design, letters, and text block edges all around. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Martin, Fletcher - illustrator (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition (BCE). Two of the most famous & beloved books on booksellers & booklovers every written, never out of print since they were first published in 1919. This set from 1955 was the first to feature the new pen-and-ink illustrations of Douglas Gorsline, with a new Introduction by John T. Winterich in "Parnassus." Both Book Club Editions (BCEs), these hardcovers have deep mottled greed cloth over quarter black cloth-covered boards, with the author's initials blindstamped to front covers, gilt lettering & design to spines. Condition is Near Fine: both are extremely clean, pages moderately tanned, but completely unmarked, bindings tight & square. Very mild bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ on "Parnassus" is VG+, with mild loss at both ends of spine, while "Haunted" is just Good, with slightly greater loss/chipping, rubbing to extremities, toning & foxing to white areas, & spine fading; both are protected in new clear mylar covers Free for years of reading pleasure! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorsline, Douglas (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VARIANT EDITION. GOOD Condition Linen cloth.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.PAGE 743/744 has 2" edgetear repaired with clear tape.else very nice copy ; GREY Linen cloth HARDCOVERS.RED DECORATED SPINE & COVER DESIGNS.GOLD SPINE TITLE OVAL.TOP TEXT EDGE IS RED TINTED. BOOOK HAS NO DATE.***TEXT PRINTED BY HERITAGE PRESS BY HARRY BLOCK IN MEXICO CITY; ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED BY SUN ENGRAVING CO, LONDON , ENGLAND" verso statement. ; 772ps pages; color ilustrations. Illustrated by WRAY Manning Color Ilust (illustrator).…

Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Minimal shelf/reading wear. NOTE: there is a small stain on the front moire fabric endpaper. Pages unmarked. Binding and covers in very good condition. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Condition: Like New. 2nd Easton Press Printing (2013) LIKE NEW! Leatherbound. No marks nor noticeable imperfections. Appears unread. xv, 549 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . Usual Easton Press features: Full genuine burgundy leather with four raised hubbed bands, 22kt gold gilt stamping, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, a satin ribbon marker, acid-neutral archival paper, and Smyth-sewn binding in an octavo format. . . . . . . . Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore is an 1869 historical romance set on wild 17th-century Exmoor during the era of Monmouth?s Rebellion. Narrated by the yeoman farmer John ?Jan? Ridd, it follows his father?s murder by the outlaw Doone clan, his secret love for the beautiful Lorna (raised among them but later revealed as a kidnapped noble heiress), political intrigue, the destruction of the Doones, a wedding-day shooting by the villainous Carver Doone, and a hard-won happy ending. The novel is prized for its vivid Exmoor landscapes, rural life, and West Country dialect. The Easton Press edition, first issued in 1971 and reprinted around 2013, is a deluxe leather-bound collector?s reprint of the 1943 Heritage Press version illustrated by John Austen with an introduction by John T. Winterich.…

hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Leather Bound. Condition: Like New. Unread mint condition collectible copy. Part of the ?100 Greatest Books Ever Written? collection. Beautifully bound in genuine leather with 22kt gold inlaid accents on spine and front and back covers. Pages are sewn in between heavy-duty binding boards and have gilt edges on all three sides. Frontispiece full color portrait of author. Over two hundred drawings by the author. Printed on sturdy, acid-neutral archival quality paper specially milled for this collection that conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute that will resist yellowing, aging, and tearing. Gorgeous moiré end pages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Providing superior service since 2001. Dropshippers heartily welcomed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. xiv, 510 pp. 4to. Marbled paper boards with a light brown leather spine and a paper title label gold. Slightly musty smell within. No dust jacket, as issued. Brown paper slipcase with paste paper label on spine, light wear overall and in Very Good condition. Printed in an edition of 1500 copies, this being #91 and signed by the artist, Edward A. Wilson (1912-1992), on the colophon. Wilson, Edward A. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The story takes place during the American Civil War, and is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a 'red badge of courage', to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer, who carries a flag. / With civil war photos. This is a cloth-bound 'folio 2nd edition' hardback, with its slip-case in good condition-the slip-case is faded & scuffed on the edges & the cloth to the cover is marked. (159 pages & 10 pages of illustrations). Originally published 1895.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Collector's Edition. 245 pages, 8vo. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Collector's Edition, bound in genuine leather. Dark Brown leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers, silk moire endpapers and inside covers, bound silk ribbon bookmark, gilt page edges. Includes laid-in Easton Press bookplate. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Lamb, Lynton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A beautiful, crisp, clean hardcover bound in quarter leather; faint shelfwear. Includes slipcase in very good condition with light rubbing. No. 1315/1500 limited edition copies signed by designer and illustrator Fletcher Martin.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 165 pp. Original brown leather covers w/ gilt decoration to binding and gilt title on spine. Three raised bands on spine. Faint rubbing to gilt around spine bands. All edges gilt w/ brown moire endpapers; a bit sunned to edges of endpapers. Illust. w/ color drawings and a frontispiece of John Steinbeck (1902-1968). Contents very nice. Fletcher Martin (illustrator). …

Leather Bound. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket, as issued. Famous Editions. No additional standard domestic shipping on this heavy book. About As New in full leather binding for the Collector's Library of Famous Editons. Touch of wearto the upper rght front corner of the book. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell in 1936. Brochure for this edition laid-in; bookplate for this edition to the front fixed endpaper. In rich burgundy leather with a simple illustration of the fence and Tom's paint brush. All edge gilt, silk moire endpapers; marker ribbon; 8 color illustrations specially commissioned in 1935 for a delxue edition of Tom Sawyer. Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility. Norman Rockwell (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First thus. Stated 'collector's edition'. xii, [2], 578pp, with coloured portrait frontispiece and two hundred drawings in text made by the author for the first edition. Bound in full black leather, four raised bands to spine and 22kt gilt stamped lettering and decorations. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers and cream-coloured satin ribbon marker bound in. Smyth-sewn pages with decorative head band. Printed on archival-quality, acid-free paper which will not tan over time. 8vo. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. The Easton Press, founded in 1975, is renowned for publishing fine quality and masterfully crafted, leather bound books. The volumes are often reissues of historical, canonical and classical literature but the Easton Press also has original and modern sub-genres in its catalogue. Many of its publications use elegant, classic typography and vintage or specially commissioned illustrations: all are beautifully designed with stylish exterior and interior detailing. Thackeray, William Makepeace (illustrator).…