new york scribner co (880 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Grey cloth boards, some signs of age to cover and back, inside good plus. We ship fast.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. In print for 23.00.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

This is an ex-library book from a school. Inside cover and end pages have markings as such. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Book boards spine is severely faded. Spine ends and book corners are damaged and bumped. Front book cover looks like it got wet in lower corner. Book is readable and usable. A real collector's item.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Henry Sandham (illustrator). 32pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 23 characteristic Scribner's engravings, including portraits, first page-only was damaged and is here presented in reproduction, salvaged damaged issues of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, Nos. 1 & 2, May / June, 1880. Illustrations include a scene of running the rapids on the St. Lawrence River, natives of Sable Island, 1603, Jacques Cartier aboard ship, Recollet Friar, the Long Sault Rapids, a gentleman of the Order of St. Sulpice, the costume of 1700, Jean-Baptist, the Indian pilot, a view in the Thousand Islands, a scene in Lake Memphremagog, a view of Kingston Harbor, a scene on the St. Lawrence near Montreal, a view on the Godbout, a Canadian salmon river, a view of Fort Henry at Kingston, the dyke on Canard River cut by the Acadians on the day of their expulsion by the British, a view of Sherbrooke, a view on the Magog River, a Canadian homestead in 1830, a view of Cape Blomidon from Grand Pre, the York Redoubt at Halifax Harbor, a view of Cape Split at the Bay of Fundy, and Cape Blomidon. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 1, May, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Winslow Homer, R. Riordan, Arthur Quartley, Thomas Eakins, R. Blum (illustrator). 9pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 8 characteristic Scribner engravings, short, closed tears noted at left margin have been neatly and discretely repaired with archival tape, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover. From the opening paragraph, "No doubt, if some wandering philosopher could record his observations, it would be found that the aspects of the spring in the neighborhood of our large cities differ as widely as the cities themselves.".

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, first page-only was damaged and is here presented in reproduction, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. From the opening paragraph, "Anyone who is of the opinion that it is not hard work to ride on a mule-back in the Rocky Mountains an average of twenty miles a day for three months, is respectfully referred to practical experience for an answer. It is noteworthy, though, that the wisest entertain widely different views on the point of hardship at six A. M. and six P. M. At sunrise breakfast is over, the mules and everybody else have been good-natured, and you feel the glory of mere existence as you vault into your saddle and break into a gallop." Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 19pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 30 characteristic Scribner engravings after Thackeray, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 9pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover. From the opening paragraph, "I receive so many letters relating to the imagined troubles which the movements of the planets are to occasion during the next few years (chiefly through the intervention of the solar spots), that I think many may find interest in the most recent development of the sun-spot mania,--Professor Jevon's theory that there is a close and intimate connection between commercial crises and spots upon the sun.".

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 3pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 1, May, 1880. Includes a table of projected expenses such as $3.00 per day for housing. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 9pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 7 characteristic Scribner's engravings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume IV, No. 5, August, 1872. Quail, duck, and grouse hunting. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. W. L. Shepard, R. Blum, R. Riordan, Charles A. Vanderhoof (illustrator). 11pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 11 characteristic Scribner's engravings, including several portraits, minor, faded water staining noted at page edges, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 5, September, 1880. The history and present status of Georgetown College. Illustrations include the Decatur Medal, a general view of the college, the old pump, the old stairway, the Old Trinity Church, the new College building, and portraits of Rev. B. A. Maguire, Rev. James Ryder, and Archbishop Carroll. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 16pp extract, printed in double columns, faded water staining noted at page edges, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 5, September, 1880. From the opening paragraph, "The relations which Thomas Paine held to the French Revolution of 1789 do not appear to have ever been very widely treated upon in all that has been written and said of that somewhat remarkable man." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 11pp extract, printed in double columns, faded, minor water staining noted at page edges, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 5, September, 1880. From the opening paragraph, "With the fall of Plevna and the capture of Osman's army it was thought that the backbone of the Turkish resistance was broken, but it was only a few days before every one knew that there was to be no rest in the campaign." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 18pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 1, May, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 15pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with a portrait of the subject with facsimile signature, and 7 characteristic Scribner's engravings of Haden's works, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 4, August, 1880. Illustrations include Out of Study Window, 1858, A By-Road in Tipperary, 1860, Kilgaren Castle, 1864, From The Bridge at Cardigan, 1864, Erith Marshes, 1865, Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, 1870, and Sawley Abbey, 1873. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 16pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 9 characteristic Scribner's engravings, including a portrait of the subject, and several examples of his art, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. Includes excerpts from the poems. From the opening paragraph, "The exhibition in Boston of a number of William Blake's pictures, brought together from various quarters, gives opportunity for a more complete view of his singular power than has been possible before on this side of the At;antic." Illustrations include Death's Door, 1813, the portrait of Blake by John Linnell, Young Burying Narcissa, Infant Joy, Morning, or Glad Day, Elijah In The Chariot Of Fire, the border of a plate from the Book Of Job, When The Morning Stars Sang Together, and The Counselor, King, Warrior, Mother And Child In The Tomb. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 3, July, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Douglas Volk, R. Sayre, R. Blum, H. P. Share, J. H. Twachtman, and W. T. Smedley (illustrator). 13pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 15 characteristic Scribner's engravings, including a small inset map, minor, faded water staining noted at upper edge and corners, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 3, July, 1880. Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. Illustrations include a bird's-eye view and plan of Coney Island, the Manhattan Beach Hotel, a scene along the beach, the Hotel Brighton, the silhouette artist with examples of his work, sea-bathing by electric light, a ride on the donkey, the Punch and Judy show, a view under the iron pier, a view of the tower and a scene in the tower, a view from Brighton Pier, the Oriental Hotel, and a view of the Sand Dunes back from the beach. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 2, June, 1880. Illustrated with 6 examples of the writing and tablets. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 12pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 characteristic Scribner's engravings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume XX, No. 1, May, 1880. Illustrations include an English printing machine in 1819, a sketch by Doyle, the Adams power press, a stop-cylinder printing machine, several examples of the overlays, and the overlays fixed on the cylinder. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. F. H. Lungren, Robert Blum, Walter Shirlaw, H. P. Share, and W. Taber (illustrator). 15pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 14 characteristic Scribner's engravings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, No. 6, October, 1880. The poor area of New York City bounded by 65th and 85th streets, and by Central Park and 8th Avenue. Illustrations include the corner of 68th Street and 11th Avenue, a character, a scene in the German quarter, Shantytown Geese, the corner of 82nd Street and 9th Avenue, sketching under difficulties, the water-works, a timid observer, the leading business, a trucker shanty, some bird shanties, and others of general interest. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 34pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 28 examples from the work, salvaged from damaged issues of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, Nos. 5 & 6, September / October, 1880. These are the first two parts of the author's 5-part series, and are complete in themselves. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 12pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, No. 6, October, 1880. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. M. J. Burns, H. P. Share, and James C. Beard (illustrator). 12pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 9 characteristic Scribner's engravings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, No. 6, October, 1880. Illustrations include shooting a porpoise, spearing a porpoise, the camp at Indian Beach, taking a porpoise on board, beaching the canoe, trying out blubber, a porpoise diving, etc. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. W. Hamilton Gibson, Charles A. Vanderhoof, and others (illustrator). 7pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, No. 6, October, 1880. From the opening paragraph, "There is at present a general impression in the city of New York, among the class known as leading citizens that the time has come to found a great public lending library." Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. W. Hamilton Gibson, Charles A. Vanderhoof, and others (illustrator). 5pp extract, illustrated with 5 characteristic Scribner's engravings, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XX, No. 6, October, 1880. Illustrations include various examples of appropriate vegetation. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 5pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 6 characteristic Scribner's engravings of general interest, final page only was damaged and is here presented in reproduction, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume IV, No. 5, August, 1872. Tobacco farming in Southside, Virginia. In plastic report cover.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 13pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume I, No. 2, February, 1887. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with a characteristic Scribner's engraving of Athens and the Acropolis, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Monthly, Volume IV, No. 5, August, 1872. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve.