Claire lee purdy (40 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 8vo, 236 pgs., illustrated, bound in red cloth, light right edge staining on front board, not effecting anything. Wrapped in dust jacket. Some staining on jacket, a few tears along top edge of back jacket and bottom edges, otherwise a good copy. This was a prize book awarded to a student in 1942. Dorothea Cooke (illustrateur). …

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Later. Good gray hard cover with drawing of Foster front. Later Cadmus Books ed of the Julian Messner regular edition. 236 pgs. Illustrated in b/w drawings, many with "happy" blacks in background doing various labors; chap 3 entitled "Negroes Sing and Dance". Ex Library with usual markings, rear pocket. Edgewear. Dampstain to bottom closed pages does not affect text. Biography. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cooke, Dorothea (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Ex-library book, bound in green cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Containing 236 pages which includes 9 illustrations and 27 songs. This book is written for young adults, allowing them to see a fascinating picture of an artist who was a product of his time and environment. GOOD TIGHT COPY. Has some occasional page soiling. Cooke, Dorothea (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1968 printing of the 1942 edition.

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

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. heavily worn boards; usual library markings. Godal, Eric (illustrateur).

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

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Half-Leather. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 236 pages; 19 chapters;10 full page illustrations; over 25 sosngs (words and music) with table of songs and introduction in front. Pages tight; yellowed; no markings on pages; some foxing and yellowing on pages; Front and back inside covers have illustrations of scenes with song words; Page edges darkened. Faded maroon hard covers with gild lettering on front cover. Areas of stains and soiling on covers; corners and spine ends slightly frayed; This life of Foster and his songs as a composer is a concise and interesting written in language that a child can comprehend and enjoy. The four cardinal virtues of his art are poetry, melody; simplicity and sincerity. Foster interprets his creations as a panorama of the development of the US during the 19th centruy up to the Civil War. Chapter headings include: Two Birthdays; Negroes Sing and Dance; Minstrels in town; Uncle Struthers; Going Away to School; Friends; La Belle Riviere; "All Merry All Happy and Bright'; The Deep South; . My Heart Grows Weary.etc. VINTGE COPY. Dorothy Cooke (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good with no dust jacket. Reprint. Biography of Stephen Foster written for children's instruction and entertainment, with music and lyrics for 27 songs. Cloth covers somewhat worn, edges rubbed, spine lettering faded. Text Block Near Fine condition, 236 pages. ; 6 x 9 ". Illustrated by Cooke, Dorothea (illustrateur). …

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 236 Pages; 19 Chapters; Over 10 Full Page Illustrations Including The Frontispiece, "Lieve Thumped The Bread Vigorously On The Kneading Board"; String Binding; Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Darkened Areas On Some Page Edges And Page Margins. Smudges, Soiling, Pencil Markings, On Few Pages. Several Music Notes And Song Lyrics Included. Front And Back End Pages Illustration 5 Of Foster's Most Popular Songs. (Oh! Susanna; I Dream Of Jeanie; Gone Ar Ethe Days; Way Down Upon De Swanee Ribber; King, Sing De Banjo, )Maroon Hard Covers With Gild Lettering On Front And Spine. Moderate Shelf Wear; Corners Bumped; Some Discoloration Areas, Staining On Covers. Chapter Headings Include: Two Birthdays; Rmembering; Negroes Sing And Dance; Keelboat Man From The Massassip'; Minstrels In Town! Uncle Struthers; Going Away To School Good-Bye; La Belle Riviere; The Bookkeeper Of Cassilly's Row; "I Dream Of Jeanie--"; The Deep South; "By 'N' By Hard Times--" ".My Heart Grows Weary.", Book Written For Young People Twelve Years Of Age And Over; Author Uses The Known Facts And Traditions In The Lives Of Stephen Foster And His Family To Heighten The Fiction And Incidents That Form The Background Of His Life. The Episodes Are Interwoven With Contemporary American History.Etc Very Rare Vintage Copy. Dorothea Cooke (illustrateur). …

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. No Dust Jacket. Minor wear at spine ends and edges of book cover. Discoloration at back corner of book cover. A few stains on outside page edges of book. Illustrated by Vera Bock & Rudolf W. Kohl (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Good for its age, graded in hand by the seller, whose own note reads: it is good for an old book, it matches its age. This is a heavily used ex-library copy from a public library in Coos Bay, Oregon, and it carries the full set of markings: DISCARD stamps on the title and contents pages, a library name stamp, a spine call-number label, an accession barcode on the front cover and inside front cover, a catalogue label, a date-due slip showing loans in 1995, 1996 and 1999, and library reinforcement tape along the spine edges of both boards. A small coloured dot sits on the upper right of the front cover. The red cloth covers are faded and soiled, with fraying at all four corners and at the head and tail of the spine, and there is corner damage with adhesive residue at the lower front cover. Inside, the pages have yellowed with age but are complete, intact and entirely readable, and the illustrations and Table of Songs are all present. The binding is holding. Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Reprint. Henry Holt 1937 Reprint Very Good/ no dj, dark-orange cloth with black lettering and desing. decorative flower designed end papers, front hinge mended with clear library tape, illustrated pages. 209 pages with bibliography of Mozart's compositions. Light bumping to corners. Size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 1 inches. HEAVY ITEM. No Exp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. FAIR/WITH FAIR JACKET, 200 pp. Text clean with usual library treatments; a few glue tape stains. Tan cloth boards. Mylar coated multi color jacket with red/black text. Binding stitched and firm.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. dust jacket in mylar; usual library markings.

hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : In Mylar. Twenty-Fifth Printing, 1967. Hardcover with DJ. DJ has shelf wear, some creasing and discoloring to edges, now protected in archival mylar. Flyleaf page has been removed. Tanning to page edges. No apparent marks throughout this book. Tracking available on most domestic orders.…

HARDCOVER. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Ex LIBRARY HARDCOVER; 3rd Printing". GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S3.50) DUST JACKET.Library pocket removal scar endpaper, Blind embossed circle name to tp & last page, Also some ex school library stamps.Cover & spine are clean, but dust jacket has spine number. complete, colorful DJ now under protective vinyl protector. SOLIDLY BOUND, NOT ABUSED.JUST NORMAL LIBRARY MARKS & THEIR REMOVAL IN SOME INSTANCES ; black spine titles & intricate line design to spine of tan cloth hard cover.DJ front cover Design by EDGARD CIRLIN shows folk scene with dancers.all in mostly red & bright yellow colors. ; Sheet Music; 200pg pages; Norway music composer (peer gynt; Hall of the MOuntain King etc) biography includes excerpts from Grieg's correspondence, diary, autobiographical essay and contemporary newspaper articles. Illustrated by Line Ilust.Dvorak frontis ilust portrait (illustrateur).…

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Very Good -. (1968), 246pp, illus., slight paper stain to fep, slight edgewear to dj. Vera Bock (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Fourth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear on the boards. Minor stain on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Later. Very good minus Clean text, previous school book with name etc on front free endpaper, yellowed endpapers, fairly clean cloth covers with mild wear on edges and bump and rubbed top front corner.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 4th pr. Good hardcover. Name plate inside front cover. Name on front endpaper. Corners bent. Edges of spine bumped.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Ex-Library With The Usual Library Markings Such As Pocket, Bar Codes, Stamps, Stickers On Spine, Etc. There Are No Other Markings Or Tears Inside The Book. Binding Is Tight With Very Little Wear On Cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. Fifth Printing, January, 1946. This hardcover book is in good condition considering its age and library usage. The green cover shows some wear, particularly at the edges, consistent with library handling. The interior pages are intact with expected library markings and stamps, including a "withdrawn" stamp. The binding remains firm, though there is no dust jacket present. unknown (no dust jacket visible). Music drawings by Rudolf W. Kohl, decorations by Vera Bock (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Ex-Library.

HB. VG in like dw.