Bailey ralph edward (10 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Spine is faded.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 318 pages.

Cloth. Etat : Good. Second printing. Purple cloth. No jacket. 318 pp. With a few illustrations. A biography of Alexander Hamilton, focusing primarily on his political career and influence on American institutions. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the spine and along the top edge. Minor soiling and scuffing. Small area of staining to the lower rear cover.…

Paperback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 51 pp., Orig Yellow Paperback in Orig Grn Illus DJ, owner pastedown else VG-Fine in DJ with few edgechips, Assumed 1st ed.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Missing. Bailey, Ralph Edward : An American Colossus: The Singular Career of Alexander Hamilton. Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1933. Second printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine/front board. Lacking dust-jacket. Plain white endpapers. [6], 7-318, [319-20] blank; eight additional unpaginated coated leaves w b&w photos. Acknowl; author's preface; t-o-c, list of illus; seven chaps; bibliography, index. Condition notes: a handsome, author-inscribed copy lacking dustjacket and showing significant pen marking. Rear flap of dj remains, as bookmark. Boards solid, with excellent color retention, and square with minor wear. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Light foxing to top/head edge, edges generally tanned (as are interior pages, pronounced to endpapers). Front pastedown shows recent owners' bookplate, while free endpaper shows two inscriptions: one, warmly, at page head from author to "Roy and Madelon [Madelou?] Benton", with a second, at tail, to "Roy" from "Chas. E. Benton" and dated Dec 25, 1935. Roy (and/or Madelon) diligently read the book - the interior underlined throughout in blue pen, with accompanying marginalia. Both inside boards/flyleaves yellowed/stained from contact with acidic newsprint stored inside (we've left the article in place - but sealed in plastic to protect the book from further damage- a 1945 newspaper profile of the author). Rear pastedown features a period bookshop label from "Des Forges Books De Luxe" of Milwaukee. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. 1st Edition. Bright blue cloth binding with gold print on front cover and spine. Slight wear and crushing on lower spine end. Tight, sound and unmarked. 318 pages including index. Dust Jacket panels are apart. Assembled in mylar. Not price clipped ($ 3.00). Illustrated with Photos (illustrateur).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, third printing. 4to. Original stiff yellow wrappers stamped in green; blue endpapers. Dust jacket (price clipped). Very good. 51 pages + original stiff wrappers. No signatures or bookplates.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Boston (1933) . 318 pages, clothbound, very good condition, no jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Excellent condition. vii, 464 pp. LCC: 2009010005.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [6], 7-318, [2] pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Frontispiece black & white portrait of Hamilton from the painting by Trumbull and seven additional plates. Includes an index and a bibliography. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front end paper and small area of discoloration to top textblock in a beautifully preserved dust jacket.…