Search Results: rab and his friends by john brown md

Cosimo Classics, 2011-07-01. Paperback. Good.

pub. by Henry Altemus, nd, ncrd, ca1900?. Hardcover. B000WHULVE Undated, but about 1899, Altemus pocket size gilt/red decorated leatherbound hardcover. A nice Very Good copy. Gift inscription from the period dated 1899 on the first front end page. . Very Good.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., Springfield,MA 1928. 140 pages. Undated. Moderate general wear. Binding soiled. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Children Fiction Modern::Animal Stories 6523

Cosimo Classics, 2011-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931 Red cloth; black ink cover illustration of Rab, the dog. Reinforced cloth hinges to binding. Reprint; illustrations copyrighted 1927. Part of The Children's Classics series by this publisher. With four color plate illustrations. Scottish tale with many sad moments. Spine moderately sunned. Three tiny dots of black ink to spine cloth--two at lower gutters front and back, another at upper rear gutter. Neat prior owner inscription at upper front endpaper. Interior clean, tight, and unworn.

Philadelphia: Lippincott. G. 1904. Later ptg. Green pictorial binding, light green lettering. Edge wear, owner inscription fep. .

New York:: James Pott & Company,, 1905.. publisher's gilt-lettered flexible morocco, t.e.g.. A few nicks and scuffs to binding; contents very nice.. 12mo,. Frontispiece..

Cosimo Classics, 2005-12-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cosimo Classics, 2005-12-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: McLoughlin Brothers, Inc., 1928. Published 1928. Illustrated with black and white line drawings throughout. Khaki cloth, black lettering and plain square border, tipped on color frontis, illustrated title page, 140 pages. The book is in very good condition with some shelfwear including very gently rubbed corners and spine ends, sound text block, good hinges, gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise clean pages with no other markings or age-toning. Other stories include: A Dog of Flanders by Louisa De La Rame and Anecdotes of Dogs (approximately 30 paragraph long descriptions by various authors, folktales).. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good/ pages 169-240 are tearing off, hinge is a little loose, rubbing and wear on cover and the edges, pages are slightly browned on the ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1893).. (1893).. Very good. - Small octavo, tan cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & in gilt with decorations in gilt & silver on the front cover. All the edges are gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with light creasing to the tail of the spine. v, [ii] & 295 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates by Jessie Shepherd and William A. McCullough. A very good, attractive copy. <p>"Artist's Edition, with Numerous New Illustrations by Jessie Shepherd and William A. McCullough".

Boston 1883 Houghton. Fiction by Edinburgh physician in which dogs play central role. Sm.8vo., 458pp., hardcover. Good, light wear on cover, front hinge tender. .

Henry Altemus. Full-Leather. Like New. in x in x in. Brown soft leather binding with gilt title on front. Copper colored marble endpapers. No markings in book. Lightly read if read at all. No date. No edition stated. 64pp.

Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1862. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright Edition.. Mid C19th green leather over blue marbled boards; maroon leather title label on spine. Minimal scuffing, a couple of tiny scrapes to leather, undated signature on title page, very good. Todd [603a]. First issue; series half-title bound in. A selection from Brown's Horae Subsecivae (1858) headed by his best-known story about a faithful dog. A mixture of fiction and essays..

Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1862. Paperback. Good Only. 10" by 8". Not Stated. An illustrated copy of this popular Scottish story. Rab is a story of a huge mastiff living in Edinburgh in the 1830s. Rab is a loving, friendly, and loyal dog, and tells the story of his friendship with the narrator over a series of years. Dr John Brown was a Scottish physician and writer. Incredibly popular in 19th Century Scotland, 'Rab & His Friends' is widely regarded as Brown's best work of fiction. Originally from the library of Lord Lister, P.R.S. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. In paper covered boards. Externally sound. Boards are a trifle rubbed. Marks to boards. Backstrip detached and missing. Hinges tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Good Only

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878. Frontispiece portrait plus 7 engraved plates, vignette of "Rab" on title. Publisher's original beveled green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, a bit worn at head and foot of spine; a few leaves loose. Bookseller's label, "Roffey & Clark, CROYDON," on front paste-down; binder's label, "Bound by Burn & Co," on rear paste-down. With inscription "E.M. Vamp-Welch from Aunt-Esther-1884.". The sad yet heartwarming tale of a mastiff, Rab, and his masters. The present work is not only valuable as a charming literary piece, but also as a scientific work, giving us a rare glimpse into early surgery, mentioning chloroform being administered to Rab. It was first published in 1858.

Edinburgh : David Douglas , 1882. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5" . None . An excellent three volume set of John Brown's essays and papers, which delve into his various specialisms of philosophy, art, medical history and his own personal career. All in full signed crushed morocco binding by Suttaby. Complete in three volumes. First series (Locke and Sydenham) new edition. Second series (Rab and His Friends) eleventh edition. Third series (John Leech and Other Parts) fourth edition. Monochrome frontispiece of the author to first series.These works by Scottish physician and essayist John Brown, contain stories, essays and papers on art, medical history and biography. The first series is almost exclusively devoted to medical subjects, deriving from his apprenticeship with James Syme, and his acquiring of a large medical practice in Edinburgh. The second series contains one of the best-known of these include 'Rab and his Friends', a short story that became very popular in the 19th century,… Read More