Search Results: ninety years at the isles of by laighton oscar

Reprint of the Beacon Press 1930 edition. PAPERBACK. Cover is a little foxed and worn. Pencil mark erased from the front end page. Text is unmarked. No creases in the spine.

Boston: The Beacon Press, 1930. Cloth. Good. Green patterned cloth. 154 pages with a few black and white photos throughout. Reminiscences written by Oscar Laighton on life on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In GOOD condition. Uneven darkening and fading to the covers, with the spine rather sunned. Minor soiling. Extremities with minor bumping and scuffing. Spine faded. Several ownership signatures on the first endpaper. A few (very few) amendments to the text, in pencil, throughout.

The Beacon Press, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth over boards, darker cloth on spine and corners. Edges are bumped and rubbed. Board edges are not square. Name on front pastedown. Page edges have some soiling and wear. Some wrinkling. Front flap of DJ is all that remains of DJ.

The Star Island Corporation. Fine. 2003. Softcover. Reprint of 1930 edition. B/w photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pp .

Star Island Corporation:, 1971. 162 pages, illustrated. This book is a reprinting of the 1930 edition published by Beacon Press in 1930. This edition has a new appreciation written by Lyman V. Rutledge. Oscar notes in his Preface the following: "Being the only one left of the Laighton family at the Isles of Shoals, I have been urged, by the many visitors here every summer, to write what I can remember of my life covering ninety years on these islands." FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Star Island Corp, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback reprint of the Beacon Press 1930 edition. Teal blue illustrated wraps. Very light edge wear and rubbing to spine. Text and images unmarked. 8vo. 162pp.

Andover, Mass., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/tattered. 167 p. illus. 20 cm.

Andover, MA: The Andover Press, 1929. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 167; G+; green spine without text; no jacket; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; lightly rubbed edges; strong boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; small green sticker to rear pastedown; good binding;. 1326806. FP New Rockville Stock.

Star Island Co, 1988. paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Softcover. Very Good condition. Clear Text. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Star Island Co, 2003. Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. 2003 printing. Small bump to corner, else modest wear. No markings noted. Published by the Star Island Corporation, softbound.

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012-04-07. Paperback. Good.

Andover, MA: Oscar Laighton, 1929. 8vo, pp. 167. Donor's presentation on flyleaf, with a poem clipped from a newspaper, picture of the author pasted on pastedown, also frontis portrait. VG. Reminiscences of a long-time resident on the Isles of Shoals, off the coast of New Hampshire.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: The Beacon Press, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 in. Cloth spine and paper boards. Signed by Laighton, in blue ink, beneath the portrait frontis. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends quite worn, covers darkened and somewhat bowed, spine cocked. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's name on front pastedown. New England. Stax.

The Beacon Press, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Stated second printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Green cloth cover with decoration in gilt shows minor wear, shelf-cocked spine. Pages are clean.

Boston.: Beacon Press., 1935. 2nd printing; 1st in 1930.. Hard cover. Fine in good dust jacket. Book volume fine w/ light top and side block soil. Jacket has light soiling and edge short tears.. 1 Bright green embossed cover, leafy pattern w/ boxed titles in gold, coat of arms: Laighton, semper fidelis and beacon, lighthouse. 154 p. B&W photo illustrations (18); a few Pen&Ink. 21 cm. Jacket: off-white w/ 5 front photos, green toned as is text. Small green foil stamp inside front cover: "The Religious Book Shop, Concord N.H." Oscar Laighton arrived at the Isles of Shoals in 1839 via a pilot boat, at age 3 months, with his parents and sister Celia, age 4, later known as Celia Thaxter, poet. Their father, Hon. Thomas B Laighton was appointed Keeper of the Isles of Shoals Light on White Island. He also possessed both Appledore and Smuttynose Islands. Inserts: Map-card locating (not to scale) The Religious Book Shop, 22-24 Warren St.; "The Fellowship of Prayer, Lenten Season 1935,… Read More

Boston: Beacon Press 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. First edition. With loosely inserted photo of the author. Spine sunned and sloped, some rubbing to cloth. Numerous news clippings pasted to endpapers, contemporary handwritten letter tipped in. Some tanning to pages. Overall, sound. Good. . Good. Hardcover .

The Beacon Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New. Like New Book. First Edition, Stated 2nd Printing July 1935. NOT a remainder. NOT a book club edition. Published by The Beacon Press, 1930. Green cloth boards with bright gold stamped spine/cover lettering. Book is like new; clean, tight, sharp corners, bright spine lettering. No dust jacket. No writing, highlighting, underlining, dog ears, etc. No rips, tears, etc. Pages and boards crisp and straight. Spine un-broken with no spine lean. Book in un-read condition. A very nice collectible copy of this scarce classic New Hampshire memoir. 154 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.