Search Results: Authors starting with A from Lippincott Books

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1926. Hardcover. GVG/No Jacket. xv, 539 pp + 12 pp list of technical books published by Pitman & Sons. Navy cloth, titles gilt, 300 illustrations, 1 folding. Wear to corners, spine edges, previous owner's names, otherwise clean & tight.

New York: Viking Press, 1966. First American Edition . Hardcover. VG+/GVG. xiii, 214 pp with index. Cloth-backed decorative paper boards. Dust jacket has edge wear. This is a rich collection, in which Hope's witty and incisive lyrics, his satires and powerful erotic poems are balanced by grave and compassionate poems that assert human dignity in strict but spacious forms of classical regularity. VG+ in GVG dust jacket.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First edition, Softcover,  issued at the same time as the first hardcover edition. The Continued Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty.  The final volume in the series by Rice, written under her Roquelaure pseudonym.  Fine.

Schenectady: General Electric Research Information Section, 1964. Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 8-1/2 "x 11. [ii], 40, [2] pp, references. Stapled, gray paper wrappers. Illustrated, b&w photos. Lightly soiled.

NY: Harper & Bros., 1925. First Edition . 1/4 Bnd cloth/paper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pyle, Howard. 249pp, color & b/w plates. Frontispiece ("The Mermaid", in color) is first appearance of this work. Introduction by N.C. Wyeth. Hinge papers have parted, but book is sound in binding, interior is clean, with only very minor occasional foxing. Cover boards are moderately darkened from age & handling, title pastedown on backstrip is rubbed, but legible, corners rubbed.

Garden City, New Jersey: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. xxx, 396 pp. Embossed black cloth, spine title gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated. With biographical sketch and index. Association copy. Butt was Aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. This book has a gift inscription to Walter H. Foster on verso of half-title. Foster was a Federal Judge appointed by Theodore Roosevelt. He was also a friend of Roosevelt. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

n.p.; n. d.. Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 5 x 7-1/4. (circa 1900). [8] pp. Green paper wrappers, with 2 b&w photographs. Poems about Maine: Umbagog Lake, Grafton Notch, etc. Slight curl to bottom corner.

Austin: Encino Press, 1975. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153pp, b/w photos, index. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number XXXIX. Includes essays on Texas fiddle contests, candelilla wax production, making chimneys, faith healing, many others. Dj with a few minor spots, bottom edgewear.

Austin: Encino Press, 1978. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Roach, Linda Miller. 180pp. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number XLI. Contains J. Frank Dobie's essay on the roadrunner "The Paisano's Cactus Corral".

Austin: Encino Press, 1972. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Snyder, James R.. 151pp, b/w photos, preface, index. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number XXXVII.

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Vol. I: Ophioglossaceae to Aristolochiaceae: Ferns to Birthworts. 1940; second printing with minor corrections. x, 538 pp, with index. Vol. II: Polygonaceae to Krameriaceae: Buckwheats to Kramerias. 1950; second printing. viii, 636 pp, with appendix and index. Vol. III: Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae: Geraniums to Figworts. 1951. vi, 866 pp, with appendix and index. Green cloth, titles gilt, with illustrations for every single species. Bookplate on each front pastedown, a little wear and a little thumb-soiling. Dustjackets have sunned spines, chips, and tears. All volumes are in Very Good+ condition in Good dustjackets. 3 volumes as a set will require additional postage.

New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG/No Jacket. 116 pp. Decorated blue paper covers, tan cloth spine. Spine darkened, worn, slant. Front board slightly curved. SIGNED.

San Diego: San Diego State College Press, 1966. First Edition . Paperback. Fine. 8vo. 250pp, index.

Calais, Maine: Calais Advertiser, 1895. Paper Wrappers. Good. Being the Descendants of Robert Adams and wife Eleanor, who were the first American ancestors of the Newbury Adams family,... 62 pp. With genealogical annotations- additional family names and dates-neatly written in pen. Chipping to spine and corners of covers.

Peterborough: Spectacular Diseases, 1987. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 109pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 318 pp. Author's first novel. In original dust jacket with design by Cleon, short for her full name: Cleonike Damianakes, known for her jacket art of Hemingway and Fitzgerald titles and other novels of the period. Spine slants slightly to right, bottom of spine bumped. Dust jacket yellowed, with stained areas on back panel spine, minor chips at top and bottom of spine. Presents well; photographs supplied on request.

New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/No Jacket. 34 pp. Blue-stamped orange cloth. Spine slant, light edge wear.

Echzell, West Germany. No Date: L B. Ahnert-Verlag. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 276 pp. With 16 pages of b & w photographs. Text in English and German. Clippings about Ribot stakes winners sired at John Galbreath's Darby Dan Farm laid in.

Ralph Turtinen Sports Publication, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 176 pp. Turquoise cloth, spine title stamped in silver, with b&w photos throughout. An exact copy of Bruce Smith's signature from his contract with Green Bay Packers is tipped-in. Near Fine. Price-intact dustjacket has sunned spine and light edge wear, VG.

Mystic, Connecticut: Marine Historical Association, 1963. Third Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 228 pp. Revised and expanded for the Munson Institute of American Maritime History summer course at Mystic Seaport. Includes subject and author indices. Presentation copy, inscribed "To George Putz with regards, Robert G Albion March '71." First 3 pages contain library call numbers in pencil, a letter explaining the notes is laid in. A little shelf worn, but VG.