Farrar frederick d d (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover. Mantle: Essays by the Canon of Westminister on Dante, nationalism, temperance and America. The title page and the contents page are detached (but still there) and the book is separating from the spine at the front.

Zustand: Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches/creases. Textblock has tanning. Content has tanning but still in very good readable condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No DJ as Issued. GOOD two-volume set has age toning and foxing on white portions, rubbing at corners (also, light bumped) and spine head and tail -- some fraying of cloth at head of first volume, volume two front board loose (but sound) , gilt at top edges of text blocks. Volume one gift-inscribed and dated "Christmas 1899." No jackets, as issued. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Neat Fine. First American edition. Frederick W. Farrar (1895 - 1903) was the Archdeacon of Westminster Abbey from 1883 to 1894, and Dean of Canterbury Cathedral from 1895 until his death. During his career, he had a very wide acquaintance. This book includes his reminiscences of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Charles Darwin, Professor Huxley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Greenleaf Whittier, Cardinal Newman, Lord Lytton, Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, George Du Maurier, Lord Macaulay, Charles Kingsley, Anthony Trollope, as well as various bishops, archbishops and deans. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a card, dated December 24, 1901, from Edward L. Atkinson, the Rector of the Church of the Epiphany in New York City, presenting the book to a Miss (or Mrs.) Pegram for all she does for the Church. (Unfortunately, Atkinson was to drown soon afterwards.) This copy is near fine in the publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine and front board. Gilt at top edge. The binding is quite sound and undamaged. It shows slight rubbing to the spine ends and corners and a few tiny spots on the spine. No other marks or damage.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Handsome copy of Dean Farrar's erudite and detailed work. Contents includes the Antichrist, the burning of Rome and persecution of Christians, The Epistles, Life and Character of St. James, Life of St. John after the Ascension, the work concludes with the Epistles of St. John. 16 prelim, main text 664 pages. 8" Tall. Period brown calf full-leather prize binding with large bright gilt armorial bearing on front and bright gilt decorative borders on front, back and edges. 5 raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and gilt title on black ground in compartments. Endpapers and all page edges marbled. Prize label on endpaper dated 1886. No other inscriptions. Spine colour slightly faded/. Overall VG+.…