Phillips libbie sprague (5 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. (Advertising) RITA or THE OUTCAST SISTER. By Libbie Sprague Phillips. NY: Illustrated Companion, 1904. Issued as a promotonal item for the 'Illustrated Companion, A Family Journal.' 12mo stapled booklet, fine condition with illustrated cover. 32-pgs totel in self wrappers. Laid in are two promotional items from the publisher, one a folded color plate.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition (no additional printings listed). Original covers (drawing of elderly woman in bed, younger one looking at another woman, Rita, entering through window) , approximately 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, 29 pp, no other illustrations. Paperback, very good. Moderate shelf wear, some soil and scuffing on covers, age yellowed, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Per information on last page, sent free as a sample of the complete 3 volume bound set, which would be sent as a premium for subscribing to the Illustrated Companion. Modern first; romance; popular culture; prospectus; advertising premium.…

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (mystery, fiction, death) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Pamphlet. 68p., wraps. 7 x 5 in. Top half inch of front cover and first page neatly cut away to remove a previous owner?s signature. Covers worn. Spine splitting at foot. Good. Not found in OCLC as of March 2024. Dime novel. With a lengthy profile of the author and portrait on the rear wrapper. Phillips also published stories in the Chicago Ledger earlier in the 20th century. …

Newsprint. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Augusta, ME: The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition. Illustrations uncredited. Volume 47, No. 10. Newsprint with color cover and some bi-color within. 13" x 10 1/2", 30 pp plus covers. Age toning to the newsprint, some chips at perpiphery of covers, some soiling. A solid Very Good copy, with pages still supple. The now-scarce Augusta, Maine-based publication, focused on just what its title says: Good Stories. Lead and cover story in this issue is Roy Edward White's "Adrift", which appears to be a love/adventure story of a young flapper/aviatrix who crashes here craft without sustaining a scratch, from the illustrations. You could do that in the days of slow, light biplanes, of course. Other stories: Libbie Sprague Phillips' "The Wolrd's Judgment" ("I have no home.that is, no place that I dare claim for my home."; Arthur W. Patterson's mystery, "The Clothes-Pin Clue"; and what looks to be another mystery, Grace Canfield Freese's "A Matter of Inches" - all rather length tales, or so it appears. A plethora of interesting period ads compliment the stories, including one with several slections of dresses for the sartorially aware young flapper. In nice shape for newsprint piece of its age. Americana at its most genuine. - G. Not Credited (illustrator).…