plank sam (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Book condition: VG with very slight wrinkle around spine; small area of sticker residue to rear. 32 pages. A bright copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. by Crawford Young, oblong 5.5 x 9", pict boards, unpaginated. Covers worn and soiled, spine and corners replaced with tan buckram, replacement endpapers, blank pages on some of the illus. have scattered spotting/soiling, original string present but not attached at the front else good. A narrow piece of string is attached front to back through the illustrations and is part of each story it goes through. Sam Plank is a pseudonym of Artemas Ward. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small oblong octavo bound in cloth and pictorial, paper-covered boards. Color illustrations. Condition: top edge of spine is torn & frayed; binding is soiled with rubbing to all edges; inked gift inscription to first free endpaper; most of the black string is gone, although a 6" piece of it remains near the back of the book. Overall, good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards, oblong octavo. Artemas Ward, 1916. 1st Edition. A little torn and frayed around the edges, particularly upper and lower cloth spine. Otherwise in very good condition. Color-illustrated throughout.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. [48]p. Half cloth, paper-covered boards. A good to very good copy, a small (about the size of a pea) light paint (?) spot is on the front cover, the fore-edges of the covers are slightly rubbed and slightly worn, the front paste-down endpaper is lacking, and the former owner's bold signature and date are on a preliminary page. The string is whole, as it should be, from the front of the book to the back and the pages are very clean. "A string runs through and connects all pages." (WorldCat). Size: 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" (Oblong). Book.

hardcover. Zustand: very good. Crawford Young (illustrator). Color illustrations on every page by Crawford Young. There is an actual piece of string threaded through a hole in the center of each page. As you turn the pages, the string appears as part of the story. Slim oblong 8vo, cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed along the edges, inner hinges strengthened. New York: Artemas Ward, 1916. Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Young, Crawford (illustrator). 1st Edition. (Novelty) THE STORY OF THE STRING AND HOW IT GREW by "Sam Plank"; pictures by Crawford Young. New York: Artemas Ward, (1916). Oblong 24mo - 8-11/16" x 5-3/4". Tan cloth backed color pictorial boards with slight shelf wear for what is a very lovely copy of the book. Plain endpapers. [46] pp. This is a humorous book that incorporates a string that runs from the front of the book, through the middle of each page, ending at the back of the book. As the pages are turned, the string becomes an integral part of the story. Illustrated with full color drawings on every page. The book is bright and clean both inside and out. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE.

First Edition. First edition, oblong 8vo, unpaged; color illustrations with the original string running through the textblock; original cloth-backed boards in tan and yellow pictorial dust jacket; jacket edges dust-soiled, chipped, and worn with shallow tears and losses not affecting text or illustration; a very good copy in a good but quite uncommon dust jacket.