S h dekroyft (59 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Red cloth binding. There is foxing throughout the book and the last 60 pages have a water mark that gradually increases in size to most of the page. There is a name printed on the front end paper. The cover has corner tip wear, spine end wear and small soil spots.

Hard cover. Zustand: Fair. The cover has wear at the edges and corners, foxing throughout, owners name plate on inside front cover, still a tight copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. No Jacket. 1850 printing. cracking and chippign to spine.good reading copy.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Early reprint. (personal correspondence) 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The personal letters of the author of her "own thoughts and feelings" noting that "three summers ago, I had perfect sight. I was in one short month a bride, a widow, and blind. . ." Cover has moderate edge wear; foxing within - more significantly on the endpapers. Book.…

Good plus, light general wear, overall soiling Cloth 2 3/8" tear bottom spine in cloth and cardboard. Badly foxed in frontismatter through title, light foxing throughout.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on spine; a.e.g. The covers are bumped & rubbed. The spine is somewhat faded with pieces out of the head & tail & 1 tiny piece out of the mid-section. 191 pp. There is light staining to the endpapers. B&W frontispiece depicting the New York Institute for the Blind. Very good internally. These letters were written by a blind poetess from Rochester, NY who, after her husband's death, attended the New York Institute for the Blind in New York City. A number of letters describe her travels around New York State including a trip back to Rochester via the Hudson River and the Catskills.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint Edition. Red cloth, blind pattern to covers, spine in elaborate gilt, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, binding a bit soiled, small worm hole in top joint, tight. Engraving of the author and of the New York Institution for the Blind. 191 clean pp., text with black borders. First published in 1849, this is a reprint from 1858.Sarah Helen DeKroyft (1818-1915), a native of the Rochester area of upstate New York; a school teacher who ws widowed on her wedding day and then suddenly became blind at the age of 27 years. She had an excellent education for a young woman of her time and turned to writing to support herself. This book is a collection of her letters, many of which were written during her one-year stay at the New York Institution for the Blind. They relate the thoughts and experiences of an educated young woman in her first three years of blindness.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . Spine cracked. Dampstained and soiled. (Blindness, Personal Narratives).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 1848. Moderate general wear. Text pages have foxing. 191 pages. 6636.

191 pp. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo, publisher's cloth. Light use to binding; old ink ownership signature. The author, in the space of one month, married, became a widow, and lost her eyesight.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

8vo, Pp.191. Frontis. illustration of the New York Institute of the Blind. Memoirs of a woman who went blind shortly after marriage and the subsequent death of her husband, covering the period of her year at the New York Institute.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This 1868 edition features a front cover gold gilt embossment of the New York Institute of the Blind and spine title decoration bound in green hard cover boards, well preserved inner hinges with clean brown end papers, 191 pages with gold gilt decks, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard, period signature to front fly.…

Zustand: Acceptable. John F Trow, Printer and Stereotyper 1861 Binding: Hardcover.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. New York, 1861; red blind embossed cloth covered boards; corner wear with board exposed; spine edges bumped and frayed; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name and gift inscription on front end papers; frontispiece of NY Institute for the Blind and one of the blind author; interior is clean and unmarked; interior is clean and unmarked; interior pages mildly foxed; 191 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. None. First Edition. Endpaper neatly clipped out. Extremely scarce collection of letters from a woman who went blind. Much on early American treatment of the blind. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait. Binding is cloth boards.

Gilt Decorated Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Spine faded otherwise a lovely clean copy of this memoir of a woman blinded and widowed in the same month. With engravings of the New York Institution For The Blind and of the author as illustrations, and rare in such nice condition. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. This is an inspirational book written by a blind widow who supported herself through this book. This burgundy cloth hardback edition was published in 1869 by John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper (59 Greene Street, New York). Cover does have some shelf wear, but is consistent with age. Interior of the book is in very good condition; no markings or writing. Gilt page edges. Overall excellent condition for an antiquarian book of this age. (BR) Shelf 336.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Later printing (first printed in 1850). 12mo. 191pp. Original blind embossed brown cloth, gilt decorated spine. Spine ends chipped, owner's inscription on preliminary blank page, scattered foxing, thus good only. Memoirs of a woman blinded and widowed in the same month.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Reprint (first was 1850). Original cloth. Tiny tear at the crown, a couple insignificant spots in the text, else a nice, about fine copy. Memoirs of a woman blinded and widowed in the same month.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Red cloth hardback embossed, in good shape for age, wear to spine edges, book corners rubbed, soiling on cover, lovely etchings, book on blindness and care of the blind; 4.75 x 5.5; 191 pages.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. 191pp. With two frontispieces: a portrait of the author, and a scene of the New York Institute for the Blind. A memoir by a blind woman, with much of interest about the New-York Institution for the Blind. Among the visitors who spoke to the residents was the Chief of the Ojibway Tribe, and a doctor lecturing on the Shrotes Hunger Cure. Several odd medical systems are described. Mulberry publisher's cloth decorated in blind, faded gilt titling to spine. Corners bumped, some small holes to hinge gutter, light foxing to title and tissue guards. On the whole a very good copy.…

8vo, Pp.191. Frontis. illustration of the New York Institute of the Blind, and portrait. Memoirs of a woman who went blind shortly after marriage and the subsequent death of her husband, covering the period of her year at the New York Institute.