Skiff frederick (43 Ergebnisse)

Octavo, tan cloth (hardcover), orange spine label, map illustrated endpapers, uncut, 318 pp. Very Good, with foxing to page edges; in a Good dust jacket with foxing and light edgewear. Contents: Wheels toward the Sunrising; Desert Country and Mountain Grandeur; Ben Holladay and the Old West; The Ageless Land; The Hub of the Cont…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1935. A handsome copy. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO und…

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd printing. (Book Collecting, Biography) 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. Bundled media s…

Cloth. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: G+. 318 pp, b/w photos, scattered pages are uncut, pages are clean and lightly browned on the edges, the endpapers are illustrated with a map of the continental United States,the covers are tight and have very light corner rubbing, the bottom edge of the spine label is lightly une…

American bibliophile Frederick Skiff (1867-1947) built one of the finest private book collections in Americana. He also founded the Acorn Club in Hartford, Connecticut specializing in fine press publications. "Adventures" includes a bibliography of significant first editions. 8vo. 22cm, 366,(1)p., number 654 of a limited edition…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a Scarce Original 1895 softcover book with 244 pages including diagrams and descriptions. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The title…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 368 pp. Original olive green paper covered boards w/ paper title label on brown cloth spine. Faint sunning to edges; light rubbing to hinges and ends of spine. Covers slightly cocked; inner hinges cracked. Small note written by previous owner on front blank endpaper. SIGN…

8vo. 22cm, first edition, 366p., index, line drawn illustrations including frontis, illustrated endpapers, beige fine grain cloth, paper spine label, the un-clipped jacket, loosely inserted, is split at the folds and has a few old interior tape stains, the book is fine (bks). American historian and bibliophile, Frederick Skiff (…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to "Mr. and Mrs. Hauser" on free endpaper. Tan cloth boards with brown lettering on orange paper label affixed to spine. Slight rubbing to edges of boards and very minor chipping to label. Binding is tight. Interior has l…

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Acceptable condition hardcover, shelfwear and rubbing toboards, dust marks and small marks to cloth. No jacket. Foxing to text block edges. Binding detached at inside hinge to rear, spine back fully visible, front board still partly attached to front, webbing visible, hence acceptable. Content cle…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xx, 292p: xi, 330p. Early 20th century quarter tan calf over marbled boards and marbled end papers. Burgundy and green spine labels and marbleized foredge. From the Library of Frederick Woodward Skiff (1867-1947) with his bookplate on the inside front board. Skiff was an author. collector and bibli…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hardback in near fine condition with very good minus dust jacket. Jacket has some aging and a chip at foot of spine, but is protected in clear mylar jacket sleeve. Includes signed personalized inscription and note from the author along with a personal photo g…

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1907 edition. N…

Leatherbound. Zustand: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1905 edition. N…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth with printed title label on spine. 318pp. Illustrated with portraits of some of the book collecting world's most recognized dealers and collectors from the 1930s. Endpaper maps. Presentation copy inscribed on the verso of the ffep. La…