Trowbridge robertson (8 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. A collection of humorous anecdotes and other oddments from 1884-1932. spine is somewhat sun-faded, light cover soil, rough cut page edges, light soil, small rip on age 397. 399 pages, 8.5 x 5.5. None (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good +. Moderate wear; an adequate readable copy. Book.

8vo., printed wraps; 28 pages. First Edition. Near fine (contents clean & tight). Illustrated. (illustrator).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. This First Edition, 1st printing staple-bound softback booklet is in Very Good condition. Clean, tight, bright. 28 page text of Newcomen society address [speech] owner's name stamp inside front cover, else, unmarked and appears unread. just a hint of corner wear. illustrated by black & white photographs. this speech was delivered in 1985. the first Printing was February, 1986.…

Zustand: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Nov. 2 (weekend sale item)* 1st printing, 28 pp., softcover, fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

hardcover. 399pp. 8vo, cloth, remnants of plain paper dust wrapper. N.Y.: Privately Printed, 1937. First Edition. Unsigned presentation copy. Author's pencil marks in margins of table of contents.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. No date [1935]. 1st, limited edition (30 copies); inscribed by author. Blue thin-card covers with black titles and Harbor Press device on front cover; unprinted spine; 2 color title page with Harbor Press device; heavy stock wove paper. Clean covers and spine with some age darkening along edges; inscribed on front cover 'Jenny | with love | Rob | Nov 29th '35'; tipped in at front end paper is small bookplate 'With The | Author's | Compliments'; bright, clean interior. Laid in are 2 autograph signed notes on author's letterhead addressed to 'Dearest Jenny' presenting the sonnets and discussing them. Note dated November 29th [1935] presents the work as 'one of the thirty copies of a Sonnet Sequence I had printed last May for private distribution.' 'Gandhi, Romain Rolland, are among thebright particular stars on my list.' Note dated Dec 1935 apologizes for sending an unbound copy of the Sonnets. He describes the hard cover bindings and says he has 1 remaining that 'I am keeping for Dante Sacco' and follows with limited praise for Nicola Sacco's writing and high praise of Bartolomeo Vanzetti's writing. Author was known for literary salon attended by many notable artists at his house on Washington Square, NY; notes have letterhead with this address. Owner of this copy and recipient of notes was Jenny Polhemus [Cobb] Bunker, mother of Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, and a relative of author's mother. From the collection of Ellsworth Bunker (U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Italy, India, Nepal, South Vietnam, Organization of American States, and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom). 8vo, 30 sonnets. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Illustrated Edition. This is a wonderful, handmade album with dozens of illustrations depicting Madonna (a representation of Mary) with her child, Jesus, by various artists. The album is dated 1886 and titled "A ROSARY OF MADONNAS" - it was made by "Robertson Trowbridge" for "Elvira Kellogg Trowbridge" (I was unable to conclusively establish the relationship between Robertson and Elvira). Each page contains the following: a clipped image of Madonna with Jesus; the name of the artist, and the years of the artist's birth/death; the location where the original painting resides; lines of verse from a noted poet. There are 85 pages in all. Artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and many others. Poets include Geoffrey Chaucer, Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, John Milton, and many others. Full leather binding with four raised bands and gilt accents on the spine, gilt decorations along the perimeter of the inside covers, and gilt page edges on all sides. A custom-made "title page" has been inserted at the front. Condition: Staining to the covers and spine. The bottom 2 cover corners are chipped. A small piece has chipped away at the top edge of the spine. The binding used to create the album appears to have been repaired where the right edge of the spine meets the left edge of the front cover. Reinforcement tape along the front/rear hinges between the end papers and pastedowns. The album is tightly bound with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly in place. The pages are lightly age-toned, though not brittle - clean with only an occasional light smudge. There is a 3/4" tear at the bottom edge of the 1st page. Bright gilt page edges on all sides. One of the art images has detached.all others are affixed. Overall the album is in Good condition. …