Search Results: Titles starting with A from the book scot

American Library Association. Chicago. 1938., 1938 Book size about 7 by 10 inches with some 357 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in slate blue cloth with gilt lettering. List of books published during the four year period mentioned. The list gives a very good idea of what was going on in the world at the time. Excellent bibliographical resource for a researcher looking for original material published during the Great Depression. NOT an Ex-Library book. Light overall wear most noticeable at the tips and spine top/bottom; some penciling at the front end papers--interior clean and unmarked. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

SaalfieldPublishing. Akron, Ohio., 1929 Oversize book about 10 by 14 inches with some 16 pages including the covers. Bound in color illustrated wraps. An alphabet book for the very young child with each letter in upper and lower case and an object that begins with that letter. Generally two letters to a page--all in color by the author. Book with some penciling; spine separation at top and bottom; staining to the inside covers; moderate wear. An obviously used book but still attractive. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Abe Martin Publishing Company. Indianapolis. No date (Circa 1920?)., 1920 Book size about 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with some 150 or so unnumbered pages. Bound in light brown paper covered boards with front cover and spine gilt lettering. Illustrated throughout by the author. IN THE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER with a front cover illustration not in the book. Humor by one of the great American humorists who spent most of his career in Indianapolis. Book with very slight wear; front cover rippled in a few places where the cover did not stay glued down to the boards; previous owner inscription on FFEP; one or two pages with small tears. Dust wrapper with heavy chips at spine top/bottom; more moderate chipping along front cover top/bottom edges; front flap detached (No loss to any of the lettering or illustration from the chipping). Nice copy of a very scarce book in an even scarcer dust wrapper. VERY GOOD+/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Arthur P Schmidt Co. Boston. 1927. Size about 9 by 12 inches with six pages including the covers. White wraps with green lettering and decoration. Composed by Metcalf, words by Young. Covers separated along the spine edge; light soil; previous owner name on front cover. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

The Worcester Society of Antiquity. Worcester, Massachusetts, 1907 Book size about 6 by 10 inches with some 195 pages. Two staple bound in thin wraps with front cover black lettering. Top edge roughly trimmed; fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Many pages unopened. Early Worcester, Massachusetts land records. Rear cover missing; spine covering chipped at bottom; front cover chipped at top spine edge. Very fragile covers material but the interior pages were printed on quality paper. Very scarce. GOOD Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Scribner. NY., 1996 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 381 pages. Bound in light tan wraps with black lettering. This is an UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF COPY. Book with no sign of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

The Springfield Public Library. Springfield, MO., 1961 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 111 pages including Index. Bound in heavy dark red cloth over boards with front cover gilt lettering. Illustrated. Front cover proclaims this to be: 'Centennial Edition - August 10, 1961'. Book with light wear most noticeable at the tips. VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Little, Brown. Boston., 1911 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 376 pages plus four pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in illustrated blue cloth. Frontis and six illustrations on glossy paper--several by Anton Otto Fischer. Book with very light wear; several pages with tiny chips at upper corner. Beautiful copy of a scarce title. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

William Morrow & Company. NY., 1929 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 309 pages. Bound in decorated yellow cloth. Top edge with a publisher applied red stain. Illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $2.50. A historical romance based loosely on the feats of the notorious California outlaw Joaquin Murrieta. Apparently made into a movie of the period. Book with light wear. Wrapper heavily tape repaired and with much damage. VERY GOOD/FAIR. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

The Macmillan Company. NY. 1929. Second Printing., 1929 Blue cloth with front cover small illustration and lettering in black. Gilt spine lettering. 250 pages. 8vo. Illustrated with some 23 pages of photos. A classic book on experimental education. Light general wear most noticeable as wear to the spine top/bottom. DJ with small chips at spine top/bottom; spine and folds darkened; light edgewear. VERY GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Barse & Hopkins. NY., 1914 Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 inches with some 123 pages. Bound in tan cloth with front cover color pictorial paste-on and black lettering. Color frontis, four full page color illustrations, many black/white in-text images throughout, all by Grace Evans. Book with moderate covers wear most noticeable at spine top/bottom; some tips wear through; covers soiled; interior with evidence of fingering. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Rush Printing. Maryville, Mo. 1978. First Edition., 1978 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 79 pages. Bound in author illustrated white wraps. Illustrated with many crude drawings by the author. Book of the adventures of the author when a young boy growing up in Central Oklahoma. Light overall wear but there is insect damage to the end papers edges. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

The John C Winston Company. Philadelphia., 1931 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 250 pages. Bound in rust cloth with nearly full front cover color pictorial paste-on and gilt lettering. Illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). Frontis plus seven color plates; numerous full page and smaller black/white illustrations; all by Frederick Richardson. Much scuffing to the front cover paste-on; previous owner inscription with 1931 date; darkened area to front end papers; other light to moderate wear--hinges undamaged. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Murray Press, Boston, 1915. First Printing., 1915 Cream cloth with black lettering on the front cover only. Front cover illustration of a red and green wreath with six kittens tucked into it. 63 numbered pages. Small 8vo. Photo frontis, one drawing and five photo illustrations. True tales of a litter of kittens; one chapter about each of the kittens and what became of them. Tales set in the Maine, Casco Bay area. Pretty little book with very light wear. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Univ of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque., 1988 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 240 pages. Bound in tan cloth with black spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper. Cowboy humor tale--don't see very many of this school of fiction. Stated First Edition. Book and wrapper with slight wear. FINE/FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Brandon House. North Hollywood. 1968., 1968 Usual mass market paperback book format and size with some 288 pages. Illustrated wraps. Claudia in the 1920's-1930's era in the United States is a woman coming into her own beginning at age sixteen. Sex, sex and more sex. Introduction by Frank Hoffman guesses that this book was almost certainly written by a man. Light overall wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1973. First Printing of this reissue edition., 1973 Book size about 5 by 7 1/2 inches with some 222 pages. Bound in black paper covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Book with very slight wear; bit of light foxing to outer edges. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Published by the author. Oblong book size about 10 1/2 by 8 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in red paper covered boards with black spine lettering. Illustrated with black/white photo posed settings of Gibson dolls to illustrated the stories. Book and dust wrapper with light overall wear; book with top edge paper clip mark on first few pages. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Van Camp Products Company. No place. 1923. Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 24 unnumbered pages. Bound in thin cream cardboard with front cover color illustration of Billy and Betty with a magic lamp. Illustrated in three color on nearly every page by Carl Mueller. An advertising booklet for children sponsored by Van Camps foods. Theme of the book is a group of fairy tales centered around a magic lamp. Light overall wear and soil; previous owner name in pencil in the space provided. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Abingdon Press. NY. 1925., 1925 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 160 pages. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Frontis and six full page illustrations on glossy paper. As the title says: all about how to get more church attendance and thus more influence in the community. Front pastedown bookplate of Lyndon W Harper who was, I believe, a minister of the First Christian Church in Independence, Missouri. A good resource today. Book with light overall wear most noticeable as two tears at the spine top. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.