Search Results: Essays from SmarterRat Books

G. C. Beckwith, 1845. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1845 G. C. Beckwith, Boston. First edition. No other date listed; No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped ruled borders and bands. Binding cracked at title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Binding otherwise strong. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends; boards exposed at corners. Exterior front hinge rubbed, with fraying to top half of its length. Chip to fore edge of front cover. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages have a few tan spots and some light foxing in places. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 548 pages.61 essays by various authors on war and peace, their causes and effects. Each essay is numbered and paginated separately in addition to the volume pagination. Table of contents only lists 52 essays.… Read More

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1964 J. B. Lippincott Company. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. Second printing. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and white and yellow spine lettering. Cover has facsimile of author's signature in white. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Front cover has a small black mark and scratch. Name in ink on front free endpaper. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. One page is dog eared. Pages clean and unmarked. 240 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear and a half-inch tear at the top of the front panel. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

D. C. Heath & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1911 D. C. Heath & Co. Small cream cloth-bound hardcover has faded and soiled spine. Covers are also somewhat soiled, with a few small red stains on front cover. Corners bumped; spine ends lightly frayed. Front cover has decorative title in brown. Dent at bottom edge of front cover. Name in ink on front free endpaper. 'Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Andrew J. George, Department of English, High School, Newton, Mass.' Copyright 1897. Black & white frontispiece of Thomas Carlyle. Pages clean and unmarked. 137 pages.

Mercer University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 2005 Mercer University Press. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 114 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Colonial Press Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jackets. Colonial Press Company. Circa 1895. No date stated. Four volumes. Beacon Edition of the Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers have maroon cloth-covered boards with paper spine labels. Deckle fore edges. Tissued frontispiece. Tissued black and white plates. Hinges NOT cracked. Volume 1 binding cracked at half title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have some light smudges and specks. Spine labels are tanned and have small chips at some corners. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Some page edges are uncut. 487 + 470 + 466 + 465 pages. No dust jackets. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Orbis Books, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1988 Orbis Books. Softcover. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 352 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. one page has diagonal crease at bottom corner. Edited and with an introduction by Michael True.

The Rowfant Club, 1921. Softcover. Good. Good. 1921 The Rowfant Club, Cleveland, Ohio. Prepared for publication and privately printed for The Rowfant Club, by The Arthur H. Clark Co. Limited Edition of 125 hand-numbered copies: this copy is number 32. Softcover with dark grey cardstock covers and folded-in flaps. Spine is blank. Front cover has white paper label with black lettering. Cover title: Rowfantia, An Occasional Publication of The Rowfant Club Number IX November 1921. Tissued frontispiece portrait of author. Most pages remain unopened; only the members list pages at the back have been opened at the tops, somewhat badly but without damaging any text. Front hinge pulled but still attached. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear; spine and edges are sunned. Small spot on front cover. Spine creased. Corners bumped. The head of the spine is chipped. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 69 pages. Copyright date on verso is 1922. Full limitation… Read More

Scott, Foresman and Company, 1919. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1919, Scott, Foresman and Co. Small (6.75" x 4.5") grey cloth-bound hardcover has black spine and cover lettering. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine ends lightly frayed. Two puncture marks in spine. Front cover has several stains. No writing inside, hinges tight, pages clean, no creases. Part of the Lake English Classics series. Title page states "Revised Edition with Aids to Study; Edited for School use by Benjamin A Heydrick, High School of Commerce, New York City". 302 pages. No dust jacket.

George Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jackets. 1892 George Bell & Sons. Second Edition, Revised. Translated by Charles Cotton. Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt. Bohns' Standard Library edition. Three volumes, complete. Half-bound in blue-green leather over red, blue, brown and cream marbled paper-covered boards. Spines have five raised bands on spine, with small gilt decoration and ruled borders on four panels; two panels have gilt lettering. Matching marbled endpapers. Top page edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Black & white frontispiece in vol. 1. Binding circa 1900. Bookseller name Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston in very small letters at top back edge of front free endpapers. 375 + 522 + 408 pages. NOT ex-library. Bindings tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Outer edges of leather and spine bands rubbed and chipped. Corners rounded. Covers have moderate surface wear; boards visible at tip. Spines are sun-darkened. Name in ink on second blank fly leaf, dated 1900 on two volumes… Read More

Henry Holt and Company, 1911. Softcover. Good. Good. 1911 Henry Holt and Company. NOT ex-library. Small softcover, 4.75 x 5.75 inches, has blank stiff cardstock covers with paper jacket attached at spine. Jacket has black & white illustrated front cover and fold-in flaps; blank spine. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Contents "The Inner Beauty", "Silence", "The Invisible Goodness". Small, pasted-in sepia-tone illustrations at head of each section (three + one on last page). 71 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Cover is tanned, discolored in areas and has light soiling. Top page edges lightly foxed. Front endpaper has a small dark stain. Intermittent pages have light foxing.

The Library Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1971 The Library Press. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with dark green spine lettering and cover decorations. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. There is a "P" stamped in ink on the rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 346 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the edges. Dust jacket is foxed, with light spotting mostly on the front and spine panels. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1983 Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Softcover. Oversized. Periodical. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages 1 - 112. Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, Vol. 37, No. 1 January 1983; Essays on Bible and Theology.

Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1986. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1986 Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Softcover. Oversized. Periodical. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Pages 1 - 112. Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, Vol. 40, No. 1 January 1986; Essays on Bible and Theology.

Princeton University Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1967 Princeton University Press. Second printing, copyright 1947. Trade paperback. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 236 pages. Princeton Paperbacks, no. 88.

International Business Machines, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1934 International Business Machines (IBM), New York. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has brick red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Black and white frontispiece portrait of the author. Small black and white illustrations. 886 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine is lightly faded, but lettering still clear; there is a scuff near the end of one word on the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is missing. "By Thos. J. Watson, President, International Business Machines Corporation, New York, N. Y." Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Worthprinting Publications, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1986 Worthprinting Publications, Twinsburg, Ohio. SIGNED by author on dedication page. Not personalized. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Trade paperback. 131 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Lightly curling to the tips of corners; bottom corner of back pages is very lightly bumped. Top inside edge of covers and endpapers have some light foxing. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked.

Orange Frazer Press, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 1999 Orange Frazer Press, Wilmington, Ohio. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Square hardcover, 8.6 inches, has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 80 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Contents are from columns originally published in The Plain Dealer, 1991-1998, Cleveland, Ohio. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bloch Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1973 Bloch Publishing Company. First Edition. No additional printings listed. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper with personalized inscription, dated 1975 (5735). NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 165 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Jacket edges are slightly yellowed. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good+ ; Good Jacket. 1979 Farrar Straus Giroux. Book Club Edition. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Blind-stamped cover lettering and decoration. Black and white illustrations. 362 pages. Edited and with an introduction by E. B. White. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Page edges lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Greenwich Editions, Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1959 Greenwich Editions, Meridian Books, Inc. Selected, edited, and introduced by Justin O'Brien. First Edition thus. "First Published by Meridian Books 1959; First Printing 1959" on verso. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with white cloth-covered spine and black and gold spine lettering. Gild initials "A.G." on front cover. Top page edges are black. Yellow endpapers illustrated with black facsimile manuscript. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Edges of covers very lightly tanned. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 352 pages. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends; half-inch tear at the top of the front panel. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped; jacket spine lightly sunned. Essays translated from the original French texts by Angelo P. Bertocci, Jeffrey… Read More