Cromie, Robert, foreword by

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Unabridged from the original 1811 edition

Pub.Digest Books, 1971, zonder paginering, paperback, goede staat.

Stadion BooksProfessional seller

Book number: E10-767

Catalogue: Woordenboek

Keywords: overig diverse

CROMIE, Robert

Chicago

Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1980. Hardcover. Photographs by Archie Lieberman. Folio. Blue buckram-backed with gilt lettering and blue marbled board, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Couple leaves with faintest foxing. This handsome first edition of the Chicago journalist's words of tribute and Chicago photographer's stunning imagery has been signed boldly by the latter (Lieberman) in black fineline on half-title page. The late great Illinois photog (1926-2008) is best remembered for his 1974 classic "Farm Boy" and its 1993 sequel "Neighbors. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 45379

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Photography Chicago

Cromie, Robert and Pinkston, Joseph.

Dillinger a Short and Violent Life

McGraw-Hill 1962, First, Hardcover. . Boards tight and straight, mildest shelfwear. Corners sharp. Inner pages show age-toning to edges, clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with small edgecreases, now protected within mylar cover. Laid-in: 3.5" X 2.5" 4Pp. Circa-1930s Tijuana Bible - John Dillinger in "A Hasty Exit" .; 267 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Books On The BoulevardProfessional seller

Book number: 61801

Catalogue: true crime

Robert Cromie

Kitty&Apos;S Victoria Cross

London, Frederick Warne and Co. 1901. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce novel by Irish journalist and author Robert Cromie from the series Warne's Colonial Library. The first edition of this very scarce work in the publisher's original paper wraps. Two library stamps and a small ink inscription to the half title page. Loosely inserted is type-written synopsis. Robert Cromie (1855–1907) was an Irish journalist and author, whose most successful novel was The Crack of Doom (1895).This novel, part of the Warne's Colonial Library series issued for sale "in India and the Colonies only", is a Gothic romance following the story of two Irish girls, Kitty and Nannie, as they fall in love against the backdrop of the Crimean War. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. A twelve-page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally generally smart, with a little sunning to the spine and extremities of the wrap. One small tear to the tail of the spine and one small tear to the lower extremity of the front of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 893M24

Keywords: Warne's Colonial Library Robert Cromie Novels Robert Cromie Not Stated

Robert Cromie

A New Messiah: A Novel

London, Digby, Long & Co. 1902. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this very scarce work by Robert Cromie, both a journalist and a writer of science fiction novels. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the verso of the half title page. Robert Cromie (1855-1907) was an Irish journalist and novelist. This science fiction novel was one of his later works, featuring an advanced submarine and an attempted German take over of the world, and is very rarely seen. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Remnants of a bookplate to the front paste down. Front hinge is slightly strained but held firmly. Internally, firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages, and the odd spot to the first and last couple of pages; otherwise pages remain clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 903M17

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: Science fiction Robert Cromie Novels Robert Cromie Not Stated

CROMIE ROBERT

A PLUNGE INTO SPACE

Frederick Warne & Co, 1890. 1st edtion, rebound into brown boards, sf adventure novel of an expedition to mars in a steel globe. p.27 is loose ow a very nice copy of a scarce early sf novel. "Hardback. very good hardcover copy.

Fantastic LiteratureProfessional seller

Book number: FJ08/585"

Robert Cromie; Jules Verne

A Plunge Into Space

London, Frederick Warne and Co, [1891]. Cloth. The second edition of Robert Cromie's famous Utopian novel, this second edition with a preface by Jules Verne, and a frontispiece. The second edition, with a preface by Jules Verne.This issue without preliminary leaves, the first few leaves being the half-title, frontispiece, title page, contents leaf, dedication to Jules Verne, and Verne's 'To My English Readers&apos. No date to the title page. Six leaves of adverts to the rear, the first leaf of which had 30 titles, ending with Gaskell's 'Mary Barton&apos. The first gathering is 7 leaves, or 8 including the frontispiece, where as gathering Q is 7, including the adverts.'A Plunge into Space' is a utopian sci-fi novel, in which humans travel to Mars and find a utopia which is so perfect that it's boring.The themes of this novel later re-appeared ten years later in H. G. Wells' 'The First Men in the Moon'; Cromie later accused Wells of plagiarizing 'A Plunge into Space&apos.Modern scholars believe that Jules Verne's preface to this work was actually written by someone else. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and a vignette title page.By the Irish author Robert Cromie.Six pages of adverts to the rear. Prize label to the front paste down, presenting the work to William Bartlett in 1891, from Spring Grove School. Bartlett's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. Spots to the fore edge. Hinges are starting but firm. Prize label to the front paste down. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots and handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 871P35

Catalogue: Science Fiction

Keywords: A Plunge into Space robert cromie jules verne sci-fi robert cromie utopia mars Not Stated

CROMIE, ROBERT J.

A Word Picture of Asia

Canada, Vancouver Sun. 1930. Paperback. Book, Small booklet of 50 pages. Light wear. Good.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40294

Catalogue: Non-fiction

Haug, Photographs by Arthur E., text by Robert Cromie

Fotoboek Chigaco

Pub.Ziff Davis, Chicago, 1948, 96pp, gebonden, goede stata, de stofomslag is zeer matig.

Stadion BooksProfessional seller

Book number: A7-2966

Catalogue: Fotoboek

Keywords: overig diverse

Archie Lieberman and Robert Cromie

Chicago in Color

New York, Hastings House, 1979. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 95p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped, but otherwise intact. Color photographs of Chicago landmarks with descriptions on facing pages. From the PROFILES OF AMERICA series. Very Good .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 193880

Catalogue: American History

nn (met voorwoord van Robert Cromie)

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence.

Digest, 1971. paperback; uitstekend; facsimile herdruk van uitgave uit 1811.

InktswartPrivate seller

Book number: ENNF02746

Catalogue: Non-fictie; Engelse taal; schuttingwoorden