BARBOUR, RALPH HENRY

The Lilac Girl

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood and Edward Stratton Holloway. Color & B&W; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing along with some very beginning fraying. The covers have some ground-in dirt and several spots. The square pictorial pastedown has some light rubbing and wear around the edges. The text pages are clean and bright. Most pages are decorated around the lower edge. The reverse of the frontispiece has a previous owner's gift notation dated 1911. Illustrated throughout with full color illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood. "Ralph Henry Barbour (November 13, 1870 – February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, notably Phyllis in Bohemia. Other works included light romances and adventure. ". Very Good .

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Book number: 33767

Catalogue: Illustrated Editions

Keywords: Illustrated Editions Ralph Henry Barbour Clarence F. Underwood Romance Illustrated editions

Barbour, Ralph Henry

Lovell Leads Off

New York NY: D. Appleton-Century Co. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear; 236 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21896

Catalogue: Children's Books::Old and Rare

Keywords: Illustrated Children Barbour, Ralph Fiction Children Baseball

BARBOUR, RALPH HENRY

A Maid in Arcady

Philadelphia, Lippincott. 1906, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hardcover.Published Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1906. Illus. by Frederic J. von Rapp with color plates and duotones within the text. Pictorial blue cloth with elaborate gilt design on cover, lettered in blue and gilt, t.e.g. Mild sunning to rear cover along the edges, else a very good, attractive copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Wild MuseProfessional seller

Book number: 000902

Keywords: Barbour Ralph Maid Arcady

Barbour, Ralph Henry,

A Maid in Arcady.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1906. 1st ed. G. Paste down pictorial picture inset in gilt decoration, blue binding. Edge wear, owner name ft endpaper, sl shaken.

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Book number: BOOKS033873I

Catalogue: Fiction

Barbour, Ralph Henry (1870-1944)

A Maid in Arcady

Philadelphia ; London : J. B. Lippincott Company 1906. First Edition. Fine copy in the original pictorial cloth. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 213 pages; Description: 213 p.8 leaves of plates : front.illus. ; 22 cm. Genre: Fiction.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31225

Barbour, Ralph Henry

Metipom's Hostage ; Being a Narrative of Certain Surprising Adventures Befalling One David Lindall in the First Year of King Philip's War

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co. 1921. Hardcover. 289p. illus. Ill.: Gayle Hoskins. Very good condition Copyrighted by the Boy Scouts of America.

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37530

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Gayle Hoskins Fiction King Philiip's War - Fiction

Barbour, Ralph Henry & Holt, H. P.

The Mystery of the Sea-Lark

New York, Century Co. 1920. Hardcover. 321p. illus. 4 b/w plates . Ill.: C. M. Relyea. Good condition, corner bumped .

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 016089

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Children's Books C.M. Relyea Children's Books Nautical Fiction

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

Nid and Nod

New York, The Century Co, 1923. Hardcover. Illustrations by C.M. Relyea. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering and black and orange pictorial stamping. 360pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates (as called for). Near fine. Faintest of edgewear; endpapers a tad age toned. A superb, tight and handsome first edition of this juvenile mystery and baseball tale, with fun front board graphics depicting three silhouette figures climbing from a lifeboat onto a moored ship named the "Pequot Queen." A really and truly exceptional copy. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41840

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Keywords: Children's

Barbour, Ralph Henry

An Orchard Princess

Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 219pp. Maroon pictorial cloth stamped in white, green and gold on the front and the spine, illustration affixed to the front panel, spine lettered in gold, top edge gilt. Frontispiece, three leaves of plates with color illustrations, and decorations by James Montgomery Flagg. Two small spots on the front panel, light wear to extremities, short, closed tear to one of the leaves. A bright very good+ copy. ; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Flagg, James Montgomery.

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31148

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FICTION, PICTORIAL BINDINGS

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

An Orchard Princess

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1905. Hardcover. Illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, ivory and green pictorial stamping and pictorial paper plate on front board. 2199. Color frontispiece, 3 full-page called-for color plates, alternating green and sepia tone border decorations (floral or pictorial) on every text page. Very good. Binding cloth "flecked" mainly on rear board and preliminary leaves foxed, else internally near fine. A tight, attractive first edition of this mainstream fiction by the incredibly prolific boys' series book adventure novelist -- here with lovely color plates by the famed "I Want You" illustrator. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 44101

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: American Literature

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

Partners Three

Chicago, M.A. Donohue & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles M. Relyea. Small 8vo. Brick cloth with gilt and black lettering and gilt, black, white and red front board pictorial stamping. 330pp. Partly-color frontispiece, map, 5 partly-color plates. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight and nice nonauthorial 1918 gift inscription on front flyleaf. An attractive copy of this juvenile maritime adventure, featuring killer front board graphics showing three boys in scouting garb cooking around a campfire. This publisher does NOT indicate edition in any consistent and verifiable manner, as duly noted in standard references. Uncommon, especially in such nice condition. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41836

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

The Play That Won

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1919. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and partly-color front board plate. vii, 241pp. Partly-color frontispiece, 3 full-page partly-color plates (as called for). Very good. Mildly edgeworn and with spine gilt quite rubbed; 2" abrasion to pp. 152 and corresponding portion of facing illustration. A tight, decent first edition of this juvenile football tale. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41839

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

Quarter-Back Bates

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank J. Rigney. Small 8vo. Blind-embossed brown cloth with white lettering. 294pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates (as called for). Very good. Light edgewear, with white spine lettering heavily rubbed as usual and front board lettering a bit partial; endpapers lightly age toned. A tight, nice first edition of the sixth title in the "Football Eleven" boy's series, internally fine. Blind-embossing depicts alternating footballs and cheerleader's megaphones. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41847

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

Right Half Hollins

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. Hardcover. Illustrations by Leslie Crump. Small 8vo. Blind-embossed brown cloth with white lettering. 288pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates (as called for). Near fine. Quite faint edgewear, with none of the chipping so often found on the white lettering; 1926 ownership signature on front flyleaf. A tight, most handsome first edition of the eleventh and final title in the "Football Eleven" boy's series. Blind-embossing depicts alternating footballs and cheerleader's megaphones. An exceptionally nice copy. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41851

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's

BARBOUR, Ralph Henry

Right End Emerson

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922. Hardcover. Illustrations by Leslie Crump. Small 8vo. Blind-embossed brown cloth with white lettering. vi, 270pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates (as called for). Near fine. Faintest of edgewear, with spine lettering barely visibly rubbed but none of the chipping so often found on white lettering. Tight, handsome first edition of the eighth title in the "Football Eleven" boy's series. Blind-embossing depicts alternating footballs and cheerleader's megaphones. A beauty. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 41853

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Children's