1918 1997 (93 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. x+418 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The General is a 1986 biography of David Sarnoff by Kenneth Bilby, a former executive vice president at RCA, the company Sarnoff founded. The book details Sarnoff's life and career, his pivotal role in establishing RCA and advancing electronic technology like radio and color television, and the rise of the communications industry he helped to build. Condition: Fine in like jacket.…

i-xlvi, 1-178 pages. Hardcover: H 20.25cm x L 13.25cm. Yellow dust jacket foxed/toned with some soiling and stains; several tears and shallow chipping at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right. Blue cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine and front board. Blue top edge; foxing to text block edges. Foxing strongest to endpapers but occurring within text as well; past owner's name-address stamp on front pastedown. Binding is firm.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill, ports ; 25cm. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow (1918-1997) ; Diaries. Politicians -- Great Britain -- Diaries. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill, ports ; 25cm. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow (1918-1997) ; Diaries. Politicians -- Great Britain -- Diaries. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. First printing (as stated upon title page). [1], i-viii, [1], 1-117 pages. Paperback: H 21.75cm x L 13.75cm. Glossy white paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy. {MilHistShelf_#4|CMS-02504}.

First printing (as stated upon title page). [1], i-viii, [1], 1-117 pages. Paperback: H 21.75cm x L 13.75cm. Glossy white paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy. {MilHistShelf_#4} ISBN 0965772608.

First edition (not stated). xvi, 340 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed with bumping/creasing at edges; light vertical crease to spine as dj was previously folded into book. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamped lettering to spine. Slight foxing to text block's top edge. Ink ownership inscription at top of front pastedown; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. {LawShelf#2|CMS-02847} ISBN 096228159X.…

First edition (not stated). xvi, 340 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; bumping at heads of spine and flap folds; light toning at tops of flaps. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping to spine; minor scuffing at spine heel. Faint foxing to text block's top edge. Light toning to pages 224-225 caused by a now removed bookmark; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. ISBN 096228159X.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Limited and numbered 36 out of 100. Physical description; 26 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Limited edition of 100 copies. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 42 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Poetry. text. Non-fiction. English literature. Satirical. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. Limited and numbered 36 out of 100. Physical description; 26 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Limited edition of 100 copies. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 42 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Poetry. text. Non-fiction. English literature. Satirical. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Single volume only. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow - 1918-1997 - Diaries. Politicians - Great Britain - Diaries. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Single volume only. Physical description: xviii, 748p., [24]p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Wyatt, Woodrow - 1918-1997 - Diaries. Politicians - Great Britain - Diaries. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED twice by the author. Physical description; 42 p. 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. National Poetry Foundation. poems. Short non-fiction. Nature poetry. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED twice by the author. Physical description; 42 p. 21 cm. Subjects; English poetry. National Poetry Foundation. poems. Short non-fiction. Nature poetry. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy with illustrated endpapers in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy with illustrated endpapers in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 160 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 192 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Physical desc. : 192 p. Front. , ill. , plates, 24 cm. Subject: Cricket -- Football - Annuals. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; Anvil Press poetry booklets ; no. 4. Physical description; 32 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

Reprint (first published 1954) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xiv, 362 pages. Paperback: H 19.75cm x L 13.25cm. Stiff paper covers, nicks and slight scuffing at spine ends, several small brown stains along rear joint probably caused by binding glue. Light foxing to top edge; small slender stain at upper fore-edge. Author's four-line ink inscription upon the half-title page: "To Ann and | Kinloch Gill | Frank Smith | June, 1988." Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A very good+ copy. With new Foreword by David Molpus, Introduction, map, b/w illustrations, Acknowledgements and Bibliography, and Index. Originally published in 1954 as a volume of the lauded and collected Rivers of America series. A native of Leflore County, Mississippi, author Frank Smith (1918-1997) was elected to the US House of Representatives for six terms from 1951 to 1962 where after he was appointed by President Kennedy to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority on which he served until his retirement in 1972. Smith authored/co-authored a total of nine books and, with his son Fred, founded Mississippi's finest rare and used bookshop Choctaw Books in Jackson which unfortunately closed in 2015. {MS-Shelf#3} ISBN 0878053557.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; Anvil Press poetry booklets ; no. 4. Physical description; 32 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Egypt History To 332 B.C. Pharaohs. Egyptology. History. Ancient Egypt; rulers. Ancient Egypt; description. 1 Kg. …

Hardback edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Egypt History To 332 B.C. Pharaohs. Egyptology. History. Ancient Egypt; rulers. Ancient Egypt; description. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed by the author. Peter Porter's review copy. Physical description; 95 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; London magazine editions ; 26. Physical description; 51 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Poetry Book Society choice. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Second edition. xiii, 656 p.: illus.; 27 cm. Bibliography, p. 640-653. (Issued without dust jacket) Good orig. illus. gray cloth. Upper corner creased and stained.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed and inscribed by the author. Peter Porter's review copy. Physical description; 95 pages ; 22 cm. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly creased as with age. Clean internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Signed by the author. Series; London magazine editions ; 26. Physical description; 51 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Poetry Book Society choice. Subject; English poetry 20th century. 1 Kg. …