Briggs jr austin (8 risultati)

First printing (with publisher's requisite "First published" statement upon copyright page). xiv, 234 pages. Hardcover: H 21.25cm x L 14.25cm. Light brown dust jacket lightly soiled with some toning along spine, a few nicks and negligibly short tears at edges. Bowen cloth. Foxing to edges; light foxing/toning to endpapers; two-line pencil ownership inscription "Noel Polk | USC 70" on front free endpaper. Pencil marks on page 215; no other such marks readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. This book was acquired from the personal library of Noel Polk (1943-2012) who, from the inscription, evidently obtained it while still a Ph.D. student at the University of South Caroline. Renowned for his scholarship regarding Southern literature, particularly the work of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Polk retired as Professor Emeritus of English at Mississippi State University after spending most of his academic career at the University of Southern Mississippi. ISBN 0801405351.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Flawless copy.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. This book would be in Fine condition if it were not for a sticker mark on the pastedown of the inside board.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 234 pages, brown cloth covers, with a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Record # 406401.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 234. Bibliography, index. Frontis portrait. Tan cloth. Bottom corner of front cover bumped, edges little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat chipped and torn dj.

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 104 pages. Fiction: Miss Carlsen is Mine; The Girl Who Had Accidents; Disaster oin the Outback; Botts Takes the Bait; Frame-up for Murder (part 1 of 3); The Chains of Fear (part 5 of 8). Articles: Our First Man in Outer Space - great photos of Scotty Crossfield who will be aboard the X-15; The Man Who Talks to Tapirs - Harry Gillmore in Sumatra - with photos; Our Houseboat Vacation; The Post Reports on Health Insurance - Part III - Is This the pattern of the future?; The Face of America - The Perfect Month - sensational large color photo of dozens of youths jumping from and swimming at the North Cove Bridge over the North Fork Catawba River; I Call on Lawrence Welk - great photos; Gold Rush Every Weekend.in California - great color photos of gold seekers in action. Ads: Very nostalgic color-photo two-page ad for Frigidaire's frost-proof refrigerator-freezer (blue); 1958 Ford cars; Chevrolet cars; Old Gold cigarettes; L&M cigarettes; Johnson & Johhson first aid ad shows boy diving into water beside lobster; Johnson Sea Horse outboard motor color-photo ad; Koppers ad includes large color photo of Ice Capades 18th Edition/1958; Lucky Strike color-photo ad on back cover shows young smokers playing golf, tennis and sunning. Slight loss to fore-edge of front cover. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Falter, John (cover); Briggs, Austin; Kane, Morgan; Bowler, Joe; Skove, Walter; Dohanos, Stevan; (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. First Edition. 120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Schaeffer, Mead (cover); Von Schmidt, Harold; Rhodenbaugh, Harold; Englert, George; Fleming, Bill; Fawcett, Robert; Briggs, Austin; Georgi, Edwin; (illustratore).…