christopher introduction morley (80 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hard Cover - Good - No dust jacket if issued - Other than bumping at edges and fade to spine book is tight with light wear - 555 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 8vo. xiii, 718 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a tan dust jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to the jacket; there is an ink mark on the spine of the jacket. Jacket is price-clipped. Prior owner's 1980 ink inscription on the front flyleaf. Text is sound and clean. The most recent date on the copyright page is 1958, but the presence of an ISBN on the rear panel of the jacket suggests a post 1970 printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Book Club Edition. What is described as a special book club edition of a volume that presents some relatively brief pieces by 31 prominent writers. Photos should show the names. 1935 on the title page and 1934 on the copyright page. No other information on edition or printings. Textured black boards with a blind stamp on the front and gilt in perfect condition on the spine. Some yellowing of the pages because of the age of the book. Unfortunately, there are quite a few shadows on the photos that I took.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Reprint. 1954-59 printing, Toledano 280.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 415 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in fair jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, jacket soiled, more heavily on rear panel, ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1958 Hard Cover. xiii, 715 pp. Introduction by Christopher Morley. "Hector Hugh Munro (December 18, 1870 - November 13, 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - Acceptable. No Jacket. Spine faded. This copy is aged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The photos in the listing are of the actual book you will receive. Very good with light wear, toning to end papers and pages. See photos clph.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Worn dust jacket with edge chips, scuffs, soils, etc. Normal book wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Short gift inscription on verso.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.12x7.99 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. SAKI - H. H. Munro (illustratore). 1st Edition. Here is "The Short Stories of SAKI (H. H. Munro). It is the 1951 First Modern Library Edition, and has the Introduction by Christopher Morley, and a brief Biography of Saki by Ethel M. Munro (Saki's sister). The end-papers were designed by Rockwell Kent. SAKI shares with O'Henry the honor of being one of the unmistakable masters of the genre of the short story. The following was copied from Wikipedia: "H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse." SERIES : The Modern Library TITLE : The Short Stories of SAKI (H. H. Munro) AUTHOR : Saki (Hector Hugh Munro, 1870 - 1916) INTRODUCTION : Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957) BIOGRAPHY OF SAKI : Ethel M. Munro (1868 - 1955) ILLUSTRATIONS : Drawings by SAKI are in the Bio. IMPRINT : Random House PLACE : New York DATE : (1951) EDITION : First Modern Library Edition DETAILS : Trade hardcover; approx. 4.75" x 7", dark blue cloth-covered boards and spine with gilt lettering against a red panel on spine and front board (Toledano binding 8, Kent end-papers D); several small line drawings are interspersed in the Biography; [xiv] + 718 pages condition -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- Spine extremities are compressed and display the start of fraying, (being somewhat abraded); soft bumps to fore-edge corner tips of boards; a small dent to the bottom edge of the front board - else the cover is clean, with but near-negligible rub. Text-block edges are toned on the top edge, with the fore- and bottom-edges clear - all are free from marking. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: Good+. The Modern Library, New York, NY 1966. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. 715 pages. Moderate general wear. Piece torn from front endpaper. Marked Discard. Jacket price-clipped. Size: 7 x 6 x 2. Classics/Collectors Series::Modern Library Fiction Modern::Short Stories 6106.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. No jacket. Upper part of binding is worn/discolored. Clean unmarked and tight text block.

Hardcover. Condizione: fine. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark red leather binding. Raised bands across spine, print and decoration in gold. Gilt on all three edges. Moire endpapers. Clean pages with ribbon marker. Easton Press notice "Your edition may appear to be incomplete. Pages 204 to 213 are blank. The "missing chapter: is just one of the author's many innovations and was quite intentional.

hardcover. 1st ed. B009908; 555 pp, And edge fraying hardcover, good contents, covers are fair with discoloration.

Cloth w/DJ. Condizione: VG/FR. Not Illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. VG/FR. 1934. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 12mo., x, 555pp., Dj torn with staining; inscriptions and owners bookplate .

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.12x7.99 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.12x7.99 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Printing. DJ has some edge wear and Is in a mylar protector. ; Inscribed by Ruber on the front free endpaper. ; Collection of reminiscences and tributes by Morley, Franklin P. Adams, August Dereleth, Ben Hecht, David Randall, Carl Sandsburg, and others. Also contains a checklist of Starret's books.

Leather. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Collector's Edition. Collector's edition of this classic from The Easton Press. Gilt decorated binding, all edges gilt, satin ribbon page marker, silk moire endpapers. From The Easton Press' "The 100 Greatest Books Every Written" series. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. First Edition. Light green cloth binding with black print on spine. A picture and edge liner on front. Head edge of spine are browned at top and bottom where dust jacket was missing. Small soil stain on head edge. 555 pages.Previous owner bookplate on front flyleaf. Otherwise sound and unmarked. Dust jacket in mylar with several torn off sections. Not price clipped. Among the contents are two first time items in book form; Sinclair Lewis's "Dollar Chasers" and T. S. Stribling's "The Mating of Pompalone".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. De Luxe edition. Original brown leather, gilt, raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Rubbing wear to edges, darkening to spine. Crisp, clean and sound.

Near fine in slightly soiled slipcase. Illustrated by Sepia-toned illustrations. 1st edn thus. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: slip case,fair. Freda Bone (illustratore). Limited edition of 1200; this is copy 790. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. Very rough-cut edges on side and bottom of text block, top edge is gold. Many pages are uncut. Boards have handsome marbling design, but spine green leather backstrip is badly worn with some of leather rubbed off. Slip case has pieces missing at top and bottom. Interior pages are clean and undamaged. 149 pages, 10 1/2" x 8".

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.12x7.99 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good hardcover. Later printing. Text clean. Light brown spots on endpapers. Top corners on cover bent.