Pollard david introduction (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Original price has been clipped from bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap. but a new U.S. price of $3.00 has been stamped to top of flap. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. Dust jacket considerably age-browned to spine; 294 pp. including Index. Now reduced from $87.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Shows original price on "10/- net" to bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap; jacket front panel shows a water stain. Faint emerald top stain. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. As mentioned, dust jacket shows a 4-inch dampstain to front panel; 294 pp. including Index. Reduced from $52.…

Paper. Condizione: Fine. New copy. Translated by Gladys Yang and Yang Xianyi. xxxviii, 119pp. Book.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.