Robin winks editor (47 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover gray boards with red cloth spine and silver lettering. Includes Index, 216 pages. The exception to the condition is pages 35-60 bottom corner/tips are creased/bumped. The DJ is in Very Good + condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: As New. Unread copy in Fine condition. Insights into cultural and racial stereotyping and popular notions of imperialism traced through the depiction of Asians in Western literature. Criticism emphasizes the British Raj, Western fiction in Indonesia, Mass-Market novels of the Philippines, and fiction from Japan and India as well. *** 229pp. *** Index. *** Reprint.…

Paperback. Condizione: UsedGood. Paperback; fading and edge wear to exterior, with small stain on front cove r; creasing to spine; otherwise in good condition with clean text and tight binding.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Shelf wear. Spine sunned/creased. Large chip to front cover. Some water damage to top edge. Contains Philip Morgan's personal notes. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998).…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. First Printing. book is tight with no markings, previous owners name and address on first page, great copy.

Condizione: VERY GOOD. First printing. Essays by eleven top mystery writers on their work, and on the genre, including Robert Barnard, Rex Burns, K.C. Constantine, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Michael Gilbert, Donald Hamilton, Joseph Hansen, Tony Hillerman, Reginald Hill, James McClure, and Robert B. Parker. Introduction and afterword by Winks. Notes on the contributors, index. 216 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (binding flaw at bottom gutter which does not affect the readability of the book, sunning to spine of dj.). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. VG+/NF Former owners name stamped on foot of page ends. 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. Nice bright copy.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Printing. First Printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Reading crease, top edge of pages stained about 1/4' but does not affect text, else a near fine tight copy. The book is a curated anthology of critical essays that analyze the literary merit, societal impact, and history of the detective story genre. The essays engage in an academic debate over whether detective fiction serves as a legitimate form of literature, an enjoyable self-indulgence, a reflection of contemporary society, or merely a waste of time. Includes Appenendix with two sample University Courses on Detective Fiction and Bibliography with Wink's personal list of 200 favorites. Book.…

Condizione: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condizione: Very Good. 0th Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. 0th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condizione: Very Good. 0th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good in Dustjacket. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1986. Scribners. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684184281. 216 pages. hardcover. keywords: Mystery Anthology Biography. DESCRIPTION - Winks gathers essays by British and American writers whom he particularly admires. Responding to the invitation ot discuss their work, the 10 men and one woman express their ideas in the distinctive styles that have made them favorites of crime-fiction fans. Dorothy Salisbury Davis tells about influences on her career during her early life in the Depression and later, when Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and other novels fired her ambition. Michael Gilbert limns the differences between the thriller and the whodunit. K.C. Constantine, Joseph Hansen and the other specialists are equally engaging, meeting Winks's criteria: they write well, make every fact count, use language with care. inventory #2104.…

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Paperback. 192 pp Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book has faint shelfwear to cover corners. Otherwise, pages are clean and crisp. Binding is strong and boards are sturdy. Dust jacket has light shelfwear to corners and along top edges. 1 inch rip to top of back flap. Faint sunfading to spine and along top edges. Slight length-long crease to front. Otherwise, jacket is intact. No other major wear or markings. All text and imagery bold and bright. Now in protective mylar cover.…

paperback, 8vo, 224pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0684184281.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/rubs to all leading edges. Volume in the "Modern Nations in Historical Perspective" Series. Written half-century ago. History of New Zealand, its people, national character, economy, and its relations w/Great Britain and the world. Author William J. Cameron is a Pakeha New Zealander. 180 pgs with maps, in 8 chapters: 1, New Zealand, the Commonwealth & the World; 2, Forces for Change; 3, The Nat'l Character; 4, Regionalism; 5, Maoritanga, The Way of the Maoris; 6, From Bonanza to Export Drive; 7, From Adversity to Diversity; and 8, The Omnipresent State. …

Cloth and Boards. Very Good +/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi+216 pages including index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. A collection of essays by the aforementioned and others on the search for clues to scholarly hoaxes, forgeries, and lost and misleading documents. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Fair condition - A comparative Perspective . (AE67590z). Book.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good in Dustjacket. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. New York. 1969. Harper & Row. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 543 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. keywords: History Mystery. DESCRIPTION - Was Richard II the hysteric that Shakespeare and tradition say he was? Was Stonehedge built for worship and sacrifice, or as an astronomical computer? Were Homer's descriptions of the seas and landfalls of Ulysses' journey wholly fanciful? These cases and two dozen more, ranging from the identity-crisis of Martin Luther to the murder of John F. Kennedy, are included in this fascinating collection of historical detection cases. Writers like Jacques Barzun, Richard D. Altick, Robin G. Collingwood, Allan Nevins, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Erik Erikson, C. Vann Woodward and David Donald, among others are included. inventory #7311.…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. First Edition. A very nice copy of the First Printing . The dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. x, 229 pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Images of Asia and Asians in European fiction, 1500-1800 / Donald F. Lach and Theodore Nicholas Foss Muslims in English-language fiction / Gavin R.G. Hambly The literature of the Raj / Robin Jared Lewis Imagining India: English-language fiction set in post-independence India / Ainslie T. Embree The Himalayas in fact and fiction / Luree Miller Chinese fictions in the twentieth century / Jonathan D. Spence Hong Kong: fragrant harbour, city of sin and death / C. Mary Turnbull Journeys to Java: western fiction about Indonesia, 1600-1980 / James R. Rush Fear and fascination in the tropics: a reader's guide to French fiction on Indo-China / Milton Osborne The Philippines in mass-market novels / Morton J. Netzorg Taking Japan seriously: some western literary portrayals of the Japanese during the climax of their national self-assertion, c. 1905-c. 1945 / D.N. Lammers. …