Sayers william (305 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with a slight toning. Good DJ with little toning.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of articles, reviews and book collecting tips for the mystery genre. Features an interview with Robert B. Parker. Faint sticker shadow to the front cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of articles, reviews and book collecting tips for the mystery genre. Rubbing to the black cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Entire issue, in original printed wraps, light general wear-only, overall clean and bright. A general interest, bi-monthly men's magazine, issues of which are particularly scarce. Includes the fictional piece, Train To Philadelphia, by William Sayres, plus articles from Sean Renehan, Mezey-Macowski, Gerald Sweeney, Jack Mulligan, James Reichley, Joseph Wood Krutch, Charles Van Doren, and Robert Reisner on Jazz.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 381 pages, gray quarter-cloth. A very good, clean hardcover with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper slightly yellowed, slight soiling to the fore-edges. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, with small chips at the flap fold edges and back strip top and bottom, with original price present. A very nice reading copy.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition - a paperback original. 2 inch tear to base of front flap, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2015 Trade Paperback. 200 pp. French wrappers (paperback with flaps). Although food historians can rely on written evidence to provide them with early recipes and references to dishes that might have been, the only other sources available to them are archaeology (which never preserves a trifle intact), art history (which doesn't go back that far) or the history of language - for the names of things will often tell much about their origins. Food enthusiasts will, therefore, spend much time recounting how a dish got its name, but often they will be peddling nonsense or mythology and what we really need is a historian of language. William Sayers is just that and in this collection of essays and articles he explores the riches of medieval English (and sometimes other tongues) to tease out unfamiliar facts about our food heritage.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. 2nd. 3161 very good +, spine crease paperback.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. her family's exile after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardback. Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: VG+. A VGF or better 5" X 8" four-page local theater herald. Also includes ads for "Boy Trouble", "Topper Takes A Trip" and "Fisherman's Wharf". Scarce. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Children's Library: a Practical Manual for Public, School, and Home Libraries. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black buckram, lettered in copper foil. Highlighting scattered through interior, otherwise as issued. Dust jacket shows minor shelf wear, 1/4" closed tear along top front edge. 1st ptg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Book Club Edition. Book of the Month Club (BOMC) better than usual quality printing. A nice and newish book with stiff spine, rigid boards and pointed tips. Jacket has tiny tear at bottom spine back. Looks great in its new plastic book protector. A great edition that gives a cross section of excellent mystery writers for someone who thought about getting into the mystery genre but hasn't yet done so. Not Signed.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. ALS from editor to one of the contributing authors (from whose collection this volume was acquired) laid in. Light smudge on front board. 2001 Hard Cover. 159 pp. English and Swedish text. This volume contains papers read at the fifth symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica, plus a contribution by a former postgraduate student of the Celtic Section. A number of the papers illustrate the strong connection between the Nordic and Celtic countries and investigate respectively the impact of the Vikings on Ireland, the presence of old Norse nautical terms in early Irish narratives and possible Irish influence on nomenclature in Icelandic sagas. Includes: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Remnants of the Galatian Language; Old Norse Nautical Terminology in the 'Sea-Runs' of Middle Irish Narrative; Viking and Gael Meet at Dublin Town: Complementing the Archaeological Record; To Bind and to Separate: Some Preliminary Ideas of Early Irish Injunctions; Is Bukolla a Celtic Cow?; Bretagne och det Bretonska Spraket; Contributions to the Study of the Irish Dialect of Magheraroarty, Co. Donegal. Signed by author.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Small Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. 2024 13th printing. Brand new from publisher. vii, 271, [1] pp. This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's wry sideways look at Christmas consumerism, Wolfdietrich Schnurre's story of festive ingenuity in Berlin, Selma Lagerlof's enchanted forest in Sweden, and Irene Nemerovsky's dark family portrait. Featuring santas, ghosts, trolls, unexpected guests, curmudgeons and miracles, here is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short story writers of all time. Includes: The Fir Tree; The Cat on the Dovrefjell; A Christmas Party and a Wedding; St Anthony and His Pig; Boys; Midnight Mass; Reginald's Christmas Revel; The Legend of the Christmas Rose; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; Noel; Dancing Dan's Christmas; The Necklace of Pearls; One Christmas Eve; The Christmas Turkey; Green Holly; Christmas Morning; A Child's Christmas in Wales; The Little Restaurant Near Place des Ternes; The Gift; A Visit to the Bank; The Prisoners; The Leaf-Sweeper; A Christmas Memory; The Loan; Christmas Eve; The Loudest Voice; A Cold Christmas Walk in the Country; Santa's Children; Christmas; Just Because of Xmas; Noel. Texas. 1956; The Ghost Ships.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.