steven vincent benet (6 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Acceptable. STARVING STUDENT EDITION! Not so pretty. Some noticeable shelf wear, edge wear and name. Former actor has made some markings to the text. Still worthwhile pages with plenty of clean, clear text. USED but still USEFUL especially when you need an extra. Enjoy this acceptable script for all your dramatic and theatrical needs. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Acceptable. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Narrative poem describing the ".spirit and beginnings of America." (From the dust jacket blurb) Book is fine with only light signs of wear, no marks or visible damage. Dust jacket is damaged in two places. The top of the spine at the rear is missing a small triangular piece and a chunk is torn out of the middle of front spine but still attached.Nice copy. Probably a book club edition even though there is nothing so stating but there is also no printing information on the copy right page other than the 1943 date.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. 1st edition, 1st printing. 236p. A paperback magazine in acceptable condition. LACKS THE BACK COVER. Entire spine repaired with clear tape. Edges foxed, but otherwise, text unmarked. April 1927 issue of THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. This issue contains an essay by Booth Tarkington ("Marriage"), part 6 of the novel NEVADA by Zane Grey, a story by Stephen Vincent Benet "The Amateur of Crime"), and a brief article by Albert Payson Terhune on the difference between mental and physical laziness ("If You Ask Me"). There is also a story by fascist-occultist activist and Hollywood screenwriter William Dudley Pelley ("Martin's Tree"). Plenty of interesting vintage advertisements as well!

Stapled. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers by John Hyde Phillips, Sgt. Edward A. Lane, Rauschert J. Karl & T Patston (illustratore). First Edition. The May 24 & 31 & June 7 & 14, 1941 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3 - 6 of 7 of The Body in the Library, a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie, The Tall Men, a short story by William Faulkner (5/31), and That's a Woman for You!, a short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5/31). Other fiction includes The Good Picker, a short story by Steven Vincent Benet (5/24), parts 4 - 6 of 6 (conclusion) of The Captain from Connecticut, a novel by C S Forester set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 (5/24, 5/31 & 6/7), part 1 of 8 of Silver Spoon (6/14), a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, and others. Articles include Me and Shakespeare, an article by boxing champion Gene Tunney on how the classics helped him win (5/24), two sports articles in the 6/7 issue - one on golf by Gene Sarazen, and another on Billy Conn's preparation for his heavyweight title fight with Joe Louis, and Showdown in the Pacific, an article by Edgar Snow before Pearl Harbor talking about the inevitability of war with Japan (5/31). Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/24 - Sweep it Under the Rug - ethnic), Sgt. Edward A. Lane (5/31 - Air Force Photographers), Rauschert J. Karll (6/7 - Not a Keeper) & T Patston (6/14 - June Bride, 1941). Condition issues include: 5/24 - missing back cover, stains at the bottom left of pages 117 - 120 & small spots on a few other pages; 5/31 - wear to the covers including chips, closed tears, top right corner chip to the front cover, and wear at the spine; 6/7 - wear at the edges of the front cover with some closed tears at the spine; and 6/14 - light wear. A nice set with serial installments and short stories by a prominent & collectible authors plus numerous ads and articles that display the atmosphere around the beginnings of WW II. .