Wingrove r (7 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Poor. Has heavy shelf & corner wear, but still a good reading copy. Slight wrinkling/discoloration to some pages, but does not affect readability.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.…

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0947767126.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Small chip to the middle of the spine, corner of the endpaper creased. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. No Jacket. Presumed First. Red Cloth Boards, Decorated & Vignette, 144 Pages, B/W Illustrations, Plus 4 Colour Plates. No Date Stated. Soundly Bound, Bright Covers With Only A Little Shelf Wear, Previous Owner's Dedication On Endpaper Dated 1932. Not Ex Library. Overall Better Than "Good". R Prowse (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pictorial boards with red back-strip. 126 pages. Colour portrait frontis. Cover edges worn. Internally spotless. Scan available. R. Prowse (illustratore).

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback, x + 588 pages, NOT ex-library. Outer page edges affected by age spotting. Interior is clean and bright, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Firm binding, spine remains free of vertical creases. -- W.R. Burnett was one of the founding fathers of American crime fiction - a writer whose tough, stylish prose helped define the noir and hardboiled genres in the 20th century. Before Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett became household names, Burnett was already shaping the landscape of gritty urban storytelling with a focus on gangsters, crooks, and the often-blurred lines between law and crime. His influence stretches from classic pulp to Hollywood, with many of his stories adapted into iconic films. The collected volume "4 Novels" brings together four of his finest, most enduring works. Little Caesar (1929) is a landmark in crime fiction - a raw, unsentimental portrait of a rising mobster that set the template for the modern gangster novel. The Asphalt Jungle (1949) dives into the underworld of a jewel heist gone wrong, portraying the criminals as professionals caught in a system as ruthless as they are. High Sierra (1940) mixes noir grit with unexpected tenderness in the story of an aging outlaw's last stand - made famous by Humphrey Bogart's career-defining film role. Vanity Row (1952), a lesser-known gem, explores corruption and power through a political murder investigation that reveals a city rotting from within. Together, these novels showcase Burnett's gift for crisp dialogue, psychological depth, and his unflinching look at American ambition on the wrong side of the law. For fans of classic noir, hardboiled fiction, and stories where fate looms large over flawed characters, this collection is a must-read - a masterclass in storytelling from one of the genre's true pioneers. -- From the rear cover: "Black Box Thrillers: four titles in one volume, each a forgotten masterpiece by leading thriller writers of yesteryear. "More good movies have been made from W.R. Burnett's novels than from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's." Andrew Sarris; "One of the most neglected American writers. There are moments of reality in his books that are quite overpowering. More than once they've had me breaking into sweat." John Huston; "One of the most important American fiction writers of the twentieth century." H.R.F. Keating; "The single most successful writer on the notion of the criminal as the emblem of an era. He provides some of the most dynamic and apposite metaphors for the life of America in the twentieth century." George Grella; -- Little Caesar: filmed by Mervyn LeRoy as the classic movie starring Edward G. Robinson. The tale of the rise and inevitable fall of an Italian gangster in America. The prototype underworld novel that influenced William Faulkner, Graham Greene and countless others. The Asphalt Jungle: filmed by John Huston with Humphrey Bogart and Sterling Hayden. The compelling study of how a major crime is planned and committed, and then degenerates into chaos. High Sierra: filmed by Raoul Walsh with Humphrey Bogart. The final, tragic days of an ageing gangster and his hallucinatory flight from the police. Vanity Row: the classic tale of big city corruption in America, as police and criminals mingle during the investigation of a murder in high places.…

Consisting of a manuscript transcription of a document allotting portions of the forest 'for the exclusive pasturage of the Commonable Cattle', and an accompanying coloured map or plan on cloth. The whole folded into a 34 x 12 cm. packet, within a covering leaf docketed: 'Dated 8th. July 1856 | Extract from Award of Commissioners under the Whittlewood Disafforesting Act of 1855 -'. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, but with the covering leaf heavily aged and discoloured. The transcription consists of 3pp., 4to, neatly written out on three stamped 41.5 x 34 cm. leaves, the last certified and signed by Fearnside. The first page is headed: 'Among the Documents deposited with the Keeper of Her Majesty's Land Revenue Records and Inrolments in Book entitled "Award of Commissioners under the Whittlewood Disafforesting Act 1855" is the following, | To all whom these Presents shall come We William Fry Channell Sergeant at Law George Wingrove Cooke of the Middle Temple and Nathan Wetherell of Lincoln's Inn Esquire Barristers at law being the Commissioners duly appointed under the provisions of An Act of Parliament made and passed in a Session of Parliament held in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria intituled "An Act for the disafforesting the Forest of Whittlewood otherwise Whittlebury" hereby send Greeting'. The plan is 89 x 45 cm., on cloth, neatly and attractively presented, in black ink with blue borders and lettering in red. The scale is '3 Chains to one Inch', and a note beneath the title reads: 'This is part Two constituting with parts One and Three the entire Map mentioned and referred to in our Award of even date. | Dated this 8th. day of July 1856. | W. F. Channell | Geo. Wingrove Cooke | N. Wetherell.' (Note that these are transcriptions, not genuine signatures, and that the date given is that of the original, not of this copy.).…