Da: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Washington, 1993. Illustrated paper covers; light wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; illustrations in black and white; 160 pages.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Da: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1993 larger trade softbound, clean & tight, only very light wear, no markings found, not a remainder.
Editore: Standard Magazines, NY, 1954
Da: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale
SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Good. Vol. XLIV, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "The Amateur Alchemist" by Murray Leinster; "The Child Goddess of Myr" by Colin G. Jameson, Sr. & Jr.; "No Place for Houskeeping" by Jack Lewis; "Trade-In" by Winston Marks; "A Dream - Dying" by Mack Reynolds; "Invasion" by Douglas and Dorothy Stapledon. Features: 'The Reader Speaks"; "Scientific Instruments" (quiz); "Cosmic Shadows" by R. S. Richardson. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Hunter Barker, Emsh, and Dick Francis. Stress; heavy wear with tears and small losses; damp damage to front cover art upper foredge corner and down foredge. Book.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Barnes & Noble, New York, 1969
Da: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing. From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write. This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully. SERIES : Everyday Handbooks TITLE : The Writer's Book AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al AEGIS : The Author's Guild EDITOR : Helen Hull IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble PLACE : New York DATE : (1969) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips. All in all a well preserved copy.
Editore: Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1952
Da: Adventures Underground, Richland, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Hawthorn Books, Inc, NY, 1963
Da: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illus (illustratore). 1st. dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; black c w/gilt spine titles; ; 446 clean, unmarked pages; First Edition, First Printing.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Odhams Press, London, 1943
Da: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
EUR 14,51
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. 1st Edition. Undated but believed First edition first printing quarto Hardback 128 pp. Many illustrations including colour end papers. Very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (striking design with small repairs with archival tape at top and bottom of spine area of jacket) No inscriptions.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: GPO/Naval Historical Center, 1993., 1993
ISBN 10: 0945274173 ISBN 13: 9780945274179
Da: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Reprint of 1945. 160p. Maps & Photos. Large Wraps. Fine Copy.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Guilford, CT: Stackpole Books, 2018., 2018
ISBN 10: 0811719677 ISBN 13: 9780811719674
Da: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xviii, 526 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bump to spine head. Black boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 9780811719674.
Editore: Standard Magazines, NY, 1954
Da: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale
SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good. Vol. XLIV, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "The Amateur Alchemist" by Murray Leinster; "The Child Goddess of Myr" by Colin G. Jameson, Sr. & Jr.; "No Place for Houskeeping" by Jack Lewis; "Trade-In" by Winston Marks; "A Dream - Dying" by Mack Reynolds; "Invasion" by Douglas and Dorothy Stapledon. Features: 'The Reader Speaks"; "Scientific Instruments" (quiz); "Cosmic Shadows" by R. S. Richardson. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Hunter Barker, Emsh, and Dick Francis. Stress; standard wear and tear to overlaps; tanning; creasing. Book.
Data di pubblicazione: 1963
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
EUR 22,54
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Sawrey Gilpin; (illustratore). Second Edition. 566 pp. Green boards decorated in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; small ink mark on the upper right of the front free endpaper. Wraparound dustjacket painting, Mares and Foals, by Sawrey Gilpin. The Chapters are: The Horse in History and Legend; Equestrian Lore; Famous Horses and Horsemen; Great Races; Horse and Hound; The Horse in Fiction; and The Horse in Verse. This contains far too many stories and articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: The Origin of the Horse by Walter Prescott Webb; The General Tournament by Sir Walter Scott; The Mustang Wild and Free by J. Frank Dobie; The Last Great Cavalry Charge by Winston S. Churchill; The English Gentleman and His Horse by Barbara W. Tuchman; Hints for the Rider by Xenophon; Buying a Horse by Jack Leach; The Make-up of a Racehorse by R. C. Kidd; Eclipse by Stella A. Walker; The Pacing Mustang by Ernest Thompson Seton; Jumping for Joy by Pat Smythe; The Legend of Skittles by H. L. Gibson; The First National by Con O'Leary; Snowstorm Derby by Henry Blyth; Devon Loch's National by Dick Francis; The Huntsman by Peter Beckford; The Man Who Hunts and Never Jumps by Anthony Trollope; The First Day by Siegfried Sassoon; Lost by R. S. Surtees; Squire Western in Pursuit by Henry Fielding; The First Ride by George Borrow; The Dover Road by Charles Dickens; The Highwayman's Mare by R. D. Blackmore; The White Knight by Lewis Carroll; The Fire by Anna Sewell; The Brogue by Saki; Velvet Up by Enid Bagnold; The Horse Fair by Daphne du Maurier; Old Em's Kentucky Home by Damon Runyon; Agony and Ecstasy by Dick Francis; War Cloud by Ernest Hemingway; The Gent from London Way by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and many, many more. Size: 8vo. Book.
Editore: Standard Magazines, NY, 1954
Da: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale
SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good+. Vol. XLIV, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "The Amateur Alchemist" by Murray Leinster; "The Child Goddess of Myr" by Colin G. Jameson, Sr. & Jr.; "No Place for Houskeeping" by Jack Lewis; "Trade-In" by Winston Marks; "A Dream - Dying" by Mack Reynolds; "Invasion" by Douglas and Dorothy Stapledon. Features: 'The Reader Speaks"; "Scientific Instruments" (quiz); "Cosmic Shadows" by R. S. Richardson. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Hunter Barker, Emsh, and Dick Francis. A small loss to upper mid rear foredge, mostly overlap; slight foxing; spine a little toned. Book.
Editore: Standard Magazines, NY, 1954
Da: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Rivista / Giornale
SingleIssueMagazine. Condizione: Very Good+. Vol. XLIV, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "The Amateur Alchemist" by Murray Leinster; "The Child Goddess of Myr" by Colin G. Jameson, Sr. & Jr.; "No Place for Houskeeping" by Jack Lewis; "Trade-In" by Winston Marks; "A Dream - Dying" by Mack Reynolds; "Invasion" by Douglas and Dorothy Stapledon. Features: 'The Reader Speaks"; "Scientific Instruments" (quiz); "Cosmic Shadows" by R. S. Richardson. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Hunter Barker, Emsh, and Dick Francis. 1/4" chips at spine ends, with another chip at lower mid-spine; date-stamp. Book.
Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.
Editore: London, Odhams Press, [c1943]., 1943
Da: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
EUR 20,69
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrello4to, 128pp. Original cloth in illustrated dustwrapper, noticably worn, chipped and creased, repaired in places with tape. Numerous high-quality b/w photographic illustrations documenting and recounting the Batlle of Malta as part of the Second World War. A very good copy.
EUR 19,22
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardback in jacket 1978. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Jacket is complete. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched "Royal Mail Tracked 24" next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 101.3. In Defence of Freedom.
Editore: Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., London First UK Edition . London 1963., 1963
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
EUR 9,67
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original aubergine cloth covers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 401 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Dust marking to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with rubs, creases and chips, not price clipped 45s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.
Editore: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 17-21 Conway Street, London Second edition not dated [First edition ]. 1941., 1941
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
EUR 21,76
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, white lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 6¼" xvi, 364 [pp]. Monochrome frontispiece. Former bookplate to front end paper. Very Good in Good dust wrapper with small chips and related closed tears to edges and spine tips, spine very slightly faded, not price clipped 12/6. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHURCHILL, Winston L. S.
Condizione: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.
paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition; First Printing. 240 pages; light foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Moderate shelf rubbing and some faint smudges on the covers. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Da: UK BOOKS STORE, London, LONDO, Regno Unito
EUR 274,08
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. Brand New! Fast Delivery This is an International Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl, & Aramex, UPS, & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if the Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India, United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability.
Editore: Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, 1971
Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Softcover. A pumpkin-orange softcover book with black text on the spine. 87 pages; profusely illustrated in black-and-white. VG: Wear to the wrap edges and corners. Some rubbing to the wraps. Majority clean body pages and solid binding.
Editore: Editions du Griffon, Switzerland, 1969
Da: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: VG+ in G+ dust jacket. Oversize hardcover in black heather cloth, minor wear, clean and tightly bound. Contents clean with light age toning. Dust jacket show edge we4ar, creasing to rear flap, lightly soiled rear cover. From the collection of Mr. and Mrs Harry Lewis Winston with their name label on the front paste-down page and inscribed to them by the artist (not the authors) on the half-title page. Texts by Umbro Apollonio and Michel Tapié in Italian and French. With 80 black-and-white plates. Biographical and bibliographical information. 4to. Approx. 80 pp. No slipcase. NOTE: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston were prominent 20th-century Detroit-based art collectors known for their significant collection of modern art, particularly Futurism. Harry (a lawyer) and Lydia Winston (daughter of architect Albert Kahn) curated a notable collection, often exhibiting it in the 1950s-1960's. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Editore: New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc., Publishers [1958]., 1958
Da: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated; "November, 1958"). Large 8vo. Numerous b/w illustrations from photographs; cartoons. Pictorial dust jacket with photograph by Karsh (unclipped). Very good-fine. 446 pages. No signatures or bookplates. No signatures or bookplates. TOGETHER WITH: [CHURCHILL, Winston S.]. BROAD, Lewis. Winston Churchill: The Years of Achievement. New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers [1963]. First edition (so stated; "March, 1963"). Large 8vo. Numerous b/w illustrations from photographs; cartoons. Pictorial dust jacket with photograph by Karsh (unclipped). Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Both volumes enclosed in the original black board slipcase with large label (cracked; rubbed).
Da: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Regno Unito
EUR 24,17
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: Good. Some shelfwear to the extremities. Minor marks and scratches on both sides. Readable but aged.
Editore: Winston-Salem, N.C., Greensboro, N.C., Hunter Publishing Company ; Inquiries to Greensboro Preservation Society, 1982., 1982
Da: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. xi, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm. ; LCCN 82243296 ; LC E168 .E23 1982 ; OCLC 9281816 ; "This is number 323 of a Limited Edition of one thousand copies printed for the Greensboro Preservation Society" ; wine-colored soiled cloth with gold lettering, in soiled dustjacket with slight waterstaining ; SIGNED by author on front endpaper ; "We know neither when nor under what circumstances john walker fry took up photography as a hobby. His first pictures still extant are in an album marked 'album 2' and dated 1888. from that time on, he captured with his camera the life of his times. The photographic albums date from 1888 through the first two decades of the twentieth century.He was not a photographer by profession, he was a railway superintendent and bank president.enjoyed a special closeness to his daughters as their progress from infancy to childhood is revealed through a series of photographs which are vibrant with spontaneity and charm. Methods of travel held a fascination for him as he photographed the two great movers of the century, the locomotive and the steamship. Less imposing modes of transportation including bicycles, goatcarts, stagecoaches, buses, wagons, sailboats, and rolling chairs are also recorded, from a tender portrait of his eldest daughter cradling the family pet we are transported to the hustle and bustle of the newly constructed Brooklyn Bridge. An insightful moment is captured by Fry's lens as J. P. Morgan, Jr. absentmindedly pets his hunting dog; this is the same lens that will record the simple dignity of Napoleon Short, a faithful family servant. ; scenes photographed include Wardgap, Patrick County, Virginia, Fisher Park, Montezuma, Nelson County, Hunting, Fishing, Cape Fear, Yadkin, Orton Plantation, New York, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1892, Atlanta Cotton States Exposition 1895, Savannah, Georgia, Atlantic City, New Jersey, St Augustine, Florida, Palm Beach, and the Louisiana Purchase Universal Exhibition 1903 ; scarce G/G. Book.
Editore: Cassell & Company LTD. 1956-1957, London, 1956
Da: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine in Good dust jackets. NF/Good. First two volumes only, as acquired, both have the signature of Edith Lewis on the front flyleaves, who was a magazine editor and domestic partner of writer Willa Cather for 40 years, then as her executor. Red cloth volumes with just light shelf wear, clean, bright gilt stamping to spines, tightly bound, unmarked. Dust jackets are worn, especially volume 1. Bought from The Holiday Bookshop of NYC with seller's tag in back of each book. The series was published in 4 volumes, but I have just the two. Curiously they appear to have been bought separately, with Lewis' signature in volume 1 dated January 1957 and volume 2 dated December 1956. Volume 1 is a first edition; volume 2 is a second printing. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.