Born in 1936 (14 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good to Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 188 pages "Were the golden bracelets the key to a dealdy secrets?" >> Small paper pull at top left corner (size = 1/2")>>> Creasing to front covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted & Line Drawn Cover Art! (ilustrador). Book. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 156 pages "Swords, sorcery, spine-tingling fantasy - a marvelous, magical chronicle of the Other Kingdom." >> Minor spine wear. >> 2 black felt marker on lower spine.>>Small paper pull on front cover (size = 2/16" diameter) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted & Line Drawn Cover Art! (ilustrador). Book. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 188 pages "Were the golden bracelets the key to a dealdy secrets?" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Painted & Line Drawn Cover Art! (ilustrador). Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good to Fine. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 155 pages "He was the same man on a dozen worlds - and a dozen men on one world." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Kelly Freas - GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (ilustrador). Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. .BOOK: Green Leatherette #2 (1919-1925); Brodzky EP (1919-25); BL on front; Clean pages throughout; titles listed at back 104 titles listed making this 1919-1925. STORIES: Soldiers Three and other stories, consists of three sections which each had previously received separate publication in 1888; Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris appear only in the first section, which is also titled Soldiers Three. The books reveal a side of the British Tommy in Afghanistan rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in central Asia as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Green Leatherette; Spine 2; Brodzky Endpapers; Gold BL on front with gold title and author name on spine; partial C4 Dust Jacket info pasted to the back cover (See Scan) which helps identify this as Spring 1918; a water stain on bottom, does not go through to pages.…

Condición: Fine. 8½'' x 5''. Certified Copy No. 9 of 14 first day Royal Navy cover stamped envelope. SIGNED 'Michael Layard'. One cachet insert. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE AUTHENTIC TRUE FIRST EDITION. Dark Brown Leatherette; Spine #1; Brown Marble Endpapers; Gold BL Logo on Front with Author's Name and Title on spine in gold which is fading; small smudge mark on top edge does not go through to pages; darkened on spine with edgewear top and bottom. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SCARCE SURVIVING COPY. Dark Green Leatherette; BL logo on front with gold title and author's name on spine; Catalog 1, 12 original titles listed at front across from title; two previous owners neatly written names on reverse of front endpaper (see scan); green marble endpapers; green top-stain. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE AUTHENTIC TRUE FIRST EDITION. Dark BROWN Leatherette; Spine #1; Brown Marble Endpapers; Gold BL Logo on Front with Author's Name and Title on spine in gold which is fading; darkened on spine. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL OVER 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. SCARCE SURVIVING COPY. Dark Green Leatherette; BL logo on front with gold title and author's name on spine; Catalog 1, 12 original titles listed at front across from title page; clean green marble endpapers; Near Fine. STORY: Soldiers Three reveals a side of the British Tommy in AFGHANISTAN rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their betters, act the fool, but cut straight to the rawness of war in the mid-east as the British began to loosen their Imperial hold.…

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original light blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine, photographic end papers showing route up Everest. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Author's first book. Contains [viii] 2, 188 printed pages of text with 16 pages of archive monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, Rs 20. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'H. P. S. Ahluwalia - 26th October 1973'. Separately enclosed letter dated October 1973 SIGNED by P. L. Jalota of The High Commission of India, Aldwych, London, referring to this copy being sent by the author to Richard Snow, Wendover Library, who we purchased the book from. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 706902688 MOUNTAINEERING.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Includes Appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft. Barron (ed), Contains: "Foreword" by August Derleth, "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "A Memory of R.E. Howard" by E. Hoffmann Price.HBDJ, 1946, 1ST EDITION, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG/GOOD-, Limited to 3,000 Copies in back of book, 474 pgs, FOXING INTERIOR PGS, Black cloth over boards tiny nicks with gilt lettering and ornamental designs on the spine, Front of Dj Nice & Brigh with small Chips along Fold of Inner Flap & tiny chnips Wear Extremities, Back dJ soiling slightly & spine DJ end chips, and A Memory of R.E. Howard by E. Hoffmann Price. A first Limited edition from an author noted for his Conan series, and his numerous fantastic adventure stories featured in Weird Tales. authors Posthumous first book published in the U.S. and his first collection of short fantasy fiction. An omnibus volume collecting stories featuring Conan, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn and King Kull, many of which were first published in WEIRD TALES.…

Both items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight rust spotting. Manuscript: 12pp, 4to. On twelve leaves, paginated 1-12. With emendations and corrections. Note at head of page: 'Dates & title meant to be typical only: subject to revision from collection catalogue etc & to fit later details of book.' Also at head of page, in red pencil: 'Aquatint collection draft first chapter'. Manuscript: 9pp., 4to. On nine leaves attached with stud (last leaf loose). The piece begins: 'The first book containing coloured aquatint illustrations published by the man who made such volumes popular is The Microcosm of London. It came from the Repository of Arts, at 101 Strand: the bookseller-publishers of that day were fond of large-sounding titles for their domed libraries, like the Temple of the Muses or the Juvenile Repository. No. 101 Strand was kept by a very enterprising Saxon, Rudolph Ackermann, who since his arrival in London in the 'nineties of the eighteenth century had been a skilled coach-designer, the proprietor of a drawing school, and a printseller.' While there is no indication of the book of which this was the intended first chapter, nor any record of its publication, it is likely to have been published in some form: Darton's literary output was voluminous, as his entry in the Oxford DNB indicates.…