Gibbon reginald (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Fair. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Reginald Gibbons's first novel takes place in east Texas in 1910 during the time of white rule--not by law but by lynch mob. Amid the suffocating racism and fear, half-Choctaw, half-white Reuben Sweetbitter and Martha Clarke, a white woman, fall in love. . . . Reuben and Martha's love is strong, but, dishearteningly, racism is stronger. Timely in the subject of interracial love, this authentic, richly -detailed novel plumbs sacrifice, fear, and the loss of one's identity, bringing the -anguish of the two young lovers to life. Highly recommended.--Library Journal Far more than a spellbinding love story . . . a novel wide and deep in its understanding. . . . An unforgettable story, a remarkable piece of work.--Dallas Morning News I love this novel: it sings, it soars. Simultaneously deft and deep, it brings a lost world back to brilliant light.--Andrea Barrett Surprising in every way. . . . The novel's ending is as strong as its beginning--terrifying and beautiful, a true tour de force.--Chicago Tribune.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Reginald Gibbons's first novel takes place in east Texas in 1910 during the time of white rule--not by law but by lynch mob. Amid the suffocating racism and fear, half-Choctaw, half-white Reuben Sweetbitter and Martha Clarke, a white woman, fall in love. . . . Reuben and Martha's love is strong, but, dishearteningly, racism is stronger. Timely in the subject of interracial love, this authentic, richly -detailed novel plumbs sacrifice, fear, and the loss of one's identity, bringing the -anguish of the two young lovers to life. Highly recommended.--Library Journal Far more than a spellbinding love story . . . a novel wide and deep in its understanding. . . . An unforgettable story, a remarkable piece of work.--Dallas Morning News I love this novel: it sings, it soars. Simultaneously deft and deep, it brings a lost world back to brilliant light.--Andrea Barrett Surprising in every way. . . . The novel's ending is as strong as its beginning--terrifying and beautiful, a true tour de force.--Chicago Tribune.…

Hardcover. Condición: 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.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. As new.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Broken Moon Press 1994-12-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover NF. in NF dj SIGNED & insc by author; dj in mylar 421. 1stde pb edition. 8vo $NRP.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 36 pages. "Ferruccio Bonavia February 20, 1877 - February 5, 1950 obituary" / Colin Mason "Alan Rawsthorne" / Frank Dawes "A Jig of Morgan's" / W R Anderson "Round about Radio" / Susi Jeans "In Praise of Tremulants" / Reginald Gibbon "Air-Borne" / Music in the Provinces / Aix - Plans for July (M13).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Good. Hardcover dark green boards with gilt stamped covers. Used. Boards are worn, bumped at corners, bowed and slightly soiled. Card laid in to British Politician Lord Ammon from Lt. General Auyang Chu; card reads: "To Lord Ammon, With best compliments of: Lt. Genernal Auyag Chu, Mayor of Canton". Minor foxing to pages with some browning. NO markings in text. Binding is slightly cracked throughout, but still holding. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore since 1992.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Slightly bumped corners. Some minute specs on the covers. Fast shipping. Free delivery confirmation. Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 32 pages. CHRISTMAS QUESTIONS (a quiz) / Christopher Hollis "The Holy Year" / Sir Frederic Bartlett "Incentive in Industry" / Sir Evelyn Wrench "American Impressions" / R H Gibbon "Unquiet Wedding" / Reginald Colby "Uncle Mossiakoff" (Papers).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Copy in green cloth on boards in clipped D/J. jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket a little grubby and chipped along eges. Sellotape repair to head of jacket spine. Previopus owners inscription on FFE. Clean text with b/w plates. This is a heavy book and may require additional postage.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N/A. xxii, 696pp; various black and white photographic plates, in-text illustrations, colour fold-out map in rear. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt design on front and gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth worn through at bottom corners. Text block edges starting to tan; text block dropped, volume loose. Lender's stamps and markings on front endpapers and copyright page. Otherwise internally neat, clean and bright.…

Unknown Binding. Condición: Very Good. 1939 first edition on green cloth + two owners names to end papers and council gilded crest to frontis.

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Tresilian, S.; Robinson, T.H.; Wenban, R.; Bestall, A.E.; Holloway, Cyril; Cleaver, Reginald; Peddie, T.H.; Goss, G.W.; Inns, Kenneth; Prater, Ernest; Abbey, S.; (ilustrador).…