John w hersey (13 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Used: Good. Volume 3, 1956. A standard copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has lightly yellowed. Previous owner's name is written on first front end paper. Boards are lightly soiled along bottom edge. No dust jacket. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Boards are lightly rubbedm light stains on bottom edges. Pages faintly tanning in margins, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: 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.…

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Spine tips are lightly worn. Bottom of spine is bumped throughout magazine. Small damp stain at bottom of back cover near spine. A couple of mild creases on back cover. Mary Withington on front cover. 120 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Some ghosting on front cover from ad on reverse. Spine tips are worn. Tiny nick on front cover fore edge. William A. Maguire on front cover. Articles on Navy Dive Bombing and Peter Hunt. 120 pages.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Inscribed by Alfred A Knopf. One of 250 presentation copies. Front cover shows a couple spot along top edge. Soil spot on one leaf resulting in a small (5mm) closed tear. Typogrpahy, binding and chapter-head vignettes by W. A. Dwiggins. Printed by the Plimpton Press. pp. 59, [1]. Placed in a mylar sleeve. The inscription reads, ''For Ruth Manary / on her birthday and mine / 12 September 1955 / from her friend / Alfred a Knopf''. Ruth had been at the cocktail party given to honor Knopf at author Stewart Holbrook's Portland home in August 1951. [A scan of a newspaper photo of them together is laid in.] Ruth Manary (1896-1988) was a Portland socialite and the wife of lumber executive Gordon Manary. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear, pages are clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine Minus. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Clean and newish throughout. Spine is tight, boards square and rigid and tips are pointed. The jacket IS NOT price clipped but has one minuscule loss on front cover top edge. Looks presentational in a shiny new plastic cover. Packaging suitable for wrapping.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Good. First Edition. 90 pages. Articles: From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's privations give rise to bitter criticism of America; Dem Bums Abroad - Brooklyn Dodgers did their spring training in Havana, Cuba; Mr. Secretary Marshall (conclusiont) - his military background can help him achieve diplomatic victories; The Happy Gentleman - Frank Crowninshield - article with photo. Fiction: The Blast (part 1 of 2); The Blond Hairpin; Promise in the earth; The Flexible Mind; The Curse of the Krebils; White Man in the White Land. Includes these ads: "The Man Out" - great full-page movie ad - starring James Mason; Canadian Pacific Vacations; Santa Fe Railroad; The National Guard (two pages); Dubonnet; Oldsmobile cars (nice); Great full-page color-photo ad for Fortune shoes for men; Schick Electric Shaver "Fits Your Face" - full-page color-photo; Packard cars (classy); Washington State Tourism (color-photos); Chevrolet; Life Savers; Timely Clothes; Red Cap Ale; Hickok Belts; Canadian National Railways - travel; Red Top Ale; Queen Anne Pecan Roll; Puritan Sportswear; United Jewish Appeal full-page ad features photo of General Eisenhower and lengthy excerpt of his speech to the U.J.A. in Washington, D.C.; Eversharp pens; Coke ad on back over features three young office ladies. Average wear. Center page loose but present. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's Magazine, April 12, 1947 From Rags to Riches - Chaplin in a Bluebeard role; America's Number One Mystery Man (part 1 of 2) - the career of Frank Costello and his strange empire - great photos; John Bull Sees Red, White and Blue - Britain's priva. Illustrated by Chase, Francis (cover); Mink, Dave; Rose, William; Groth,John; Giesen, Herman; Hawes, Charles; Thompson, Kenneth; Eng, Fred (ilustrador).…