marshall a best (9 resultados)

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Very good in blue and white card wrappers. Spine slightly rolled and worn at the edges. Wrappers somewhat discoloured with age and handling. No tears. Contents very good, but please note that there are some pencil annotations and underlinings [see scans]. 230mm x 155mm. 194 pages. ***This issue contains an interesting ten page long contemporary review of the publication of Joseph Heller's 'Catch 22', which includes the following statements: "Since books not worth reading are not worth reviewing, and Catch 22 is worthless, my review needs justification --- before describing the theme of Catch 22 I must make this point which I trust will not be considered trifling - that its author cannot write". The reviewer is anonymous! ***'Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as a replacement for the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the volume and numbering system of which it continues. In 1958 it began quarterly publication as The Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The journal is currently published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special features include fiction, poetry, and a notes section. Publication is by invitation only'. [Wiki]***A very good copy of this American journal - this issue devoted to the American Reading Public. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Softcover. Condición: Good. Limited Edition. Damp staining to the upper part of the rear cover, doesn't penetrate to the inside. Front cover has a tiny chip to the upper edge. ; Approx. 6 1/2" wide by 9 1/4". Limited to 750 copies. ; 32 pages.

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, scarlet lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 250, 1 [pages]. Age darkened page edges, light rubbing to spine tips and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 124 pages. Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "The Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger" (SL#253).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. Very Good; a bit of edgewear to wraps; sunning to spine and along top edge of wraps; a small blot of dried adhesive to lower edge of front wrap; else Fine. Bound in dark purple self-wraps with the colophon of Viking Press in gilt on the front cover and "B.W. Huebsch" in gilt on spine. Colophon indicates "750 copies (not for sale)". Card "with the compliments of the Viking Press" laid in. Bookplate to verso of first leaf: "Frederic Melcher, New York, From his Library of Books about Books.". Book.

paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, purbeck grey end papers. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Contains 264 pp with monochrome archive and colour photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £35.00. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.

1st edition. Association copy. 96 pp. Sm 8vo. Inscribed on the ffep by both Edna Best and Herbert Marshall, the actress & actor (and, at some point, also husband & wife) who played Milne's characters Mary & Michael at the production's first London performance, St. James Theatre, 1 February 1930. VG+ (slt lean)/VG (some wear & soiling/spine panel a bit darkened). Light brown cloth binding with printed paper spine label. Printed buff dust jacket.

Condición: Good. Second edition in publisher's original colour photographic card wrap covers. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 156 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with label removed from the front free end paper and title page excised. In Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.