preface john steinbeck (11 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. REVISED, ENLARGED VERSION. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, bright; white titles on blue paper covers. ; 247 pages; Reminiscences of the First Seventy Years at Stanford University). Notes from an experienced writer -- including examples from the author's own work as well as the work of students -- highlight an easily accessible beginner's guide to the art of story writing.SUBSTANCE, REPETITION, TIME; POINTS OBSERVATION; CHARACTERIZATION; DIALOGUE; VERBAL REVISION.APPENDIX.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Revised Edition. Compass Edition of this 247 book on how to write stories. Cover is faded, has edge wear, and is soiled; front inner hinge worn; text itself is in very good condition. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Compass Books Edition. C111. Revised And Enlarged Version Of The 1939 Edition. Yellow Wraps With Red Spine. Black And Yellow Writing On The Spine. Some Underlining Within The First Twenty Pages. Former Owner's Signatures On The Front Cover, Inside And Out And The Half Title Page.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Preface "Lyndon B. Johnson -- Portrait of a President" by John Steinbeck, quality trade softcover of 225 pages, condition Very Good+, appears unread, light shelfwear to covers.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1964. 225pp. paperback: Very Good+. Includes "Lyndon B. JohnsonÑPortrait of a President" by John Steinbeck as well as Democratic Party platform issues in the year that Johnson defeated Goldwater in a landslide.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1936 2nd edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and illustration to spine, blind stamped sailing ship to front, top edge blue, others rough cut. Condition: Very good. Gilt dulled. Faded patch to front board. Endpapers browned. Owner's name to ffep, dated 1938. Pages lightly age-toned. Size: 8x5.5in / 20x14cm. 269pp. Weight: 420g.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Black and white clips from film of the same name throughout , with accompanying text. Ilustrador. Sm 4to, 143 pp. Cream or Natural cloth with green line design of young man with yucca plant on front cover. Title also in green on spine. Stated, First Published May, 1941. 1941 on title page as well. Corners are bumped with some wear. Eps plain and clear of any markings, except aging. Interior pages are tanned from aging, otherwise fine. DUST JACKET is not clipped, and without pricing. Top of spine has moderate tears and one large chip. bottom spine has smaller chips and tears. other self-healing tears.

Hard Cover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. .HBDJ, 1st Edition, Stated First Published in May 1941, 2nd printing before publication, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG-/VG-, AS-IS, DJ light rub, wear & some tiny Chips Tears Edges & Extremities but NOT Affecting Illustration or Titles on fron, Off-White Burlap Cloth with Green Illustration of Man attending AloeVera Plant, Cvr light wear FOXING, DJ protected in Clear Mylar. Tiny DJ spine end Tears chips. Back DJ light wear FOX, 143 pgs, 7 X 10 1/4 IN. .Story of coming of Modern Medicine to natives of Mexico. Camera Crew that, Headed by Kline & with Steinbecks Script at Hand, Recorded This Narrative of Birth & Death , of Witch Doctors & Vaccines ,Of the Old Mexico & The New. This new script-photograph Technique of narration conveys the ideas with Unexcelled Brilliance & Immediacy. Photographs from FILM. Mexican Rural Life Described. Story of the documentary film of the same name, concerning a little Mexican village; Among the mountains of Mexico there are many villages that resisted change for hundreds of years. This the story of one of the pueblos, Santiago, and one boy and his family who face the challenge to change.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HBNODJ,1936, 1st edition, 2nd PRINTING,Blue decorated embossed cloth Gold Gilt, Spine stamped Gilt, Cover minor Wear Rub, Minor Fox Interior O/W Nice, Tight Clean,NF/VG+, NODJ.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First edition/1st Printing. Beautiful book based on the film written by Steinbeck about life in a sm. Mexican village. 136 handsome photos from the film. Near fine/near fine. Laid in is a 4pg. supplement to the book of the month club news on his novel The Moon Is Down. Illustrated with a portrait of the writer on the front cover. Also laid in is a nice 2 color herald for the play based on the book. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2nd Edition. viii, [2], 269 p. ; 20 cm. ; 2nd Covici Friede edition ;LCCN: 39-8918 ; OCLC: 364942 ; LC: PS3537.T3234; Dewey: 813/.52 ; "Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the author's prodigious body of work." ; "From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. And he had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama, the 'cup of gold.'" ; one of the 939 unbound sets remaindered by the original publisher Robert M. McBride, and issued with new covers and preface by Covici-Fiede; re-bound in full dark maroon/brown leather with gold lettering ; beige endpapers ; text foxed ; discoloration at top corner of textblock, but no effect on text ; minor spots on fore-edge ; silk headbands ; a beautiful binding & an unique copy thus ; the binding is in FINE condition ; the text, VG. Book.