Shiel matthew p (169 resultados)

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. The Lord of the Sea. Book.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition Thus. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran 1977. First Edition Thus. Hardcover Limited to 4000 [reportedly, actually 4046] copies. Collects 7 detective stories. 219 pages A Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photos clphE. frontispiece design by Bob Arrington and Dust Wrapper art by Joe Wehrle Jr (ilustrador). …

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Trade Edition. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning rubbing and ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated by A. J. Pearse (ilustrador). …

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Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+ to Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. (1950) 218 pp. Original green covers, very bright and clean. Covers slighty cocked; spine ends bumped. Previous owner's last name in pencil on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and several small chips to edges; approx. 1 1/2" closed tear, and approx. 1" closed tear, at top edge of rear panel. Spine a bit darkened. Contents nice.…

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Condición: New. In English.

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Hardback. Condición: New.

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Condición: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This edition limited to 4000 copies (Actually 4283 copies according to The Arkham House Companion). This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There are several spots of scuffing to the black book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright with the exception of some very light rubbing to the bottom edges. The book contains a series of supernateral stories including: Xelucha, The Primate of the Rose, Dark Lot of One Saul, The House of Sounds, The Globe of Gold-Fish, Many a Tear, The Bride, The Tale of Henry and Rowena, The Bell of St. Sepulcre, Huguenin's Wife, The Pale Ape, and, The Case of Euphemia Raphash. "Matthew Phipps Shiell (21 July 1865 17 February 1947) , known as M. P. Shiel, was a British writer. His legal surname remained "Shiell" though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mostly for supernatural horror and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901, revised 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. " (from Wikipedia). Illustrated by Frank Utpatel (ilustrador).…

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Edges worn, corners a little creased; front hinge taped; label inside front cover, withdrawn from British Science Fiction Association Library. Fantastical mystery adventure 2A6.

Hard Cover. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG. First Thus. VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (prev. owner's name to FFE & title page, slight crease to FFE) in dustwrapper (edges a little rubbed); pp. 320. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good with slight chips & Tears. First Thus. "If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do?" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. He embarks on an epic journey across a silent and devastated planet, an apocalyptic Robinson Crusoe putting together the semblance of a normal life from the flotsam and jetsam of his former existence. As he descends into madness over the years, he becomes increasingly aware that his survival was no accident and that his destiny—and the fate of the human race—are part of a profound, cosmological plan. Forum Books Edition, First Printing November 1946.202p, Vintage copy. Text neat and complete, but paper age toned. DJ in potective sleeve in . …

Condición: MOLTO BUONO. Milano, Adelphi Ed. cm.12,5x19,5, pp.XVI,338, brossura con coperta figurata a colori. Collana Gli Adelphi. Versione e prefazione di J. Rodolfo Wilcock.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover. Knopf Borzoi New Pocket Book, 1929 edition. xvii; 299 pgs. 7" x 4.5" w. Publisher's brown cloth with black design on front and black letters and design on spine. Slightly scuffed extremities. Very good condition marred by chipped fore-edges of front and back covers. Binding tight. Blue-green decorative endpapers designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Free of markings. "The Lord of the Sea" by M. P. Shiel is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a richly detailed world, diving into the lives of intertwining characters such as Richard Hogarth and Margaret Hogarth amidst a backdrop of societal upheaval, including the persecution of Jewish communities in Europe. The narrative engages with themes of identity, love, power, and the struggle against oppressive systems. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the atmosphere of Lisbon during the Day of Atonement in a synagogue, where an old woman, sensing an impending crisis, faints while calling for her daughter, Rebekah. The plot quickly shifts to the tension rising in Europe against Jews, revealing economic motives with Baruch Frankl seizing Westring Vale. Richard Hogarth, described as the "Black Hogarth," faces challenges and confrontations that arise due to this turmoil. As the story unfolds, conflicts revolving around land ownership, social status, and romantic entanglements establish a personal and political drama that weighs heavily on Hogarth and those around him, hinting at the chaos that will continue to unfold in the narrative."/Project Gutenberg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First published in 1901 and re-issued in 1963, this is a first edition, first impression of the new edition by Souvenir Press of 1981. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£6.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 320pp. Anglo Caribbean writer M. P. Shiel's (1865-1947), popular reputation was made by another work for hire. This began as a serial contracted by Peter Keary (1865-1915), of C. Arthur Pearson Ltd, to capitalise on public interest in a crisis in China (which became known as the Scramble for Concessions.) The Empress of the Earth ran weekly in Short Stories in 1898. The early chapters incorporated actual headline events as the crisis unfolded, and proved a success with the reading public. Pearson responded by ordering Shiel to double the length of the serial to 150,000 words, but Shiel cut it back by a third for the book version, which was rushed out that July as 'The Yellow Danger'. Some contemporary critics described this novel as a fictionalisation of Charles Henry Pearson's National Life and Character: A Forecast (1893). Shiel's Asian villain, Dr. Yen How, has been cited as a possible basis for Sax Rohmer's much better known Dr. Fu Manchu. Dr. Yen How was probably based on the Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), who had first gained fame in England in 1896 when he was kidnapped and imprisoned at the Chinese embassy in London until public outrage pressured the British government to demand his release. Similar kidnapping incidents occurred in several of Shiel's subsequent novels. 'The Yellow Danger' was Shiel's most successful book during his lifetime, going through numerous editions, particularly when the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901 seemed to confirm his fictional portrayal of Chinese hostility to the West. Shiel himself considered the novel hackwork, and seemed embarrassed by its success. It was a likely influence on H.G. Wells in 'The War in the Air' (1908), Jack London in 'The Unparalleled Invasion' (1910), and others. His next novel was another serial contracted by Pearson to tie into the Spanish-American War. 'Contraband of War' ran in Pearson's Weekly 7 May- 9 July 1898, again incorporating headline events into the serial as the war progressed. It was published as a book the following year. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Oliver Frey (ilustrador).…