Publicado por Avon / Bard, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1981
ISBN 10: 0380016982 ISBN 13: 9780380016983
Librería: Books Do Furnish A Room, Durham, NC, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Spine Somewhat Cocked. Bookstore stamp on first page, otherwise pages are clean and binding is tight.
Publicado por Avon: Bard, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0380554593 ISBN 13: 9780380554591
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use; tiny stain at upper front corner of text block affects first fifteen pages; pages tanned with age; binding square and secure; text clean. Just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 12mo. 344pp. Mass Market Paperback. Mary McCarthy has never gotten her due as a prose writer and this -- her best novel -- seems to have been overlooked. This is the story of a young man 's emancipation from his very much loved mother (with whom he has an almost romantic relationship based on her attractiveness and their shared sensibility). They construct an ideal life together in which they eschew all "modern" conveniences for the niceties of the past. She remarries and he is launched as an adult, going to Paris to school, where he attempts to apply his interpretation of Kant's moral imperative to the various experiences he has (including one very funny-painful episode in which he invites a urine-soaked clochard to share his quarters). It is a completely delightful book and can be reread with pleasure. She is a master story teller. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated.
Publicado por Bard Book / Avon Books., New York, NY, USA., 1970
Librería: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condición: Good to Very Good. PHOTO Cover Ilustrador. First Edition By This Publisher. 127 pages;"In this modern classic, a young journalist steps off a curb and into the path of a speeding taxi. Is it an accident, or has a tormented past driven Eliezer, a German death camp survivor, to attempt suicide? Torn between choosing life and death, he must come to grips with the catastrophe that befell him, his family, his people. Written by a Holocaust survivor." >>> Paper pull along left side of back cover Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.
Publicado por New York, NY: Bard Books / Avon, 1959, 1959
Librería: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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First Edition. Bard books 1959. Very light shelf wear to the wraps. Light rubbing to the head / tail of the spine. Small creases to the corners of the wraps. Free endpaper has small patch of pen marginalia. The binding is sound.
Publicado por BARD/AVON BOOKS, New York, NY, 1984
ISBN 10: 0380862565 ISBN 13: 9780380862566
Librería: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good Minus. First Paperback Edition. In a journey from youth to old age, P., a wealthy businessman who abhors his real name, finds his passions ensnared by three loves, three erotic encounters-and finds that he's caught between his fantasies and a shattering truth. Wear at edges, reading creases, a few small creases on book, lightly rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/8" x 7". PAPERBACK.
Publicado por New York, NY, Avon Bard, 2000, 2000
ISBN 10: 0380978091 ISBN 13: 9780380978090
Librería: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft cover. First Edition. ISBN: 0380978091, Trade paperback, 1st edition, Uncorrected Proof, Near Fine/pictorial wraps; trace of light wear to covers and cover edges, 8vo., 341 pages. 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Publicado por BARD/AVON BOOKS, New York, NY, 1983
ISBN 10: 0380633051 ISBN 13: 9780380633050
Librería: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good Minus. First Paperback Edition. In 1911, photographer Willie Hickler was part of the Yale University expedition into the remote Peruvian Andes searching for a lost Incan city-they find the majestic Machu Picchu. Wear at edges, reading creases, sticker remnants on front cover, lightly rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/8" x 6 7/8". PAPERBACK.
Publicado por Avon Books / Bard November 1975, New York, NY, 1975
ISBN 10: 038000545X ISBN 13: 9780380005451
Librería: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market PaperBack. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. First Bard paperback printing, November, 1975. Previous owner's name written in ink verso of front cover. [160 pages].
Publicado por Avon: Bard, New York, NY, 1972
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Edition Thus (1972), so stated. First Edition Thus (1972), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: very mild rubbing to wrapper covers; five tiny pin-pricks at the lower rear panel (these penetrate the last 20 pages of the text); the pages have tanned very lightly, due to aging, and the back strip has been ever so lightly sunned, blanching the titles thereon ever so slightly - though they remain perfectly legible; there are a couple of very faint creases at the back strip; binding square and secure; text clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing very mild wear and several minor, unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo.(7 x 4.25 x 0.8 inches). 253 pages. Translated from the French by Lily Edelman and the authro. Language: English. Weight: 7.8 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. "One Generation After" came on the heels of Wiesel's novel "A Beggar in Jerusalem" which focused on the same concerns about the aftermath of WWII and the Six Day War. "One Generation After" is a series of collected thoughts, some fashioned as dialogues, others as stories, about the place of Jews in the world twenty-five years after the Holocaust. The events of WWII are very much alive in Wiesel's writings, and in the world in general, as he explores what it means to be a Jew and the place that Israel holds within the world and the factors that shape identity. Perhaps one of the most moving stories in this book is Wiesel's account of returning to his hometown in search of the gold watch he received for his bar mitzvah. Before his family was taken to the concentration camps, they buried their valuables in their yard; but upon returning to a village that is no longer the same and digging up the corroded watch, he realizes he cannot take it with him. He never returns to his village. But not all of the tales are memories of Wiesel's alone. He talks about people he met during the war and after, whose lives were forever altered. He offers his thoughts into issues of the day that still resonate in today's world. His thoughts on why Israel is so scorned by the world are insightful and sadly, dead on. And he offers a compelling explanation for why so many who survived the camps have struggled with faith. Elie Wiesel is a talented and intelligent writer, whose voice the world may never have heard if it wasn't for his experience in Auschwitz. He has spent his life as a witness, testifying to what he has seen, and keeping the memories of those who did not survive. "One Generation After" may seem disjointed and rather diary-like, but it offers great insight into the ways of the world, even if twenty-five years after the Holocaust the lessons haven't been learned. Unfortunately even now, over sixty years later, those lessons haven't been learned, but Wiesel offers hope that it is possible.
Publicado por Bard Books/Published by Avon, New York, NY, 1975
ISBN 10: 0380003082 ISBN 13: 9780380003082
Librería: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bard Books/Published by Avon, New York. 1975. Trade Paperback. Stated First Bard Printing April 1975. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight edge and tip bumps; light surface rubbing. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 112 pp 12mo. This is one of Wilder's most important early works. Based on the theme of the Andria this is the story of Chrysis who on the island of Brynos surrounded herself with young men. One of them, Pamphilus, falls in love with her sister, Glycerium, and their love unfolds gracefully, in a novel that is beautiful, harmonious, and full of the profundity inherent in the simplest movement of life. A clean very presentable copy.
Publicado por Avon Books: Bard, New York, NY, 1982
ISBN 10: 0380574063 ISBN 13: 9780380574063
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Avon Bard Edition (1982), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Good+ in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the lower outside edge of the front panel; dampstaining to the upper corner of the outside edges of the text block - mainly to the top edge - and this has penetrated ever so faintly to the upper corner of the the text pages and the text pages have a 'crinkly' quality due to this; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; foxing, again mainly to the top edge of the text block; a crease at the backstrip; the binding leans slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome - if flawed - copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and some cosmetic flaws - one of them serious. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.85 x 4.25 x 0.8 inches). xxiv, 239 pages. Translated from the Polish and with an Introduction by Michael Kandel. These stories were originally published in Polish in 1976. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. All edges tinted yellow. The English language hardcover edition was published in 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Stanislaw Lem (1921 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Lem is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. His science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe. One of Lem's major recurring themes was the impossibility of communication between profoundly alien beings, which may have no common ground with human intelligence, and humans. The title of this assembly of stories is the translator's clever triple pun: an allusion to Othello, "mortal engines" are manmade, impermanent, and sometimes deadly machines -- robots, to be exact. Included are all the tales from Lem's "Fables for Robots" and three other stories ("The Sanatorium of Dr. Vliperdius," "The Hunt," and "The Mask") that double the size of the book. First Avon Bard Edition (1982), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.
Publicado por Avon Books: Bard, New York, NY, 1982
ISBN 10: 0380585782 ISBN 13: 9780380585786
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Avon Bard Edition (1982) , so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Good in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the lower outside edge of the front panel; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; foxing to the outside edges of the text block; creases to the backstrip; the binding leans considerably but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A well-loved copy, but structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and several flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.85 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches) . 247 pages. Translated from the Polish by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson. These stories were originally published in Polish in 1976. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. All edges tinted yellow. The English language hardcover edition was published in 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Stanislaw Lem (1921 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Lem is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. His science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe. One of Lem's major recurring themes was the impossibility of communication between profoundly alien beings, which may have no common ground with human intelligence, and humans. "Return from the Stars" tackles such matters and the evolution of machine intelligence, alien contact, biological solutions to reduce or eliminate war and violence, and the psychology of alienation. Classic Lem. First Avon Bard Edition (1982), so stated. First Printing indicated by acomplete numerical sequence.
Publicado por Bard Books/Avon Books, New York, NY, 1984
ISBN 10: 0380848228 ISBN 13: 9780380848225
Librería: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Size Paperback. Condición: Good+. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 281 pages; Grey wraps lightly rubbed edges. Text clean and tight. Dorothy Scott Loos translated from the Portuguese.
Publicado por AVON/BARD, New York, NY, 1979
ISBN 10: 0380480336 ISBN 13: 9780380480333
Librería: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good Minus. First Paperback Edition. A Moment of True Feeling: Dreaming that he has committed murder, a man awakens and wanders through the city of Paris searching for the moment that will reveal the new meaning of his life. The Left-Handed Woman tells the story of a woman's escape. Wear at edges, reading creases, some soiling, some foxing on endpages, rubbed, light interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". PAPERBACK.
Publicado por AVON BOOKS/ A Bard Book August 1981, New York, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0380556650 ISBN 13: 9780380556656
Librería: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Mass Market PaperBack. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. First/first. Number string: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 . [206 pages + four pages of Bard/Avon titles available at time of publication].
Publicado por Avon/ BARD, New York, NY, 1975
ISBN 10: 0380017520 ISBN 13: 9780380017522
Librería: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/light shelf wear. 1972 novel from Jorge Amado (1912 - 2001). Read the title alternately as: Tereza Batisa' Debut at the Aracaju Cabaret, or Tereza Batista's Gold Tooth, or, Tereza Batista & How She Gave the Usurer His Due. A humorous and tender ballad of street life of Bahia, Brazil, that area trodden by the poor through plagues, famine, war, love and death. Extraordinary story of orphan Tereza Batista, sold into slavery at the age of 12 by an aunt, who will rise to inspire poets, and painters, not exluding sailors on leave. Though ultimately admired and honored by many, Tereza suffers through being jailed for defending an untrue lover, rises to power as a mistress of a noble, and ultimate to lead armies of whores to go on strike. A legend sung of one of fire & roses, steel & honey (Re-phrasing of the Washington Post),
Publicado por Bard/Avon Books, New York, NY, 1999
ISBN 10: 0380973413 ISBN 13: 9780380973415
Librería: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/rubs to corner tips & trace surface wear. Memoir of a year's life as a cowboy. In his forty-fourth year, awarding winning journalist and founding editor and publisher of Big Sky Journal, David McCumber quits techology stricken city life for that of a ranchhand on Bill Galt's Birch Creek spread in Montana. McCumber reports the cowboy is alive and well the West, not "of the Hollywood variety", but in terms of his ethics of hard work and respect for weather and land. Changes have, however, taken place . for one, horses have been mostly replaced by "Japanese quarter horses," otherwise known as four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, and secondly, many cowboys hold advanced degrees in higher learning.
Publicado por AVON/BARD, New York, NY, 1978
ISBN 10: 0380018659 ISBN 13: 9780380018659
Librería: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Soft Cover. Condición: Good Plus. First Paperback Edition. A workingman faced with the awesome unknown.a failed intellectual torn between his flamboyant wife and his homosexual lover.an irascible, cussing old woman kept alive with letters from the dead.each about to come to terms with the one inescapable fact of life. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, rubbed with white showing, some soiling, interior browning. Size: 4 1/4" x 7". PAPERBACK.
Publicado por Avon/Bard, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1981
ISBN 10: 0380773961 ISBN 13: 9780380773961
Librería: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Soft Cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Bard Edition paperback. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Also includes a laid-in handwritten SIGNED thank you letter from author saying he'd be happy to sign 'Mass Appeal'. Also laid-in is original New York Times obituary for Davis. Scarce signed. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Avon BARD, New York, NY, 1963
Librería: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. Bard Edition, 4th Printing 1970. Text/As New w/faint margin discoloration. Softcover/VG w/trace humidity stain to lower front, and, marked lean to spine. 7th novel, first published in 1963, by Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999); this is an Avon reprint of 1970. Modern Gothic novel set in the isolated west coast of Ireland, replete with cliffs overlooking dangerous seas & a deadly bog housing carnivorous plants. Young English school teacher, Marian Taylor, accepts a governess's position at isolated Gaze Castle. To her surprise, there are no children, instead she is to teach French & Italian to the lady of the house, Hannah Crean-Smith. Hannah, we learn, has been confined to Gaze by her husband Peter for seven years in punishment for having been unfaithful --- Peter, abusive to begin with, was also an unfaithful husband & often absent. During one of these absences, Hannah beds with neighbour Pip Lejour; caught, the ensuing physical confrontation leaves Peter is badly injured, and leaves the estate in the hands of his former lover, Gerald Scottow. Enter other personages. An intense tale of power, freedom, suffering, & the nature of "goodness", in terms of both religion and philosophy. The central character Hannah is a Christian, and the unicorn in the title is a symbol of Christ. Perhaps in essence, a tale of human deception & romanticism?.
Publicado por Avon: Bard Books, New York, NY, 1977
ISBN 10: 0380016575 ISBN 13: 9780380016570
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition Thus (1977), so stated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; a hint of blanching to the tinted top edge; the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; the binding is square and secure; the text clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and several minor cosmetic imperfections. Bright and clean. Not far from 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7 x 4.25 x 1 inches). 424 pages. Language: English. First published in 1947. Mass Market Paperback. Though fiction, this book was written about real people in history. The characters are fully developed, and by the end of the second chapter, you are in love with the hero! The plot twists are intriguing, and the book ends very differently than you would have thought when you first opened it. No sappy romance with weak dialogue here! INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition Thus (1977), so stated. First published in 1947.
Publicado por Avon/Bard, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1982
ISBN 10: 038079442X ISBN 13: 9780380794423
Librería: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Soft Cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition paperback original (May 1982). SIGNED and inscribed by Arnold on title page. Also includes laid-in a handwritten SIGNED letter from author saying she'd be happy to sign book. Scarce signed copy of author's first novel with associated letter. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Avon: Bard, New York, NY, 1973
Librería: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Paperback. First Edition Thus [1973], so stated. A Paperback Original: "This Bard edition is the first publication of Guerilla Street Theatre in any form.". Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use: shows a couple of creases to the backstrip; just a little wear to the extremities; very mild rubbing to the wrapper covers, which show some faint soiling to the areas of white background field and a hint of a crease near the outside edge of the front panel and a couple of creases near the lower corner of the rear panel; the expected tanning to the text pages, due to aging. The binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, carefully used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7 x 4.25 x 0.85 inches). 442 pages. Photographs. Drawings. Scripts. Language: English. Weight: 8 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition Thus [1973], so stated. A Paperback Original.