title jacket (627 resultados)

First edition, first printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). 176 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; shallow chip at spine heel with scuffs at other edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Black cloth spine with vibrant gilt stamped lettering; red boards. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. ISBN 0934395616.

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). 255 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. White dust jacket lightly rubbed. Black spine; bluish-gray boards, ding at front board's bottom edge. Ink stamp (Publisher's remainder mark?) upon top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0399134859.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page). [10], 271, [1], [3] pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket rubbed, spine head bumped, nick at front panel's bottom left. Black spine lightly bumped at ends; dark purple boards. Some black ink smudging at fore-edge margins of pages 238-239; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Publisher's summary: "A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while painting transcendent works. He rose from obscurity to fame and wealth, but success didn't alter his violent temperament. He died young, alone, and under strange circumstances. Caravaggio scholars estimate that between sixty and eighty of his works are in existence today. Many others - no one knows the precise number - have been lost to time. Somewhere, surely, a masterpiece lies forgotten. This quest is a synthesis of history and detective story." ISBN 0375508015.

American first edition (as stated upon copyright page). [6], 182 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some toning, chips and tears at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. White boards, spine slightly cocked. Slender dinging to top edge with some leaves having associated shallow creasing at their top margins. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good copy in a good dust jacket. With Foreword by Milton Esterow, Preface, and section of b/w plates on four unpaged leaves. ISBN 0030725550.

Second printing. [9], 468 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16.25cm. White dust jacket rubbed with light soiling; spine and flap fold ends nicked; short tear at rear panel's top edge. Red cloth; slight discoloration to cloth at lower spine. Some foxing to top and bottom edges with slight soiling also to latter. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. {LitShelf#1} ISBN 0316288918.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). [12], 125 pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed, tape repair to tear at spine heel with another tape repair to long tear ascending from bottom of rear panel, tear at heel of rear flap fold, some light wear along dj edges. Brown boards with vibrant gilt spine lettering, slight scuffing at spine ends and tips of board corners. A few light stains upon the top edge and fore-edge. A very good copy in only a good dust jacket. The author examines several rural Appalachia Kentucky artisans and their folk crafts. ISBN 0378078976.

Probable British first edition but no direct statement as such upon copyright page. xii, 356 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed, vertical crease to spine panel, some bumping along edges. Red boards with vibrant spine lettering. Endpaper maps. Mild soiling upon top edge else a very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Autobiography of Polish Jew Alicia Appleman-Jurman and her experiences during both the Russian invasion and German occupation during World War II. ISBN 0593015932.

Modern reprint of the 1875 edition. xii, 48 pages plus 24 unpaged color plates. Hardcover; H 24.25cm x L 18.75cm. White dust jacket soiled, small patch of surface peeling near spine heel. Reddish-brown boards. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. With Preface by John Hunter and Foreword by Margaret Rutherford. Classic reference book on 24 variations of the game of solitaire (or what the British call patience) with each game having a color illustrated plate demonstrating the initial setup of the cards. ISBN 0134510968.

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). 251, [4] pages. Hardcover; H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed, spine head bumped. Slate gray boards with vibrant silver stamped spine lettering, slight bumping to spine ends. Else a near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Rick Dees, Introduction, two sections of b/w plates ion unpaged leaves, Postscript, Discography, Notes, References, and Index. Biography of singer-songwriter Johnny Bragg and his group The Prisonaires. ISBN 1580631401.

First edition (with publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). [9], 468 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; small chip, several tears, nicks, and some bumping/curling at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Red cloth; small slender discolored patch at front board's bottom edge. Text block's top edge foxed; deckle fore-edge. Slate gray endpapers; past owner's ink Christmas inscription on front pastedown partially hidden underneath dj's front flap; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. {LitShelf#3} ISBN 0316288918.

Reprint (first published 1983). [6], 241 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15cm. White dust jacket lightly rubbed. Red cloth spine with vibrant gilt stamped lettering; mustard colored boards. Top edge foxed; touch of foxing to fore-edge; past owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains quite crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With b/w illustrations and maps, Foreword, Prologue, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, and Index. ISBN 0880291729.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page). [10], 271 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some bumping and a few nicks at edges. Black spine lightly bumped at ends; dark purple boards. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Publisher's summary: "A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while painting transcendent works. He rose from obscurity to fame and wealth, but success didn't alter his violent temperament. He died young, alone, and under strange circumstances. Caravaggio scholars estimate that between sixty and eighty of his works are in existence today. Many others - no one knows the precise number - have been lost to time. Somewhere, surely, a masterpiece lies forgotten. This quest is a synthesis of history and detective story." ISBN 0375508015.

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). 493 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed and mildly soiled with a few nicks at edges. Blue cloth spine with some mottling lengthwise, red boards. Strong foxing to top edge; light foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good- copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0812815491.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line ending in "2" upon copyright page). x, 205 pages. Hardcover; H 21.5cm x L 14cm. White dust jacket rubbed with mild soiling, a few nicks at edges. Blue cloth spine with dark gray boards. Some foxing upon top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean and binding remains crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0394493656.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). xvi, 432 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Dark blue cloth spine with vibrant gilt stamping, blue boards. A fine crisp copy in a fine dust jacket. ISBN 0374114048.

Illus. With Photos Ilustrador. First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xiv, 394 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket rubbed; scuffs/nicks at edges; soiling/toning to white rear panel; toning to flaps; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Black cloth spine lightly scuffed at ends; dark blue boards with bottom corners bumped. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Posthumously published memoirs of Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. ISBN 0385128355.

208 pages. Hardcover; H 24cm x L 16cm. Green dust jacket nicked and creased at edges with a few short closed tears. Green boards. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. ISBN 0500250812.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Lt. Col. Frank Wilson Ilustrador. 120 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 7th printing.

320 pages. Hardcover; H 25.25cm x L 19cm. Dust jacket rubbed with nicks at edges, slight chipping and tears at flap fold ends with 4.5cm closed tear at heel of front flap fold; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering, slight scuffing at spine ends and along bottom board edges. Pages 7-18 creased at bottom corners. Pages are bright and clean and binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Feature b/w and color illustrations, Bibliography, and Index. ISBN 0385031092.

Hardcover. xii, 260p., cloth-covered boards, very good condition in an unclipped and lightly soiled dust jacket.

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). x, 179 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, short tear at front panel's bottom right corner. Beige boards. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 1550545302.

American first edition (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). 246 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed, several short closed tear at edges of front panel. Yellow cloth spine with reddish-brown boards. Lime green top edge. A still fairly crisp near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket. ISBN 0689115040.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xvi, 175 pages. Hardcover: H 29.75cm x L 23.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed, slight bumping along front panel's top edge. Blue cloth with vibrant spine lettering, slender shelf scuffing at spine ends and along board edges. With endpaper maps, Foreword by Jean Chretien, maps, tables, figures, b/w photographs, color plates, line drawings by Mary Theberge, two appendices, Further Reading (bibliography), and Index. Slight foxing to fore-edge and top edge but interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good+ dust jacket. ISBN 0385171226.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [8], 328 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed, spine ends bumped. Black spine with heel bumped, black boards. Swath of black marker (publisher's remainder mark?) on bottom edge. Non-authorial ink gift inscription on half-title page. Huffman's ink signature in his usual illegible style upon the title page. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Publisher Gotham Book's description: "The gripping story of two hundred freed Mississippi slaves who sailed to Liberia to build a new colony-where the colonists' repression of the native tribes would beget a tragic cycle of violence. When a wealthy Mississippi cotton planter named Isaac Ross died in 1836, his will decreed that his plantation, Prospect Hill, should be liquidated and the proceeds from the sale be used to pay for his slaves' passage to the newly established colony of Liberia in western Africa. Ross's heirs contested the will for more than a decade in the state courts and legislature-prompting a deadly revolt in which a group of slaves burned Ross's mansion to the ground-but the will was ultimately upheld. The slaves then emigrated to their new home, where they battled the local tribes and built vast plantations with Greek Revival mansions in a region the Americo-Africans renamed 'Mississippi in Africa.' The seeds of resentment sown over a century of cultural conflict between the colonists and tribal peoples would explode in the late twentieth century, begetting a civil war that rages in Liberia to this day . . . this enthralling work traces an epic legacy that sweeps from the slave quarters of the antebellum South to the war-ravaged streets of modern-day Monrovia. Tracking down Prospect Hill's living descendants, deciphering a history ruled by rumor, and delivering the complete chronicle in riveting prose, journalist Alan Huffman has rescued a lost chapter of American history whose aftermath is far from over." {Copy #3} ISBN 1592400442.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xvi, 248 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, light bumping at spine head and at heels of flap folds. Light brown cloth with black spine lettering, bottom board corners bumped. Top corner of pages 35-36 creased from past fold-down. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With Preface, map and several b/w illustrations, Notes, and Index. Features 39 chapters divided into five parts titled as: "Over the Trails and Rails;" "Buried Treasure Legends;" "The Lawless, Lawmen, and Justice;" "Buffalo, Horses, and Other Creatures;" and "The Famous and the Obscure." ISBN 9780700615186.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Firm and unmarked, with faint scuffing to front board and top of spine.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xviii, 290 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; negligible short closed tear at top edge of front panel with head of front flap fold worn; minor wear along other edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamped spine lettering; light rubbing to boards. Slight soiling to top edge and fore-edge. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket with Beecher's bold signature in black felt tip upon the front free endpaper. Noted Birmingham, Alabama poet championing "the ideals of the American Dream against the ills of oppression and indifference" (quoted from the dj's rear flap). ISBN 0025083104.

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. 223 pages. Hardcover; H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed, light toning along spine and panel edges, a few nicks along edges with short creased tear at bottom edge of front panel. Black cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering, spine head bumped. Foreword by Florida Attorney General Robert L. Shevin; Introduction; two appendices; Index. Features twelve chapters divided into three parts titled as "Perspective," "The Arguments," and "The Supreme Arbiter: The Supreme Court and the Death Penalty." A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket with Carrington's six-line signed inscription dated for September 1978 upon the front free endpaper. ISBN 0870004050.

American first edition. 95 pages. Hardcover: H 30.75cm x L 23.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, slight bumping at spine ends. Green cloth with vibrant gilt stamping. Features 36 color illustrations plus color page decorations and additional b/w illustrations as well as two b/w maps of England and the Isles of Scilly. Ralph Whitlock contributes an Introduction (pages 7-15) and "Commentary on Frances Mary Isabella Smith's paintings and descriptions of birds" (pages 19-31). A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. ISBN 0881620890.

First edition (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). 455 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed, some scuffing and short tear at spine head, light wear at heads of flap folds as well with a few minor nicks along panel edges. Yellow cloth with metallic green stamped spine lettering. Top edge toned. Past owner's personal bookplate upon front pastedown. Top corners of pages 193-194 and 225-226 creased from past fold-down else a very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Australian political journalist Alan Reid examines the happenings during the administration of Prime Minister John Grey Gorton. ISBN 0855580488.