A C Spectorsky Editor (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. A good reading copy. The Book of the Mountains carries us all over the earth, through the Himalayan ranges, and mountains of Wild Wales; across the Andes, and the Pyrenees; to the High Sierras, the glacier of the Alps, to reveal the mountain world. The lure of great heights; the peaceful solitude and majesty of towering ranges; the blinding fury of mountain storms - all are reflected in these selections which have been culled from the earliest written records down to the present. The sections are: 1, Men Climb the Mountains; 2, Men Live & Work on the Moutains; 3, Men Against the Mountains; 4, Men Study the Mountains; 5, Men Fight on the Mountains; and, 6, Men Wonder at the Mystery of the Mountains.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Spectorsky, A. C., editor. The Book of the Mountains. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. (1955). FIRST EDITION. "Being a collection ofwritings about the mountains in all their aspects; with 64 pages of illustrations in halftone and gravure, and many line drawings." Insertedphotograph sections produced on calendered (slick, glossy) stock, xx, 492pp, brown endpapers, illustrated cream cloth (hardcover), 8vo. Issuedwith fragile glassine dust jacket replaced with a crystal clear achival dust jacket. Unmarked and in very good condition.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial cloth; (Trace of light rubbing bottom edge), Large 8vo.,492pp.'Being a collection of writings about the mountains in all their aspects; with 64 pages of illustrations in half-tone and gravure,and many line drawings'. Slightly musty. Near Fine in clear mylar wrapper.…

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A bright, clean, tight copy sans tears, stains, and discoloration with all text and illustrations clear/unmarked. Book in publisher's original-issue clear plasticene dustjacket. LAID-IN: Publisher's 4-page pamphlet about the book (issued with the book). From the pamphlet: "The Book of the Mountains" carries us all over the earth, through the Himalayan ranges, and mountains of Wild Wales; across the Andes, and the Pyrenees; to the High Sierras, the glacier of the Alps, to reveal the mountain world.The lure of great heights; the peaceful solitude and majesty of towering ranges; the blinding fury of mountain storms - all are reflected in these selections which have been culled from the earliest written records down to the present." Book ILLUSTRATED in archival black-and-white photography with accompanying descriptive captions. 492 pages. NOTE: Due to the size and heavy weight of the book additional shipping cost will be requested/required for OUT-OF-U.S. shipment in accordance with country of destination. GP12.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover; with 64 pages of illustrations in halftone and gravure, and many line drawings; fading and edge wear to exterior; cover cloth tearing at sp ine; binding reinforced; otherwise contents in fair condition with clean te xt.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1954, First Edition, First printing, Condition: Good. Dust Jacket: missing (covered in mylar). Pictorial boards, text block and edges are clean and tightly bound. Inscribed on inside flysheet. The editor "has researched through world writing from the beginning of recorded time down through the present (1954), and assembled passages that portray the sea tempting man with its mysteries or destroying him with its power." Many photographs, includes ephemera - original sales sheet.…

Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good no dust jacket. 492pp.

No Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THIS IS A COMPLETE SECTION OF THE CHICAGO SUN NEWSPAPER "BOOK WEEK." T HERE IS A SMALL CLOSED TEAR OF THE FRONT PAGE. THE PAPER IS TONED WITH AGE. TJERE ARE FOUR BINDERY HOLES ALONG THE SPINE. THERE IS A DISCREET LIBRARY STAMP ON THE FRONT PAGE. THE FEATURE FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IS TITLED " TOM PAINE, WORLD CITIZEN, DEMOCRAT." THE SUB-TITLE IS HOWARD FAST ANALYSES THE MAN IN THE LIGHT OF HIS BRILLIANT WORK." THE BOOK REVIEW IS BT STERLING NORTH. THERE IS A DRAWING OF TOM PAINE BY JACK LAMBERT ON THE FRONT PAGE. OTHER BOOK REVIEWS ARE BY PAUL M. ANGLE. THERE IS A FULL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT FOR EDNA FERBER'S " GREAT SON.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition; First Printing. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket front flap is detached, and the spine has a long tear. Dust soiling and chipping. Publisher's price of $3.75 on the front flap. Dust jacket art from Vera Bock. Horror anthology featuring Franz Kafka, Dorothy Sayers, Hugh Walpole, et al.; 368 pages.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. no number line. No names or markings. Small dings on the corners and spine. A Collection of writings about the mountains in all their aspects; with 64 pages of illustrations in halftone and gravure, and many line drawings. Pictorial hardboards. No dustjacket. ; 7"-10"; 492 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated boards/Fine. Ingenious, pleasant to handle clear acetate DJ/NF; strong & sound w/closed tears to back upper/lower corners. Companion volume to The Book of the Sea. Anthology of literature voicing man's conflicts and compromises, reactions, adaptations, discoveries, ideas to those upthrustings of the earth's crust we call mountains. Illustrations in halftone, gravure and line drawings. Selections made with literary excellence in mind; fiction restricted to non-narrative. Of particular convenience are the succint prefatory remarks and biographical sketches antecedent to each entry. The sections are: 1, Men Climb the Mountains; 2, Men Live & Work on the Moutains; 3, Men Against the Mountains; 4, Men Study the Mountains; 5, Men Fight on the Mountains; and, 6, Men Wonder at the Mystery of the Mountains.…

NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Includes John Steinbeck's Life in the Great Tide Pool, pages 450-451, text from Cannery Row, not recorded by Goldstone & Payne, Morrow 345, also includes Joseph Conrad, Philip Wylie, Charles Darwin, Rachel Carson, Jack London, and many others, with 32 pages of half-tones and 32 pages of photographs in gravure, plus maps and line drawings throughout the text, with a prospectus for the book laid in loosely. Fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD CONDITION. FIRST EDITION SO STATED. BEN HECHT STORY "THE ADVENTURE OF PROFESSOR EMMETT" ON PAGES 70 - 110 IN "MAN INTO BEAST- STRANGE TALES OF TRANSFORMATION" EDITED BY A. C. SPECTORSKY ON PAGES 1-70. THE TALE IS EXCERPTED FROM BEN HECHT'S "A BOOK OF MIRACLES", 1939. SMALL CLOSED TEAR TOP FRONT OF THE DUST JACKET AND SOME CRINKLING OF THE DUST JACKET SPINE ENDS. PRICE OF $3.75 ON THE FRONT INNER FLAP OF THE DUST JACKET. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. A NICE CLEAN COPY OF THESE BIZARRE TALES. AUGUSTE COMTE SPECTORSKY BECAME THE LITERARY EDITOR OF HUGH HEFNER'S "PLAYBOY" MAGAZINE IN 1956 AND HE PROVIDED THE LITERARY INFLUENCE FOR THE MAGAZINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. Size: 5 7/8" X 8 5/8".…