Allen Alfred Editor (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Very good+ paperback copy, NOT ex-library. Text clean. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Exterior looks very nice. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+ (Book Condition). A very nice, second hand copy with some shelfwear and some mild creasing to covers. Slight bump to fore-edge. A suggestion of tanning to pages. Text otherwise clean. Binding solid. [ Our rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ]. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. With all first printing points. Introduced by Alfred Kazin. A series of original interviews that first appeared separately in issues of The Paris Review, here given more permanent preservation in a hardcover edition. Book is fine; jacket as a tiny spine chip, and is otherwise also fine and protected by Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good+ condition in worn dust wrapper in protective cover, octavo, mid brown cloth spine with tan cloth boards, Lonsdale initial and crown in gilt on front, titles and gilt across spine, neat gift inscription dated 1962 on front free end paper, Foyles booksellers label on front end paper, one instance of marginalia - the list of winners of the Grand National stop at 1954, a previous owner has completed from 1963 to 1967. otherwise text is clean and bright and the binding firm, illustrated with a colour plate frontis piece and 69 other illustrations on plates and 5 other illustrations in text (there is a discrpancy between the dust wrapper and the number of plates called for; 334 pages including index. [QP]. Various (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. UK Edition. Follows the January 1951 US issue with UK ads and 50 fewer pages. Contains five of the original seven stories: 'Witch of the Demon Seas' by Craig (Poul Anderson) which has one large uncredited illustration, 'Tiger by the Tail' by Anderson, 'Task to Luna' by Coppel (illustrated by Vestal), Poison Planet' by Oberfield and 'Guest Expert' by Lang. The front cover has a four inch crease to the bottom right corner where there is some chipping and creasing along the left side next to the spine. The rear cover has three small tears to the top edge and some surface browning. Light chipping at the top of the spine which also has a three inch closed tear at the bottom with some surface loss. The pages are browned but unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Vestal, Herman (illustrator).…

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, columns, features, reports, resources, events, entertainment, ads, lightly-toned, else very good on newsprint. Continuing cover story on the Body Politic raid in Canada. Part 2 of the 30th Anniversary centerspread on Dr. Kinsey. 1,000 Gays March in Barcelona.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+ (Book Condition). A very nice, second hand copy with some shelfwear and some mild creasing to covers. Slight bump to fore-edge. A suggestion of tanning to pages. Text otherwise clean. Binding solid. [ Our rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 4to. Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 562 pages. 9.69x6.85x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 277 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 572 pages. 9.69x6.85x1.11 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very good. 1954, London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, pp334, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, tan cloth spine over beige boards in dustwrapper.

, 272 pages with 4 introductory pages illustrated with 23 black and white plates and various figures in text First Edition , top front corner a little rubbed, head and tail of spine and other corners slightly rubbed, faint pale marks to rear cover, rear hinge slightly cracked, book in good+ condition , black cloth with gilt title to spine gilt margins to front, bevelled boards Octavo (over 7-10 inches tall) Hardback ISBN.…

8 volumes in 5. 8vo. [1882-3:] iv, 207, [1], 17, [2], ii, 264; [1884-5:] iv, 271, iv, 296; [[1886-7:] iv, 264, iv, 266; [1888:] iv, 279; [1890:] iv, 300 pp. Profusely illustrated, indexes; 1882 vol. with cellophane tape applied to gutter at pp. 58/59. The first four volumes are bound uniformly in full dark green gilt-stamped cloth; the fifth volume is bound in dark green gilt-stamped half morocco and cloth, top edge gilt; rubbed. Ownership signature of [1] J. W. Measures; [5] rubber-stamp of Ron Neumeyer. Generally very good (note cellophane tape). Selected topics in vol. I: Adulteration of Coffee and the Microscope; Barker on Photo-Micrography; Biblioteca Micrographica; Bleaching fluid for Beetles; Blow-Fly, Teeth of; Cat's Tongue, section of; Chrysolite; Cotton Seeds; Daphnia; Dark-ground illumination; Diatoms; etc. SELECTED PAPERS: J. H. Kidder, An examination of the external air of Washington -- J. B. Jeaffreson, Hydroza and Medusae -- James A. Foster, Diamonds and their history -- Malcolm Poignand, The Microscope in Palaeontology -- J. G. Greenfell, On some New Infusoria from Bristol -- Dr. Lediard, Salmon Disease -- V. R. Perkins, Stylops -- V. A. Latham, The Microscope and how to use it -- A. Hammond, Chironomus Prasinus -- George Norman, Cystopus, or White Rust -- W. G. Wheatcroft, The Structure of Flowers with reference to Insect Aid in their fertilization -- H. W. S. Worsley-Benison, Charles Darwin. PROVENANCE: J. W. Measures, not here, but later wrote a paper, "Lenses made by Zeiss for low-power photo-micrography. . ." Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1898.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 277 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.