And John Lardner (47 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by previous owner. "You Know me Al" is a classic of baseball--the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's greatest characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a balance between the funny and the moving, the pathetic and the glorious. Nostalgic in its view of pre-World War I America--a time before the "live" ball, a time filled with names like Ty Cobb, Charles Comiskey, Walter Johnson, and Eddie Cicotte--this is not a simple period piece. It is about competition, about the ability to reason, and most of all it is about being human. First published in 1914, "You Know Me Al" says as much to us about ourselves today as it did seventy-five years ago. In his day, Ring Lardner was a legendary humorist (a job-description he disavowed), and You Know Me Al shows why everyone loved him so.…

Paperback. Condition: UsedVeryGood. Paperback; light scuffing, fading, and shelf wear to exterior; fade spots t o page edges; in very good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Paperback. 179pp. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. From the library of philosopher John Koller with his signature in ink, Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. From the library of philosopher John Koller with his signature in ink, Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Oxford Univ Press, 1996. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Jacket price-clipped. Former owner name/address label on front free endpaper, otherwise the book is in Fine Condition. Binding of black quarter-cloth with bright, sharp gilt lettering on spine, green paper-wrapped boards. Very clean and unmarked, tight and square with sharp corners. Internals very clean and free from any markings, no creases. The authors provide an overview and evaluation of Buddhist thought and practice from a Christian point of view. They focus on Buddhist ideas about holiness, comprising such virtues as purity, devotion, orderliness, compassion, and wholeheartedness and show how they compare to similar values in traditional Christianity. 136 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.3 inches. Oxford University Press, New York, 1996.…

Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine d/j. First. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-19-509969-9. D/j taped on but under mylar, library label with withdrawn stamp on front endpaper, no external markings. 136 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition (Unstated). 168 pages; highlighting and markings to the text body and on the margins of about 30% of pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Prentice Hall, 1987. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelf/edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing (stated) of this collection of articles and essays by the brilliant, dead too soon, now mostly forgotten journalist of the 40s and 50S. There's a notation on the flyleaf, apparently by a previous owner, apparently to himself (Reread -- July, 1967-- (Nothing else on hand)) otherwise very good in a very good, not priceclipped duatjacket with light wear. Uncommon book. …

Condition: As New. Pbk, 270pp, illustr, faint sunning to spine, otherwise an unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked.

Hardback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine Condition in a Very Good to Near Fine condition Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. ISBN 0-19-509969-9.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hbk, 136pp, an unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new.

Softcover. Condition: Good. This book should be of interest to introductory undergraduate courses in the survey of Western religions. Owner's Name inside. 296 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition, First Printing. 444p. Ex-library softcover book in original binding. Label on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 270p. Ex-library softcover book in original binding. Label on spine, stamp on title page, and sticker in back. Otherwise a clean, tight book in very good condition.

Hardcover. 503p. A new pictorial hardcover book in fine condition. the cover is glossy, the pages are clean, and the binding is tight. Appears unread. Includes many black and white photographs. Maps on endpapers. Comes with a typed note from the publisher presenting this book as an examination copy to a former owner.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair from the book. The spinal cover is missing, and the front cover is coming loose; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pages.

Condition: As New. Pbk, 169pp,  an unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked, as new.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex-library with library name stamped at top of front cover and warning stamped at top of page one. Spine edge is taped. Two dates stamped at top corner of back cover. Pages 55 to 58 are loose. Japanese Surrender and Pearl Harbor.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. CAVALIER Men Adventure Magazine Volume 3, #22 (April /1955; Fawcett Publications;) Painted Front Cover 100 pages including covers; Writers: Bob Kesten; Rex Lardner; George Blackwell Carpen; Carl Rosner and Ivan Cameron; David Landman; Thomas Medlicott and Joe Brennan; Andrew Hecht; Eugene Jaderquist; Joseph Millard; Walt Wiggins; Grantland Rice; Henry Glaesner; John Flagg; Interior Artists: Hamilton Greene; John Floherty Jr; Bob Doares; Ken Fagg; WOMAN OF CAIRO by John Flagg; Meggan Myles of Dragnet; How Tunney slaked Dempsey; *** Book Order # ADV264; Condition= VG/FN (5.0) = VERY GOOD to FINE; (Above Average Used Condition) Price=US$35.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Interior Artists: Hamilton Greene; John Floherty Jr; Bob Doares; Ken Fagg; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Front cover and flap of dust jacket laid in. Tight binding, solid orange boards with gently rubbed corners and spine ends, bright black lettering to front board and spine strip, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition. Mear Lucke (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. "Science-Fiction Club" stamped on front free endpaper and on a few interior page margins, previous owner's name on half-title page, else good in a good (edge worn with a few small chips) dust jacket. B0041B3PH4. Illustrated by Mear Lucke (illustrator).…

Stapled. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The April 13 & 27, and June 22, 1929 issues of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include parts 2, 4, & 12 (conclusion) of 12 of Summer Lightning (Fish Preferred), a Blandings Castle novel by P G Wodehouse, Excuse MY Clouds (4/13), an article about the rise of private airplanes as a transportation alternative by W B Courtney, The Iron Handshaker (4/13), an article about Jack Dempsey as a promoter by Grantland Rice, Teeing Off with Babe Ruth (4/13), an article about how golf reveals the character of Babe Ruth by Al Demaree, Reuben the Artist (4/13), an article about the life and work of Rube Goldberg by Ring Lardner, Who Killed Montague Brest (4/27), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, The Somebody Man (4/27), an ethnic themed story by Roark Bradford, The Imperfect Alibi (6/22), a Sir Jasper Slane story by E Phillips Oppenheim, part 8 of 12 of The Day the World Ended (6/22), a novel of sinister intrigue by Sax Rohmer and others. Condition issues include: 4/13 - soiling to the front cover, most prominent at the upper right with a little at the lower left, a 1" closed tear at the top center of the front cover that diminishes through page 8, a ragged 2.25" half moon shaped chip at the top left of the front cover that diminishes through page10, soiling along the spine of the back cover and .25" of the top corner of the spine is cut off; 4/27 - light edge wear to the front cover; and 6/22 - nothing significant. Overall a good to very good set with serial installments by a prominent and collectible authors. Heavy, oversize set that will require additional postage. Edmund Davenport, Penrhyn Stanlaws, & Alan Foster (covers), John Crossman (Wodehouse serial) (illustrator).…

Orange Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The MacHine as a Subject of Satire. 104 pages, dust jacket bright and clean with inch loss to back bottom edge, and some chipping. Seen many 2016 books in worse condition. Mear Lucke (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. February 1933, 1st printing. Very Good HC in Good DJ with publisher's original 1/3 height outer promo wrapper. Orange cloth over boards, black stamped titles on front cover and spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; slight age darkening along cover edges; light dust spotting on text block edges; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. DJ is complete but for narrow 1/2 inch long chip at spine head; lightly scuffed/soiled with slight general age darkening; rubbed at upper fore corners and spine head. Outer wrap is lightly scuffed/soiled; slight fading on spine and at edges; 3/4 inch closed tear at front top edge. 16mo, 103 pp; illustrated. Outer promo wrapper has parody quotes by Darwin, Frederick the Great, Teddy Roosevelt, Marx, Archimedes, El Greco; e.g., 'Bully! Corking! Not one weasel word.' by TR. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Part of "The Cabinet of Biography," conducted by the "Rev. Dionysius Lardner, assisted by Eminent Literary and Scientific Men." Bound in half leather with marbled boards, spines stamped in illustrated gilt, and five raised bands. All edges marbled. Each volume comes with beautiful engraved frontispiece. Minor rubbing to leather at some edges. A gorgeous, crisp set. 4 x 6 1/2 inches.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1835 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 335 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 335 Volume 1 Language: English.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 417 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 417 Volume 2 Language: English.…