Brown R Shepard (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (xiii) 514 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art by Michael Whelan. This anthology contains: Introduction; The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin; Even the Queen by Connie Willis; Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison; Souls - a novella by Joanna Russ; The Death of Doctor Island - a novella by Gene Wolfe; The Persistence of Vision - a novella by John Varley; The Way of Cross and Dragon - a novelette by George R. R. Martin; Bloodchild - a novelette by Octavia E. Butler; The Only Neat Thing to Do - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; Rachel in Love - a novelette by Pat Murphy; The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter - a novella by Lucius Shepard; Bear Discovers Fire by Terry Bisson; Buffalo by John Kessel; Gone by John Crowley; Maneki Neko by Bruce Sterling; Border Guards - a novelette by Greg Egan; Hell Is the Absence of God - a novelette by Ted Chiang; and October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman; followed by Previous Winners. Size: 8vo. Michael Whelan; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition; First Printing. Gray cloth covers with black lettering on spine. The covers are in good condition with just a bit of wear and soiling. The top page edges are slightly soiled. The previous owner's name is blind-stamped with an embosser on the front end page. It was embossed hard enough that the stamp is perforated and partially separated. Otherwise, a nice clean copy. The dust jacker is in poor to fair condition with wear, chipping and tears.; Copyright information - Date of 1960 on the copyright page. For Crown books of this era, this denotes a first printing. In the middle of the book is an eight -page section of black and white photos and opposite page 138 is a full-page black and white map of Northern Virginia. A biography of Frank Stringfellow, who enlisted in JEB Stuart's Fourth Virginia Calavary. Trained as a scout, he spent much of the war collecting information for Stuart throughout the campaigns in Northern Virginia.; Map, black and white photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Bound in grey cloth over boards with black lettering along the spine. Spine has mild toning. Cover is otherwise neat and tidy. Corners are square. Binding is tight and secure. Pages have mild toning. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean, and bright. 307 pages. Crown Publishers, Inc. Copyright page dated 1960. A very good copy. We ship everyday from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it's properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. "The amazing career of the most successful Confederate spy". 307 pages, index, map, photos. Light grey cloth boards. Price-clipped dust jacket has a half-inch chip at bottom, and two half-inch tears and creases at top, but bright and clean. …

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover Publisher: Typographeum (Printed by R T Risk), Francestown, New Hampshire, 1977 Used - Fine. Un-paginated, fine /very fine condition in marbled paper covered boards and cloth spine, paper title label on spine, with clear plastic wrapper, slight chip at the top of the wrapper spine. 1 of 25 presentation examples signed by the author, no. X (10) on the rear limitation page, and again warmly signed (Dean) inscription on the front end paper to a friend who decided to correct/edit some of the copy. 'Discard' stamp upper corner front fep. The last poem entitled "The Two Friends" has the 2 friends names written along the bottom edge of the page and dated 1938/1976.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 307pp. Gray boards, black titles on spine. Tight binding, straight spine, square corners. Slight foxing to front endpapers. Signed and inscribed by Brown on FFEP in blue ink. Dust jacket is a bit edgeworn but unclipped and nice looking in a mylar sleeve. Brown's narrative of Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, the most successful Confederate spy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref. M6) Grey cloth boards with black spine titles. Yellowed endpapers, edges with slight signs of foxing otherwise clean and unmarked internally. Darkened top edge. DJ is rubbed and darkened at edges, a little grubby with short tears to head and heel of DJ spine.…

BROWN, R. Shepard. Stringfellow of the Fourth. N.Y., [1960]. 1st ed. Illus. 307pp. Fine in orig. cloth, d/j. A biography of Frank Stringfellow of Virginia.