Burke Michael Editors (6 results)

Reprint (first published 1995). 304 pages. Paperback: H 28cm x L 21.5cm. Paper covers rubbed with some curling/wear at corners (with several initial and rear leaves slightly affected likewise); shallow scuffing at spine ends. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0847819027.…

Condition: FINE. First printing. An unusual anthology which collects essays by 119 crime fiction authors from 20 countries on a book they picked as one of the greatest mystery novels from 1841 (Edgar Allan Poe) to 2008 (Mark Gimenez). Included are contributions from Megan Linwood Barclay, Cara Black, Ann Cleeves, Harlan Coben, Reed Farrel Coleman, Eoin Colfer, Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Deborah Crombie, Jeffery Deaver, Joseph Finder, Charlaine Harris, Michael Koryta, William Kent Krueger, Joe R. Lansdale, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Bill Loehfelm, Lisa Lutz, Water Mosley, Stuart Neville, Ian Rankin, Richard Price, Peter Robinson, M. J. Rose, S. J. Rozan, James Sallis, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Karin Slaughter, Martin Cruz Smith, Mehmet Murat Somer, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kelli Stanley, Donna Tartt, Andrew Taylor, Martyn Waites, Joseph Wambaugh, Minette Walters, Daniel Woodrell, Qiu Xiaolong and many more. SIGNED by THREE authors at their contributions: Michael Connelly on Raymond Chandler's 'The Little Sister' ; William Kent Krueger on Tony Hillerman's 'Dance Hall of the Dead' and Gary Phillips on Clarence Cooper's 'The Scene.' Introduction by the editors. Each essay is preceded by a brief paragraph about the author whose novel was selected and followed by a biographical note on the author who wrote the essay. Index. xxii, 537 pp. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a few small black dots next to some of the titles on the table of contents).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. very good in original card covers, very good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine in wraps. First Edition. 21 x 30cm near fine paperback magazine with transparent cover. Octavo was an independent self-financed journal limited to a production run of just 3000 units for each of the 8 issues - 1986-1992 -(with the first 7 being print based and the last as a CD Rom). "The editors took a modernist stance - each issue was at the cutting edge of what was possible with typesetting, reprographics and print, produced at a time when the industry was transitioning from analogue to digital. The first 6 issues and aspects of the 7th issue were analogue based. Each of the printed issues was 16pp A4 format with 4pp cover and 8pp semi-transparent jacket. The typeface used throughout was Scangraphic Unica." Mark Holt, Editior.…

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 22 x 30cm very good magazine. How can one make Swiss Typography? Wolfgang Weingart. An issue devoted to Wolfgang Weingart's seminal 1972 lecture manuscript, previously only available in photocopied format. Over 100 examples of work from Weingart's teaching at the Basel School of Design. Octavo was an independent self-financed journal limited to a production run of just 3000 units for each of the 8 issues (with the first 7 being print based and the last as a CD Rom). "The editors took a modernist stance - each issue was at the cutting edge of what was possible with typesetting, reprographics and print, produced at a time when the industry was transitioning from analogue to digital. The first 6 issues and aspects of the 7th issue were analogue based. Each of the printed issues was 16pp A4 format with 4pp cover and 8pp semi-transparent jacket. The typeface used throughout was Scangraphic Unica." Mark Holt, Editior.…

Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto, 16 pages, Illustrated throughout. Printed vellum wrappers. - First edition. One of 3,000 copies. Contributions by Prof Friedrich Friedl: The 'ring neuer werbegestalter' 1927 - 1933; Bridget Wilkins: Type and Image; Roland Schaer. Mobilizing Words. With many examples of the well-known modernist graphic designers.…