Burroughs John C (72 results)

No Binding. Condition: VG. G. C. Cox, Photographer / T. Johnson, Engraver (illustrator). Sized 6.5 x 9.5 inches, with facsimile signature, printed on glossy paper, engraved by Johnson after the photograph by Cox, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XLIV, No. 3, July, 1892.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. VG++/no dust jacket. Yellow hardcover cloth copy. 1968. Very nice copy.

Condition: Like New. In unused condition, may show some slight shelf wear, but otherwise unread. This title was digitally scanned from a rare, out of print edition, and will have some visual artifacts from that process.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. GOOD /NO DUST JACKET. Former Library Book. 185 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Top edge gilt. Pages slightly yellowed. Green cloth boards lettered in gilt at front and spine. Edges slightly rubbed, lower corners bumped, spine top starting to fray. Joints and hinges good, binding firm. Includes reviews of works by Thoreau, William Blake, Carlyle, Longfellow, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Emerson, and Whitman, among others.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. C. Edmund Monroe (dust jacket), Rafael Palacios (front boards, end-paper maps, title page), J. Allen St. John (interior illustrations) (illustrator). ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The 6th Tarzan book. The tan cloth and dark brown lettering and decoration to the front boards and spine and the presence of the end-paper maps, along with the 125125 price code on the jacket front flap, and the jacket back panel listing 9 Zane Grey titles and 3 cover illustrations, indicates that this is the 1956 Grosset & Dunlap printing. Lukes 97-3. The book has minor bumps, and is fine. The mylar-protected jacket has a small tear to the front cover front flap corner, wear to the spine bottom, and is near fine.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dust jacket. St. John, J. Allen; & C. Edmund Monroe; Rafael Palacios (illustrator). Reprint of the 1950 original. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1955. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked (but for a small spot on front endpaper). No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean, crisp, and creamy white. The colorful dust jacket (protected by a removable mylar sleeve) is bright, but has several small edge chips reinforced with clear-tape. Bound in the original, pictorial tan boards, decorated in brown on the front cover and spine. Sharp corners. The full-color dust jacket art is unsigned, but according to Zeuschner is by C. Edmund Monroe, Jr. Cover art, and endpaper maps of Africa are by Rafael Palacios. There are 12 interior b/w illustrations by J. Allen St. John. First published in 1950 at $1.00, this printing was issued in 1955 at $1.25. There was also a 1958 impression, but it lacks the endpaper maps by Palacios. Heins JT-8. Zeuschner 223. From the dust jacket: "Reared in the heart of the jungle, Tarzan, the foster-child of the ape tribe of Kerchak, fights his way by the power of brain and muscle to the highest rank among the apes. Again and again the ape-man hero faces overwhelming odds in his fight for right and justice." . Reprint of the 1950 original. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by St. John, J. Allen; & C. Edmund Monroe; Rafael Palacios. 8vo. (vi), 319pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: Good. Better Publications, Inc., 1941. Cover age-toned/lightly rubbed/very lightly soiled, ~1.5x0.5 inch chip to front cover which has a ~1.75 inch tear stemming from it, which is reinforced with clear tape, ~0.75 inch chip from top corner of front cover, other minor chipping and tearing around edges, light creasing near corners and spine junctures, front cover has light pencil markings and fading stamps from previous retailers, spine sunned/lightly rubbed, and reinforced with clear tape, spine ends rubbed; edges lightly soiled/bumped; text-block age-toned and has very ooccasional and minor soiling; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted. paperback. Good.

Reprint (perhaps circa 1920s). [6], 365, [11] pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; rear panel has brief biographical blurb regarding Burroughs and list of twenty-four of his novels. Dust jacket with large losses to spine and most of rear flap missing; dj well soiled with some foxing; other chips and tears at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth; black lettering to spine and front board; slender scuffing at spine ends and at boards' top and bottom edges. Small stains to text block's toned top edge; lesser stains to fore-edge and bottom edge. Slight toning/foxing and soiling to initial and rear leaves; interior pages remain mostly clean. Binding is firm. B/w decorations (i.e. chapter headpiece illustrations) by J. Allen St. John. A very good copy in a poor dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#3|CMS-00476}.

Softcover. Bard Center, c 1995, paperback, Very Good (crease to lower corner of rear cover, bumped at top) , 163 pages, includes 'John Burroughs and the Hudson Valley' by Alfred H. Marks, 'John Burroughs and the Dilemma of Naturalism' by David Pierce, and Waiting A Poem by John Burroughs introduced by Richard C. Wiles; E3570 A4A.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 108pp, printed wrappers. This sixties issue of this essential Civil Rights journal includes articles on Colonialism, memorials of Eslanda Robeson, cartoons by Brumsic Brandon, early notice of the Vietnam War, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, light outer wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Includes an excerpt from Naked Lunch (Schottlaender C21), plus work by Robert Duncan (Bertholf C108), Gregory Corso, et al. Unmarked copy, minor spine crack and light general wear. Not Signed.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing - First Thus. (viii) 182 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated in colour. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction: Populist Culture and Pop Art: Essays: The Pulps: Their Weaknesses Were Their Strengths by Roger T. Reed; The Cover Artists and Their Publishers by Fred Cook; Yes, I Was There by Shirley Steeger. Science Fiction, Science Fact and Fantasy: Painted Answers: Essays: When Pulp Art Was in Flower by Forrest J. Ackerman; Collecting Pulp Paintings: Dramatic Imagery and Color by Steve Kennedy; The Science Fiction Pulps by Sam Moskowitz. The New Knights: Essays: The Pulps and Their Illustrators: A Brief Survey by Walt Reed; The Lure of the Pulps: An Artist's Perspective by Jim Steranko; Remembering Rafael de Soto by John de Soto. The Noblest Savage: Essays: Important Pulp Paintings in the Burroughs Collection by Danton Burroughs; A Conversation with J. Allen St. John, Dean of Fantasy Illustrators by Darrell C. Richardson; The Paper They're Printed on by Alison M. Scott. Ladies in Terror: Essays: Painting the Story by John Locke; The Art That Dared to be Wild by James van Hise; Remembering Norman Saunders by Zina Saunders. To Dare the Devil: Aviation, War and Western Art: Essays: The Cover Art of the Air War Pulps by George Hocutt; Editing the Western Pulps by Bruce Cassidy; and Where Have All the Paintings Gone? by Charles G. Martignette; followed by appendices and an index. Size: 4to. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages, 4to. Volume 1, Issue 1. January / February 1966. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, some light tearing at spine edges, sticker remnants covering date on front cover, some light tanning and a few small stains on covers. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fair to good condition. Spine is covered with wrap around clear tape with bottom inch missing. Overlapping covers are well worn at edges. Two pages of ads loose. Article titles include An Ascent of Mt. Baker and A Woman on the Trail.

Condition: New.

Hard cover. Edwin A. Abbey, C.s. Reinhart, J.E. Kelly, H. Murhman, Henry Sandham, Charles C. Ward, John Bolles, Frederick Dielman, Francis L (illustrator). Illustrated. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. HC with leather spine and corners over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and page edges. Leather is scuffed in places and there is a small hole in top of spine. Four raised bands on spine. No ownership or other marks. Frontispiece is an engraving of Henry Wadworth Longfellow. Contents include: A Buffalo Hunt in Northern New Mexic; The Cliff Dwellers, by Emma C. Hardacre; The Great Deadwood Mystery, by Bret Harte; A Night with Edison, by William H. Bishop; Haworth's, Chapters I-XXII, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Leonardo Da Vinci, by Clarence Cook; Henry Wadworth Longfellow, by Richard Henry Stoddard; pieces by John Muir on the Douglas Squirrel, The windstorms in the Yuba, and the glacier meadows of the Sierra; poetry by Bayard Taylor, Richard Henry Stoddard, Richard Watson Gilder, Bret Harte, Emma Lazarus and more. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Heathcote Williams; Mia Wolff (illustrator). Paperback. 22x14cm. 199 pages. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight. Flat pages. No inscriptions. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref D752. Transatlantic Review. Journal. Final Issue. Number 60. 1977. Jerry Stahl Interview; Iris Murdoch 3 Poems. Contributors include: William Burroughs, Harold Pinter, Paul Bowles, Iris Murdoch, T. C. Boyle, Walter Abish, Dallas Miller, Morris Lurie, Marge Piercy, D. M. Thomas, John Updike, Thomas M. Disch, John Sadek, John Banville, Jane Cooper, Bruce J. Friedman, Jonathan Strong, Yevtushenko. Edited by J. F. McCrindle.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. N C Wyeth (DJ), J Allen St John (chapter headings) (illustrator). Reprint. An early printing of the first G&D reprint of the 1st Tarzan novel. The publication date is estimated but most likely 1929. There is no top stain to the text block & a closed ampersand in G&D at the bottom of the spine & an ad in the rear with 28 ERB titles. The DJ is from 1929 with a synopsis of the book on the front flap, a square picture of ERB at the upper left of the rear panel with a list of 28 ERB titles below, and a list of 25 ERB titles on the reverse. The DJ illustration is by N C Wyeth. The chapter heading illustrations are by J Allen St John. The book is in very good shape with bright red boards and sharp black lettering. The DJ illustration is clean and sharp with some light rubbing to the front panel. There is light edge wear with small loss a the top & bottom of the spine. There is a thumbnail sized sticker scrape at the bottom left of the front panel. A good to very good copy of an early Tarzan reprint.

Reprint (perhaps circa late 1940s). [8], 365, [11] pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; rear panel has brief biographical blurb regarding Burroughs and list of his novels. Dust jacket rubbed with light toning and soiling, shallow chipping at ends of white spine panel, minor chipping and nicks at front panel edges with 2cm closed tear and strong crease at lower right, yellow rear panel has slight nicking and two negligibly short tears at edges, strong crease to rear flap's bottom corner; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth, black lettering to spine and front board, spine head frayed. Muted yellow top edge; light toning and soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Ink ownership inscription and name/address label on front pastedown; partially peeled remnant of Greenwood, Mississippi retail store (Fountain's Big Busy Store) price sticker affixed at front free endpaper's top right corner. B/w decorations (i.e. chapter headpiece illustrations) by J. Allen St. John. A few scattered light brown stains to interior pages which, overall, remain quite clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#2}.

Madison Square "complete and unabridged" reprint edition circa 1943 (per Grosset & Dunlap's wartime production statement upon title page and dj front flap). vi, 314 pages. Hardcover: H 18.75cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket features front panel color illustration by N.C. Wyeth (albeit uncredited) showing bow and arrow-wielding Tarzan with left arm stretched to high tree limb against a jungle background; dj's rear panel has list of books in Grosset & Dunlap's Madison Square Books series. Dust jacket rubbed, some soiling and light stains to white spine and white rear panel, front panel color remains bright but not vibrant, 2cm chip at spine head with shallower chipping at heel, nicks along panel edges with slender loss at flap fold ends; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red boards with black lettering, light scuffing at spine ends and board corners, some small surface abrasion to spine as well. Past owner's pencil signature at top edge of front free endpaper. Interior leaves heavily toned as is usual with Grosset's wartime editions. No illustrations amongst text other than title page headpiece by J. Allen St. John. Binding is firm. A good+ copy in a good dust jacket of this collectible variant edition in the famed Tarzan series. {LitShelf#1}.

Condition: NEW. Schoonover, Frank; St John, J Allen (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 199pp. Glossy wrappers. Lightly rubbed, near fine. The final issue including *To Talk for Joe* by Burroughs, *Reminders of Bouselham* by Paul Bowles, *Crossing the Great Void* by Walter Abish, *Problem* by Harold Pinter, an essay by John Updike. and more.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This volume presents a compilation of essays and sketches initially published in The Critic. The author firmly believed that some were of enduring literary value and thus warranted a format more permanent than a fortnightly review. The essays in this collection cover a wide range of topics such as philosophy, literature, culture, politics, history, and biography. The author explores transcendentalism, delves into the life and work of Henry Thoreau, examines the works of William Blake, discusses the impact of the telegraph and the railroad, and provides insight into the American Civil War. Whether discussing the works of Emerson, Carlyle, or Longfellow, the author offers unique perspectives that shed new light on these influential figures. Through these essays, readers gain a deeper understanding of the intellectual and cultural landscape of 19th-century America. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 199pp. Glossy wrappers. Fine. The final issue includes *To Talk for Joe* by William Burroughs, *Reminders of Bouselham* by Paul Bowles, *Crossing the Great Void* by Walter Abish, *Problem* by Harold Pinter, an essay by John Updike. and more.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 199pp. Glossy wrappers. Fine. The final issue includes *To Talk for Joe* by William Burroughs, *Reminders of Bouselham* by Paul Bowles, *Crossing the Great Void* by Walter Abish, *Problem* by Harold Pinter, an essay by John Updike. and more.