By Peter Gaston (13 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. UNABRIDGED REPUBLICATION EDITION. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.clean, solid,bright; BLACK titles to glossy YELLOW paper covers. showing PARTLY OPENED DOOR.showing replaced locking mechanism.a clue? ; 192 pages; FINEST "LOCKED ROOM" NOVEL EVER WRITTEN. INTRIGUING & BAFFLING TALE IS A CLASSIC OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY DETECTIVE FICTION. Illustrated by DONAHUE, PETER cover art (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good++. 271pp bound in lavender cloth, has bumped corners, with edge wear, sunned spine and owners name on ffp. Page text in double column format. Frontis has tissue guard, with full page illustrations throughout. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Fay, Gaston (illustrator).

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Chicago / New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1949 First edition Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 154 pages illustrated. Includes "The Flame Queen" by Gaston Derreaux, "The Jinx" by Alexander Blade, "When the Moon Bounced" by Frank Patton, "The Last Stronghold" by Chester Ruppert. edited by Raymond A. Palmer with stories by Gaston Derreaux, Alexander Blade, Frank Patton, Chester Ruppert, Peter Worth, A. Morris, Leslie Pratt, Pete Bogg, James Schwiller, Rog Phillips, A. Lee, Lynn Standish, Carter T. Wainwright, and others. Cover art by Harold W. McCauley A good copy with creasing and small edge tears and chips, text lightly toned, repairs have made to tears with removable tape. See photos. Cover art by Harold W. McCauley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PAGES ARE CLEAN AND UNMARKED IN A VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.

Condition: New. SB. 28pp During the Korean War, British Army personnel found themselves among the thousands of United Nations troops captured by North Korean and Chinese forces. For those taken prisoner, the experience was often as arduous as the fighting itself.Life in captivity was characterised by severe deprivation. Prisoners frequently endured inadequate rations, poor accommodation and bitter Korean winters, conditions that contributed to malnutrition, illness and considerable suffering. Alongside these physical hardships came sustained efforts at political indoctrination. Chinese-run camps subjected prisoners to interrogations, lectures and psychological pressure intended to influence their political beliefs and undermine military loyalty.Despite these efforts, most British prisoners resisted coercion and sought to preserve discipline and morale. Mutual support, informal organisation and adherence to military routines helped many maintain a sense of identity and purpose under exceptionally difficult circumstances.The eventual armistice of July 1953 brought an end to the fighting and paved the way for the exchange and repatriation of prisoners. For the British servicemen who returned, captivity had left a lasting physical and psychological legacy. Their experiences form an important, and sometimes overlooked, part of the wider history of Britain's involvement in the Korean War. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 108pp; color reproductions of rare manuscript. No ownership name; no bookplate; no library stamps. Contents clean and textually unmarked. English text, translated from the original French. Gaston Phoebus (1331-1391) was a Frenchman and one of the great feudal lords of the 14th century.…

Hardcover. 382p., introduction, afterword, cast of characters, illustrations, very good first edition in green buckram boards with vampire vignette, price-clipped dj with spot of discoloration on rear panel and small tear at hinge. Wonderful collection of short horror tales by the masters upon which films were made, as in: "The Foghorn"/"Beast From 20,000 Fathoms".…

Paperback. Condition: New. Soft Cover. Book Palace Books Summer 2017. The sumptuous ART quarterly presenting the world's finest illustrators. Book condition: New. Full Colour illustrations. Features in issue 19 include: James Gurney: Dinotopia and much more! Erik Kriek's Goth rock vibe; J.O.B.: Imperial France in all its glory; Arturo Del Castillo: enjoy a folio of his most stunning artwork; Norman Rockwell (single page article): His worst idea ever! plus our regular features including The Bookshelf and Letters. More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. With its unique blend of art and insight, it guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form. As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from the initial idea to the image potentially seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work. A Book Palace Books publication. 96 pages. Size: 9" x 11" (216mm x 280mm). (0.7). James Gurney, Arturo Del Castillo, JOB (Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville), Erik Krieth, Norman Rockwell (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 242 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original toffee cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 310 pp with archive photographic frontispiece and monochrome illustrations throughout. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little wear to the upper corners and spine tips, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0902662880 LINCOLNSHIRE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First American Edition. 144 Pp. Half Leather Over Boards. The American Printing Of William Wallace Scarce; Only Four Copies In Worldcat, Two Of Which Reside As Neighbors At Harvard. Bound With Diable Boiteux: Or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, By Gaston Le Sage, Glasgow, 1782, 316 Pp. Fair Only. Spine Very Worn And Partially Perished, Contents Complete. Early Or Mid-Nineteenth Century Ownership Signatures Of A Samuel P Reed. "The Innocence Of The Purest Mortals On Earth Could Have No Chance Or Protection In The Presence Of Such An Avaricious And Sanguinary Monarch, And The Treachery Of A Traitor, Who Betrays Innocent Blood And Affects The Happiness Of A Liberal Nation, Can Never Be Forgiven.". Frontispiece (illustrator). …

Half Leather. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 140 Pp. Scarce; Only Four Copies In Worldcat, Two Of Which Reside As Neighbors At Harvard. Bound With Diable Boiteux: Or, The Devil Upon Two Sticks, By Gaston Le Sage, Glasgow, 1782, 316 Pp. Half Leather Over Boards. Fair Only. Spine Very Worn And Partially Perished, Contents Complete. Early Or Mid-Nineteenth Century Ownership Signatures Of A Samuel P Reed. Frontispiece (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 242 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.