Byron Swift (10 results)

1986/1989. Birds, pamphlet. Self-published. Very good paperback 82p.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Jim Steranko; interiors by Jim Steranko; Stephen Fabian; Neal Adams; Esteban Maroto; Ralph Reese; Paul Kirchner; and Tom Sutton. This anthology contains: Doc Phoenix by Ted White; Cordwainer Bird in the New York Review of Bird by Harlan Ellison; The Camden Kid by Charlies Swift; Viva by Stephen Englehart; SPV 166, the Underground Express by Elliot Maggin; and The Return of Greatheart Silver by Philip Jose Farmer. Jim Steranko; Stephen Fabian; Neal Adams; Esteban Maroto; Ralph Reese; Paul Kirchner; Tom Sutton; (illustrator). Book.…

PAPERBACK. Paper edition. 84pp, octavo paper. slight cover wear otherwise very good.

Octavo,40 pp.,softcover.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd. This checklist presents the Birds of South America, host to roughly one third of the world's species. The cover is a little creased. This book comes from the collection of David Pitman who was once in the top 10 for his world list of species seen.

Condition: Gut. 64 Seiten, illustr. Orig.-Karton, in englischer Sprache - guter Zustand - 1986. HK 2612 Buchversand erfolgt aus Deutschland. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 120.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cassell's Illustrated Readings, First and Second Series bound as one. An illustrated compendium of 'Penny Readings' to be read and shared with the family or a wider audience. Such writings would presumably have been originally published as smaller, regular issues, sold for a Penny. Contains the writings of popular literary figures of the day, including fiction and poetry. Authors include, Washington Irving, Benjamin Franklin, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, Leigh Hunt, Byron, Longfellow, Swift and Defoe, amongst many others. Copiously illustrated. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York. Undated, but from appearances, c. 1870. A very good hardback volume with brown leather spine and corners with raised bands, and tooled gilt design and black morocco title label. Buckram cloth over boards. Leather is scuffed and bumped, and boards lightly worn with a few marks. Binders ink stamp to first pastedown. Some age spotting to first few pages, but text otherwise bright, clean and soundly bound. An attractive volume with its copious illustrations. Text in English. viii + 416pp + vii + 384pp + Plates. Dimensions: Approximately: 273mm x 203mm x 51mm. Substantial - weighs approximate 2.13kg unpacked. Extra postage may be payable. more photos on request. …

3: Cloth/Embossed Hardcover. Condition: A: Book: Good or Better Cond. Dust Jacket Condition: A:This Book Has No Dust Jacket. ohn Wurtele Lovell, New York, 1879. Complete in one volume. Translated from the French by Henri Van Laun, one of the masters at the Edinburgh Academy. New edition, with a preface dated 1873. Embossed cloth hardcover; 722 pages plus index; no dust jacket. This comprehensive history and critical study traces the development of English literature from the Saxons and Normans through the Renaissance, Elizabethan theatre, Restoration, eighteenth century, Romantic movement, and Victorian period. Taine examines literature in relation to national character, religion, philosophy, politics, social conditions, and historical change, with substantial discussion of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Addison, Swift, Byron, Dickens, Thackeray, Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, Macaulay, Tennyson, and other major figures. Some fraying and wear at the spine ends and corners, with light rubbing and general age-related wear to the binding. Previous owner's handwritten inscription dated March 1893 on the title page; the remaining text is clean and the volume is complete, sound, firmly readable, and notably attractive for its age. A handsome nineteenth-century edition for a collector, literary scholar, student of English cultural history, or anyone building a classic home library. It would make a thoughtful and distinctive gift for a reader of English literature-or an especially satisfying gift for yourself. More: The Christian Renaissance, Milton, the Restoration, Dryden, the Revolution, Addison, Swift, the Novelists, the Poets, Ideas and Productions, Lord Byron, the Past and the Present, the Nobel Dickens, the Nobel Thackeray, Criticism and History & More. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. First Edition; Early Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Several small chips and tears to jacket focused at crown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.