Carter Anne Editor (23 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 552 pp. Review blurb laid in. Includes18 short stories. Bright, near fine copy.

paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine copy. clphE.

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine; fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to side edges; in good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback format. Light edgewear with some creasing on the lower right of the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Danilo. This anthology contains: Introduction: The Truth of the Mummy's Curse by John Richard Stephens; The Malevolence of Ancient Egyptian Spirits by Arthur Weigall; Lost in a Pyramid, or The Mummy's Curse by Louisa May Alcott; Raiding Mummies' Tombs - by various Egyptologists; The Vengeance of Nitocris by Tennessee Williams; Under the Pyramids - a novelette by H. P. Lovecraft, written for Harry Houdini; Opening King Tutankhamen's Tomb by Howard Carter with A. C. Mace; The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie; The Demon Possessed Princess - by an ancient Egyptian priest; The Majestic Sphinx by Mark Twain; Smith and the Pharaohs - a novella by H. Rider Haggard; Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe; Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Homemade Truly Egyptian Mummy by Ray Bradbury; Dead Kings - an excerpt by Rudyard Kipling; Lot No. 249 - a novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Locked Tomb Mystery by Elizabeth Peters; The Death Ring of Sneferu by Sax Rohmer; The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned - an excerpt by Anne Rice; and The Jewel of the Seven Stars - a novella by Bram Stoker. Size: 8vo. Danilo Ducak; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. For original mailing to a Greenwich Village address on Bank Street. Middle pages fold out to the April/May poster.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. White buckram, lettered/illus. in gilt. Small area of discoloration to cloth at heel of spine panel and front joint, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows minor edge wear, slight loss at head of spine, now in mylar. Nice condition, only slight faults. Relatively scarce. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.…

64 pgs., SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR & ARTIST on bottom of introduction pg., xlibr. with withdrawn stamp on half title & last page, 1/2"x3" rectangular white strip with Redan Branch stamped neatly on it on rear endpaper, libr.stamp on top foredge, green hardcover with DJ flaps glued to book, green endpapers, contents clean, bright & tight with interesting color illus. by Reg Cartwright, DJ, VG/VG+ Overall this is still an attractive book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 40 pages. Illustrated. John Mack "Madagascar: Island of Ancestors" / Hugh Tait "Clocks and Watches - Tompkins" / Brian Cook Thracian silver" / Anne Carter "Revival of the Chinese print" / Miriam Stead "Egypt surviving Alexander" (BT#37).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 194pp; oblong 11" x 13"; color illustrations. Contents clean and unmarked. Owner's small mailing label affixed on front endpaper, otherwise book in fine condition. DJ with small closed edge tear.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paper covers have a little light surface marking and light creasing to the corners. The pages have slight edge wear but are otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated. Fine in very good dust jacket which has a closed tear to the fold between the top of the spine and the front cover which has be tape repaired - overall appearance is still very good. BX3. Denney, Lyle (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm ; ISBN 9781845379162, 1845379160 ; OCLC 172984655 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Traditional Japanese gardens -- The elements of a Japanese garden -- Plant directory -- Resources ; Originally published: 2000 ; An introduction to the traditions of Japanese Zen gardens, using natural materials. Emphasizing the value of shape in trees and shrubs with the subtlety of colour through the varied greens of foliage and moss, it explains how western plants and materials can be used to achieve the natural, minimalist look so beloved by Japanese garden designers. ; YOKO KAWAGUCHI was born in Tokyo and educated in the United States, Canada and Japan. She has lived in the UK for the last twenty years. The author of Serene Gardens: Creating Japanese Design and Detail in the Western Garden, she lectures on Japanese garden history, and has appeared on BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour and the BBC World Service. ; FINE. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 520 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good (Protective cover). First Edition. Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal rubbing/fading with age. DJ is unclipped and in good condition, save for edge and corner wear/chipping (including length of spine) and rubbing/discoloration with age. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Essayist has signed title page. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Due to the size of this book, additional shipping charges may apply. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Denney, Lyle; Eberle, Robert; Mack, Ronald; Russell, Don; Woodson, Dan (illustrator). Signed by Essayist.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.22x6.14x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 520 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 227 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 377 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.78 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 221 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

#48 of a limited edition of 650 copies (per publisher's rear colophon). [10], 134, [3] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. No dust jacket as issued. Blue cloth well rubbed with some staining; shallow cloth loss at frayed spine ends; board corners lightly bumped with slight wear to rear board's bottom corner. Ink markings on front endpapers and at bottom of page 21; past owner's ink signature and personal doodle at half title page with ink markings at page center of which one intrudes upon the title lettering; a few scattered small stains to leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. A good+ copy of an uncommon book. Greenville, Mississippi's Levee Press, led by principals Hodding Carter (1907-1972), Ben Wasson (1899-1982), and Kenneth Haxton (1919-2002), may have only issued four titles (with a combined "official" print run of 2635 copies) in seven years but the fine press is placed among the elite in American publishing history. This posthumous William Alexander Percy title was The Levee Press' final title preceded by THE MERCHANT OF BRISTOL by Shelby Foote in 1947, MUSIC FROM SPAIN by Eudora Welty in 1948, and NOTES ON A HORSETHIEF by William Faulkner in 1950. Title page and section title page silhouette tree decorations by Newcomb College-trained Greenville, Mississippi artist Elizabeth Calvert who may have found her inspiration for her illustrations in the cypress tress that adorn the banks of Lake Washington approximately twenty-five miles south of her hometown.…