Cook C J Editor (26 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Short Stories Inc 1947 First Edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes the first of four parts of "Freedom Has a Price" by H. Bedford-Jones, "Hot Beaver" by Arthur B. Carhart, "The Menace of Spirit River" by W. C. Tuttle, "The Ship Comes First" by Berton E. Cook, "The Pointing Fingers" by Philip Ketchum, "A Gunman's Conscience" by Caddo Cameron, etc. Some trimming of the front cover edges else Some trimming of the front cover edges else Very Good or better copy vertical crease to the front cover, text paper tanning. mag15E.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Minor shelf and perusal wear; corners slightly bumped and just beginning to curl. Pages are well bound. Text appears clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 372 pp., x. '1' in number line; Stated: "In part a revision of Toward a steady state economy, 1973". Following the Preface and the Editor's "Introduction to the Steady-Sate Economy," Contents are divided into three Parts and 22 Essays (with Notes or References at the end of an essay): Part I ECOLOGY: ULTIMATE MEANS AND BIOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS Editor: "Introduction"; (1) Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, "Humanity at the Crossroads"; (2) __, ___, and John P. Hildren, "Availability, Entropy, and the Laws of Thermodynamics"; (3) Nicholas Georgescu--Roegen, "The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem"; (4) __. "Selections fro' Energy and Economic Myths"; (5) Earl Cook, "Limits to Exploitation of Nonrenewable Resources"; (6) Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"(7) __ "Second Thoughts on ' The Tragedy of the Commons ' "; Part II: ETHICS: THE ULTIMATE END AND VALUE CONSTRAINTS Editor, "INTRODUCTION";(8) E. F. Schumacher, "The Age of Plenty: A Christian View"; (9) _. "Buddhist Ethics"; (10) Robert L. Sinsheimer, "The Presumptions of Science"; (11) John Cobb, "Ecology, Ethics, Theology"; (12) C. S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man"; Part III: ECONOMICS: INTERACTION OF ENDS AND MEANS" Editor, "Introduction"; (13) Peter A. Victor, "Economics and the Challenge of Environmental Issues"; (14) Gerald Alonzo Smith, "The Teleological View of Wealth: A Historical Perspective"; [Editor] "On Economics as a Life Science"; (16) Kenneth E. Boulding, "The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth"; (18) E.J. Mishan, "The Growth of Affluence and the Decline of Welfare"; (19) Bruce Hannon, "Energy Use and Moral Restraint"; (20) Talbot Page, "The Severance Tax as an Instrument of Intertemporal Equity"; (21) [Editor] "The Steady-State Economy: Toward a Political Economy of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth"; (22) [Editor] "Postscript: Some Common Misunderstandings and Further Issues Concerning a Steady-State Economy". Glossy, pale green wrappers with Title and Subtitle lettering in black letters across top half front cover, above black and white photo-illustration of a polluting industrial plant; Editor name lettering in smaller black letters across bottom front cover. Micro-tip wear at corners and a few pages with news clippings having been inserted (documented below) and leaving offsetting (text still eminently readable, binding unstretched): Binding strong (NO cracks); previous owner name, date, and place discreetly at top left inside cover; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear but at tips. Clean text. Still timely discussions. News items laid in [offsetting between pages cited; all text eminently readable: (1) Philip Shabecoff, "Temperature for World Rises Sharply in the 1980's" (New York Times, 3 29 1988); (2) David Doniger and Alan Miller, "Fighting Global Warming is Good for Business" (NY, 8 6 1990) [between pp. 112-116]; (3) Andrew R. Solow, "Pseudo-Scientific Hot Air" (NYT, 12 28 1988) [120-121]; (4) Michael Oppenheimer, "Will the Planet Remain Habitable?: Climate Control is a key" (NYT, 6 30 1986) [126-127]; (5) Tom Wicker, "Battered and Abused: Global threats to the environment" (NYT, 11 25 1988) [136-138]; (6) Mary Kate Cranston, "Mitchell optimistic on acid rain bill" (Boston Globe, 8 2 1987), (7) UPI "US, in 1985, feared NRC cover-up of wrongdoing by nuclear utilities" (Globe, 8 23 1987), (8) AP "EPA accused of ignoring pollution law" (Globe 11 24 1987): [158-59]; (8) Matthew L. Wald, "Utility Is Selling Right To Pollute" (NYT, 5 12 1992) [168-169]; (9) AP "Ozone Team To Brave Arctic Night" (NYT, 6 23 1986), (10) JAMES GLEICK, "Hole in Ozone Over South Pole Worries Scientists" (NYT 7 29 1986), (11) N. E. Environmental Conference,Tufts U., Medford, Mass, "Global Effort Urged for Ozone" [263-267]; (12) William K. Stevens, "With Cloudy Crystal Balls, Scientists Race to Assess Global Warming" ((NYT, 2 7 1989), (13) Philip Shabecoff, "Man Said To Tax Earth's Systems" (NYT 2 14 1987) [306-311]. Also, 5 NO-offsetting items: 1988-2014.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 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. …

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete and clean. All pages present and readable, binding intact. Highlighting or writing is absent or limited to a handful of pages. No water damage. Cover and spine may show light shelf wear, edge bumping, or minor creasing. May have a remainder mark, stickers or sticker residue, or a previous owner's name. Access codes, CDs, DVDs, and other bundled supplements may not be included and should be assumed used or missing unless the listing explicitly states otherwise.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 802pp. (beige spine) 2011 first edition. 8vo. A very good, clean, tight copy. No jacket - laminated boards as issued. A printed former owner's bookplate to the front paste-down. The lower rear board corner bumped with a light bump to the upper front board corner. Bumps to the head and tail of the spine. A very good, clean, tight copy. …

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

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

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 205 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cambridge, The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers, 1987. Octavo, x, 92 pages with 16 illustrations. Pictorial papered boards; spine a little tanned; with the ownership stamp of Bagot Bellfoundries, Adelaide; an excellent copy.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 5th edition. 481 pages. 8.50x5.51x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 5th edition. 481 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published for the Hakluyt Society. Illustrated with charts, maps & B&W photographs. Journal, History.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. annotated edition edition. 770 pages. 9.50x6.25x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 475 pages. 10.00x7.01x1.09 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Former business-library book which has their stamp on the page edges and inside. It may also have a sticker on the book. NO Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping. -4a-.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 426 pages. 9.68x6.87x9.61 inches. In Stock.

1st Ed. Thus. Large 8vo. clxx + 1021pp. Colour port. frontis., 80 plates including many folding. Age toning, ex.-libris Dr Howard T. Fry, e.ps. lightly foxed, gilt lettered navy blue cloth with gilt profile to upper board, minor wear. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; Vol. 2.Hakluyt Society, Extra series No. XXXVI. US$74. …

Royal 8vo. clxx + 1021pp. Colour frontis., 82 ills. and maps including some folding. From the Library of Ann Savours Shirley with her marginalia and several cards loosely inserted, inscription, remains of d/w. loosely inserted to rear, original gilt lettered navy cloth with gilt device to upper board, minor wear. The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery, Volume II. US$223.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Five books and one folio of maps/charts, published 1955-1974. Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavor, 1768-1771 (1954). Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775 (1961). Volume III: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780; in two books, both published 1967. Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook (1974), by J. C. Beaglehole. Folio: 'Charts and Views' (1955), edited by R. A. Skelton, with content reproduced from the original manuscripts, all present and in their original interior sleeve. Each book and the taller folio are bound in blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration; volume four (the 'Life') shares this design as described, with blue cloth and the same decoration, but with blue topstain and endsheets, and beige dust jacket. Folio in beige paper sleeve. All volumes: cloth shows rubbing, edgewear, slight 'must' scent. Spines square. Bindings sound. Light to moderate foxing to textblock edges and endsheets of all volumes, heavier foxing to inside covers of the folio, and very heavy browning to rear internal hinge of Volume III, Part One. Staplebound addenda and corrigenda present, laid-in, for volumes one, two, and part one of volume three; rust formation in the staples resulted in rust transfer/staining to interior hinges at staple sites. These booklets are still present and are now stored in separate, protective plastic sleeves. Dust jackets for volumes 1-3 (the first four books) are pale blue, with the 'Life' and the 'Charts and Views' in beige. Dust jackets scuffed and lightly edgeworn, with some toning to spines of volumes one and both parts of volume three; and a few small spots of staining to volume two across center spine and extending into the spinal margin of front panel. 'Charts and Views' folio is housed in beige paper sleeve (of similar weight to a dust wrapper) with navy titling and decoration, showing heavy edgewear, chip from back, tape reinforcement at spine and back cover; protected in Mylar. Charts have light to moderate foxing, mostly contained to the first and last few and mostly at verso, rather than on the charts themselves. Interiors are otherwise unmarked, with no prior owner's names, notes, or marginal notations. Inquiries welcome; photographs available upon request.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 358 pages. German language. 9.25x6.10x0.82 inches. In Stock.

1st Ed. Thus. Large 8vo. ccxxiv + 718pp. 10 plates and 2 maps including several folding. Age toning, ex.-libris Dr Howard T. Fry, e.ps. lightly foxed, chipped and dulled d/w. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; Vol. 3 Part One.Hakluyt Society, Extra series No. XXXVI. US$89. …

1st Ed. thus. Large 8vo. viii + 718pp. Colour port. frontis., 68 plates and 13 maps including several folding. Age toning, ex.-libris Dr Howard T. Fry, e.ps. lightly foxed, chipped and dulled d/w. The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; Vol. 3 Part Two.Hakluyt Society, Extra series No. XXXVI. US$89.…