Dickson Paul Editor (21 results)

hardcover. Condition: As New. Excellent condition. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings. Fast shipping with tracking number.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (viii) 251 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone; In the Bowl by John Varley; The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov; Houston Houston Do You Read by James Tiptree Jr.; A Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant; Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman; Science Fiction in the Marketplace by Algis Budrys; and The Academic Viewpoint by James Gunn. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (viii) 251 pp. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: A Crowd of Shadows by Charles L. Grant; Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep by Thomas F. Monteleone; Tricentennial by Joe Haldeman; In the Bowl - a novelette by John Varley; Science Fiction in the Marketplace - an essay by Algis Budrys; The Academic Viewpoint - an essay by James Gunn; The Bicentennial Man - a novelette by Isaac Asimov; and Houston Houston Do You Read? - a novella by James Tiptree Jr. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Hardcover Edition. 248 pp. From the SF Book Club. Black boards lettered in orange on the spine; headband. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the rear panel; no interior markings. Dj art by Paul Lehr. This anthology contains: Et in Arcadia Ego by Thomas M. Disch; Ullward's Retreat - a novelette by Jack Vance; The Man Who Loved the Faioli by Roger Zelazny; The Fire and the Sword - a novelette by Frank M. Robinson; All of Us Are Dying by George Clayton Johnson; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Fair by John Brunner; The Forgotten Enemy by Arthur C. Clarke; Warrior by Gordon R. Dickson; But Soft, What Light by Carol Emshwiller; The Misogynist by James Gunn; Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley; The Autumn Land by Clifford D. Simak; A Sense of Beauty by Robert Taylor; and The Last Flight of Dr Ain by James Tiptree Jr. Size: 8vo. Paul Lehr; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear. Cover art by Paul E. Wenzel; interiors by: Jack Gaughan; Bernkau; Wagner; and Dick Francis. This issue contains: Novelettes: I.O.U. by Edward Wellen; Minotaur by Gordon R. Dickson; The Well of the Deep Wish by Lloyd Biggle Jr. Short Stories: February Strawberries by Jim Harmon; Young Man from Elsewhere by Sylvia Jacobs; The Fastest Dead Gun by Julian F. Grow; In the Garden by R. A. Lafferty; and The Seeder - a short short story by Max Williams; along with the usual assortment of features. Size: 12mo. Paul E. Wenzel; Jack Gaughan; Bernkau; Wagner; Dick Francis; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. light foxing to top edge of text block, dust jacket creased along top edge, laminate peeled at head of spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. 26 owners discuss their bedrooms. Illustrated in color. Each home illustrated by a drawing. 151pp 1.94lb 11.2x8.9x0.7in. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Illus. 438pp. It's going to be very hard to top this one.a brilliant job. (loc bbx/1).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 144 pages. 8.30x5.30x0.40 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Like New. Book Club. Illus. 438pp. It's going to be very hard to top this one.a brilliant job. (loc x127).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Paperback Original. First UK edition. Nine stores adapted and illustrated by a variety of authors and illustrators. Slight edge and surface wear to the covers. The pages are clean and unmarked. Comes with a press release sheet and an illustrated card with 'That is not dead which can eternal lie' printed on it. First printing. Pugh, Steve; Salmon, Adrian; Fructus, Nicolas; Peart-Smith, Paul; Baugh, Brian; Futaki, Attila; McMahon, Mick; Timson, Matt; Cadwell, Warwick Johnson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xxiv, 974, [8] pages. Preface to the Third Edition. 263 Illustrations. Introduction. Afterword. Annotated Bibliography. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.5 inches and is about 2.5 inches wide! For his published work on baseball, The Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire. Because of its deep and broad coverage, its authoritativeness and its rich and colorful descriptions, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary will prove indispensable to baseball fans and word lovers alike. That rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading. (Sports Illustrated) Hailed as a staggering piece of scholarship (Wall Street Journal) The Dickson Baseball Dictionary is the most complete resource on the lexicon of baseball in the English language. More than 200 photos throughout the book, many rare and previously unpublished, lluminate various historical and contemporary terms. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than 400 baseball and lexical experts, this masterful third edition, expanded by more than 30 percent, with over 10,000 terms and 18,000 definitions, provides the comprehensive history and meanings of words and phrases from around the world of baseball. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of our most treasured baseball expressions (tearin' up the pea patch, can of corn, catbird seat, etc.). Termed baseballs Webster, Dickson has spent nearly a decade painstakingly revising and writing new definitions, for words both well-known and obscure, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. Third Edition [stated]. First printing [stated].…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1044 pages. 9.50x6.50x2.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 3rd edition. 974 pages. 10.25x7.25x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 652 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+`. 136 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in blue card covers with white titles. Lightly worn around the edges. Sticker residue on the lower cover. SCARCE. VG+. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 656 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. ----------12 pulp magazines, digest size, all 12 issues for 1951. The only complete serial this year was the famous Iceworld by Clement (all 3 parts). Other important stories were Berom by John Berryman, .and Then There Were None by Russell, Dune Roller by May (her FIRST story), The Weapon by Fredric Brown. There was also a Dianetics (Scientology) article, Dianometry, by Hubbard. January is fine unread. February has tiny chips to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. March has a little spine wear and is VG+ to near fine. April is fine unread. May has faint cover creases, wear to spine bottom, and is VG to VG+. June has cover creases and is VG. July has wear to spine extremities and is VG+ to near fine. August has cover creases and is VG. September has cover creases, small split to spine bottom, pen on back cover, and is VG to VG+. October has a bump to spine bottom, and is near fine. November has cover creases, chips and small splits to spine extremities, and is good. December has cover creases, small split to spine bottom, and is VG. Hubert Rogers, Miller, Paul Orban, H.R. Van Dongen & Chesley Bonestell (front covers) (illustrator).…