Edited by Frank Macshane (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Moderate wear to the jacket, small chips and tears around the edges closed with tape. Clean boards, firm binding, unmarked pages and endpapers. Not ex-library, no stickers. Protected by cardboard for shipment.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. Near Fine Plus Book & Near Fine DJ. .Shelf 514. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // Dust Jacket Not Chipped Or Crinkled// No previous owner names//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No underlining. No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not price clipped// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Trade Paperback. Very good with a few pages having light corner bends. Flat spine with no creasing.No remainder mark, no prior owner markings or bookplates.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, as issued. First Paperback Edition. New York: Ecco Press, 1991. 6" wide by 9" tall. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Well illustrated with old photos, manuscript facsimiles, and drawings by Edward Gorey. This appears to be the first softcover printing. [The hardcover first was published in 1976, also by Ecco. See Bruccoli A17]. . First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+ condition./No Dust Jacket, as issued. Illus. by Gorey, Edward . 113pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). …

Very good minus, light shelfwear, corners lightly bumped. First Printing Hardcover Lightly edgeworn, slightly soiled jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. 332 pages including the index. Dust jacket has minimal wear on edges, no chips, price is not clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. very good +. 1st Printing. 5 x 8 inches. 1199 pages. Condition of the book is Near Fine, looks new on all points. Dust jacket is Very Good+, very light surface wear. Fic. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st Printing. 6 x 9 in. 1076 pagres. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minimal shelf wear, covers have s few teensy spots. Binding tight and text unmarked. Slipcase is VERY GOOD ; mild wear, clean but rubbed. Fic. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler (edited by Frank MacShane, 1981) is a curated collection of Chandler s personal correspondence, tracing his growth from a young aspiring writer to the creator of Philip Marlowe. MacShane organizes the letters chronologically, beginning with Chandler's early notes from England and Canada, moving through his classic hard-boiled detective-novel years in Hollywood, and ending with his late reflections on craft and life. Brief editorial notes frame each period, highlighting Chandler's struggles with work, loss, and creative passion, while showcasing his characteristic wit, sharp prose judgments, and evolving thoughts on storytelling. Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was an American born novelist and screenwriter who helped define the hard-boiled detective genre. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprinted. v-xx501 pages. Illustrated. Plastic Wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 267pp. Brown paper boards. Boards very slightly bowed else near fine in a fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in lightly soiled wrappers.

(2001). First U.S. edition, first printing. Fine in a fine photo-pictorial dust jacket. Brings together a new collection of his letters (much of which has never previously been made public) with previously unpublished early writings--including a gripping piece about his WWI combat experiences and an abandoned profile of "Lucky" Luciano.…

with dustjacket, hardcover. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 414 pages; good hardcover with dustjacket; first edition; dustjacket edges bumped, few nicks, some tanning, scuff to face dustjacket; board tips bumped; edges boards bumped; spine head and heal bumped; spine starting to slant; some pencil front free end page from a previous owner; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. 501pp. Foxing on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some edgewear and toning.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. 94pp. Fine. Fiction, essay, poems and reviews by K.C. Frederick, Ron Pullins, Reynolds Price, M.L. Rosenthal, Daniel Abse, Madeline DeFrees, Frederick Feirstein, Alexander Kuo, James Lewisohn, Richard Schramm, David Jeddie Smith, and Frank MacShane. "Poem Doctrinal and Exemplary to a Nation: A Reading of *Samson Agonistes*" by Reynolds Price.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. First impression of the first UK paperback edition - published simultaneously with a hardback edition. With a seven page introduction by the editors. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Macshane. Preceded by the first American edition which was published by E.P. Dutton in 1973. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers. Edges of covers just lightly rubbed and creased. Spine faded. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. ***198mm x 132 mm. 173 pages including index to rear. ***'In 1971 Borges was invited to preside over a series of seminars on his writing at Columbia University. This book is a record of those seminars, which took the form of informal discussions between Borges, Norman Thomas di Giovanni, his editor and translator, Frank MacShane, head of the department of creative writing at Columbia, and the students. ***The book is divided into three separate sections: on prose, poetry, and translation. ---Borges is probably the supreme verbal craftsman alive today. This book provides a revealing insight into the inspiration and method of his writing. (Quote taken from the back cover) ***First impression of the wrappers issue of the first UK edition. Both the hardcover and wrappers issues are uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine to Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. NOTE FOR OVERSEAS BUYERS: HEAVY BOOK TO SHIP FROM THE UK WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN INCREASED POSTAGE FEE IN ADDITION TO OUR STANDARD RATE SHOWN, PLEASE EMAIL FOR PRICE-DETAILS IF RELEVANT. Interior in excellent fine condition with no marks or inscriptions and clean white pages but please note that the blank free front e/paper page has been removed - immaculate boards and fine d/j - not price-clipped./.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Literary Studies. Uncorrected Proofs. This is an unmarked copy with staining and discoloration on the covers.

First edition SIGNED. Unique inscription from writer and editor and biographer Frank MacShane. Christmas greeting to the bright red opening flyleaf dated 1976, the year of publication. Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nicely illustrated with vintage photographs on the subject. With various editions of publications illustrated. New and bright all around, gift quality.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. Pp. 173. In original yellow boards, gilt title to the spine. Jacket present and not price clipped, fade to spine and rear panel. Light spotting to the edge of text block. tight binding, owner name and date to title page. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 501 pg.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A collection of O'Hara's finest work, taken from eleven volumes of short stories and novellas spanning the period 1935-68. Selected and with an introduction by Frank Macshane.