Edited Irwin George (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. Monty Python appeals to everyone with a philosophical bent, the more bent the better. Twenty-one surprising chapters by professional philosophers and amateur Python fans celebrate the intersection of rigorous, profound comedy and zany, madcap metaphysics. ** Some corner bumping and one small dig on the back cover towards the top corner. Packed and shipped with care.

Good plus or better, light general wear. Reprint Cloth Back cover cloth wrinkled. Worn, soiled jacket with tears and chips. Pages browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo. [4], 131 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Professor Irwin. A few illustrations in text. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and on the spine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Single issue. Printed yellow wrappers. Contains pages 137-256pp. Spine and edges age-toned, yapped edges with short tears, very good. Contributions of poetry, stories, reviews and more by Malcolm Cowley, Allen Tate, Laurence Sears, Marcia Lee Anderson, Saul K. Padover, Louis Simpson, Julian P. Boyd, Louise Townsend Nicholl, Mary Ormsbee Whitton, Reinhard H. Luthin, Horace E. Hamilton, Edgar Levy, Wolf Franck, Peter Viereck, William Barrett, Kenneth Burke, Robert Gorham Davis, Hiram Haydn, Irwin Edman, Melville J. Herskovitz, Dudley Fitts, and George Biddle.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Magazine. Cover illustration by Rudolph de Harak. Octavo. 169pp. Perfectbound. Illustrated with color plates by James Thomas Flexner. Creases along the spine with edgewear, very good. This issue features many notable authors including Katherine Anne Porter, Francis Steegmuller, William Maxwell, E.B. White, Louis Kronenberger, Peter Qeunnell, Ernest Nagel, Daniel G. Hoffman, Howard Moss, John Hall Wheelock, F.W. Dupee, George Boas, John Gassner, and Clyde Kluckholm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 181pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Decorative owner bookplate (William H. Johnson) and contemporary owner gift inscription on front endpapers, old bookstore label on rear fly, spine toned and cloth modestly worn, else very good. Literary spoof of the bluenoses of the era with contributions by Dorothy Parker, Ben Hecht, Heywood Broun, Alexander Woollcott and several others. Amusing illustrations of the contributors at battle with the forces of prudery by Ralph Barton.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Xii, 710 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Of Revised Second Edition, 1951. Book Fine, Medical Collector's Bookplate. Dj With Slight Wear At Corners.

New and Greatly Enlarged Edition 8vo. blue cloth hardback, silver gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. lxii, 904pp. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Front inner hinge a little stretched and weak. Slightly soiled dust jacket with light edgewear of small closed tears, chips and creases. A Good+ Copy in Good+ Dust Jacket. (Shelf 78) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Book (1.1 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.