Editor John Simpson (103 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

dvd. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Condition: several small stains to fore-edge of book block; else VG/VG. 358 pages.

Paperback. Condition: New. New - unused and unread. Publisher shrink wrapped.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. (xiii) 269 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features Restaurant by the Sea, painted by John Register, courtesy of the Modernism Gallery, San Francisco. This anthology contains: Judgment by Kate Wheeler; Shoe by Heidi Jon Schmidt; The Gittel by Marjorie Sandor; The Raising by Leigh Allison Wilson; A Model Family by Ron Tanner; This Plumber by Bret Lott; Aliens by David Leavitt; The Stone Inscription of Caleb Pellor by Rand Burkert; Riding the Whip by Robin Hemley; Teacher by Michelle Carter; Underground Women by Jesse Lee Kercheval; Summer by David Updike; Amahl and the Night Vistors: A Guide to the Tenor of Love by Lorrie Moore; Approximations by Mona Simpson; Natalie Wood's Amazing Eyes by Ehud Havazelet; Honeymoon by Dean Albarelli; Auslander by Michelle Herman; All Little Colored Children Should Play the Harmonica by Ann Patchett; Porcupines and Other Travesties by Emily Listfield; and Thanksgiving Day by Susan Minot. Size: 8vo. John Register; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Item may have minor to moderate cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes) on the cover, spine or pages. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. Good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text is unmarked. Dj light shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & small tears in a mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Small ink name on front corner. Circa 1950. 7pp. No. 228. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Simon Marsden. Illustrated with line drawings by: Nick Harris; Jonathan Heap; Ian Miller; Brian Pedley; Eric Stemp; and Adam Stower. This anthology contains: Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Timperley; The Rivals by Vivien Alcock; Spook House by Marc Alexander; The House with the Brick Kiln by E. F. Benson; The Monkeys by Ruskin Bond; Room at the Inn by Sydney J. Bounds; The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen; Mayday by Redvers Brandling; It was Rose Hall by Petronella Breinburg; Earthbound by Roberta Simpson Brown; The Marble Hands by Bernard Capes; Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone; Bang Bang Who's Dead by Jane Gardam; Carlotta by Adele Geras; Little Black Pies by John Gordon; The Guitarist by Grace Hallworth; The Chocolate Ghost by Julia Hawkes-Moore; Children on the Bridge by Kenneth Ireland; Rats by M. R. James; The Haunted Mill by Jerome K. Jerome; The Last Bus by J. M. Johnson-Smith; The Scene of the Crime by Gerald Kersh; 'Tain't So by Maria Leach; The Servant by Michael Macliammoir; In Black and White by Jan Mark; The Warning by Joyce Marsh; John Charrington's Wedding by E. Nesbit; Dead Call by William F. Nolan; Caves in Cliffs by Josh Pachter; The Running Companion by Philippa Pearce; Gibson's by Ann Pilling; The Servant by Alison Prince; The Ring and the Rib by J. J. Reneaux; A Pair of Muddy Shoes by Lennox Robinson; The Hard Working Ghost by Dal Stivens; The Tale of Caseley Halt by Barry Sutton; An Apple for Miss Stevenson by Michael Vestey; Dual Control by Elizabeth Walter; The Call by Robert Westall; and The Little Yellow Dog by Mary Williams. Size: 8vo. Simon Marsden; Nick Harris; Jonathan Heap; Ian Miller; Brian Pedley; Eric Stemp; Adam Stower; (illustrator). Book. …

First edition (not stated per publisher's usual practice). xiv, 202 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.75cm. Black dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bumping and minor scuffs at edges. Black cloth boards with gilt and white stamping upon spine. Speckled top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With Editor's Note, Preface by Roy V. Scott, and concluding essay "Contributors." Features a collection of essays in honor of Mississippi State University history professor Glover Moore: IN DEFENSE OF OWSLEY'S YEOMEN by John Ray Skates, Jr.; SOUTHERN ATTITUDES TOWARDS SLAVERY AND SECESSION IN 1860 AND EARLY 1861 AS REFLECTED BY 'DE BOW'S REVIEW' by Richard C. Ethridge; CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM BARKSDALE OF MISSISSIPPI by James W. McKee, Jr.; BEAUREGARD AND JOHNSTON AT SHILOH: SOME HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS by Frank Allen Dennis; WESTERN REBELS, EASTERN WAR: MISSISSIPPI TROOPS IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, 1861-1865 by Fabian Val Husley; THE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, RIOT OF 1919 by Lee E. Williams II; and REFLECTIONS ON A MURDER: THE EMMETT TILL CASE by William M. Simpson. ISBN 0878051295.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Ex library w/ markings, edgewear on blue cloth cover, dust jacket missing, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 480 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine black cloth with gilt lettering & design at spine. Top corner of front blank page clipped shallowly. Else bright, snug & unmarked. In a Near Fine lightly rubbed dust jacket. First printing.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 86 pages; Vol LXI, No. 21. Single issue magazine July 15,1985. Features Gretchen Dow Simpson Cover of the front porch of a shingled house with flowers and shrubbery. Cover is bright and fresh. Light vertical storage wave. Contents are clean and unmarked. Includes works by Alice Munro, Czeslaw Milosz, John Hersey; Pauline Kael, and more. VG+.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Poetry by Rita Dove, Published in 1988 Gettyburg Review. Also Paintings by John Winship, Works by Frederick Busch, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Barthelme, Louis Simpson, Charles Wright, Philip Levine, Anne Beattie, and More. This is the Premier issue of "The Gettysburg Review", a literary journal devoted to literature, commentary, and art. It presents a stellar array of renowned and top-notch authors (see below), and reproductions in miniature of the stunning artwork of John Winship. Of special interest is the inclusion of work by Black poet Rita Dove. Such perceptive inclusion is likely that one reason this small literary journal has continued to be top-rate is its panel of editors, which include Donald Barthelme, Rita Dove, Garrison Keillor, Ann Beattie, Robert Penn Warren, and Richard Wilbur, among others. In this Premier Winter 1988 issue are the following contributions: GRAPHICS — 9 Paintings by John Winship ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS ** Cinema of-as Atrocity: Shoah's Guilty Conscience - by Steven G. Kellman ** The Menil Collection - by Richard Howard ** Why Stop? - by Mary Hood ** We're Here: Here-say and Other Versions of the Place Sense - by Robert B. Heilman ** The Power of the Principle of Resonance - by Hans C. Von Baeyer ** Physicists, Trefil, and the Role of Popularizers in America - by Tony Rothman ** Hemingway and his Biographical Wounds - by Sanford Pinsker ** Facts and Poetry - by Louis Simpson ** Endgames : or the Plague for Which There Is No Known Anecdote - by Paul West FICTION ** Keeping House With Freud - by Gloria Whelan ** War Babies, Part I - by Frederick Busch ** Diagnosis - by Ivy Goodman ** How My Father Met the Greatest Minds of the Twentieth Century - by Dan Pope ** Frog Going Downstairs - by Stephen Dixon POETRY BY: Judson Mitcham, Charles Wright, Linda Pastam, Maurya Simon, Michael Heffernan, Norman Dubie, Tom Johnson, June Goodwin, Edward Hirsch, Sharon Olds, Charles Simic, Dabney Stuart, Rita Dove, Eric Pankey, Philip Levine TITLE : Gettysburg Review - Premier Issue ISSUE : Volume 1 - Number 1 EDITOR : Peter Stitt IMPRINT : Gettysburg College PLACE : Gettysburg, PA DATE : Winter 1988 DETAILS : Quarterly Periodical; Contains 9 color plates; 6 3/4" x 10", pictorial wraps, glued; 194 pages, plus 5 pages of back material CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- A previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted: EXTERIOR : A bit of edge nicking and mild surface rub, spine iscolor faded, else bright and clean. BINDING : Solid. INTERIOR : Clean and unmarked throughout. John Winship (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 82 pp. Light wear. This issue contains: Elegy - Artisan House Horrors; Postal Zone; Monster Invasion - Schwarzeneggger vs Satan; Bit Players - Piranha; Review: Stir of Echoes; Dr Cyclops; This New House - House on Haunted Hill; Saving Lost Souls - Winona Ryder and Satan; DVD and Laser Spotlight; Kolobos Cuts Up; How Sixth Sense Became Number 1 - M. Night Shyamlan; Spells Trouble - Warlock: The End of Innocence; Death After Graduation - Buffy and Angel; The Other Argento; Jack of All 'Fraids - Jack Sholder; CRoss-Country Terror; and Nightmare Library. Size: 4to. Book. …

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page) SIGNED BY EDITOR GARY. W. GALLAGHER. xviii, 283 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; short surface scratch at rear panel's lower right; slight curling/bumping at top of front panel; no printed price on dj's front flap. Black cloth with bold white stamped lettering to spine. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with Gallagher's ink signature upon the title page. Features eight essays examining different aspects of the Battle of the Wilderness which lead to General Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of the American Civil War: "Great Expectations: Ulysses S. Grant, the Northern Press, and the Opening of the Wilderness Campaign" by Brooks D. Simpson; "Our Hearts Are Full of Hope: The Army of Northern Virginia in the Spring of 1864" by Gary W. Gallagher; "I Dread the Spring: The Army of the Potomac Prepares for the Overland Campaign" by John J. Hennessy; "Union Cavalry in the Wilderness: The Education of Philip H. Sheridan and James H. Wilson" by Gordon C. Rhea; "Escaping the Shadow of Gettysburg: Richard S. Ewell and Ambrose Powell Hill at the Wilderness" by Peter S. Carmichael; "'Lee to the Rear,' the Texans Cried" by Robert K. Krick; "The Other Grant: Lewis A. Grant and the Vermont Brigade in the Battle of the Wilderness" by Carol Reardon; and "Like a Duck on a June Bug: James Longstreet's Flank Attack, May 6, 1864" by Robert E.L. Krick. Also with Introduction, b/w illustrations including several maps; Bibliographical Essay, Contributors, and Index. ISBN 0807823341.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edited diaries detailing the visit to Newfoundland by Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson between 1934 and 1936. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the pictorial card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 112 pages. Illustrated. (SL#54/3).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2001. 1st Edition. Fine hardback book. No dust jacket. An as new copy, it's square, tight and clean. 164pp. Sm 4to. (Ss).

Soft cover. Condition: Near V.G. 1st Edition. 64 pages, 265g. Card covers with crease to top & bottom corners, Near Very Good. Illustrated with colour & b/w photographs.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 100 pages; Vol LXI, No. 14. Single issue magazine May 27,1985. Features Gretchen Dow Simpson cover of an open door looking onto a bare room and an open window. Cover is bright and fresh. Contents are clean and unmarked. Includes works by Anne Beattie, Laurie Sheck, John Ash, William Pfaff, Pauline Kael, and more. NF.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 480 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: New. New condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Praise for The Six Steps to the Fountain of Youth; Acknowledgments; Preliminary Page Quote by Dennis Kelly from Tango Man (novel); Preface; About the Author; About the Guest Contributor; About the Editor; About the Illustrator; Appendix: Jean Carper's Daily Supplement List, Notes, Selected Reading, How to Get in Touch with Dennis Kelly and the TriNeuroGenics Team and Book Order Form. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. "This book shows you how to SAY NO TO DISEASE, DEPRESSION and EARLY DEATH. You will learn how to: Break through the mind barrier to become a peak performer in every area of your life; Target and transform all your potentially dangerous "stress dragons"; Guiltlessly eat the foods you enjoy; and Create a body-and-mind that is youthful, energetic, healthy and fit!" - from the rear outer cover. "As a child, my father taught me that the human body succeeds as an individual, not as a group. Dennis Kelly has captured the essence of this concept with TriNeuroGenics. This program is a winner." - Tim Landt, International Sailor. "This book is filled with insight on what it takes to be a champion and achieve ultimate happiness. I find myself nodding in agreement at every page. The more I read the more impressed I become. BEWARE - this book's enthusiasm is highly contagious!" - Gary Hall, world record holder, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer. "It is obvious in his book that Dennis Kelly has paid his dues and knows about the mind/body and their healing power. This is a book that is full of useful information and directs the reader to understand that aging is atrophy of the physical body and apathy of the mind. It will help those who care to age graciously and stay healthy ." - Robert Willix, Jr., M.D., FACSM, and author. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dennis Kelly is a four time national karate champion and aveteran peak performance trainer and seminar leader. A black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Bushido Ryo, at 54, he was the oldest man to win a National Title in N.A.S.K.A. open style karat in both forms and fighting. At age 58, he is still competing. The Six Steps to the Fountain of Youth is based on philosophy of the martial arts, viz., that "older is better," and Kelly's easy, fun and user friendly method for staying young. Flinn, IV, John W. and Hoskyns & Associates (book design and illustration); (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Victor Skipp "Local history: a new definition and its implications Part 2" / E G Thomas "Pauper apprenticeship" / John Maynard "Language and communication in pre-industrial England" / F G Emmison "Final concords" / Elizabeth Simpson "The world conference on records - a report" / Robin Chaplin "A buyer's guide to local history pamphlets, 1978-1980: Part 2" (SL#109).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Unnumbered limited edition issued to subscriber's of the Hudson's Bay Record Society. Bound in black cloth with gilt stamped cover and spine. Minor wear to edges and corners. Text and images unmarked. Small abrasions to front pastedown. Foldout maps are intact. The grey dust jacket is price-clipped and shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 212pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 2 Edwin Brock Last Poems - In Memorium Ron Sanford Drawing Michael Foreman Drawing 16 Carl Tighe Al Haqq Anne Howson Drawing 32 Bob Scriven Sculptures 36 Laura Knight Drawing 37 George Szirtes Poems Ron Sandford Portrait of George Szirtes 43 Alan Brownjohn Staying on the Train Charles Shearer Drawing 48 Ken Smith Poems 50 Alan Young Cock Fighting - Images and Text 54 Fred Voss Poems Christine Simpson Drawing 58 Jeffrey L Schneider Pie Ken Cox Drawing 62 Burns / Lomas Reviews 66 Mark Harris Etchings 71 Jehane Markham Poems 74 Edward Lowbury Poems 76 Bax / Casterton / Gahagan Reviews 81 John Sewell Poems 83 Kate Foley Poems 85 Charles Shearer Drawing 86 Lee Harwood Poems Charles Shearer Drawings 90 Diana Syder Poems 92 James Laughlin Last Poems - In Memorium Vanessa Jackson Photograph Artwork on cover by Robert Scriven.…