Edwin Mayer (137 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Acting Edition in useful condition. Some shelf wear to the covers. Mild tanning to the pages. Good binding and the text flows clearly. Enjoy this ACTING SCRIPT presentable for performance.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very nice reading copy with a text that is free of any extraneous markings. Very difficult to find a decent copy of this great play.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Brown half-cloth over orange papered-boards. 8vo. 232pp. Mild sunning to spine, hinge a tad weak, else firm, square, fresh and Very Good+, no dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Softcover in very good plus condition. Article topics include : Kawabata Yasunari--bridge-builder to the west; Garakuta Bunko; available Japanese folk tales; a Jomon site at Ninomiya; the sources of English liberal concepts in early Meiji Japan. Translations of the following: the logic of the species as dialectics; atemiya, a translation from the Utsubo Monogatari; Shi; Haha; I Can Speak; and more. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Journal.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite number line upon copyright page). x, 321 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, "2001" handwritten in faded ink at front panel's top right. Beige cloth with metallic purple stamped spine lettering. Some soiling to top edge and fore-edge. Obtrusive ink marginalia on Table of Contents leaf; frequent pencil underlining and margin marks within Introduction; ink underlining and margin marks within Chapter 2. No other such markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A good copy in a very good- dust jacket. With Preface, Introduction by James H. Justus, "Humor of the Old South: A Comprehensive Bibliography" compiled by Ed Piacentino (pages 263-309), Contributors (short biographical essays of contributing authors), and Index. Features seventeen chapters within three sections all titled as follows: ORIGIN AND INFLUENCES, {Chapter #1} "The Origins of the Humor of the Old South" by J.A. Leo Lemay, {2} "'Sleepy Hollow' Comes South: Washington Irving's Influence on Old Southwestern Humor" by Ed Piacentino, {#3} The Function of Women in Old Southwestern Humor: Rereading Porter's 'Big Bear' and 'Quarter Race' Collections" by William E. Lenz, {4} "Contesting the Boundaries of Race and Gender in Old Southwestern Humor" by Ed Piacentino, {5} "Darkness Visible: Race and Pollution in Southwestern Humor" by Scott Romine, PERSPECTIVES ON EARLIER AUTHORS-1830-1860, {6} "The Prison House of Gender: Masculine Confinement and Escape in Southwest Humor" by Gretchen Martin, {7} "Augustan Nostalgia and Patrician Disdain in A.B. Longstreet's 'Georgia Scenes'" by Kurt Albert Mayer, {8} "A Biographical Reading of A.B. Longstreet's 'Georgia Scenes'" by David Rachels, {9} "A Sadder Simon Suggs: Freedom and Slavery in the Humor of Johnson Hooper" by Johanna Nicol Shields, {10} "Revising Southern Humor: William Tappan Thompson and Major Jones Letters" by David C. Estes, {11} "Backwoods Civility, or How the Ring-Tailed Roarer Became a Gentle Man for David Crockett, Charles F.M. Noland, and William Tappan Thompson" by James E. Caron, {12} "Bench and Bar: Baldwin's Lawyerly Humor" by Mary Ann Wimsat, {13} "The Good Doctor: O.B. Mayer and 'Human Natur,'" by Edwin T. Arnold, THE LITERARY LEGACY, {14} "An Old Southwesterner Abroad: Cultural Frontiers and the Landmark American Humor of J. Ross Browne's 'Yusef'" by Joseph Csicsila, {15} "Mark Twain: The Victorian of Southwestern Humor" by Leland Krauth, {16} "Jason Compson and Sut Lovingood: Southwestern Humor as Stream of Consciousness," by Stephen M. Ross, and {17} "Southwestern Humor, Erskine Caldwell, and the Comedy of Frustration" by R.J. Gray. ISBN 0813121949.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:0571116930.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Appears to be 1st Printing of the stated 1929 Edition. In good condition for its age, Book is uniformly age toned and still securely bound (despite stitching or gauze beginning to show along the gutter between several pages (Title; 6-7; 24-25; 40-41; 56-57; 72-73;152-153); has a small damp stain on top edge (no odor, does not affect text pages) and is otherwise free of additional blemishes and markings; has a slight slant. Cover is overall clean, with minor age toning and some fading to the lettering along the spine, with sharp corners, gently bumped, mildly rubbed headband and tail. No Dust Jacket. Very collectible volume, rarely available title. (Please see Seller images). Pre-ISBN. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 5.00x0.20x7.99 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. Drama / 9m, 1f / Int. A splendidly raffish gallery of rogues inhabit Newgate Prison in the London of 1725. Besides the conniving jailkeeper, there are his daughter, who favors the prisoners according to their money, a titled scoundrel, a poet, a whining condemned man, and a family prisoner dressed in exquisite lace. There is savage humor in their strategems, and the whole makes a shocking picture of historical justice. "A distinguished and beautifully written play .Rare qualities of style, grace, wit and sardonic humor." - N. Y. Post.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Hardback. First edition 1923. An American Screenwriter, this philosophical book was written when he was 25. 253 Good. There is wear and spotting the covers and spine. Spine lettering has faded. No dust wrapper. no.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book has sound hinges but does lean slightly to the left. All pages clean, unmarked and undamaged. Exterior covers and spine are also completely clean. Gilt lettering on the cover is a little rubbed in places. The lower right corner of the front cover and lower left corner of the back cover are each lightly bumped. A trace of rub wear to top and bottom edges of the spine. The book will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "The American Philatelic Congress, Inc., Officers and Council"; "The President's Message" by George T. Turner; "A Message from the Postal History Society of the Americas" by Edwin Mayer; "The Secretary's Report" by Helen Kingsbury Zirkle; "Lowell, Massachusetts, Express and Letter Offices, with Notes on the Penny Post" by Maurice C. Blake; "Haiti's 'Hard Money' Issue of 1906" by F. Burton Sellers; "Canal Zone: The Type III Mount Hope Local Overprints" by William K. Philler; "The Postage Rates of the French Colonies, 1787-1946" by Robert G. Stone; "The Nick in the Bottom Frame Line of the Two Cent Brown of 1883 United States Postage" by Arthur G. Hall; "Malta Postal Markings, 1893-1909" by G. Philip Grabfield; "The Manufacture of United States Postal Stamps" by George W. Brett; "Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II in a Stamp Collection" by Richard W. Garlichs; "The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee--Its Contributions to Philately" by L. Rohe Walter; "Confederate Navy Covers" by Capt. T.S. Dukeshire, U.S.N., Ret.; "Philatelic Problems and Their Solutions" by Earl P.L. Appelbaum; "Ryuku Islands Postal Stationery 1946-1958: Provisionals and Regular Issues" by Belmont Faries; "A New American Nation: The Federation of the West Indies" by Francis J. McCall; "A Commentary on the Operation of the Posts in the Days of Benjamin Franklin" by Helen Kingsbury Zirkle; "Elephantiasis Graecorum on Stamps" by George L. Fite and "Subject Index, American Philatelic Congress Books 1 to 24".

Halbleinen. Condition: Befriedigend. 288 Seiten Kanten bestossen, etwas angegraut, Seite 280 mit Einrissen, papierbedingte Seitenbräunung. -[ Standort Wimregal . ISS-08084 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 320.

Gebunden. Ohln., 288s., ., in gutem Zustand,., [LSC7,7a] [APB2,2a]. (2) Deutsch 400g.

8° Leinen, 278 Seiten, Block sauber und fest kleinere Gebrauchsspuren am Einband und Block ohne OU Deutsch 300g.

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (Mexican Border, Fiction).

Jul 12, 1982. Condition: D'occasion - Bon état. Bon état. A22.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1945 film. Based on the 1912 play "Die Zarin" by Lajos Biro and Melchior Lengyel. A lieutenant starts an affair with Catherine the Great, despite his fiancée being one of her ladies-in-waiting. Set in 18th century Russia. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with pinholes at the corners, some creasing at the top left corner, and a small tear at the top left edge.

Condition: New.

Fester Einband. Hln., 288 S. gebunden. Deckel leicht fleckig, scheint ungelesen. mangelhafter Zustand 322 gr.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.