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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks or wear; as new.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows two bands of fading to gray at the upper front and spine, otherwise sound. ISSN 0036-3529 190pp.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only a touch of shelfwear at spine ends, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 218pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows fading over the spine and along the top rear, as well as a small, light fold across the bottom right front corner, otherwise well-kept. ISSN 0036-3529 203pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks; binding square, spine uncreased; the soft cover shows a bit of wear, particularly at the free corners, and a few scattered pressure marks on the surfaces; otherwise excellent.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine d/j. Probable 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine d/j. Probable 1st Printing. Small 4to (10" tall). One half of torn off bookplate (showing building as on front of d/j) on front pastedown. D/j lightly rubbed on corner tips. Black covers with silver lettering on spine and front cover. 199 pages. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows a band of fading at the left front and another at the top front, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 311pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only mild spine fading and a little gentle shelfwear at corners and spine heel, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 332pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only very light corner wear, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 339pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; binding square, spine uncreased; the soft cover shows a very noticeable triangle of fading at the upper right front, otherwise well-kept. ISSN 0036-3529 257pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages except for a very small wrinkle at the bottom corners of pp.235-244; no owners' marks; DVD included, still sealed in a pouch inside the back cover. Soft cover shows only a light fold across the top right front corner and a little light edge chipping at corners, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 281pp.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover has short wrinkles at spine head and spine heel, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 256pp.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only one tiny wrinkle at the spine heel, otherwise as new. ISSN 0036-3529 227pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only very light corner wear, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 264pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; soft cover shows only a slight outward curl at the right front corners and gentle corner wear, otherwise excellent. ISSN 0036-3529 291pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean pages; no owners' marks; spine uncreased; soft cover shows a few pinpoint surface chips, tiny creases across the bottom right front corner, and some edgewear, otherwise sound. ISSN 0036-3529 243pp.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 125 pp. Text in Dutch. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. 8th Edition. 79 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Gates Studio (Design) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Volume 2. 574 pp. Vol. 2 only! Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. Volume 3. 574 pp. Vol. 3 only! Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Volume 4. 574 pp. Volume 4 only! Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

PB. Condition: fine, wraps (softcover). 218pp ISBN 1585920320.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 5th Printing. 186 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Small stain on bottom edge. Dirt on first end page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Copyright © 1974. 144 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows wear in some places. Zoe Dominic (Jacket Photo) (illustrator). …

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 480 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. No dj.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Part 2, March 3, 2002. 78 pp. Part 2, March 3, 2002 only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased front and back covers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is : "Twentieth Century Interpretations of 'All the King's Men' ". This, of course, is the novel written by Robert Penn Warren - a thinly veiled portrait of Louisiana politician Huey P. Long. It remains one of the most significant fictional explorations of modern American politics. The book, which includes essays by a number of individuals (including Robert Penn Warren), was edited by Robert H. Chambers, and published in paperback format by Prentice-Hall as a Spectrum Book in 1977, being the first paperback printing. Please scroll down for Contents. SERIES : Twentieth Century Interpretations TITLE : Twentieth Century Interpretations of "All the King's Men" EDITOR : Robert H. Chambers INTRODUCTION : Robert H. Chambers CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS : Robert Penn Warren et al IMPRINT : Spectrum Books, Subsidiary of Prentice Hall PLACE : Englewood Cliffs, NJ DATE : (1977) EDITION : First Paperback Printing (With number line to that effect. Issued simultaneously with the hardcover) DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5" x 8", pictorial wraps; Contains an Introduction, a Chronology, Notes, and an Index; 161 pages. CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- There are vertical shallow creases (or marks) on the spine, but these don't seem to be from reading; cover edges display modest weathering (slight foxing-like spottage); front surface is, for the most part has mild surface rub - the rear cover displays slightly more surface rub - but both sides are essentially clean. Rear corner tips are slightly bumped. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Slight irregularities to the top corners of leaves from pp 111 - 122, else the interior is clean and unmarked - the book hardly seems to have been read. CONTENTS : ** Introduction - by Robert H. Chambers ** Melpomene as Wallflower; or, the Reading of Tragedy - by Robert B. Heilman ** The Narrator's Mind as Symbol: An Analysis of "All the King's Men" - by Norton R. Girault ** The Telemachus Theme in "All the King's Men" - by Robert C. Slack ** Burden's Complaint: The Disintegrated Personality as Theme and Style in Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" ** Adam's Lobectomy Operation and the Meaning of "All the King's Men" ** Humpty-Dumpty and "All the King's Men": A Note on Robert Penn Warren's Teleology - by James Ruoff ** Introduction to the Modern Library Edition of "All the King's Men" - by Robert Penn Warren ** Willie Stark and Huey Long: Atmosphere, Myth, or Suggestion - by Ladell Payne ** Cass Mastern and the Awful Responsibility of Time - by Beekman W. Cottrell ** The Metaphysics of Demagoguery: "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren - by Jonathan Baumbach ** Right On! "All the King's Men" in the Classroom - by Earl Wilco ** Chronology of Important Dates.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing. From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write. This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully. SERIES : Everyday Handbooks TITLE : The Writer's Book AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al AEGIS : The Author's Guild EDITOR : Helen Hull IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble PLACE : New York DATE : (1969) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips. All in all a well preserved copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. ENCOUNTER MAGAZINE was a leading and influential literary & cultural journal "Encounter", founded in 1953 by poet Stephen Spender and author Irving Kristol, was an English literary and cultural monthly magazine that covered the arts, literature, history and politics. Its contributors consisted of some of the leading intellectual and literary lights of the day. Melvin Lasky replaced Kristol as editor in 1958. Spender resigned as editor in 1967, and the journal ceased publication in 1990. This issue is notable for the inclusion of the First Appearance of a piece on Trieste by famed Science Fiction author Brian W. Aldiss. Also the First Appearances of three stories by Kurt Kusenberg. The article, "Has Futurology a Future?" by Robert Nisbet has considerable underlining. The piece by Nisbet is Illustrated by Czech artist Jaroslav Bradác. There are also pieces on authors Günter Grass, Bronowski, Arthur Miller, and Saul Bellow. There is much more in this issue (see table of contents given below) THE ARTICLE "HAS FUTUROLOGY A FUTURE?" IS CONSIDERABLY UNDERLINED IN RED AND GREEN PENCIL, ELSE THE REST OF THE ISSUE IS FREE OF MARKING CONTENTS : --- Three Stories by Kurt Kusenberg : "A Look of Contempt", "One Match in Three", "There's Not All That Much Difference" --- Modest Atmosphere with Monsters : Writer's Notebook in Trieste - by Brian W. Aldiss (First Appearance) --- Has Futurology a Future? - by Robert Nisbet (with an Illustration by Czech artist Jaroslav Bradác) [UNDERLINED] --- The Novelty of Revolution : A Study in 17th-Century English Ideology - by Melvin J. Lasky --- Column [ on the appearance at various times to various persons of the face of Jesus] - by Anonymous (R.) --- Bellow & Herzog … by Gabriel Josipovici- Post - Imperial Blues (Theatre) - by John Weightman --- Günter Grass, or Dragon Hunting - by Hellmut Jaesrich --- The Innocence of OZ - by Keith Botsford --- Arthur Miller : Between Sartre & Society - by Ronald Hayman --- Alban Berg : An Index to Vienna - a review of "Alban Berg: Letters to His Wife" - by Peter Porter --- Children's Hour - a review of "A Collection of Poetry by Stepney Children Aged 11 to 15 Years" - by D. J. Enright --- Worsthorne's Myth - A review of "The Socialist Myth" - by John Vaizey --- The Disestablishment of Science : On Dr. Brownowski's Proposal - by Edward Shils --- Letters from : Hans-Joachim Reiss, Roland R. Towe, Erling Eng --- Poetry by Lawrence Raab, John Welch, Daniel Huws, Edward Lowbury, Richard E. Sherwin, David Gill, Robert Conquest TITLE : ENCOUNTER ISSUE : Vol. XXXVI, No. 5 DATE : November 1971 EDITORS : Melvin J. Lasky & D. J. Enright PLACE : 25 Haymarket, London DETAILS: Monthly Periodical ; 7 1/4" x 10", printed wraps (paper covers, glued) ; 96 pages STATUS : OP. CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY --This is a previously owned periodical that has underlining through one article, but else remains clean and unmarked, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR - Modest wear, including some nicking and crimping about the edges; mild surface rub; the spine is slightly faded - the text-block edges are darkened - else the cover is clean and attractive. BINDING - Solid / INTERIOR - THE ARTICLE "HAS FUTUROLOGY A FUTURE?" IS CONSIDERABLY UNDERLINED IN RED AND GREEN PENCIL, ELSE THE REST OF THE ISSUE IS FREE OF MARKING. The paper is somewhat toned. No marginalia , no signatures. The illustration by Jaroslav Bradáč displays cleanly. Jaroslav Bradáč (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Here is a single issue of "The Bookman" : Volume LXIV, No. 3, November 1926. There is always something of interest to be found in old issues of "The Bookman" - often many such somethings. In this issue is the First Appearance of a travel piece by Aldous Huxley ("Diary of an Eastern Journey"). Various authors have pieces on H. G. Wells (by a young Floyd Dell), Ellen Glasgow, Somerset Maugham, Edgar Allan Poe's Parents, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. There is a poem by Henry Morton Robinson - and poems by several others. To say that this issue reviews the then current literature is an understatement. This copy is in rough condition, with numerous imperfections, but it is complete, clean and intact in original wraps, and quite serviceable. (See below for our condition report) . CONTENTS : -- The Point of View (Editorial) -- On Parting with a Favorite Author - by Hugh Walpole -- Ellen Glasgow : Citizen of the World - by Dorothea Lawrence Mann (with a Silhouette by Julie Brown) --The Goddess Yesandno - by Bartlett Cormack -- The Shirt - a Story by Genevieve Taggard (With Sketches by Lydia Gibson) -- Public Women in Married Life - by June Lucas -- The Dramatic Careers of Poe's Parents - by Eola Willis -- Diary of an Eastern Journey - by Aldous Huxley (This is the First Appearance of this work by Huxley) -- The Somerset Maugham of "The Casuarina Tree" - by Grant Overton (with a portrait of Maugham by Bertrand Zadig) -- A Little Girl's Utopia - by George Shelton Hubbell -- The Sun in Splendour - Conclusion of a Serialized Novel by Thomas Burke. -- Longfellow's Golden Years - by Herbert S. Gorman -- The Londoner - by Simon Pure --Mr. Wells Makes a Great Experiment - by Floyd Dell ( This is the First Appearance of this work by Dell ) -- The New Yorker - by Larry Barretto -- The Bookman's Guide to Fiction -- The Editor Recommends - by John Farrar -- A Shelf of Recent Books - Reviews by Arthur Bartlett Maurice, Stephen Graham, William R. Langfeld, Blanche Colton Williams, and Charles W. Ferguson -- The Seven Seas - by Michael Joseph -- Poems by Henry Morton Robinson and various others TITLE : The Bookman ISSUE : Volume LXIV, No. 3 DATE : November 1926 EDITOR : John Farrar CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS : Aldous Huxley, Floyd Dell, Hugh Walpole, Genevieve Taggard, Grant Overton, Henry Morton Robinson, et al IMPRINT : George H. Doran PLACE : New York City DETAILS : Contains numerous illustrations (including ads); volume pages 257 - 384 (128 pages) + LVI (56) pages of front and back material ; 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", printed greenish-blue wraps with black lettering ( held together by glue & thread ) CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY --This is a previously owned periodical that is in rough condition, else complete and serviceable, with the following details noted :: EXTERIOR : The spine is creased and cracked, with considerable loss of paper at the extremities (more so at the top). One can see that there has been mending effected to the spine surface and joints (which were cracked). Cover edges are considerably worn, with chipping, nicks, tears, and small loss. The front cover surface is fairly clear, while the back cover has weathering, mild staining and what seems to be a bit of foxing. Text-block edges are darkened. BINDING : One can easily see that the binding has been mended at its hinges, however, while the leaves open widely, no leaves are detached or loose. INTERIOR : Scattered foxing and or spotting (most obviously on those leaves closest to the covers); weathering along the edges; soft bumps to corner tips, with dog-eared tips scattered through. Paper is toned. There are a few pencil erasures, else the interior is free of marking. As I said above, the issue is rough but quite serviceable.…