Gray William Thomas (473 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

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

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Like New condition. Ships fast and guaranteed well protected with domestic tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good (B288) . Light wear, general aging. Name on front. Dog-eared pages.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Revised edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dark brown embossed cloth binding, 308 pages. Cover is worn and outside of spine is missing though the covers and text are still bound as a unit. Previous owner "Joe Beattie" has signed the front free endpaper.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. 1900 George Bell and Sons, London. Moderate wear to exterior. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. There are a few scattered marginal checks and notations, not interfering with the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. red c w/gilt titles; moderate wear, top edge gilt; owner's name in pencil; 224 clean, unmarked pages+appendix+catalog.

Trade Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 340pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. VG+ / VG+. 1st Printing of the 1977 Oxford Standard Authors Edition thus, edited, with preface and introduction, byRoger Lonsdale.Book is straight, square, faintly and uniformly age toned, securely bound (despite some glue showing along gutter of TP), and free of markings and blemishes. Cover and Dust Jacket (clipped at bottom of front flap and encased in protective mylar) are clean and bright, with small chip at top of DJ backstrip, very gently bumped corners and heads, sharp joints, straight tails, spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0192541706. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping; please contact ShiroBooks PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.

Condition: New.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Small, red cloth boards with gilt itles. Spine darkened and gilt there worn. Modest edge and corner wear. Donation name in ink and library stamp on front free endpaper. NO POCKETS, NO OTHER LIBRARY MARKINGS. Clean and tight except as noted.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. The Pocket University, Volume XV.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No Edition Noted. White binding with blind stamped edge lines and design centered on both covers. Spine print and designs are gold colored. Covers have some small spots, soiling and spine is slightly tanned. Corners are bumped with slight material loss at tips of upper corners. Tight , sound and unmarked. Slight nick in front cover foredge. 308 pages, plus contents list at rear. All pages have printed black line edging. Excellent condition for it's age.

Paperback. Condition: Good. William Gray (Maps) (illustrator). First Edition, 4th Printing. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1963, Revised Edition. Soft cover/Good; sound w/light edge rubs, faint creasings to surface & spine, and price sticker scar to upper front corner. Brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. An introduction to the history, culture, religious & philosophy, and socio-economic climate of Asia after World War II. Countries studied are India, Pakistan, China, Japan, and Korea. 350 pgs in 40 chapters.

Condition: Good. 1917. No Edition Remarks. 324 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates to page 206. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 4, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Final issue. Cover art is uncredited for "Four Graves West" (novelette) by Steve Frazee. Includes "Sunup at Kaycee" (novelette) by T. C. McClary; "Ornery Cowbow" by Raymond S. Spears; "Bullet Crossing" by Clark Gray; "Summons to Boothill" by Thomas Calvert; "Boom Town" (novelette) by William Heuman; "A Man's Pride" by Jack Cutler; "Death Drops In" by Harold Preece; "Dead Man's pride" by David Crewe. Uncredited illsutrations. Creasing; a little roll with stress; edge nicks, bumps and wear; mild tanning; glue-mend at spine head; a little rubbing. Book.