Introduction by John Ward (18 results)

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. first edition,3p thus; 109876543pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT . ; Black titles on orange & black paper covers.LARGE COVER ART SHOWS MAN & WOMAN IN ENBRACE on couch, black flwers nearby.; 384 pages; Pulitzer Prize-winning literary essayist, he joys of collecting first editions, rediscovering neglected novels, ghost stories, teaching writing, and the challenges of parenthood and life in general. Dirda is a writer's reader and a reader's writer. He is an impeccable guide to good reading from the lighthe loves P. G. Wodehouseto scholarly esoterica. His columns are always worth a pause, always worth reading, always worth coming back to. Illustrated by VALLOTTON, FELIX cover painting (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Brand New. centennial edition. 288 pages. 6.50x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Approx. 6" wide by 8 7/8". ; 44 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 32 pages. 10.25x8.25x0.25 inches. In Stock. John Ward (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Cover art by C. Jene Goodger and John B. Hinkle. C. Jene Goodger; John B. Hinkle; (illustrator). Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Brand New. centennial edition. 288 pages. 6.50x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition, 1st. Printing UK Edition, 1990, Hardcover with the dust jacket,83 page book. Illustrated with Jones great images black & white and tone . A great reseach book on Calvert Richard Jones. Condition : NEW Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Calvert Richard Jones (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2nd edition. 80 pages. 7.50x4.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition Thus. Penguin Cat. No. EL38. ***First impression of the first Penguin English Library edition. Edited by Robert Mason with a special Introduction by John William Ward. This is the true first UK paperback edition - a paperback original. The book was first published in 1862.***Very good in colour-illustrated wrappers. Just a few marks and light edge creasing commensurate with age and handling. [see scans] Covers bright and clean, although there is a 2cm split at the tail of the spine and front cover. The wrappers ate slightly scuffed. There is a very light reading crease to the spine, which is slightly faded. Interior pages unmarked. Paper slightly tanned. No inscriptions. ***225 pages including Notes plus publisher's adverts to the rear. 180mm x 111mm. ***'Trollope's observations on American society a hundred years ago (of which this volume is a shortened version) have long been out of print. His mother had written a book which castigated the crudity of American manners: thirty years later, when Trollope hoped to make restitution, the American Civil War had broken out. His sympathies were with the North and, though shocked by "the purposely vicious herd of uncouth democracy", he could always detect the romance underlying the vulgar surface and comprehend the ebullient American pride in equality. Never looking down on what he saw, but looking at it, Anthony Trollope was admirably equipped to observe American (or any other) culture intelligently and sympathetically: and he was deeply conscious that in America lay the seeds of the future world.' (Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first edition of the Penguin English Library edition of North America by Anthony Trollope, edited by Robert Mason with a special Introduction by John William Ward. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by all 3 authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 136 pages. 10.50x11.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reduced to just over a third of the size of the original. Paperback. 20x13cm. 225 pages. Flat spine. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref HM. North America by Anthony Trollope. Edited by Robert Mason. Introduction by John William Ward (Penguin Classics 1992).…

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Very good copy in slipcase. An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy?s Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy?s other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Very good copy in slipcase. An imprint of George Macy Companies, Ltd., Heritage Press was founded in 1935. The Press printed more affordable classic volumes that were previously published by Macy's Limited Editions Club and covered a broad range of topics primarily within the Western canon. In addition to Macy, directors of the Heritage Press included Cedric Crowell, General Manager of the Doubleday Bookshops; Frank L. Magel, head of Putnam Bookstores in New York; and A. Koch, head of Brentano Stores in New York. Though many of Macy's other imprints, including The Heritage Club, The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf, and The Junior Heritage Club, were sold by subscription only, Heritage Press editions were sold through bookstores. Macy combined his publishing enterprises in 1944, though each imprint maintained its specific target audience. The archives of the George Macy Companies, including both the Limited Editions Club and The Heritage Press, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1970. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Large 8vo. With jacket. 254 pp. B/w plates and map. Front endpaper corner clipped, else book and jacket as-new. NEAR FINE / FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Vg hardback copy in light-blue buckram. 1900. With b&w photos throughout. Name penned on front-endpaper (dated 1901). Old pricing in indelible pencil to top corner of same page.