Introductory Essay (595 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good+ condition. Hardly any wear. Clean and tight. No writing or marking.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good/Fine. 1st Printing. Holloway House HH-133. Paperback original thus (stated First Printing). Extremely light wear along the edges of the wraps, but the upper right corner of the front cover is rounded.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Catalog of an exhibition and sale held at the Adelson Galleries in New York, May 9-June 30, 2006 and in Nantucket, Aug. 7-19, 2006. Softcover in as new condition.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Has a beautiful color illustrated front cover of Jackie Robinson. Filled with lots of black and white photos. This is a series honoring 50 Black Americans of Achievement, Robinson is the only baseball player. In near fine condition. I have more than 230 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight browning of page edges. A name written, then crossed out and "Education Dept." written in marker on half title page. Covers have a bit of edge wear and remains of material stuck to the back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A near fine copy of the softcover edition. Previous owner's name modestly in ink atop front endsheet, else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance., with original price label to upper-right corner of front cover. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. University: University of Alabama Press, copyright 1977. xiv,321 pages. Maps. 9.5 x 6", hardcover, no dj. Review slip. ISBN 0817305041. VG/none.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first edition. Octavo, red cloth covers, lxiv + 513 pages. Includes notes, index. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing, still Very Good. 061507C.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Second Printing. [New York]: A New Directions Book [1980]. Fine. 1980. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. 0811207676. Later [2nd] printing thus. NDP502. 106 pages, identifications. Fine copy with W. W. Norton & Co price sticker affixed to the rear cover. clph.

70 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Gray boards with light color fading at top and bottom edges; slight soiling to rear board. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. ISBN 2843232791.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Color Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Textblock immaculate and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed. 15p. Size: 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). First Printing.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ruth Deardoff (Cover Design); Ron Schwerin (Cover Photo) (illustrator). 1st Harper Torchbks Ed Publ 1972. 292 + 6 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, considering its age. Light shelfwear and edgewear. Clean text.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4to. 212 pages. Soft cover bound in black, blue and tan wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Illustrated throughout. One print (separately published?) on different sized paper is laid in loosely at the front ("29. Saints Geminiamus and Severus, 1560, oil on canvas.").

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Oblong quarto, softcover, near fine in blue pictorial wraps. includes photographs and descriptions of more than 175 vessels, including the major class "A" ships along with many class "B" and "C" vessels from around the world. Organized alphabetically by vessel name, Tall Ships offers a major photograph of each vessel, supplemented by many photographs of details ranging from figure heads and binnacles to flags and rigging. The text of Tall Ships describes each ship featured, its history and notable events under sail, along with its technical specifications. This unique guide is an ideal book for everyone interested in tall ships and their enduring history and traditions. 185 pp. including index. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1977. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A nice softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean and bright. Softcovers are very good but bottom corner of front cover opposite spine has some light wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). 160 pages. Oblong hardcover; H 22.25cm x L 28.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling and foxing, bumping and slight wear at spine head. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. With essay titled "Reminiscing" by Edward Krause, Introduction, and b/w photographs throughout. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Please note that this large book will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0878320431.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. 549 p.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Robert Sullivan (Cover Design) (illustrator). Capricorn Bks Ed. 1962 5th Impression. 366 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pen markings on first page.

First edition, first printing Good reading copy pictorial wraps with strong spine. Former owner's neat signature cleanly crossed out on opening flyleaf.

Condition: Very Good. 1977. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only. Pennell, Joseph (illustrator). Normal book wear; moderate dust jacket wear including dark soils. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Milton Glaser (Cover Design) (illustrator). 2nd Impression. 253 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased front cover and spine. Light foxing on page edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 39pp. No editions or printings cited: presumed first printing. Wingler's introductory essay, pp. 5-7. Eight lovely color illustrations. 2pp of Publisher's advertisements appended to rear of book. Flat white wrappers inside glossy white attached dustwrapper with French folds; lovely color illustration, "Schlafende", on 2/3 front cover, above black lettering over white at bottom front cover. Minor age-toning to (thin) spine, to text, and down cover edges. Binding strong; corners sharp. No previous owner names. Clean text.

hard cover, burgundy cloth gilt lettering with tissue/guard, 309 pages, 5 1/8 x 8 inches, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Original pictorial wraps. Second printing. New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. 7.25" wide by 9.25" tall. Fine condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. Lavishly illustrated with maps, prints, paintings and photos in b/w, plus an 8-page section in full-color. Bibliography. Index. This is a history of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which explored the Louisiana Purchase territory at the request of President Thomas Jefferson. From the rear cover: "On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, two stalwart Virginians in command of fortysome men known collectively as the Corps of Discovery, departed from Camp Dubois, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, for a journey into the unknown. Their voyage, which would become the most famous journey of exploration in American history, would last more than 2 years and take them in excess of 2,700 miles beyond the United State's existing borders to the source of the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains and across that forbidding range all the way to the Pacific Ocean.". Second printing. Soft Cover. Original pictorial wraps. 136pp.

First edition (not stated). x, 206 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, strong color fading to spine, nicks and tears at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with silver stamped lettering to spine. Foxing to edges and endpapers; top corner of front free endpaper clipped; interior text pages remain clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket. Impressions and recollections of novelist William Faulkner by close friend Ben Wasson whose interactions with the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner started while both attended Ole Miss and continued forth into Wasson's various careers as a writer in 1920s New York, Hollywood movie agent and New York literary agent in the 1930s and 1940s, and his return to his hometown of Greenville, Mississippi where he served as literary and arts editor for the Delta Democrat Times newspaper from later 1940s into the 1960s. {LitCrit-Shelf#1} ISBN 0878051627.