Jacket Design Ben Feder (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Good Condition 1968 Ex-Library Has Index. Ben Feder Jacket Design (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 209 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slight damage to bottom edge of front coverboard. Slightly skewed spine. Wanda Lubelska/ Ben Feder, Inc. (Jacket Design) (illustrator).

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 339 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Dj has cuts and tears around places. Book and dj show moderate external wear. Clear text. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge. Sidney Solomon (Book Design), Ben Feder, Inc. (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: White spine / maroon boards. DJ Not Price Clipped (3.50). First Edition (so stated). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Very Good condition in Very Good Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Suspense/mystery novel cited in Hubin. Later published in the UK as DEADLY REUNION (Boardman, 1965). Author's first book. Small-town photographer's reputation is ruined when a lovely high-school girl suddenly stages a seduction scene in his studio. From the Dust Jacket: "The incident shocked and baffled Tom, until he discovered some interesting things about Grace and her friend Dick Barndt, a former football hero whom everyone in town thought of as a thoroughly nice young man. Readers will find this gripping novel of one man's desperate fight to protect himself against a hostile town. almost unbearably suspenseful.". First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. White spine / maroon boards/DJ Not Price Clipped (3.50). Illus. by Feder, Ben (jacket design). 8vo. 192pp. Feder, Ben (jacket design) (illustrator). …

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st American Edition. 256 pp. Stated first American edition! A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Name of the previous owner written on cover page. Dust jacket flap taped together. Dust jacket suffers extensive cuts and tears around edges. Ben Feder Associates (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. This brilliant novel adds John le Carre's name to the microscopically small list of really great writers of espionage fiction. In truth, it does a great deal more. It is the spy novel to end all spy novels. It dispatches the spun-sugar secret agents of recent fame back to their comic-opera Graustarks forever. Its central figure, Leamas, whose mission is to trap the top spy of East Berlin, is a creation of astonishing reality and authenticity. The plot he sets in motion, and later becomes the principal victim of, is a thing of magnificent complexity. Also of far-reaching implications. For the tension within Leamas is strikingly contemporary. It is the tension of a committed man unable to come to terms with the utterly ruthless machine he serves. John Le Carre is the pseudonym for a British civil servant employed in one of the Whitehall ministries. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Assumed First Edition. 224 Pages Indexed. Copyright 1964 and first released September 1. Orange boards with black quarter-spine with gold decorations and endpaper maps of the principal wagon roads. Book is brand new gift quality condition. Jacket is price clipped and has a quarter inch closed tear at the top. Includes maps, illustrations, table, notes, and bibliographical notes. This is number two of eighteen in the Holt, Rinehart and Winston Histories of the American Frontier. Like the other books in this series, it tells a complete story; it may also be read as part of the broader history of westward expansion told in connected form in these volumes. Professor Winther's book is unique in that it is the first serious study of all aspects of western transportation, from the advent of overland freighting to the era of the automobile. It is the first to recognize that water transportation played an important role in the occupation of the Far West, and to gauge the influence of traffic on the Missouri and Colorado on settlement and military operations. It carries the reader back to those days of primitive conveyances and allows him to realize the discomforts of a stagecoach ride or the thrill of a journey on one of the luxurious Palace Cars of George Pullman. And, by no means least important, it is the first to allot the now-forgotten bicycle its proper credit in stimulating the Good Roads movement across the nation. Paved highways shrank distances even more than railroads; as they spread across the West the pioneer era in the history of American transportation drew to a close. These contributions correctly suggest that this is a work from which both scholars and the historically curious can gain much in information as well as pleasure. Like the other books in this series of 18, it tells a complete story; it may also be read as part of the broader history of westward expansion told in connected form in these volumes. Feder, Ben - Jacket Design (illustrator).…

8vo. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Later edition. A near fine, unmarked copy of Kreyche's introductory text on metaphysics, "written in a manner that enables the reader to know philosophy rather than know about it, this new text integrates the doctrine of analogy with the whole of metaphysics. Among the unique features of First Philosophy is a special chapter on the knowledge of being, in which emphasis is placed on the meaning and importance of the kind of "abstraction: that is peculiar to metaphysics alone, the all-persuasive character of the metaphysical 'judgement of separation,' and the intrinsically analogical character of first principles" (from the publisher). Pp 328 [i-vi], vii-xviii, [xix-xx], 1-328, [329-332]. Faint shelf wear to spine ends. Wrapped in a good+ jacket that is chipped at the head of the spine and lightly so around around edges. Small open tear on the back affecting a few lines of the author's bio. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator).…

First printing. Very good, lightly toned cloth boards with light soiling to back Very good jacket, lightly chipped and worn around edges and spine ends, tear to top of cover into front flap Hardcover octavo gray cloth boards with white and orange spine lettering in illustrated dust jacket, 222 pp. Jacket design by Ben Feder (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 17th Impression of the First Edition. Coward-McCann Inc., New York, 1964. Seventeenth Impression of the First American Edtion; Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Book is square with sharp corners, minor edgewear at base of spine. Bookstore sticker and previous owner name on front free endpaper, the interior is otherwise clean and free of any markings. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $4.50 price, shows some wear but presents well in clear mylar cover. John Le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim. Basis for the classic 1965 film with Richard Burton. Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Ben Feder, Inc. jacket design (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A particularly appealing association copy of the classic biography of Alaska aviation pioneer Robert Campbell "Bob" Reeve (1902-1980), extensively inscribed and signed by Reeve himself on the front flyleaf to a U.S. Air Force major and his companion. The copyright page explicitly states "Published, May, 1957 / Second Printing, January, 1961," making the edition unambiguous. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs of Reeve, his aircraft, fellow pilots, mining operations and glacier flying, with map endpapers depicting Alaska, Valdez, and the surrounding airfields and glaciers. Reeve's career is genuinely significant in aviation history: the National Aviation Hall of Fame credits him with pioneering glacier operations in Alaska, surveying Aleutian military airfield sites, wartime flying, and subsequently founding Reeve Aleutian Airways. He was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1975. The inscription is unusually long and personal rather than the customary signature or brief presentation. Written in blue ink across most of the flyleaf, it is addressed "To my good friends Major Bill and that fair charmer Andy Studebaker" and sends Reeve's good wishes for their service in the United States Air Force, adding special remembrance of "our lunch together on my birthday Mar. 27, 1964 during the great Alaska earthquake!" It closes with warm personal regards and the statement that "Tille joins me!", followed by Reeve's large signature. Reeve's birth date was indeed March 27, 1902, making the inscription's earthquake reference remarkable: he was celebrating his 62nd birthday on the very day of the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The notation above the inscription appears to reference Shemya / Aleutians / Alaska and is dated 5-8-'64, apparently placing the presentation only weeks after the earthquake. The book is Very Good, with a firm binding and generally clean interior; moderate age-toning is visible at the text-block edges, and there are remnants from old adhesive on portions of the map endpapers. The textured pale boards remain attractive, with modest age wear and discoloration, particularly to the spine. The original photographic dust jacket is Good, complete enough to retain substantial visual appeal but decidedly worn: several tears and creases, chips and losses along the spine ends and upper edge, rubbing and edge wear, and old tape/adhesive staining to the verso/flaps. The original $4.75 price remains visible on the front flap. Jacket design is explicitly credited on the flap to Ben Feder, Inc. The battered jacket actually feels quite at home on a book about aircraft landing on glaciers. Reeve was not merely the book's subject: he was one of the formative figures of Alaskan bush aviation. The National Park Service describes his glacier- and mudflat-flying work around Valdez and the Wrangell Mountains and notes that his later Reeve Aleutian Airways pioneered commercial routes from Anchorage through the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian chain. The National Aviation Hall of Fame further records his wartime work in the Aleutians and his later airline career. Beth Day (Beth Day Romulo, 1924-2022) was an American journalist, biographer, and nonfiction writer known for immersive accounts of adventurous lives and remote places. In researching Glacier Pilot, Day traveled twice to Alaska, spent months interviewing Bob Reeve and his fellow bush pilots, and flew with them across Alaska and into the Aleutians. Her close access to Reeve made the book an important early biographical account of his career, and later historians of Alaskan aviation have continued to cite it as a source. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 348 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm OCLC 56325546 ; LCCN 57006761 LC TL540.R35 D3 ; slate green and foxed white cloth in price-clipped color pictorial dustjacket ; This is the story of Bob Reeve, Alaska's first, most daring and most accomplished bush pilot. In 1932 he arrived in Valdez with no money, no plane and ill health. He soon made a career of doing the kind of flying that no one else wanted to do and earned the description of the the greatest rough-terrain pilot of our continent. He developed a successful commercial airline operating in the worst weather in the world along the fog-shrouded Aleutian chain, perfected the art of landing on glaciers, and engineered special devices for his plane that enabled him to achieve unheard-of performance at high altitudes. ; G/VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. [Book club edition] 186 pages ; 22 cm ; LCCN 66018446 OCLC 36320737 LC PS3523.O245 Dewey 813.52 ; textured dark orange red cloth with color pictorial dustjacket ; spine sunned ; the 17th book of 23 in the Captain Heimrich series ; Captain Heimrich hunts for the killer of a fallen Hollywood star in this classic mystery from the coauthor of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there's no lead the intrepid investigator won't follow until his every hunch is satisfied .Real estate agent Leslie Brennan is frustrated when a prospective buyer for Annette Weaver's house fails to show up on time. She becomes even more upset when she finds Annette dead in the foyer, lying in a puddle of blood.Thanks to her haughty attitude, the late film actress more famously known as Annette LeBaron had made enemies out of half the town of Van Brunt, New York-but were any of them inclined to kill?Captain Heimrich intends to get to the bottom of all the drama. To do so he'll have to investigate the motives of everyone Annette managed to annoy, and with a killer on the loose and a large cast of suspects, he'd better get started right away.Murder Roundabout is the 17th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.; Frances Louise Lockridge (January 10, 1896 - February 17, 1963) and Richard Orson Lockridge (September 26, 1898 in St. Joseph, Missouri - June 19, 1982 in Tryon, North Carolina) were American writers of detective fiction. The pair wrote 50 novels together, including one of the most famous American mystery series, Mr. and Mrs. North. They also wrote other series, including Lt Heimrich, Nathan Shapiro, and Paul Lane. Frances was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1896.She attended the University of Kansas, though she did not graduate, and worked as a reporter and music critic at various publications including the Kansas City Journal-Post, Kansas City Kansan, and Kansas City Star. Richard was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was educated at the University of Missouri. After serving in the United States Navy, he returned to Missouri, working as a reporter on the Kansas City Kansan and the Kansas City Star. Married in 1922. Soon after, the couple moved to New York where Richard Lockridge joined the old New York Sun. In 1932, Richard published his first book, Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth: 1833-1893. In 1960, the Lockridges were co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America. They received a special Edgar Award in 1962. Richard Lockridge had received an Edgar in 1945 for best radio play. In their collaborations, Frances would generally produce the plot of the novels, while Richard would flesh out the writing ; FINE/VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover to a U.S. diplomat, this Cold War-era volume connects directly to the political and intelligence world it seeks to describe. Written during Hoover's tenure as Director of the FBI, the book outlines his views on communism in the United States at the height of postwar tension, offering a revealing primary-source perspective on mid-20th century American anti-communist ideology. Inscribed by J. Edgar Hoover on the front free endpaper: 'To Carroll Brown, Best Wishes, J. Edgar Hoover, Xmas 1958.' A clear, fully legible and contemporaneous inscription. Carroll Brown (1928-2019), a U.S. Navy veteran and Foreign Service officer who later served as Deputy Director for Eastern European Affairs and U.S. Consul General in Germany. Brown's career placed him within the very diplomatic and geopolitical sphere central to Hoover's concerns, making this a compelling association copy linking author, subject, and recipient within the Cold War security establishment. His affiliations with the Foreign Service Association, Army-Navy Club, and World Policy Institute further underscore the historical context and significance of this provenance. Condition is Good overall. The book itself presents above the overall grade, with the lower designation driven primarily by the condition of the dust jacket. The red cloth binding is sound with moderate edge wear and bumping. The original dust jacket is present and intact but in Poor condition, with heavy chipping, tearing, and losses, particularly along the spine and edges. Interior pages are clean with light toning; the inscription remains clear. Despite the worn jacket, this is a desirable signed copy with enhanced historical interest due to its documented association. J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served as the first Director of the FBI and one of the most influential - and controversial - figures in American law enforcement. His role in shaping domestic intelligence and anti-communist policy during the Cold War makes his signed works enduringly collectible, particularly when tied to figures active in U.S. diplomatic and security circles. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BCE - Book Club Edition. 233 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, collectible gem! A wonderful copy and dust jacket. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimally or mildly shelf worn. Dust jacket shows minimal wear around edges. Anne Farley (Photo); Ernst Reichel (Design); Ben Feder, Inc. (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing. :: Air Force Files contain over 6,300 cases of saucer sightings- most never reach the public. Air Force policy's most effective opponent is the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a private organization devoted to the study of Unidentified Flying Objects - this is the story of their fight to crack the wall of secrecy around the government's flying saucer investigations. :: Bound in publisher's blue cloth, author, title, and publisher lettered down spine in silver. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 209 x 140 millimeters). 283 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Light fading / rubbing at the crown and foot of spine and corners. Dust jacket is age-toned, brittle and worn, with missing chips and small tears along the edges. Split along the hinges. Abrasions, creases, and flaking. Moisture stain at bottom of rear panel. Dust jacket will come enclosed in clear protective wrap. Ben Feder, Inc. (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Book Club Edition. 1961 at copyright; no other dates. Bluish green boards, yellow spine titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine, clean; no writing. Bright yellow top-stain. Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; protected in new, clear sleeve. Intriguing jacket design by Ben Feder features blue-green imagery of sculpture w/yellow spine titles; sculpture depicts muscular bodies embracing w/cubes as heads melting into each other amid several faces discovered of transmogrified alien faces w/three fingers/teeth biting in. Portrait of finely dressed Heinlein at back panel engrossed in book. Very attractive. Code 1881 at back flap. Robert Heinlein's Hugo Award-winning all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from 'cult' status to mass control bestseller to deemed sci-fi classic. Intriguing as this 'communalism,' masked as more refined or correct status of mind, led to the blueprint of the generation grokking its contents. Also set the table for the 'space' race and Kubrick's odyssey, and mixed class messaging as in we own it all and thou shall share in squalor. Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and powers exceed the limits of all others, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth's inhabitants forever. According to review of Brooks Peck: Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the 1962 Hugo Award, is the story of V. Michael Smith, born during, and the only survivor of, the first manned mission to Mars. Michael is raised by Martians, and he arrives on Earth as a true innocent: he has never seen a woman and has no knowledge of Earth's cultures or religions. But he brings turmoil with him, as he is the legal heir to an enormous financial empire, not to mention de facto owner of the planet Mars. With the irascible popular author Jubal Harshaw to protect him, Michael explores human morality and the meanings of love. He founds his own church, preaching free love and disseminating the psychic talents taught him by the Martians. Ultimately, he confronts the fate reserved for all messiahs. The impact of Stranger in a Strange Land was considerable, leading many children of the 60's to set up households based on Michael's water-brother nests. Heinlein loved to pontificate through the mouths of his characters, so modern readers must be willing to overlook the occasional sour note ("Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's partly her fault."). That aside, Stranger in a Strange Land is one of the master's best, provocative as he always loved to be. Can you grok it? Printed in the USA. 414 pages. Insure post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Feder, Ben (Jacket Design) (illustrator). Book. …