Jerry Matthews (22 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 short stories. Featured are Danger - Mike Shayne at Work by Brett Halliday, With Dishonorable Intent by Jerry Jacobson, Eaglehawk by Reuben F Vigil, The Duel by Jack Foxx, Gregory by PA Brisco, Return Home by Clayton Matthews, Ashes to Ashes by Gerald Franklyn and The Hidden Number by Joann S Scheb. Rubbing to front cover. Light creasing to spine (possibly printing defect). In Very Good Condition. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of three novellas, and six short stories. Featured are novellas - Brett Halliday The Harmless Killer, Jack Webb This Man Must Die, Jerry Jacobson The Specialists. Short stories - Ron Goulart Down There, P.A. Brisco The Last Stamp, Clayton Matthews Dance Macabre, James H. Schitz Snake Man, Jaime Sandaval Lullaby, Herbert Harris Seen Close. Light rubbing to the cover. Faint date rubber-stamped to the rear cover. Earlier owner re-enforced the bottom of the spine with tape. In good condition. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 46, no. 7. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Book of the Dead" (novelet) by Brett Halliday; "Kill Lansing" by W. L. Fieldhouse; "The Caliber of Death" by Clayton Matthews; "The Sald Lady" by Jerry Jacobson; "The Deaths of Lorna Garth" by Talmage Powell; "Logical Alternative" by Gary Alexander; "Marvin's Letter Bomb" by Thomas Malone; "License to Steal" by Arthur Moore. Features: "Saturday Afternoon at the Movies (Nostalgia)"; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Label bits remain on front; corner wear; tanning; some creasing. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. *Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Business in the Pacific Northwest*.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 46, no. 7. Edited by Charles E. Fritch. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Book of the Dead" (novelet) by Brett Halliday; "Kill Lansing" by W. L. Fieldhouse; "The Caliber of Death" by Clayton Matthews; "The Sald Lady" by Jerry Jacobson; "The Deaths of Lorna Garth" by Talmage Powell; "Logical Alternative" by Gary Alexander; "Marvin's Letter Bomb" by Thomas Malone; "License to Steal" by Arthur Moore. Features: "Saturday Afternoon at the Movies (Nostalgia)"; "Stiff Competition" (book reviews) by John Ball. Tanning; creasing; minor tears at spine heel. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 243 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following "A Few Start-of-Term Notices", "Abbreviations", and "The Magic of Philosophy", Contents divided into 16 Essays in 4 Parts: [Part I] "GRYFFINDOR: The Characters of Harry's World" (1) Tom Morris, "The Courageous Harry Potter"; (2) Diana Mertz Hsieh, "Dursley Duplicity: The Morality and Psychology of Self-Deception"; (3) Harald Thorsrud, "Voldemort's Agents, Malfoy's Cronies, and Hagrid's Chums: Friendship in Harry Potter"; (4) Mimi R. Gladstein, "Feminism and Equal Opportunity: Hermione and the Women of Hogwarts"[Part II] "HUFFLEPUFF: Morality in Rowling's Universe" (5) Jerry L. Walls, "Heaven, Hell, and Harry Potter"; (6) Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb and W. Christopher Stewart, "Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology"; (7) Shawn E. Klein, "The Mirror of Erised: Why We Should Heed Dumbledore's Warning"; (8) Steven W. Patterson, "Kreacher's Lament: S.P.E.W. as a Parable on Discrimination, Indifference and Social Justice"; [Part III] "SLYTHERIN: Knockturn Alley and the Dark Arts" (9) Steven W. Patterson, "Is Ambition a Virtue? Why Slytherin Belongs at Hogwarts"; (10) David and Catherine Deavel, "A Skewed Reflection: The Nature of Evil"; (11) Jennifer Hart Weed, "Voldemort, Boethius, and the Destructive Effects of Evil"; (12) David Baggett, "Magic, Muggles and Moral Imagination"; [Part IV] RAVENCLAW: Many-Flavored Topics in Metaphysics" (13) Gareth B. Matthews, "Finding Platform 9 3/4: The Idea of a Different Reality"; (14) Michael Silberstein, "Space, Time, and Magic"; (15) Jason T. Eberl, "Why Voldemort Won't Just Die Already: What Wizards Can Teach Us About Personal Identity"; (16) Gregory Bassham, "The Prophecy-Driven Life: Fate and Freedom at Hogwarts"; Hogwarts Emeritus Faculty, pp. 227-231; Current Hogwarts Faculty, pp. 233-236; A Wizard's Index, pp. 237-243. Brown boards with black backstrip and brilliant gilt lettering; black endpapers. Dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) in shades of brown with Title lettering in orange across top half front cover; Subtitle in gray and with editor names in small white letters superimposed across middle front cover; color photo-illustration of a snowy owl at bottom center front cover. FLAWLESS. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks; unusually fresh, tight binding. UNREAD. Gift-Giving Quality. …

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

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 32, no. 3. Edited by Cylvia Kleinman. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Harmless Killer" (short novel) by Brett Halliday; "This Man Must Die" (short novel) by Jack Webb; "The Specialists" (novelet) by Jerry Jacobson; "Down There" by Ron Goulart; "The Last Stamp' by P. A. Brisco; "Dance Macabre" by Clayton Matthews; "Snake Man" by James H. Schmitz; "Lullaby" by Jaime Sandaval; "Seen Close" by Herbert Harris. Uncredited illustrations. Rubbing; corner and edge wear; bumped at heel; a little creasing; sticker ghost to rear. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. First Collected Edition, PBO thus.. **FEATURES AND NOVELETES (1) Danger - Michael Shayne At Work by Brett Halliday (2) With Dishonourable Intent by Jerry Jacobson **SHORT STORIES (1) Eaglehawk bu Rueben F. Vigil (2) The Duel by Jack Foxx (3) Return Home by Clayton Matthews (4) Ashes To Ashes by Gerald Franklyn (5) The Hidden Number by Joann S. Scheb **SHORT STORIES (1) The Look of Gratitude by Edward Wellen (2) The Losing Percentage by Jeffrey M. Wallmann (3) Mint Mark by Richard Deming (4) The Zap Effect by Edward D. Hoch >> Creasing/ Scratches on covers Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Painted Front Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good. See scans and description. New York: Renown Publications, Inc., 1972. The April, 1972 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, that being Volume 30, Number 5. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 128 pp. Very Good, with lightly penciled "x" on front cover and on contents page (see scans); both off-white covers are moderately soiled; the inevitable age-toning to the newsprint-paper interior pages is of the standard degree, for this series (see all scans). Superior spine. Firmly bound, and very readable, should you choose to do that; also collectible, in several categories. Lead story, "Danger: Michael Shayne at Work", is by Brett Halliday, the creator of the great fictional detective after which this series is named. Other contributors include Jerry Jacobson; Reuben F. Vigil; Jack Foxx; P.A. Brisco; Clayton Matthews; Gerald Franklyn; and Joann S. Scheb. See scan of contents for story list. L202. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. x, 243 pages; 23 cm. "In Harry Potter and Philosophy, individual chapters look at such topics as life revealed in the Mirror of Erised; the ethics of magic; Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, and the relation of the mind to the brain; and the character of Hermione as a case of "sublimated feminism." Also examined in this collection are how Aristotle would have run a school for wizards; whether the Potter stories undermine religion and morality; how to tell good people from evil ones through the characters in these novels; and what dementors and boggarts can teach readers about happiness, fear, and the soul. --From publisher's description." // Contents: I. Wizards, Witches, and Muggles: The Inhabitants of Potter's World; 1. Becoming Harry Potter: An Orphan's Search for Identity; 2. Sublimated Feminism: Hermione Granger and the Women of the Wizard World; 3. Averting the Eyes: Self-Deception and the Self-Image; 4. The Taste of Love in Harry Potter; II. Choices, not Abilities: Virtue and Morality in Harry Potter; 5. If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts; 6. The Mirror of Erised: What is the Best Life; 7. The Question Concerning Magic; 8. Moral Imagination and the Apologist's Paradox; III. Knockturn Alley: Evil and the Dark Arts; 9. Is Ambition a Virtue? The Moral Significance of Slytherin House; 10. Harry Potter and the Guises of Evil; 11. Voldermort, Boethius, and the Destructive Effects of Evil; 12. Dark Creatures at Hogwarts: A Platonic Perspective; 13. Harry Potter on the Meaning of Life and Death, Good and Evil; IV. Every-Flavored Essay; 14. Heaven, Hell, and Harry Potter; 15. Wherein 9 3/4? Space, Time, And Magic in the Potter Universe; 16. Ghosts and the Possibility of Disembodied Existence; 17. Normalizing the Paranormal. Fine in fine jakcet First ed., first printing (full number line).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm ; ISBN: 1859678785; 9781859678787 ; Dewey: 635.9312; 635.9/32 ; OCLC: 44153145 ; OCLC: 44153145 ; "Richard Bird is Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto." ; color photographic boards in similar dustjacket ; features the gardens of Richard and Hillary Bird, Mavis Seeney, Davis Seeney, and Merriments Gardens, Kent ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. University of California - Santa Cruz, c 1979, paperback, Very Good (minor bumping, Kathleen Fraser's name lined out on back cover list of contributors), 86 pages, some contributors: Jerry Stahl, William Everson, Lisa Lowe, Thomas Lux, Paul Mann, Morton Marcus, William Matthews, Joe Stroud (Signed at his contribution), LITERATURE [file poe.]; H0449 M Poe; Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 288 pp. ; color illustrations ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 1567994938; 9781567994933 ; OCLC: 37794039 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 635.9/67 ; green cloth with white lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; "In page after page of . color photographs.offers hundreds of suggestions for adding special features to your garden and for dealing with garden dilemmas."--jacket ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 288 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm ISBN 9781567997781, 1567997783 OCLC 40738989 LCCN 99018743 Classification - LC SB473 .S397 1999 Classification - Dewey 712.6 ; dark slate grey boards in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Traditional herb gardens -- herbs in the landscape -- The working nature of herbs -- An herb for every garden -- Designing with vines and climbers -- Problem solving vines -- Fast effects with annual vines and climbers -- Permanence from perennial vines -- Sociable climbers -- The rest of the roses -- Roses and the company they keep -- A rose for any other place -- The unique beauty of ornamental grasses -- Formal landscapes -- Informal landscapes -- grasses in native landscapes -- Contrasting elements -- Index ; tiny bit of ear on bottom spine, else FINE/FINE. Book.…

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Book is in excellent condition with black leatherette covers, gilt Creepy head on front with gilt print at spine. Light bumps to front cover corners and small impact mark on front cover are only sign of previous ownership, else as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners otherwise, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 245 pages of b&w comics with color covers of complete reprinted issues of Eerie #28 - 31, with ads for magic lantern, learning to draw, paperback books etc. Forward by Doug Monch Keywords: Horror, Comics, Monsters, Fright, Terror, Ghosts, Haunting, Swamp God 2. Pat Boyette, Tom Sutton, Dan Adkins, Billy Graham, Jack Sparling; Bill Dubay; Dick Piscopo; Ken Kelly, Rich Buckler,; Caarlos Garzon; Basil Gogos; Jerry Grandenetti; Richard Corben; Tony Williamson (illustrator).…