Joan Lewis Editor (22 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, cover curl, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. (ix) 176 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat but faintly creased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Traveller's Joy by Dwynwen Richards; Eight Minutes to Kill by Julian Symons; Kerfol by Edith Wharton; The Turn of the Tide by C. S. Forester; The Vermont Raffles Who Transcended the Tomb by Edward H. Smith; Invisible Boy by Ray Bradbury; Something Evil in the House by Celia Fremlin; The Coney Men by Lloyd Lewis; High-Water Mark by Bret Harte; The Magic Shop by H. G. Wells; The Nine-To-Five Man by Stanley Ellin; Sarah Jane Robinson by Edmund Pearson; The Leaping Trout by David Hogan; and A Tale of Terror by Paul Louis Courier. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with drawings. This anthology contains: The Christmas Pony by Lincoln Steffens; Managing without the Moon by Joan Aiken; Nutmeg and Snowstorm by Adele Geras; Patience, a French Tale retold by Linda Jennings; Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Marjorie Darke; McGregor and the Kelpy, a Scottish Folktale retold by Dinah Starkey; A Hat for Crumpet by Barbeen Oliver Carleton; Unicorn by Peter Dickinson; Pony Island by Ann Wigley; The Horse of Fire and Thunder by Maggie Pearson; Rocking Horse Land by Laurence Housman; Candy Stops a Train by Christine Pullein-Thompson; The Halloween Pony, a French Folktale retold by Robert D. San Souci; Another Girl's Pony by Ann de Gale; The Horses of the Sun, a Greek myth retold by Linda Jennings; and Swallow by Julie Sykes. Size: 12mo. Anthony Lewis; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Includes an original Aiken story, "The Boy Who Read Aloud." A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: TRULY ADMIRABLE: SUPREMELY ENLIGHTENING: FINE virtually AS-NEW First HUP Edition trade paperback (Orig. 1994) Second Printing (1994), AS-NEW handsomely-designed-illus. gloss-laminated cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, FINE smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only slightest shelf-dust-rust soiling notably to the top & bottom edges, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB silk-finish unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.96" x 2.06", 1.70 kg, xxviii+1158 (1186) pp. * Introduction (xix), On Writing Literary History (Denis Hollier) (xxi), Chronology (1063), Map of Modern France (1076), Acknowledgments (1077), Contributors (1079), Index (1093) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Designed for the general reader, this SPLENDID introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. (the date of the earliest surviving document in any Romance language) to the 1980s is the most compact & imaginative single-volume guide available in English to the French literary tradition. In fact, no comparable work exists in either language. This is not the customary inventory of authors & titles but rather a collection of wide-angled views of historical & cultural phenomena. It sets before us writers, public figures, criminals, saints, & monarchs, as well as religious, cultural, & social revolutions. It gives us books, paintings, public monuments, even television shows. Written by 164 American & European specialists, the essays are introduced by date & arranged in chronological order, but here ends the book's resemblance to the usual history of literature. Each date is followed by a headline evoking an event that indicates the chronological point of departure. Usually the event is literary (the publication of an original work, a journal, a translation, the first performance of a play, the death of an author), but some events are literary only in terms of their repercussions or resonances. Essays devoted to a genre exist alongside essays devoted to one book, institutions are presented side by side with literary movements, & large surveys appear next to detailed discussions of specific landmarks. No article is limited to the "life & works" of a single author. Proust, for example, appears through various lenses, fleetingly, in 1704, apropos of Antoine Galland's translation of "The Thousand & One Nights"; in 1898, in conjunction w/ the Dreyfus affair; in 1905, on the occasion of the law on the separation of church & state; in 1911, in relation to Gide & their different treatments of homosexuality; & at his death in 1922. Without attempting to cover every author, work, & cultural development since the Serments de Strasbourg in 842, this history succeeds in being both informative & critical about the more than 1,000 years it describes. The contributors offer us a chance to appreciate not only French culture but also the major critical positions in literary studies today. Authoritative, lively, & highly readable, "A New History of French Literature" is essential reading for all engaged in the study of French culture & for all who are interested in it. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This grandly imagined & executed history of French literature is without precedent in any language. Here are many of the best contemporary critics & theorists, writing w/ vivid originality, always in a personal accent. This volume is a triumph of editorial & critical intelligence." -Richard Poirier, Editor, Raritan Quarterly * By far the best single-volume guide in English to the French literary tradition." -Malcolm Bowie, University of London * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised ed edition. 133 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Green cloth decorated in gilt and black on the front panel and spine; black endpapers; black upper edge. Light wear on the dustjacket; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Jesting Pilot by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore); The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin; A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce; Prisoner of the Sand by Antoine de Saint Exupery; The End of the Party by Graham Greene; A Piece of Steak by Jack London; The Adventure of Clapham Cook by Agatha Christie; The Last Night of the World by Ray Bradbury; They by Rudyard Kipling; How the Bridadier Lost His Ear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dry September by William Faulkner; The Sixth Capsule, or Proof by Circumstantial Evidence by Edmund Pearson; Fool's Mate by Stanley Ellin; The Axeman Wore Wings by Robert Tallant; Stone from the Stars by Valentina Zhuravleva; Billy: The Seal Mission by Stewart Alsop and Thomas Braden;Tea Party by Harold Pinter; Death Draws a Triangle by Edward Hale Bierstadt; The Net by Robert M. Coates; The Last Inhabitant of the Tuileries by Andre Castelot; Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth's Escape by William G. Shepherd; The Game of Murder by Gerd Gaiser; On the Killing of Eratosthenes the Seducer by Kathleen Freeman; The Chair by John Bartlow Martin; Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier; Dead Men Working in Cane Fields by William Seabrook; Rattenbury and Stone by T. Tennyson Jesse; Sing a Song of Sixpence by John Buchan; The Murder in Le Mans by Janet Flanner; Sleeping Beauty by John Collier; The Shadow of the Shark by G. K. Chesterton; A Small Buried Treasure by John Fischer; The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; and Scrawns by Dorothy L. Sayers. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Editions. 160, 160, 160 pp. Volume 38, 39 - numbers 9, 1, 2. All three issues have light wear with uncreased spines; no interior markings. Covers by: Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; and Amy Harlib. Interiors by: Amy Harlib; Jim Mueller; Joan Hanke-Woods; and Valenza. These three issues feature the complete first printing of Zelazny's Courts of Chaos. NOVEMBER 1977 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part One of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Holy Temple - a novella by Herbert Gerjuoy; The Long Chance - a novelette by Charles Sheffield; The Timeless Spy - a novelette by Glenn T. Wilson; Jogging Up Main Street by Thomas Wylde; and My Friend's Last Show by Rex Anderson; along with all the usual features including science by J. E. Pournelle. DECEMBER/JANUARY 1977/1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Two of Three by Roger Zelazny; Memo to the Leader - a novella by William Walling; The Road to God by Timothy P. Lewis; Come Again by Tim Joseph; John Henry and the Ultra-media Experience Machine by Lee Whipple; and With Clean Hands by Jesse Peel; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. FEBRUARY1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Three of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Faded Sun: Kesrith - Part One of Four by C. J. Cherryh; Writer's Block by Simon Hawke writing as Nicholas Yermakov; The Nothing Spot by Dian Girard; and Death's Dimensions by Victor Koman; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. Size: 12mo. Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; Amy Harlib; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 38 pages. Illustrated. C B Newham "The Lewis Monument At Ledsham, Yorkshire" / Joan & Robert Tucker "Three Carvers Of The Parish Of St Nicholas, Gloucester" / Clive J Easter "A Parisian Monument At Pkympton, Devon" / Brian & Moira Gittos "Monument Conservation: Two CMs Visits" (SL#111).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 139 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most of our very good books have only minor imperfections such as shelf wear consistent with a new book that's sat on a bookshop shelf for a year or two. Occasionally we may miss other minor imperfections as we have to grade books at speed. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 139 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 132 pages. 7.87x0.79x10.24 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 132 pages. 7.87x0.79x10.24 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 269 pages. 11.50x9.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 269 pages. 11.50x9.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. revised ed edition. 133 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.29x6.34x0.98 inches. In Stock.