John Gardner Introduction (52 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Tenniel, John (illustrator).

422pp. 1st edition so stated Tear in page 11 neatly repaired, cover edges sunned, else clean tight copy: VG+/Near Fine dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Gray cloth spine with tan boards. The pages are tanned, but clean. The dust jacket has a few tiny soil spots and is rated fair because it is price clipped. 352 pages. Tenniel, John (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Edition. Stated copyright year = 1960; no print information. Includes Full text of both stories, together with all the original Tenniel illustrations in their correct places and a full annotation running concurrently with the textg for the easiest possible reference.Includes a bibliography. End papers are clean and bright. Interior pages have NO tears or creases, nor writing. All pages firmly attached - NO loose or lost pages. Binding firm. This is NOT an ex-lib NOR is it a remainder. Foxing on end papers and edges of pages.Over sized book - 8.5"W by 11"L. Tan cloth covered boards are darkened with ages and show wear along edges. Title on spine and cover is muted but readable. Dj is price clipped and is in a mylar jacket.DJ has rubbing, some chipping and wear along edges.Back panel is soiled but overall complete. The DJ has borne the wear of this book's 66+ year old life. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. Tennierl, John (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. Brilliant reprint from Dover, orig. issued in 1969 (this is a later printing, with ISBN) of what is widely considered the "first & finest" sequel to the original "Wizard of Oz" book. Orig. published in 1904, this is an unabridged exact replication, with the original endpapers, 120 line illustrations & 16 full-color plates by artist John R. Neill throughout the book's 287 pages. This edition features a new Introduction by Martin Gardner. Trade paperback is in Near Fine condition: only a slight bit of edgewear & light foxing to outside page edges keeps it from looking Brand New! Exceptionally clean & crisp, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked, colors bright. Extremely slight edgewear, lightly bumped top outer corner on front coverOur photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Neill, John R. (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9th Printing, May 1970/ Fully Annotated. 345 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Front cover corner chipped. Light tanning on cover page edges, near spine. John Tenniel (The Complete Text and Original Illustrations); Jack Jaget (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100th anniversary edition edition. 256 pages. 7.00x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. Tenniel, John (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 1st Printing February 1994. 297 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very minor shelf wear on front and back flap of dj. Crisp pages and clean text. Jean Seal (Jacket Design); Ruth Kolbert (Text Design); Jan B. Quackenbush (Author Photo) (illustrator). …

Very good stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Gentle use all around. Neat owner's stamp to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Becoming scarce.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus as Penguin paperback 352 pp. Illustrated Near Very Good condition. No inscriptions. John Tenniel (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Light foxing to covers, corner crease to the front cover. 159 pages with representations of naive paintings in both color (55) and black and white (56). The paintings by known and unknown artisans, sign and house painters, farmers, frontiersmen, and itinerant portraitists range from the 1700s to the last quarter of the 19th century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In excellent used condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. Book has light bump to bottom corner of back board. Signed by Editor, Stewart O'Na.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 112 pages. 2 Gary Allen & Chris Pig Coolant 5 Joan Jobe Smith & Ken Cox Les Desmoiselles de The Fort 12 Catherine Eisner The Poetess Attempts to Eulogise . . . 13 Klimowski & Schejbal Drawings for Jekyll and Hyde 18 Lotte Kramer & Mike Foreman Stillness 20 John Harvey & Mike Foreman Ghosts 24 Donald Gardner New Plans & Dutch Introduction 26 Liz Berry & Jack Foreman Metamorphosis 30 Hajera Ghori The Last Time 31 Deborah Levy & Andrzej Klimowski Stardust Nation 40 Brendan McMahon Asylum 41 Zeeba Ansari At Quanzhou Harbour 43 Alan Blackwood & Robert Macaulay Three Short Pieces 46 Rutger Kopland Old Goat 48 Paul Binding Review: Four Dutch Poets 53 Zoë Taylor Stills 58 Jane Deverson Hello, Iťs Lilian 60 Joel Lane & Mike Foreman Can I Get a Witness 64 Joke van Leeuwen Four Ways of Waiting for Someone 66 Gillian Clarke, Roddy Lumsden, Matthew Welton and more Review 72 Graham Mummery The Fallen Wallet 74 rd coleman & Ken Cox summer day 76 Hannah Lowe Celestine 78 Tony Lucas What Did You Do in the '60s, Grandad? 80 Catherine Smith Eve attends Adam's funeral 82 Nicholas Royle Writers' Rooms 85 Stephen Devereux Christopher Columbus in Galway 86 Hagar Peeters Hagar's Ambition 89 Mustafa Stitou Orchids 93 Lucinda Rogers East End Scenes 98 Stephen Conn Missionary Position 99 Kate Foley I Begin to Understand the Shape of Your Language 101 Manon Uphoff & Astrid Chesney Desire 107 Helene Gelens the push-off before floating 108 Remco Campert Opening 112 Ron Sandford Portrait of Remco Campert.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st printing. 302pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Near Fine condition w/slight crinkling to bottom front cover's edge, o/w unmarked. "Gathered posthumously from The New York Times Book Review and other publications, this compilation of essays and reviews solidifies John Gardner's legacy as a consummate teacher and controversial critic with a provocative sense of humor. Writing about his fellow craftsmen, John Gardner offers piercing insights into those whose works he admired and those whose works he didn t. In exacting unapologetic evaluations upon writers such as Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, John Cheever, Larry Woiwode, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Updike, Gardner separates genuine fiction from fakery, careful not to spare his own writings in the process, and in doing so, he displays his influences and wide-reaching observations of the literary life. [] Refreshingly unpredictable and self-aware, this collection lays bare the core qualities of lasting fiction and is essential reading for anyone interested in American literature." [publisher copy] In addition to Charles Johnson's introductory memoir/elegy & Gardner's nonfiction, included are a late unpublished short story "Julius Caesar and the Werewolf" & his notebook's "General Plan for The Sunlight Dialogues," his early masterpiece, offering great insight into his writing drafts. "For Gardner, fiction is real and earnest. The reader who takes it equally seriously will get much from this book."--New York Times. "Popular novelist, critic, teacher and classics scholar, Gardner, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1982, insisted that fiction should be moral and life-affirming. These 29 essays and reviews, gathered from the New York Times Book Review, Antaeus, Saturday Review and elsewhere, are sprinkled with sharp put-downs. For example, Gardner calls John Updike's characters 'hypersensitive whiners,' deems Walker Percy's novel Lancelot 'typical bad art . . . pompous' and labels Graham Greene's The Comedians as entertainment that 'makes a casual pass at art.' Gardner is refreshingly unpredictable, admiring such writers as William Gaddis, Italo Calvino, John Fowles, William Gass and Lewis Carroll. His high critical standards and gimlet insights shine through. Included are a prickly autobiographical sketch ("Cartoons"), the marvelous essay 'What Writers Do' and a short story 'Julius Caesar and the Werewolf.'"--Publishers Weekly. Near Fine paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges (mostly), a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed by Stewart O'Nan and Charles Johnson, few faint smudges to page edges, otherwise a Near Fine copy in like dustjacket. Signed by Editor.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 344 pages. 8.39x5.39x1.14 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Printing. Includes Bibliographical References. The Book Is Bound In Beige Cloth Over Boards With Gray Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Book Has Light Bumping To The Upper Front Corner. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear And A Sunned Spine. Tenniel, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. tall 8 vo, 297 pp. First Printing (February, 1994) of First Edition. Signed on title page by Editor, Stewart O'Nan. Published posthumously. Interior clean, unmarked, appears unread. Top edge lightly spotted. Not a remaindered copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Quarto. B&W drawings. Condition: DJ has numerous tears and large chips; the corners of the binding are lightly bumped and there's an inked name & date near to top of the first free endpaper; else very good in a fair DJ. 352 pages.…

159 pages including Notes on Artists & Catalogue Notes, illustrated. Small light soil spot on front cover otherwise a clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 352pp; 28 cm x 22 cm. Contents clean and textually unmarked. Owner's name written on half-title page. No library markings. B/W illustrations. John Tenniel (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 313 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback, edges worn, backside of the cover bit discolored, slight traces of use, else in good condition. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition being circulated through the United States and Europe 1968-70 under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts. Translation of Peintures naives americaines, xviiie-xixe siecles. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled, age toning. Size: 8vo.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 304 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 203 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Kredel, Fritz (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very Fine in Very Fine jacket. Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. NEW COPY. Signed by Editor, Stewart O'Na.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ.