John Stanley Martin (64 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First. A very good unread copy without any marking or highlighting. Pages are clean and bright. The perfect binding is square. Some gentle scuffing to covers and a 3-inch gentle crease. Bumped corners. Bottom edge has a few marks of unknown origin. 358 pages. Essays include Milton's Minor Poems; Heaven; Milton; The Transcendental Masque; Echo Schematic; Milton: "Lycidas"; The Majesty of Darkness; THe Genesis of Gendered Subjectivity in the Divorce Tracts and in Paradise Lost; The Father's House: Samson Agonistes in its Historical Moment; Milton's Prose; The Adjustment of Idealism; Aristotle on the Pinnacle: Paradise Regained; The Birth of the Author: Milton's Poetic Self-Construction; Gently Raised; and "Something . Written to Aftertimes.".…

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 2, No. 1. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by Paul Alexander for "The Barbie Murders" by John Varley. Includes "Editorial" by Isaac Asimov; "The Case of the Defective Doyles" by Martin Gardner; "True Love" by Isaac Asimov; "There Will Be a Sign" by John M. Ford; "Panic" by Stanley Schmidt; "Birthday Party" by Keith Laumer; "A Mother's Heart: A True Bear Story" by Lisa Tuttle; "A Delicate Shade of Kipney" by Nancy Kress; "They'll Do It Every Time" by Cam Thornley; "African Blues" by Paula Smith; "The Thrill of Victory" by Jack C. Haldeman, II; "The Witches of Manhattan" by L. Sprague de Camp. Article: "Ivory Tower Meets Middle America" by Tony Rothman. Illustrated by Gaughan, "S", Freff, Sternbach, Barr, Freas, and others. Tanning; light rubbing; minor bumps and dings. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 44 pages. Illustrated. Stanley Dance interviews Marshall Royal / John Howe "Bobby Jasper In London" / Steve Voce "Big Bill In Concert" / Ken Gallagher and Bill Fairweather "Sir Charles Thompson" / Michael Gibson "Art Taylor" / Martin Williams "The Inevitable Form in Modern Jazz" / Record Reviews / Superb period advertisements . (M24).…

Soft cover. CAVALIER Men Adventure Magazine Volume 4, #42 (December /1956; Fawcett Publications;) Painted Front Cover: Walter Baumhofer; 104 pages including covers; Writers: Russ Braley; Robert E. Pinkerton; John Stuart Martin; M. Durrance; Frank Harvey; A. B. C. Whipple; Robert Halmi; Leland Mitchell; L. L. Stanley and Lee Edson; Jack Lavelle and Bob Crichton; Del Hayden; Interior Artists: Walter M. Baumhofer; Spies who came to Steal the HELL BOMB (WWII Nazi's) by Russ Braley; I AM COCHISE (Apache Indian Chief) by Robert E. Pinkerton; The Almost Perfect Mutiny by A. B. C. Whipple; *** Book Order # ADV276-2; Condition=(Average Used Condition) , missing pages 35 - 42, Maurice VanDoren story is missing, 1" x 1/8" piece missing from uppper left corner of backcover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Painted Front Cover: Walter Baumhofer; Interior Artists: Walter M. Baumhofer; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Four issues of Analog magazine that contain the complete four-part serialization of David Bischoff and Thomas F. Monteleone's "Dragonstar". September 1981 issue also includes the novelettes "A !Tangled Web" by Joe Haldeman and "Jolly Roger" by Gary Alan Ruse as well as short stories by Edward A. Byers, Somtow Sucharitkul, and Joe Patrouch. October 1981 issue also includes the novelettes "Guardians" by George R.R. Martin and "Pyotr's Story" by Spider Robinson as well as short stories by Jayge Carr and Timothy Zahn. November 1981 issue also includes the novella "Petals Of Rose" by Marc Steigler and the novelette "Job Inaction" by Timothy Zahn as well as short stories by L.A. Taylor, Al Charmatz, and Eric Vinicoff. December 1981 issue also includes the novelettes "The Trelph Is A Solitary Creature" by Thomas R. Dulski and "Karnev's World" by David Lewis as well as short stories by Henry Melton, Ray Brown, and Al Sarrantonio. All issues are in very good condition. Minimal wear to the covers and clean, unmarked interiors. All covers have address stickers on; the address sticker for the November 1981 issue has been partially removed.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 178, 178 pp. Volume 100, numbers 7 and 8. Digest format. Slight wear. Covers by Broeck Steadman and John Schoenherr; interiors by Broeck Steadman; Richard Anderson; Jeffrey Terreson; John Schoenherr; Leo Summers; and John Sanchez. JULY contains: Novel: Anasazi - part one of two by Dean Ing. Novelettes: The Dreamsender by Timothy Zahn; Toadstool Sinfonia by Laurence M. Janifer. Short Stories: Gambler's War by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin; The Girl in the Attache Case by Gary Alan Ruse; and Science Fact: Quark Stars by Margaret L. Silbar; along with the usual features, including letters from Lois A. Tilton and Laurence M. Janifer, and also one from Robert Staehle, then president of the World Space Foundation, in Brass Tacks. AUGUST contains: Novel: Anasazi - part two of two by Dean Ing. Novelettes: The Cloak and the Staff by Gordon R. Dickson; Federation World by James White. Short Stories: Scrooge in Space by Sam Nicholson; Fit to Print by David Lewis; and Science Fact: Death Risk by Milton A. Rothman; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Broeck Steadman; John Schoenherr; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Editions. 178, 178, 178, 178 pp. Digests. Light wear. Covers by: Paul Lehr; Dean Ellis; Mike Hinge; and John Sanchez. These four issues contain all four parts of John Varley's serialized novel, Titan, along with: JANUARY: Triad - a novelette by Sam Nicholson; Short Stories: The Santa Claus Problem by J. W. Schutz; The Last Alchemist by Ronald R. Lambert; Breaking the Game by Orson Scott Card; Final Solution by St. Marie; The Wanda Lake Number by Robert Thurston; and Science Fact: The Voyager Record by Jon Lomberg; and Making Sense of Extraterrestrial Senses by Kenneth Jon Rose. FEBRUARY: Songs of a Sentient Flute - a novelette by Frank Herbert; Short Stories: Last Hunt by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin; Letter to Ed by Edmundo Hamiltowne; The Odds Man by Gary Alan Ruse; A Computer that Writes Science Fiction - an essay by Paul J. Nahin; and Science Fact: Today's Computers Intelligent Machines and Our Future by Hans Moravec. MARCH: Novelettes: Minding the Business by Sam Nicholson; and Harem by Trudy E. Bell and Ilil Arbel; and Short Stories: Can These Bones Live by Ted Reynolds; The Believer by Laurence M. Janifer; The Element by Stephen L. Suffet; and Science Fact: Funding the Future by M. David Stone. APRIL: Duty Honor Planet - a novelette by Michael McCollum; and Short Stories: Reunion by Paul J. Nahin; Share It With Me by Kirill Bulychev; Pathway by Edward A. Byers; Redeemer by Gregory Benford; The Thirteenth Utopia by Somtwo Sucharitkul; Mayfair by Thomas Sullivan; and Science Fact: Build Your Own A-Bomb and Wake Up the Neighborhood by George W. Harper; along with the usual features in all four issues. Size: 12mo. Paul Lehr; Dean Ellis; Mike Hinge; John Sanchez; (illustrator). Book. …

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Magazine. Octavo. 127pp. Perfectbound. Art editor is Gail Howell-Jones. Black and white illustrations. Light rubbing else fine. Ian Robinson founded Oasis in 1969 and continued to publish the magazine while Robinson founded Oasis Books in 1970. This magazine is devoted to the translation and review of well known poets and authors such as: Bruno Jasienski, Florence Chia Ying Yeh Chao, and Max Jacob. Well known poets and author's include George Bowering, a well known poet and historian and Martin Booth, a British novelist and poet who founded the Sceptre Press. Three chapters of Lotte Bullock's *The Lost Tiger* are printed in this issue. Also includes Illustrations by Carol Chapman, Jean Demelier, Patrick O'Keeffe, Stanley Engel, and John Mitchinson. Additional contributors include Anthony Hodge, Philip Weeks, David H W Grubb, Reginald Levy, John Rice, Donato Cinicolo III, Sally Tylecote, Paul Matthews, William Oxley, Paul Gogarty, Colin Nixon, Thea Clark, Ervin Gaspar, Michael Gold, Richard Austin, Paul Green, Robin Lee, William Bedford, Bruton Connors, Andrew Darlington, Valerie Owen, Charles Black, Craig Anderson, Matt Simpson, Simon McNulty, Cecily Lambert, John Mitchinson, David Jaffin, Roger Bonner, Rachel Blake, Mark Young, and Francesca de Masi.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 2 Stephen Dixon Frog Remembers Michael Foreman Drawing 12 Sarah Denvir Poems 14 Deborah Levy A Trident Parable 15 Vanessa Baird Drawings 19 Marilyn Hacker Poems 24 Chris Orr The New Microcosm of London 32 Elizabeth Bartlett Poems 35 Geoffrey Nicholson Smart Remarks 41 Jim Burns Poems 44 Stanley Thomas Poems Mark Foreman Drawing 46 Roger Finch Poem Laura Knight Drawing 49 Joe McCoy Jones The Cold Secret of Block Control 53 Robert Minhinnick Poems 56 Anthony Edkins Poems 58 Iain Galbraith The Good Irish Wife 59 Gerald Locklin Poems 60 John Hewitt Etchings 66 Eva Salzman Poems 68 Snowdon Barnett Picking Spots off the Tarot Robert MacAulay Drawings 70 Nuttall Reviews Ginsberg 72 Adcock Reviews Tsvetoyeva 75 Antoine Le Grand Portrait and Poses 79 Michael Kruger/ Agnes Stein Poem 80 Castertonl Burns Reviews 83 Robert Galeta For a Change 84 Adele Geras Poems 86 Herbert Lomas Reviews 92 Vernon Scannell Poems Mark Foreman Escapologist 93,96 Ron Sandford Vernon Scannell Artwork on cover by Vanessa Baird.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160pp, includes photos by Fritz Prenzel and drawings by Cedric Emanuel Size: 4to 160 p. Cedric Emanuel (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 342, #2 (February /1956; Popular Publications;) Front Cover Painting: Frank McCarthy; 99 pages including covers; Writers: Gene Lowall; Walter Henry Nelson; Martin Caidin; Robert Bridgeport; Harrison Forman; James McKimmey jr; Frank Bennett; Richard Marsten (aka Ed McBain); Henry Steeger; Pete Kohlhoff; Joseph C. Stacey; Erle Stanley Gardner; Interior Artists: Walter D. Richards; Ed Valigursky; Robert Stanley; Jack Hearne; John McDermott; Ernest Chiriacka; *** Book Order # ADV9153; Condition= VG = (4.0) VERY GOOD; (Average Used Condition) Price=US$22.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Front Cover Painting: Frank McCarthy Interior Artists: Walter D. Richards; Ed Valigursky; Robert Stanley; Jack Hearne; John McDermott; Ernest Chiriacka; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 21 cm. 175 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, slight edge wear.

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 209 pp., xviii. Following List of Chairmen, Speakers and Invited Discussants; Foreword by Editor; and Addresses of Welcome by Lord May, Viscount Runciman, and Ambassador Bruno Bottai, Contents divided into "Topics" and subsequent "General Discussions"; Topic 1: THE LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE [1] Keith Thomas, Introduction; [2] Martin Rees, "Our Changing Cosmic Perspective and the Scope and Limits of Physical Law"; [3] Jean Starobinski, "Scientific Language and Poetic Language"; [4] Roger Highfield, "Where Fears Lurk:The Boundary between Science, Science Fiction, and Magic"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: Keith Thomas; [i] John Elliott, "Historical Knowledge and its Limitations" (Discussants: Tom Meade, Martin Rees, Brian Ridley, Thomas); (ii) Michael Mayor, "The Search for Evidence of Life on Other Planets" (Discussants: Martin Rees, Keith Thomas); (iii) Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, "Are there Limits to Knowledge?' (Discussants: Thomas, Williams, Rees, Anne McLaren, Laszlo Solymar, Fiona Fox, Highfield, Elliott Leader, Starobinski, Runciman, Maddox, Nowotny, Gilland, Claire Fox, Cavalli-Sforza); Topic 2: THE IMPACT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON HUMANITY John Krebs, Introduction; [2] Thomas W. Meade, "Ethical and Social Issues arising from the Science of Medicine"; [3] Walter Burkert, "Impacts, Evasions, and Lines of Defense: Some Remarks on Science and the Humanities"; [4] Lord Jenkin, "Science and Society: ' The Public Understanding of Science ' is NO Longer Enough"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: John Krebs; [i] Stanley J. Tambiah, "The Stem Cell Research Discussion in the USA" (Discussants: John Krebs, John Maddux, Lord Jenkin, Jan Lloyd, Tom Meade, Claire Fox, Helga Nowotny, Tambiah); [ii] Phillip V. Tobias, "Evolutionary Studies and Society" (Discussants: John Krebs,Tony Gilland, Lord Jenkin); (iii) Wolfgang Berger, "Humankind as a Major Geological Factor" (Discussants: John Krebs, R.J.P. Williams, Ian Lloyd, Giorgio Salvini, Lord Jenkin, Eugen Seibold, Tom Meade, Tambiah, Berger) ; Topic 3: WHY SHOULD THE PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY ENCOURAGED? [1] Sergio Romano, Introduction; [2] Lord May, "The Use of Scientific Advice in Making Public Policy"; [3] Michael Stolleis, "The Role of the Humanities in Western Industrialized Societies"; [4] Lord Sainsbury, "Why we need Both Cultures"; GENERAL DISCUSSION (i) Claude Lorius, "Antarctica: Climate Research, Public Policy, and Society"; (ii) Frederick J. Vine, "Policy-making in the Environmental Sciences" (Discussants: Sergio Romano, Ian Lloyd, Lord Sainsbury, Lord May, Sidney Shipton, Bruno Bottai); (iii) Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, "The Ambivalence toward Science" (Discussants: Romano, Krebs, May, Sainsbury, Gilland, Stolleis, Lorius, Giorgio Salvini, Eisenstadt); (iv) Vittorio Mathieu, "Final Remarks" (Discussant: Romano); APPENDIX (i) "The International Balzan Foundation"; (ii) "The Balzan Prize and its Prize Winners"; (iii) "Members of the Board and General Prize Committee . . . of the Foundation"; (iv) "Members of the Board of the International E. Balzan Prize Foundation".// Blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and front cover; shiny glassine dustwrapper; "wallpaper"- patterned, two-tone taupe endpapers. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. Appears UNUSED. 1" superficial scratch to the glassine on lower right front cover (NO impact on cloth board itself) and 2 1/4" thin line, really superficial, scratch and a few other very fine linear marks (even less discernible, on rear glassine cover, with NO impact on book itself): chiefly FLAWLESS book and glassine (NO tears or cracks). Arguably, Gift-Giving Condition, or you may need new friends. LAID IN: Complimentary Copy publicity letter sent by Bruno Bottai to unnamed recipient.…

232pp. 8vo. Original laminated boards. B&W illustrations. A bright copy in very good condition. From the Australian Ethnic Heritage Series.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing otherwise clean and undamaged, minimal wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. …

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiii, 485 pp. Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music. Very good condition; on edges of papers: a few watermarks and a touch of soiling.

Stapled wrapper, 14.5x21cm, unpaginated. Good condition. Light wear and creases. ISBN: 0734030444. This item is light and may attract less postage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. dj. xiii, 336 pp. Dustjacket. LCC: 8012342.

Hardcover. Cloth; dw, sl frayed. 18 contrs incl Peter Foote, Bruce Mitchell, R W V Elliott. MAXWELL, Ian.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Detailed and high reference. Volume 2. 368pp., numerous ills., many in colour, index. Tipped-in errata sheet.Slight shelf wear else near fine in like dustwrapper. Heavy book. 0.0.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xii, 370 Pp. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine. Warmly Inscribed By The Author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Corner clipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges and corners creased, some wear to covers and spine, top corners of front and back cover bumped, tip of board cracked beneath surface, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG First Edition softcover. Light diag. creases to front cover + small split to base of spine. These are the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Scandinavian Migration to Australia held in Melbourne and Ballarat 29th August to 2nd September 1988. Scarce. 259pp.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition - very good copy - Illustrated - KAW0082 - 175pp. - Swedish Church , Melbourne. 1983. Paperback. . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Good-. Original magazine in good minus condition: spine faded; edge wear to cover; spine tips chipped; cover is clean and bright; straight and tight; pages somewhat toned, otherwise pretty nice. Cover is a Tarzan-like illustration with Ki-Gor the jungle lord battling a gorilla who has flimsily dressed maiden in his clutches. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Magazine.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition - very good copy - Illustrated - KAW0082 - 175pp. - Swedish Church , Melbourne. 1983. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.