John Thomas Carr (74 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. [1st printing](1967) #A-12. Cover art by Kelly Freas. Paperback original. Includes "Introduction"; "Divine Madness" by Roger Zelazny; "Break the Door of Hell" by John Brunner; "The Immortal" by Jorge Luis Borges; "Narrow Valley" by R. A. Lafferty; "Comet Wine" by Ray Russell; "The Other" by Katherine MacLean; "A Red Heart and Blue Roses" by Mildred Clingerman; "Stanley Toothbrush" by Terry Carr; "The Squirrel Cage" by Thomas M. Disch; "Come Lady Death" by Peter S. Beagle; "Nackles" by Curt Clark; "The Lost Lonardo" by J. G. Ballard; "Timothy" by Keith Roberts; "Basilisk" by Avram Davidson; "The Evil Eye" by Alfred Gillespie. tanned; creasing; minor tears. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good Book Club Edition hardcover from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy and square; boards are very good; titling remains bright and bold. Light shelfwear to jacket. Foxing to page block. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The January 1965 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, vol 45, # 1, #254. Contains a short novel by Rex Stout (The Christmas Party Murder - Christmas Party published earlier in the novella collection And Four to Go), and stories by Julian Symons (Twixt the Cup and the Lip), Thomas B Dewey (Never Send to Know), John Dickson Carr (The Other Hangman), Lord Dunsany - Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (Why the Milkman Shudders), Anthony Boucher - William Anthony Parker White (Best New Mysteries of the Month), and others. Light edge wear and overall wear to the covers. Light soiling to the rear cover. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xi) 372 pp. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Barbie Murders - a novelette by John Varley; Black Glass - a novelette by Fritz Leiber; Count the Clock That Tells the Time by Harlan Ellison; The Man Who Had No Idea - a novelette by Thomas M. Disch; Devil You Don't Know - a novelette by Dean Ing; A Hiss of Dragon by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw; To Bring in the Steel - a novelette by Donald Kingsbury; The Very Slow Time Machine - a novelette by Ian Watson; View from a Height by Joan D. Vinge; The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck - a novelette by Hilbert Schenck; Vermeer's Window by Gordon Eklund; and Death Therapy by James Patrick Kelly. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Batsford Book of Romantic Poetry Edited by Samuel Carr London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1982. First edition. Hardcover, original brick-red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Dust jacket present. 124 pages (including preliminaries and indexes), with 4 colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo (approximately 23 × 14 cm / 9 × 5½ inches). ISBN 0 7134 3903 3 / 9780713439038. Includes indexes of poets and artists. This handsomely produced Batsford anthology brings together poems of the Romantic period with the paintings and drawings that so often shared the same subjects and sensibility. The double aim, set out in the introduction, is both to give pleasure through the juxtaposition of memorable (and sometimes unfamiliar) verse and pictures, and to show how closely the poets and painters of the age responded to the same themes: night and nightmare, storm-lashed coasts, ruined abbeys, moonlight, the Lakes, the Alps, and the Italian landscape. Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey appears alongside views by Turner, Girtin and Crome; Shelley's The Cloud is paired with Constable; Byron and de Loutherbourg share stormy coastal scenes; Erasmus Darwin and Henry Fuseli are both preoccupied by the night-mare; and the Lakes, Alps and Italy recur throughout. The colour plates include works after William Blake (Thus wept the Angel voice… from America), Francis Towne (The Source of the Arveiron), John Constable (Stonehenge), and J.M.W. Turner (The Devil's Bridge, St Gothard — a detail of which also forms the striking jacket illustration, supplied by Thomas Agnew & Sons). Black-and-white reproductions throughout feature further works by Joseph Wright of Derby, James Ward, Henry Fuseli, John Crome, John Constable, George Barret Jnr, Thomas Girtin, J.C. Buckler, Edward Burney, John Martin, Samuel Palmer, and others. Front and back endpapers reproduce watercolours and paintings by J.S. Cotman and P.J. de Loutherbourg respectively. About the editor Samuel Carr (1913-) was a successful and prolific British editor of illustrated poetry anthologies, almost all published by Batsford. His other titles include The Poetry of Cats (1974), Birds, Beasts and Fishes, The Poetry of Childhood, The Poetry of Birds, The Poetry of Horses, The Poetry of Railways, Hymns as Poetry (with a preface by John Betjeman), The Batsford Book of Country Verse, and later volumes such as Ode to the Countryside and Ode to Flowers. He specialised in carefully chosen thematic collections that paired verse with fine reproductions of related art, producing attractive, accessible books that remain popular with collectors of both poetry and illustrated volumes. Condition (based on the copy shown) Book: Very Good. Clean, bright cloth boards with only light shelf-wear; tight binding; pages clean and unmarked, with the illustrations crisp. No significant foxing or inscriptions noted. Dust jacket: Very Good. The Turner jacket design is intact and attractive, with only minor edge-wear and light shelf-rubbing; protected or unclipped as applicable. The volume presents very well and is a strong, attractive copy of this first edition. A pleasing example of Batsford's characteristic illustrated poetry anthologies, offering both literary and visual enjoyment of the Romantic period. George Barret Jnr., J. Barnett, William Blake, J.C. Buckler, Edward Burney, John Constable, J.S. Cotman, David Cox, J.R. Cozens, John Crome, Francis Danby, Thomas Doughty, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Girtin, W.H. Hunt, P.J. de Loutherbourg, John Martin, S.Palmer (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 56, no. 5 (Whole No. 324). Edited by Clayton Rawson. Includes "Kindly Dig Your Grave" by Stanley Ellin; "Sing to Me, Dead Man" by Gary Brandner; "The Barrington Quality" by Robie MacAuley; "Murder Is No Joke" by Rex Stout; "The Caper in Heather's Revenge" & "Guest Speaker" by Len Gray; "The Weapon From Nowhere" by Conway Lonstar; "Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds" by Clayton Rawson; "Figaro Figaro" by Stephen Barr; "Beyond Sleep" by Barry N. Malzberg; "Break-up" by Thomas Walsh; "Desert Pickup" by Richard Layman; "The Theft of the Blue Horse" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Verdict" by Larence Treat; ; "Hardcovers and Paperbacks of the Month"; "The Jury Box" (department) by John Dickson Carr. Sticker pull from front (see scan); edge and corner wear; mild tanning. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 46 Original stories. Hardcover. Oversized. 830 pages. BCE. DJ: nominal edge wear. Black boards with pink spine text. May have prior owner's Ex-Libros plate obverse upper board. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Dangerous Visions, #2. SCIFI/SHORTSTORIES/HORROR/FANTASY/SERIES. Ed Emshwiller (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 253 pp. Ace Book A12. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on the spine. Cover art and interior line drawings by Kelly Freas. This anthology contains: Divine Madness by Roger Zelazny; The Lost Leonardo by J. G. Ballard; Narrow Valley by R. A. Lafferty; Come Lady Death by Peter S. Beagle; Break the Door of Hell - a novelette by John Brunner; The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges; Comet Wine - a novelette by Ray Russell; The Other by Katherine MacLean; A Red Heart and Blue Roses by Mildred Clingerman; The Squirrel Cage by Thomas M. Disch; Nackles by Curt Clark; Timothy by Keith Roberts; Basilisk by Avram Davidson; The Evil Eye - a novelette by Alfred Gillespie; and Stanley Toothbrush by Terry Carr. Kelly Freas; (illustrator). Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Ace NY 1965 1st ed thus 288pp. Very good with edge wear, readers crease to spine, small stain to the top corners of the last 11 pages. Small crease lower corner front cover. See photos 8/1E.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 26, No. 1. Edited by Avram Davidson, Edward L. Ferman, & Ted White. Cover art by Emsh for "The Illuminated Man" (novelet) by J. G. Ballard. Includes "Three Times Around" by Jane Roberts; "You Have to Stay Inside" by Calvin W. Demmon; "No Place Like Where" by Robert M. Green Jr.; "The Building of a Protein" by Theodore L. Thomas; "Invasion" (verse) by Christopher Corson; "A Red Heart and Blue Roses" by Mildred Clingerman; "Books" by Avram Davidson; "Sea Wrack" (short novelet) by Edward Jesby; "Mar-ti-an" by Robert Lory; "Science: "Ghost Lines in the Sky" by Isaac Asimov; "Touchstone" by Terry Carr; "The New Encyclopaedist" by Steven Becker; "Cantabile" by Jon DeCles; "Editorial"; "Letters"; "F&SF Marketplace". Tanning; creasing; corner wear. Book.…

digest size. very good chips and creases.

digest size. very good glue residue on the cover from large sticker.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good or better original release 11 x 14 lobby card. Poster.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xvi, 298 pp. LCC: 2003046911 Very good condition; previous owner's name on inside of front cover; some pen underlining within Introduction.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition red linen boards with an approximately 3 1/2 inch by 2 1/2 inch rectangular color illustrated front cover paste-down illustration with gold front cover and spine lettering, contained in an as new condition color illustrated slipcase. Includes Foreword; Author Index; Date Index and About Guideposts. Also includes a bound-into-the-volume forest green satin ribbon page marker. "Christmas is all about a story, the story of a baby born to humble parents in a tiny Bethlehem stable under a brilliant eastern star -- a story that changed the world forever. So it comes as no surprise that some of Guideposts magazine's greatest stories about about Christmas, and how people are inspired and lives are changed at this blessed time of year. For there is a resonance from that birth that echoes through time and through our very hearts. Every story in this collection is proof of the enduring power of that first Christmas, true personal accounts of transformation told by ordinary people . and not -so-ordinary people. You will read about blessings, traditions, forgiveness, love, faith, giving, miracles, and angles. All the themes that make this season truly holy. Have you ever felt lonely at Christmas? Widower Jimmy Gupton did, until he took in a struggling young married couple with a baby on the way. Jimmy learned that there is always room at the inn, and always a reason to go on living. A copywriter who yearns to give gifts that really mean something has her prayer answered in a way she could have never imagined. A single mom struggling to raise two young daughters discovers the power of a puppy to soothe hurting hearts. A firefighter's vivid and disturbing dream saves a family from death on Christmas Eve. Then there is the account of a mysterious disappearance of the Christ Child from the manger scened at Victory Church. Who could have done such a thing? You'll be surprised to find out. I was. Almost as surprised as I was to learn how writer Kitty Slattery's missing tooth led her to a deeper understanding of the Christmas spirit. There are familiar names too. Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart will tell you why it really is "a wonderful life" and what that classic holiday movie meant to him on the most personal level. Celebrated ornament-maker Christopher Radko introduces you to his Polish grandmother and explains how the desire not to disappoint her led him to design his first beautiful creations. Beloved actor Michael Landon talks about the angels in his life, human and otherwise. My favorite holiday stories, though, come from our "His Mysterious Ways" feature -- year in and year out the most popular page in the magazine. Here you will meet people from all walks of life who have experienced something inexplicable, even miraculous, at Christmastime -- incredible stories that will send a shiver down your spine and warm your heart as well. This book is filled with stories you will never forget from the little magazine that has inspired millions of readers for sixty years. So go ahead, start reading, and find out why Guideposts is America's favorite magazine, especially at Christmas. -- Edward Grinnan, editor-in-chief, Guideposts." -- from the Foreword. Calvin, Marisa (designer); (illustrator). …

Comic. Condition: Very Good. Light wear, price sticker on cover, binding sound; very good overall. Contains: Incident in Argos, Queen of the Black Coast, Satan's Sanctuary (Solomon Kane), and The Hyborian Age (part one). Cover: Nestor Redondo Art: Mike Ploog / John Buscema and Steve Gan / Steve Carr and Al Williamson / Walt Simonson (illustrator).…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Vintage black-and-white reference studio still photographs from the 1953 film. A cowgirl tries to steal a gang of bandits' ill-gotten gains. All are pursed by the sheriff. Shot on location in California. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. First Edition. black titles spine; 10 brilliant short stories by: John Dickson Carr - (first publication of the first part of "Black Sabre"); Edmund Crispin - ("The Perfect Criminal"); Walter De La Mare; Jim Phelan; Islwyn Williams; Thomas Firbank; David Walker; Robert Sheckley - ("Shape" - first printing); John Inglis Hall; Ogden Nash; Richard Ferber; & Graham Wood plus the prize crossword (not filled in); a tight & neat copy with the slightest of edge-wear & some browning to page edges & covers; 144 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Type: Magazine/Periodical. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; Short Stories; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: SST00009.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 104 pp. ; paper wrappers ; illustrated ; Contents: Dispersal, Mimicry, and Geographic Variation in Northern Melanesian Birds / Jared Diamond (Abstract: I present new information about 34 of the 195 resident land and freshwater bird species of north ern Melanesia, an area characterized by a rich avifauna, high endemism, and great geographic variation in morphology. There are many examples of geographic variation in voice, behavior, habitat preference, altitudinal range, vertical stratum, abunda nce, and nest. Possible vocal convergence or mimicry between sympatric populations of different species is described between the goshawk Accipiter albogularis and the kingfisher Halcyon chloris, between the cuckoo-shrike Coracina [tenuirostris] and other species in its mixed-species foraging flocks, between the white-eyes Zosterops murphyi and Z. rendovae kulambangrae, and between the starlings Aplonis grandis and Mino dumontii. Hybridization is reported between the Bismarck and New Guinea rac es of the cuckoo Eudynamys scolopacea on Long Island (described as a new subspecies), between the whistlers Pachycephala pectoralis and P. melanura, and between the honey-eaters Myzomela tristrami and M. cardinalis. Cyclones bring Australian species , some of which occasionally remain to breed. Over-water dispersal ability varies greatly, from species that can be seen flying over water any day to species that rarely or never cross water. For instance, a channel 12 km long and only 0.15-1 km wid e divides Florida Island into two halves, one of which possesses and the other of which lacks a resident population of the coucal Centropus milo) -- Notes on Hawaiian Snake Eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae), with Comments on Ophichthus bonaparti / John E. McCosker (Abstract: The 22 ophichthid eel species of the Hawaiian Islands (including Johnston and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) are reviewed, and a key to their identification is provided. New Hawaiian records of Indo-Pacific species include C allechelys catostoma and Ophichthus bonaparti. Callechelys lutea is reported from Johnston Island. Hawaiian and Johnston Island ophichthid species comprise: Apterichtus flavicaudus, Brachysomophis crocodilinus, B. henshawi, Callechelys catostoma, C. lutea, Cirrhimuraena playfairii, Ichthyapus vulturis, Leiuranus semicinctus, Muraenichthys schultzei, Myrichthys colubrinus, M. magnificus, Ophichthus bonaparti, O. erabo, O. kunaloa, O. polyophthalmus, Phaenomonas cooperae, Phyllophichthus xenodon tus, Schismorhynchus labialis, Schultzidia johnstonensis, Scolecenchelys cookei, S. gymnota, and S. puhioilo. Additional data are provided for the rare deep-water species Ophichthus kunaloa. The following synonymies are proposed: Ophisurus chrysospi los Bleeker, Poecilocephalus markworti Kaup, Ophichthys episcopus Castelnau, and Ophichthys garretti Günther = Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup); and Ophichthus retifer Fowler = Ophichthus erabo (Jordan & Snyder). The endemism and distribution of Hawaiian and Johnston Island ophichthids (22.7%) are discussed and compared with those of muraenid eels. Vertebral formulas are provided for all species to facilitate the identification of leptocephali.) -- Reproductive Ecology of the Gobiid Fish Eviota aba x at Nobeoka, Japan, with Notes on Geographic Variation / Masanori Taru and Tomoki Sunobe (Abstract: The reproductive behavior and spawning cycle of the gobiid fish Eviota abax were observed in a rocky tide pool at Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. Both se xes maintained nonterritorial, overlapping home ranges. The spawnings took place at the low tide of neap to spring tidal periods. Matings varied in each spawning cycle, but males did not simultaneously mate with multiple females. Males were larger t han females in the spawning pairs. After spawning, only the male guarded the egg mass. ; AS NEW. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition faux navy blue leather boards with a color illustrated front cover paste-down, with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes Preliminary Page Note by The Editors; Acknowledgments; and About the Authors. The volume also features gilt page edges on all three sides, a traditional 3-hubbed spine, and acid-free paper for permanence and durability. Illustrated with a double-page color frontispiece painting and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "Great American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century presents an impressive array of writers. These literary sleuths - American writers who hail from all over the United States and even abroad - offer stories that reflect the varied experiences of a vast and culturally diverse country. The authors in this collection have garnered innumerable honors, from myriad awards conferred by their own mystery-writing colleagues to the Nobel Prize in Literature; they all share the writer's greatest reward, however, the broad readership and popular acclaim that can only come from creating superb, entertaining tales. Some of these mystery masters have left an indelible mark on the reading public by creating characters that have entered the national consciousness. The Saint, Lew Archer, Travis McGee, Uncle Abner - these names are real to mystery aficionados who know them well and have learned much about life from them. Other writers have given birth to characters who live only in one brief tale, making readers regret that they won't meet them again. Although the modern American mystery story has only recently gained respectability as the subject of academic study, the genre is an integral part of this country's literature. In fact, it stands at the very center of a markedly American literary offering, the short story. Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the short story form, based the world's first mystery tale on the crime story, a style of fiction that originally appeared in the beginning of the nineteenth century. He enhanced the elements in these negligible stories with such genius that he lifted his own tales to the level of art. Poe's "The Murder in the Rue Morgue," first published in 1841, has been called by one critic "the single most important story in the history of the genre." Subsequent literary detectives may have occasionally felt daunted by following the mystery story's inimitable forefather; still, they have made their own distinctive contributions to this uniquely American literary form. Among them, the twenty-three writers in this anthology of American mystery masterpieces have written hundreds of memorable stories. Choosing the writers - not to mention the stories - from a national treasure of literary excellence was indeed difficult. The sheer number of outstanding American mystery stories offers endless hours of reading pleasure. To this day, superlative writers apply their varied skills to the genre first explored by Edgar Allan Poe. Readers new to this literary terrain will enjoy finding their way to some of mystery's hidden corners - as well as its landmarks. - The Editors" - from the Preliminary Page. Ward, John (panel art and color frontispiece) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original Cloth Gilt. Slight Wear to Edges. Clean and Fresh With Just a Few Minor Marks. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original Cloth Gilt. Slight Wear and a Few Marks to Boards. Text Clean and Fresh With Just a Few Minor Marks. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.…

Condition: Fine. 400 pp., hardcover, fine (lacks dust jacket). - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. …