John W Leonard Editor (19 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories in this issue are That Share of Glory by Kornbluth, Telek by Vance, and The Analogues by Knight. Small tear to spine top, some faint cover creasing, a VG copy. Back cover advertisement is for Linguaphone Institute. Hubert Rogers (front cover) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 170 pp. Digest format. Light wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Alejando; interiors by Edd Cartier, Orban, Pawelka, Welker, and van Dongen. This issue contains: Short Novel: The Entrepreneue by Thomas Wilson. Novelette: Frontier of the Dark by A. Bertram Chandler. Short Stories: No Moon for Me by Walter M. MIller Jr; Demotion by Robert Donald Locke. Special Feature: Improbably Profession by Leonard Lockhard. And Article: Zero Hour Minus X Years; followed by the usual features, including the John W. Campbell editorial: The Laws of Speculation, and a letter from Arthur C. Clarke in Brass Tacks. Size: 12mo. Alejandro; Cartier; Orban; Pawelka; van Dongen; Welker; (illustrator). Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London: Nova Publications Ltd. Edited by John Carnell. Stories by Robert Silverberg, John Kippax, Brian W. Aldiss, John Rackham, Robert Presslie, Leonard Hildebrand, A. Bertram Chandler. Cover art by Brian Lewis. Single Issue Magazine. Pictorial wrappers 5.25" x 7.75", 128 pages. Condition: Very good copy with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front cover which has a small area of light staining to the bottom edge, text paper tanned as usual. See photos whb11E. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 190 pp. Digest format. Light wear. The front cover features the Soash Twins by Don Ornitz and the back cover features an ad for Winston cigarettes. This issue contains: The Baron and the Brats by John Carlova; The Dukhobors: Canada's Violent Pacifists by James Joseph; The Amazing Phone of the Future by Raymond J. Brady; Why All Those Government Secrets? by Congressman John E. Moss as told to Leonard Gross; Happy Haunting by Parke Cummings; When Does a Child Need Psychiatry? By Max Gunther; They Tame Snow Slides by Robert Lee Behme; Grandpa's Kitchen Capers by K. N. Hardin; Medical Juries Hear Patients' Gripes by Lester David; Fabulous Facts About Fish by Maurice Paul; The Return of Red Buttons by Peter Maas; The Ghost of Hokkaido by Walter J. Sheldon; They Smoke Out Arsonists by Loy Warwick; Aunt Ettie's Rescue Ranches by Oren Arnold; The Futuristic Riddle of Reproduction by Albert Rosenfeld; Ace of Knaves by Hy Steirman; Music a la Carte by Patricia K. Brooks; Mr San Francisco by Eddie Cantor; The Spider Man of Moncrieff Place by Gene Bylinsky; and They Called It Justice by Will Bernard; along with all the usual features, including a pictorial called The Other Abe Lincoln by drawings by Douglas Gorsline. Size: 12mo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 64 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Dear. This issue contains: STORIES: Phantom Fortune by Hugh B. Cave; The Shrewd Banker by Leonard Gribble; Pony Run by Gerald Wyatt; Encounter at Sea - part one of two parts (originally titled: Barrier Reef Espionage) by John Gunn. ARTICLES: Summer Exams in March or May by Reg Butler; Gag Bag - anonymous; Scientists Will Probe the Aurora by H. J. Campbell; Highways and Byways in Many Lands by Hellier; Two Years in the Antarctic by E. W. Kevin Walton; Volleyball is a Thrilling Game by Don Anthony; The Night Sky in July by George Graham; A Fast Bowler is the Shock Weapon of the Team by Brian Statham; There Won't Be Any Panic - Life Saving for Swimmers by Sid G. Hedges; Touring with One Map by Ronald English; Set Sail for Marseilles by Robert E. Gibbs; Let's Try Fishing by Alan C. Jenkins; Can You Name These Objects - anonymous; Stamp of the Month by L. N. and M. Williams; Chess Problem by John Bee; and July Crossword (unmarked) by Gordon Doublas. Size: 12mo. Dear; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good Only. First Edition. 80 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with some tearing on the spine and a chip from the lower left of the front cover; no interior markings. This issue contains: FICTION: Troubled Waters by Alan C. Jenkins; The Case of the Missing International by Leonard Gribble; In the Straight by Eric Leyland; Biggles at School - part two of a serial by Capt. W. E. Johns. ARTICLES: The Boy Magician by Walter B. Gibson; Celestial Salvoes by Martin Thornhill; Barnstorming by David Roberts; The Bar as a Career by a Barrister-at-Law; Let's Make Something by W. P. Mathew; Swedish Boy by Olle Cronsjo; Ballistics Is a Science by Justin Atholl; Milestones by Reece Winstone; Acting the Part by Frank Newman; Is British Sport Too Commercialized by Lionel Gamlin; and Gone with the Wind by John Davies; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Redmill; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 56 pages. Leonard Duck "On Choosing a Dictionary of Music" / Maurice J E Brown "Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy" / Frank Dawes "Nicholas Carlton and the Earliest Keyboard Duet" / Frances Collingwood "The Ballad-Monger" / John Lade "A Belgian Enterprise" / Lang-Jordan "Let us drink and be merry (sheet-music)" / W R Anderson "Round about Radio" / Charles Wilson "Shield's 'An Introduction to Harmony" (M13).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Digest format. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Cover art by Brian Lewis. This issue contains: Valley Beyond Time by Robert Silverberg; Judas Danced by Brian W. Aldiss; Drog by John T. Phillifent writing as John Rackham; Headnoises by Leonard Hildebrand; Me, Myself and I by John Kippax; The Converts by A. Bertram Chandler; and Dial O for Operator by Robert Presslie. Size: 12mo. Brian Lewis; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. A.N. Marquis Company, Chicago, copyright, 1906. xxxii, 2015 pages. 8 x 5.75", hardcover, no dj. Extra postage required for international shipping. No dj, cover soiled, corner damped, text clean, tight, good/none.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition color illustrated stiff softcover wraps. Includes rear section of the following: Authors and Artist Briefly Noted; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Staff and Administrative board for 1981; Life Members and Benefactors Laboratory of Ornithology 31, December 1981 nine scholarly ornithological publications by various author. Illustrated with color plates, including a color plate frontispiece. …

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Very good in blue and white card wrappers. Spine slightly rolled and worn at the edges. Wrappers somewhat discoloured with age and handling. No tears. Contents very good, but please note that there are some pencil annotations and underlinings [see scans]. 230mm x 155mm. 194 pages. ***This issue contains an interesting ten page long contemporary review of the publication of Joseph Heller's 'Catch 22', which includes the following statements: "Since books not worth reading are not worth reviewing, and Catch 22 is worthless, my review needs justification --- before describing the theme of Catch 22 I must make this point which I trust will not be considered trifling - that its author cannot write". The reviewer is anonymous! ***'Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as a replacement for the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the volume and numbering system of which it continues. In 1958 it began quarterly publication as The Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The journal is currently published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special features include fiction, poetry, and a notes section. Publication is by invitation only'. [Wiki]***A very good copy of this American journal - this issue devoted to the American Reading Public. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Surface insect damage to much of the spine (less than half).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A clean, sound, hardcover copy; front board slightly shaken, former (first?) owner's name neatly written in fountain ink on FFE, mild shelf wear--slightly more pronounced at extremeities--and lightly bumped corners. No DJ, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Large octavo. Red cloth boards with gilt-stamped titles on front and spine. 636 pp. Extensive scuffing and some faint staining to boards. Significant fading to spine, but title still visible. Chipping at spine ends and corners. Fore edge shows few spots of staining. Expected age-toning to text block, but internals clean and bright overall. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1414 page reference hardcover - a Who's Who in 1909 for New York State. Brief biographies of the prominent people of that time. Blue cloth exterior with title on front cover and spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Ads at front and back sections.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 636 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. Quite Worn And Frayed, Hinges Broken, Joints Intact.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 572 pages. 8.43x5.85x0.73 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1941. The February, 1941 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin, that being Volume XXVI, Number 1. Tall octavo (9 1/4"), printed perfect-bound wraps, 193 pp. (158 pp. numbered, 34 plates, one onionskin). Quite Near Fine, with in fact no salient flaws to point to; this example is, in all likelihood, in the same condition in which it was originally received in 1941. See all scans. This issue feature a 16-plate section of majestic photos of the King's Canyon National Park by Cedric Wright (as well as two other Wright plates elsewhere); a fold-out reproduced map of the San Joaquin Valley, originally created by Lieutenant Jose Maria Estudillo in 1819; and onionskin foldout map of the Mt. Whitney Region, executed by the Sierra Club itself, new for this issue; an 1875 article on the King's River Valley by John Muir, originally published in The Daily Evening Bulletin; two 1875 photos by W.E. James which may be the first photographs ever taken in the King's Canyon National Park; sketch-illustrated pieces on climbing and camping; and a lot more. See scan of contents page. Photographers: Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James. Writers of the above-mentioned pieces and others on Mountain Wind, King's River Sierra, Mount Avon, End of the Rope, High and Dry, Little Gem Company, Snowpatch, the legislative history of Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park, Botany, Mountain Photography, and Mountaineering Notes include: Francis P. Farquhar; John Muir; Ansel Adams; Joseph N. LeConte; Norman Livermore; Charlotte E. Mauk; Weldon F. Heald; Blanche Stallings; Fritz Lippmann; John Thomas Howell; May Pridham; Cedric Wright; Bestor Robinson; Leland Curtis; John D. and Ruth Mendenhall; Arthur B. Johnson; Braeme Gigas; Howard Koster. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LSC2. Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. 840p thick octavo. Exlibrary but with no library markings externally and a small stamp on the inside cover and front fly leaf. Book plate of Noah Brooks, Maine Newspaper man who has inscribed it as a gift to the library. Very good in pibk cloth, spine very sunned. His listing and career on page 86.…