John W Parker Editor (26 results)

paperback. Condition: Good.

paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, with several stamps on to of book. Sides of covers have tape lamination, two bar code stickers blacked out with marker on back. Further stickers near bottom of spine. Pages have aged over time but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover is different from display image but edition is the same. Paperback. LW.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence. Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff pale yellow wraps, lettered in orange and black. Just a hint of shelf wear, essentially as issued. 2nd ptg. xii,265 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 333 numbered pages; some notes inside front cover; some medium smudges and marks to edges of closed pages; light to med wear to corners, edges, and spine of black hardcover; spine crease; minor bumping to corners; minor bumping along edges of spine; a few minor marks to cover; a few minor dings; minor rub; no dustjacket; weighs 1 pound and 11 ounces; measures 9.2 by 6.2 by 1.2 inches; 080913; Plays are 'Singing Valley' by Niggli, 'Spring for sure' by McDonald and Mason, 'A Little to the Left' by Brower, and 'The Battle of the Carnival and Lent' by Graves.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories in this issue are the conclusion of Gunner Cade by Kornbluth and Merril (as Cyril Judd), and Blood's a Rover by Oliver. Faint spine crease, a little dusty to the back cover, a near fine copy. Back cover advertisement is for Linguaphone Institute. H.R. Van Dongen (front cover) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dust jacket present. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. The absence of a dust jacket means there is some minor wear visible on the cover. Internally, the pages are clean with no markings or inscriptions. The spine is intact, and the text block is firm.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 333pp. Black cloth hardback, dust jacket has slight rubbing and wear around edges, price-clipped, twenty-two page appendix listing titles by student authors of One-Act Folk-Plays of The Carolina Playmakers, 1918 - 1968, scripts of four complete plays included: "Singing Valley" by Josefina Niggli; "Spring for Sure" , music score included, by Catherine McDonald and Wilton Mason; "A Little to the Left" by Brock Brower; "The Battle of the Carnival and Lent" by Russell Graves.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Digest format. Light wear with two ink marks on the contents page. Cover by John Parker; interiors by Leo Summers and Virgil Finlay. This issue contains: The Man Who Made His Dreams Come True by Milton Lesser writing as C. H. Thames; So You Want to be President by Milton Lesser writing as Adam Chase; He Fired His Boss by Milton Lesser writing as Darius John Granger; You Too Can Win a Harem by Randall Garrett; I'm Listening to Your Thoughts by Walt Sheldon; To Walk Through Walls by James Cooper; Success Story - Complete with Genie by Ivar Jorgensen; and Boy Meats Dream Girl by Paul Steiner; along with all the usual features. John Parker; Leo Summers; Virgil Finlay; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. (xi) 490 pp. Pocket Book 108. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Writing by: P. F. Wodehouse; Saki; W. Somerset Maugham; Alexander Woollcott; Henry David Thoreau; Thomas De Quincey; Dorothy Parker; Henry James; John Steinbeck; Walt Whitman; James Thurber; Jan Struther; Clarence Day; Archibald MacLeish; A E. Housman; and many others. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Signed on the title page by Les Standiford; signed at the beginning of his story by Preston Allen; and signed at the beginning of her story by Lynne Barrett. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and some de-lamination and general wear; aside from the editor's and the authors' signatures, no interior marking. This story collection contains: Introduction: Trouble and Paradise; Ride Along by James W. Hall; Dead Storage by Christine Kling; Silence of the Stone Age by George Tucker; Sawyers by Kevin Allen; Blown Away by Anthony Dale Gagliano; One Man's Ceiling by Tom Corcoran; Solomon and Lord Drop Anchor by Paul Levine; The Last of Lord Jitters by David Beaty; The Timing of Unfelt Smiles by John Dufresne; Boozanne, Lemme Be by Vicki Hendricks; The Recipe by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera; T-bird by John Bond; Swap Out by Preston Allen; The Noir Boudoir by Lynne Barrett; Machete by Barbara Parker; and The Swimmers by Jeffrey Wehr. Size: 8vo. Signed by Editor and Authors. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. There are three small insect holes near the left side of the front cover which has a one inch surface scratch and some creasing to the bottom right corner. Small patch of insect damage near the top of the back cover which has some light surface wear. Light reading creasing to the spine. The insect holes at the front go through a large part of the book and the insect damage at the back also affects the last few pages a little. Pages slightly browned but otherwise unmarked. Contains 'Critique' by Harrison, 'Pavane: Corfe Gate' by Roberts, 'The Oh in Jose' by Aldiss, 'The White Monument' by Redgrove, 'The Beautiful Man' by Clough, 'Pattern as Set' by Rankine, 'A Hot Summer's Day' by Bell, 'The Report' by Parker, 'Hurry Down Sunshine' by Jones and an editorial by Bonfiglioli. Cover art by Keith Roberts. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Roberts, Keith (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. There is some light edge and surface wear to the covers. Browning to the page edges. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Contains 'Critique' by Harrison, 'Pavane: Corfe Gate' by Roberts, 'The Oh in Jose' by Aldiss, 'The White Monument' by Redgrove, 'The Beautiful Man' by Clough, 'Pattern as Set' by Rankine, 'A Hot Summer's Day' by Bell, 'The Report' by Parker, 'Hurry Down Sunshine' by Jones and an editorial by Bonfiglioli. Cover art by Keith Roberts. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Roberts, Keith (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some handling wear to spine edges with marks and scuffing to surfaces; rubbed and bumped corners. Mostly clean inside, with tanning and foxing to pages, edges and end papers. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. No jacket. With over five hundred illustrations (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First thus. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Firmly bound brown boards with gilt decorations. Some marks to cloth surfaces. Clean inside, with tanning to page edges. Signed on the front paste down by the previous owner. Jacket has some marks and tears to hinges and edges, price clipped. Magazine cutting of a motor boat stuck in on the title page. With over five hundred illustrations (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 232 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 502 pages. 11.25x8.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 468 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.85 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 288 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.90 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 232 pages. 11.50x8.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 468 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.20 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. Folios. 31.3 x 41.3 cm. 9 volumes. Original calf with gilt dentelles along the edges of the covers; gilt spine and edges; the heavy covers reattached with matching binding material by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. . Scattered foxing, mainly light.few pages with tears. Total weight about 140 pounds. Will be shipped in 3 heavy boxes.OCLC 5503043: Contents: v. 1. Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic works of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure.v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream.v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well.v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John.v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V.v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III.v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra.v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Titus Adronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline.v. 9. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.Notes:Originally issued in 18 parts in 1791 and 1802 [i.e. 1803?]The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editionsVolume title pages, with "volume" designation, are all dated 1802With a dedication leaf "To the King's most excellent majesty" dated June 4th, 1803, signed John Boydell, Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol; advertisement signed "G.N." in v. 1Letterpress printed.Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order.Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & CoNo table of contents or list of plates is given, but the plates correspond with the list given in "Boydell's Graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare," a separate issue of the plates, except that the latter lacks a variation of the first plate in Richard III (Gloster and the princes) while it has in addition (as frontispiece) "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, " a portrait of John Boydell, a variation of Juliet's supposed death, and a second plate in Titus Adronicus (Lavinia nursing her young nephew, by T. Kirk)."Boydell's Graphic illustrations &c." must not be confused with their "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare," London, 1803, two large folios containing larger plates (100, including the portraits of the King and Queen prefixed, and the two title-vignettes) most of which are entirely different from these smaller platesPlates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath.…