John Walker Introduction (80 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. *** Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the famous collaborative book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry, screenwriting, and film criticism. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. Another copy available. *** Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the famous collaborative book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry, screenwriting, and film criticism. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Moderate wear to cover. Text clean and bright.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. New York: Rizzoli, 1980. 146 pages; numerous color illustrations. The Colonial Period to the Armory Show. Clean throughout; tight binding. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Language: ENG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by VALLOTTON, FELIX cover painting (illustrator). first edition,3p thus; 109876543pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT . ; Black titles on orange & black paper covers.LARGE COVER ART SHOWS MAN & WOMAN IN ENBRACE on couch, black flwers nearby.; 384 pages; Pulitzer Prize-winning literary essayist, he joys of collecting first editions, rediscovering neglected novels, ghost stories, teaching writing, and the challenges of parenthood and life in general. Dirda is a writer's reader and a reader's writer. He is an impeccable guide to good reading from the lighthe loves P. G. Wodehouseto scholarly esoterica. His columns are always worth a pause, always worth reading, always worth coming back to.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Light foxing to boards and text block. Text and illustrations are clean. Photo is of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. 189 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tears. no chips. Price is not clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Mild wear to bottom front corner and some very light soiling along bottom edge of rear board. Light foxing to cloth and text block edges. Text and images unmarked. Light edge wear, chipping and soiling to dust jacket, in a mylar cover. 192pp.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Wear and tears to dj.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 153 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Organized and circulated by International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean text. Top edge lightly soiled. Another copy available. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hector Breeze; Les Gibbard; Bryan McAllister; Marc; (illustrator). First Edition. 239 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by John Fowles; Woadicea (Boadicea - Boudica) Rides Again by Salman Rushdie; Kinnock by Terry Coleman; Who Would True Valour See by Martyn Halsall; What We Deserve by James Cameron; The Party of the Past? by Peter Jenkins; Where the Slump Is Good for Business by Polly Toynbee; Flexible Friend of Jesus by Martin Wainwright; Nasty Right Turn on the Left Bank by Martin Walker; Hunger in New York by Linda Blandford; A Bigger Bang for the Buck by W. L. Webb; How the President Scares the Commies by Alan Rushbridger; When the Winds Are Perturbed by Stuart Wavell; Dense Pack and Wide Opportunitiesl Greenham Diary by Alan Rushbridger; The Fears of Bruno Kreisky by Terry Coleman; Final Draft by Alan Rushbridger; A Diet Grown Unrelenting; Shreds of State by Nancy Banks-Smith; The Open Sesame Seed by Harold Jackson; A Case of Cut and Run by Nancy Banks-Smioth; Falklands Diary by Alan Rushbridger; Hollow Ring of Steel by John Cunningham; Serving the Distress by Polly Toynbee; The Unthinkable Men Behind Mrs Thatcher by Martin Walker; Court and Personal by Alan Rushbridger; Chase Manhattan at Play by Polly Toynbee; Lost in the Twilight Hotel by Ann Shearer; The Case of the Exploding Cheese by Alan Rushbridger; Red Light Recession by W. J. Weatherby; Panic in the Hamptons by Linda Blandford; Follies as the Fleet Heads South; Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Frank Keating; A Day at the Zoo by Nancy Banks-Smith; The Rubber Chancellor in Moscow by Jonathan Steele; Moscow Revisited by Malcolm Muggeridge; Yuri and Titania by Alan Rushbridger; On Being Russian by Jill Tweedie; Buy GUM? No Fear by Brenda Polan; The House in Znamenka Lane by Waldemar Januszczak; The Devil Has All the Best Goods by Michael Billington; Two Voices Straining to be Heard by Hella Pick; Beirut Stunned by Barbarism by James MacManus; Mistress of the High Ground by Hugh Hebert; Wriggles Feels the Wrath of Willie by Michael White; A Country Diary: Keswick by Enid J. Wilson; Winter Migrants by Linda Blandford; Simla but Different by Michael McNay; From a Village in the Himalayas by Victor Zorza; Trash Trail by Jane McLoughlin; Quarks, Leptons and Beyond; Funny Peculiar by Norman Shrapnel; Worlds Apart by David Hare; Grope and Gore at the Drive-in by Alex Brummer; Structuralist Diary by Alan Rushbridger; One Distant Tuscan Cheer; Brief Chatline by Derek Brown; A Country Diary: The Lake District by A. Harry Griffin; A Leveller by Terry Coleman; Our Bloody Little Scribbler by Martin Walker; Oh Lucky John, He Goes On and On; Force Fed on Pidgin Pie by Tom Baistow; For All You Geeks Out There by Bart Mills; Say It Again Hrusev; A Touch of the High Life; Pinter's Sleeping Beauty by Michael Billington; An Interesting Condition by Brian Jackson; Trouble at T'Workplace by Jill Tweedie; Darcy Goes Mad by Peter Dobereiner; True Grit Willis by Frank Keating; On the Stump by Derek Malcolm; Matchmaking the Minorities by W. J. Weatherby; Testament of an Ibsen Girl by Hugh Hebert; Iron Market, Silver Bullet by Alex Hamilton; How Dangerous is the Duopoly by Michael Billington; Irish Omlette by John Montague; The Way I Told It to Maisie by Eithne Power; The Fortunes of Sutton Place by Michael McNay; A Country Diary: Kent by John T. White; and End Piece by Roy Hattersley; followed by an index. Cartoons by: Hector Breeze; Les Gibbard; Bryan McAllister; and Marc. Size: 8vo. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1969. 159 pages. 111 full-page plates, including 55 in color. At the back, "Notes on the Artists" and "Catalogue Notes" offers details on each painting. Front panel of the wrapper has a 1-inch tear at the spine top; edges lightly bumped. Clean within; binding tight. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Good. Large 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Stated Fourth Edition. Pictorial Boards With White Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Bumping To The Lower Corners And Minor Wear To The Board Edges. 104 In Red Ink On Last Pastedown. Hinges Sound With No Ownership Marks Or Writing.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rare. This soft cover book is 71 pages in length, with 28 outstanding black-and-white illustrations of Egyptian sculpture. "Much of the information in this catalogue is based on the British Museum's publication of the Gulbenkian Collection at the time of the first exhibition in London". Our copy is in near fine condition. Faded signature of former owner. Photographs are available.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. 151 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Foxing/flyleaf, age toning. Size: 8vo.

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. Normal age/use wear; a decent copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated First Edition. DJ has many edge chips, including a large chunk torn from upper spine edge, with other creasing and soils; book has normal scuffs and soils, mostly near edges. A study of the most influential pieces in art history. 206 pages. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Some reading wear to the first 7 leaves of this hardbound book, otherwise clean, sharp cornered, unfoxed. Dust jacket in mylar shows heavy overall wear, particularly at edges. Top front edge shows one 1/2" closed tear, tiny chips missing, and crushing. Other edges show the same to a lesser degree.

189pp. square 4to. Profusely illustrated in black & white Trade Paperback Introduction by John Szarkowski Light moisture damage: occasional stains on top margins, text lightly rippled, back cover torn in 1 spot and heavily worn/rubbed in several spots: Good 0-87070-313-7.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. F. Walker and M<aurice Greiffenhagen (illustrator).

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