Johnson Philip J Editor (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2002. Greenhill Books, London, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good, to near fine. A very clean copy. Appears little read. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #009497. N/A (illustrator). N/A.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DAW Collectors Book 863. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Les Edwards. This anthology contains: The Worst Fog of the Year by Ramsey Campbell; The Man Who Collected Barker by Kim Newman; Life Sentences by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Different Kinds of Dead by Ed Gorman; Negatives by Nicholas Royle; Speed Demons by Andrew J. Wilson; The Grief Condition by Conrad Hill; Firebird by J. L. Comeau; Trophies by Richard McMahan; Lord of the Creepies by Sean Brodrick; Mongrel by Steve Vernon; Hide and Seek by D. F. Lewis; Walking After Midnight by C. S. Fuqua; The Hermit by Joey Froelich; The Soldier by Roger Johnson; Books of Blurbs by Mike Newland; You're a Sick Man, Mr. Antwhistle by Robert Hood; Elfin Pipes of Northworld by David Drake; A Bar Called Charley's by Charles Ardai; Great Expectations by Kim Antieau; Custer at the Wheel by James B. Hernesath; Identity Crisis by Patrick McLeod; A Candle in the Sun by David Niall Wilson writing as David Niall; I'll Give You Half-Scairt by Wayne Allen Sallee; and Full Throttle by Philip Nutman. Les Edwards; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Paperback Edition. BRILLIANT: TRULY ADMIRABLE: SUPREMELY ENLIGHTENING: FINE virtually AS-NEW First HUP Edition trade paperback (Orig. 1994) Second Printing (1994), AS-NEW handsomely-designed-illus. gloss-laminated cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, FINE smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only slightest shelf-dust-rust soiling notably to the top & bottom edges, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight sheets & uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on SUPERB silk-finish unblemished acid-free archival paper * 6.50" x 9.96" x 2.06", 1.70 kg, xxviii+1158 (1186) pp. * Introduction (xix), On Writing Literary History (Denis Hollier) (xxi), Chronology (1063), Map of Modern France (1076), Acknowledgments (1077), Contributors (1079), Index (1093) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Designed for the general reader, this SPLENDID introduction to French literature from 842 A.D. (the date of the earliest surviving document in any Romance language) to the 1980s is the most compact & imaginative single-volume guide available in English to the French literary tradition. In fact, no comparable work exists in either language. This is not the customary inventory of authors & titles but rather a collection of wide-angled views of historical & cultural phenomena. It sets before us writers, public figures, criminals, saints, & monarchs, as well as religious, cultural, & social revolutions. It gives us books, paintings, public monuments, even television shows. Written by 164 American & European specialists, the essays are introduced by date & arranged in chronological order, but here ends the book's resemblance to the usual history of literature. Each date is followed by a headline evoking an event that indicates the chronological point of departure. Usually the event is literary (the publication of an original work, a journal, a translation, the first performance of a play, the death of an author), but some events are literary only in terms of their repercussions or resonances. Essays devoted to a genre exist alongside essays devoted to one book, institutions are presented side by side with literary movements, & large surveys appear next to detailed discussions of specific landmarks. No article is limited to the "life & works" of a single author. Proust, for example, appears through various lenses, fleetingly, in 1704, apropos of Antoine Galland's translation of "The Thousand & One Nights"; in 1898, in conjunction w/ the Dreyfus affair; in 1905, on the occasion of the law on the separation of church & state; in 1911, in relation to Gide & their different treatments of homosexuality; & at his death in 1922. Without attempting to cover every author, work, & cultural development since the Serments de Strasbourg in 842, this history succeeds in being both informative & critical about the more than 1,000 years it describes. The contributors offer us a chance to appreciate not only French culture but also the major critical positions in literary studies today. Authoritative, lively, & highly readable, "A New History of French Literature" is essential reading for all engaged in the study of French culture & for all who are interested in it. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This grandly imagined & executed history of French literature is without precedent in any language. Here are many of the best contemporary critics & theorists, writing w/ vivid originality, always in a personal accent. This volume is a triumph of editorial & critical intelligence." -Richard Poirier, Editor, Raritan Quarterly * By far the best single-volume guide in English to the French literary tradition." -Malcolm Bowie, University of London * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 90 pages. The twenty-fifth issue of Joseph F. McCrindle's quarterly literary journal, with this issue featuring the first appearance of William S. Burroughs's story '23 Skidoo'. Featuring fourteen stories, poems and pieces of prose, this periodical offers a wonderful insight into the pioneering literary voices of the mid twentieth centurt.Amongst the works presence in this volume are Burroughs's story '23 Skidoo', Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Warehouse', and Flann O'Brien's 'The Third Policeman'.Founded in 1959 and running until 1977, the Transatlantic Review was known for its eclectic mix of short stories and poetry, featured alongside drawings, essays, and interviews with writers and theatre and film directors.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 3rd Printing. An uncreased spine with edge rubbings and minor cover creasing. No store stamp. Stories by : Anne Rice, Dan Simmons, Ron Dee, Ed Gorman, Heather Graham, Steve Rasnic & Melaine Tem, Philip Jose Farmer, Edward D.Hoch, Janet Asimov, Karen Robards, Dick Lochte, Kevin J. Anderson, Lawrence Watts-Evans, W.R.Philbrick, Tim Sullivan, Mike Resnick, Tim Sullivan, John Lutz, John Gregory Betancourt, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Leonard Wolf. Johnson, David (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This issue includes a preview of Denis Lasdun's Royal College of Physicians, Regent's Park, Philip Johnson's 'Where are we at?' a review of Banham's 'Theory and Design in the First Machine Age', Voelcker on farm buildings, Kenneth Brown on traffic plans, new town villages including Harlow, Basildon and Coventry, and Alfred Stevens in Sheffield. Front cover shows new Dungeness Lighthouse and article also inside. cxxxv, 165-236 pp., illustrations. Shelf wear to cover edges, curl to front cover, small crease to front cover corner, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1963, 1ST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT ,LARGER FORMAT, A Fine- copy in VG- DJ ,mylar protected DJ with some general rubbing and edgewear SCUFFING & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS, LAVENDER CLOTH COVER WITH GILT TITLE ON SPINE CVR, SALMON TOPSTAIN, 278 PGS + ADS IN BACK , Horace Walpole & Vathek, an Arabian Tale BY WILLIAM BECKFORD, Inherited Vast fortune at age 9 ,TRANSLATED from Original French by Rev. Samuel Henley SAYS PRICE CATAGORY, ALEGORY OF PRINCE LIVING IN A HAPPY VALLEY WHO SETS OUT IN WORLD TO DISCOVER, SOMETHING HE CAN DESIRE , Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole a Gothic story & Vathek, an Arabian NIGHTS Tale BY WILIAM BECKFORD, Night of Oriental Mysticism & exotic Splendor TRANSLATED from Original French by Rev. Samuel Henley, NOVELS R INTERWOVEN IN HISTORICAL SENSE.…