Jones William R Editor (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. 1996 publication. Text and images are unmarked. Wrapper clean and bright. 96pp.

Softcover. Condition: As New. A softcover pamphlet; 56 pages, photos. A reprint of a 1892 pamphlet produced by the Passenger Department of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Contains black and white photos of Rocky Mt. terrain through which the rail line ran.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing - First Thus. (lix) 609 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing at the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. This anthology contains: Introduction; The Island of the Immortals by Ursula K. Le Guin; La Cenerentola by Gwyneth Jones; The Dancing Floor - a novelette by Cherry Wilder; Oceanic - a novella by Greg Egan; Approaching Perimelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis; Craphound by Cory Doctorow; Jedella Ghost by Tanith Lee; Taklamakan - a novelette by Bruce Sterling; Sea Change With Monsters - a novella by Paul J. McAuley; Divided by Infinity - a novelette by Robert Charles Wilson; US by Howard Waldrop; The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald; The Cuckoo's Boys - a novella by Robert Reed; The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness by William Browning Spencer; The Very Pulse of the Machine by Michael Swanwick; Story of Your Life - a novella by Ted Chiang; Voivodoi by Liz Williams; Saddlepoint: Roughneck - a novella by Stephen Baxter; This Side of Independence by Rob Chilson; Unborn Again by Chris Lawson; Grist - a novella by Tony Daniel; Down in the Dark - a novelette by William Barton; Free in Asveroth by Jim Grimsley; and The Summer Isles - a novella by Ian R. McCloud. Size: 8vo. Bob Eggleton; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good- Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing, with 'first published' statement on CP. Very good hardcover with very good- dust jacket, from a private home collection. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards also very good. Previous owner's name stamp on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. DJ has a one-inch closed tear, otherwise shelfwear is very minor. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. Very Good, internally clean, solid paperback. Some light cover wear.

Pictorial Pamphlet. Condition: VG minus or a Little Better. Facsimile Styled. 56 pages in facsimile of Thayer's book showing the old typface and illustrations. A tight copy with some cover wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A near fine staple-bound booklet. The booklet reprints content from Mark Twain's 'Roughing It' (1872) that deals directly with Virginia City, Nevada Territory. The contents (56 pp. with illustrations) appear clean and securely bound. The card covers have a small patch of sticker residue in front and a bit of yellowing along the spine. NOT an ex-library copy.…

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Very good condition reprint copy of William Bishop's original Harper's Weekly article. Light wear to covers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good; Contents are tight and clean; Soft Cover; Brigham Young University; 1993; 0.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good in original wrappers. Mild sunning along the spine and light rubbing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Digest format. Light rubbing on the corners; some ink marks on the Contents page. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones; interiors by Michael Becker, Don Simmons, H. W. McCauley, Malcolm Smith, Don Mills, and D. C. Buhrmann. This issue contains: The Breaking of Jerry McCloud by Gordon R. Dickson; Election Campaign by William Campbell Gault; Up the Mountain or Down by Sylvia Jacobs; Reward for Valor by Mark Clifton; The Calibrated People by W. T. Powers; and Janushek by Roger Flint Young Size: 12mo. Robert Gibson Jones; Don Simmons; (illustrator). Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. UK edition. A reduced version of the March 1950 US edition with 164 pages rather than 196. It excludes some stories that were in the US edition and also loses some of the features. Contains 'The Ultimate Peril' by Abernathy, 'The Man from Arbutus' by Hickey, 'Sun-Stuff' by Stanton, 'All Else is Dust' by Jarvis (Bloch), 'For Each Man Kills' by Temple, 'Space-Jaloppies' by Karney, 'Malignant Mentor' by Phelps, 'Refuge' by Miller, 'Sword of Peace' by Moore, 'Two Against Venus' by Browning (Phillips) and very short essays by Wainwright, Barry, Burt, Kedzie and Sinclair. The front cover has a few small edge tears and some chipping and creasing. The back cover has a ragged two inch tear with a little loss to the bottom right corner. There is a quarter inch piece missing at the base of the spine which also has a some chipping and tearing along the edges and a small chip at the top. Pages browned with creases to the bottom corners of a numbet of pages. Cover illustration by Robert Gibson Jones and interior illustrations by Ruth, Summers, Krupa and Swiatek. Jones, Robert Gibson; Ruth, Rod; Summers, Leo Ramon; Krupa, Julian S.; Swiatek, Edmond (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/Very Good +. Second Edition. 346 pages. Light wear to covers' corners & spine-ends, pencil notes to some pages o/w a very clean, very tidy copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 96 pp. Light but general wear. This issue contains: Blood, Oil and Bullets by Bill Jones; Ranch for the Dying by William R. Cox; Left Fork to Hell by Frank Bonham; Gunsmoke Trail to Peace by Norman A. Fox; The Hero of Blacksmith Bend by Dave Sands; Terror of the Rio Grande by Ralph C. Schoenfeld; Gun Whelp's Heritage by Frank MacIntosh; No Gun Law by Mark Martin; Gold Madness by Tom W. Blackburn; and Meat Hunger by Tom Roan. Size: 4to. Book.…

Magazine. Condition: Good. Star Publications, November 1953 issue; 13.5cm x 18.5cm; 128pp. Digest crime and suspense stories with one feature ("It's Murder", Frank Kane), three novelettes ("Beautiful But Dead", Robert Turner; "Occupational Hazard", William Vance; "Face of Death", R.M.F. Jones), & five short stories ("Dixieland Dirge", Charles Beckman, jr.; "Trapped", Milton Lesser; "End of Night", Bryce Walton; "Kill Fever", Don Sontup; "I Killed Jeannie", Evan Hunter). Spine has slight forward lean but otherwise remains uncreased, stapled bind remains sturdy and intact; text is very good throughout; minor rubbing, edgewear to wraps. From a private collection (NOT ex-library). Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Undated UK edition, circa 1950. 98 pages. Contains 'Spy-Maker's Masquerade' by Deming; 'Death Carries the Mail' by Holden; 'G-Skinned' by Cassiday and 'Heir Unapparent' by Thomey. Each story has an uncredited illustration at the beginning. There is a small nick to the bottom edge of the front cover but the covers are otherwise bright and unmarked. Pages slightly browned but unmarked. Jones, Robert Gibson; Ruth, Rod; Summers, Leo Ramon; Krupa, Julian S.; Swiatek, Edmond (illustrator). …

Condition: FINE. First printing. An anthology containing works by relatively unknown young Black poets. Includes significant selection of poems by Charles Cooper (his first appearance in print), Kattie M. Cumbo, Julia Fields, Carole Gregory, William J. Harris, Lance Jeffers, Alicia Loy Johnson, James Arlington Jones, and Richard W. Thomas. While it notes that most of these poets had been published to some extent, most had not had as many poems published as were included here, and all are under the age of 50. Their work was part of a collective explosion of African-American creativity that defined the era's literary landscape. Lance Jeffers (1919Ð1985) whose work was known for it exploration of the African American experience went on to publish many volumes of poetry; Julia Fields, who was championed by Langston Hughes also published several influential collections as well as an award-winning childrenÕs book; William J. Harris was both a prolific poet and leading scholar on Amiri Baraka. Each section is preceded by a brief biographical note on the poet. Index of Titles. xv, 236 pp. Very good in gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a fair only dust jacket with several large chips, price-clipped. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 76 pages. George Orwell reviews "Jail Journey" / W R Rodgers "Summer Holidays" (poem) / J B Priestley Labour Leaders At The Ivy" / R Ironside "Burne-Jones And Gustace Moreau" / William Empson "Passing Through U.S.A." / Cecil Day Lewis "Weather Signs" (poem) / J Maclaren-Ross "A Bit Of A Smash".…

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

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

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

Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. The covers have some chipping, tears and creasing along the edges with one inch pieces missing from the surface at the top and bottom of the spine. Two inch tears to the top and bottom left corners of the front cover next to the spine. The back cover has a four inch piece of tape over it - not sure why as there doesn't seem to be a tear but it can't be removed now without damaging the surface. The pages are browned with some chipping to the edges in places and a few small tears but are generally unmarked. Contains 'March of the Iron Helmets' by Yarnell, 'Six Point Bombshell' by Sterling, 'Weepin' Willy, The Touchback Kid' by Cox, 'Ramblin' Wreck' by Jones, 'The Four Horsemen' by Galli, 'Wing Ding Waterboy' by Erin and 'Big Boss in the Backfield' by Stratton. Cover illustration is uncredited. Interior illustrations by Louis Ravielli and King Ward. Ravielli, Louis; Ward, King (illustrator).…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 94. Publisher's green cloth titles in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket with printed price of 15s. to front flap. A little dustiness to edges, dust-jacket lightly handled, toned to spine. Near fine.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 336 pages. 10.75x8.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 446 pages. 10.25x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 372 pages. 9.49x6.54x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover w/slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition / first printing. Number 36 of 200 copies signed by 7 of the contributors. Book is in bound in leather and in fine (appears unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper, also includes a slipcase in fine condition. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. Neil Baker, Sam Stone, Edward M. Erdelac, Christine Morgan, Scott R. Jones, Cody Goodfellow (illustrator). Signed.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. [Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] 24 volume set. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some covers creased. Contains Philip Morgan's personal notes. Contents: Vol. 37, No. 1, Mar. 2016; Vol. 37, No. 2, Jun. 2016; Vol. 37, No. 3, Sep. 2016; Vol. 37, No. 4, Dec, 2016; Vol. 38, No. 1, Mar. 2017; Vol. 38, No. 2, Jun. 2017; Vol. 38, No. 3, Sep. 2017; Vol. 38, No. 4, Dec. 2017; Vol. 39, No. 1, Mar. 2018; Vol. 39, No. 2, Jun. 2018; Vol. 39, No. 3, Sep. 2018; Vol. 39, No. 4, Dec. 2018; Vol. 40, No. 2, Jun. 2019; Vol. 40, No. 3, Sep. 2019; Vol. 40, No. 4, Dec. 2019; Vol. 41, No. 1, Mar. 2020; Vol. 41, No. 2, Jun. 2020; Vol. 41, No. 3, Sep. 2020; Vol. 41, No. 4, Dec. 2020; Vol. 42, No. 1, Mar. 2021; Vol. 42, No. 2, Jun. 2021; Vol. 42, No. 3, Sept. 2021; Early American Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2021; Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage Vol. 9, No. 3, Nov. 2020. Interesting essays in this collection include: Free to Bury Their Dead: Baptism and the Meanings of Freedom in the Eighteenth Century Caribbean by Fernanda Bretones Lane; The Slave Ship Maria da Gloria and the Bare Life of Blackness in the Age of Emancipation by Martine Jean; Soul values and American Slavery by Daina Ramey Berry; African body marks, stereotypes and racialization in eighteenth century Brazil by Aldair Rodrigues; Slave-based coffee in the eighteenth century and the role of the Dutch in global commodity chains by Tamira Combrink; Gendering mastery: female slaveholders in the Colombian Pacific lowlands by Yesenia Barragan; Two concepts of a slave in the South Carolina law of slavery by John Samuel Harpham; Generation, resistance, and survival: African-American children and the Southampton Rebellion of 1831 by Vanessa M. Holden; Slavery and the American University: discourses of retrospective justice at Harvard and Brown by Lindsey K. Walters; Slave owning overseers in eighteenth century Virginia and South Carolina by Laura Sandy; Beyond plantations: Indian and African slavery in the Illinois County, 1720-1780 by M. Scott Heerman; In bondage when cold was king: the frigid terrain of slavery in antebellum Maryland by Tony C. Perry; Fugitive slaves and Christian evangelism in French West Africa: a protestant mission in late nineteenth century Senegal by Hilary Jones; The nameless and the forgotten: maternal grief, sacred protection, and the archive of slavery by Sasha Turner; From free womb to criminalized woman: fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom by Cassia Roth; Bad breeders and monstrosities: racializing childlessness and congenital disabilities in slavery and freedom by Jenifer L. Barclay; The enslaved wet nurse as nanny: the transition from free to slave labor in childcare in Barcelona after the Black Death (1348) by Rebecca Lynn Winer; Colonial bodies and the abolition of slavery: a tale of two Cobbes by Barbara A. Suess; Black Abolitionists, Irish supporters, and the brotherhood of man by Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie; Custom and law: The status of enslaved Africans in seventeenth century Barbados by Jerome S. Handler; The internal economy of Cuban tobacco slavery by William A. Morgan; Black skin, red coats: the Carolina corps and Nationalism in the revolutionary British Caribbean by Gary Sellick; Finding dignity in a landscape of fear: enslaved women and girls at the University of Virginia by Kelley F. Deetz; The Kingdom of Kongo and Palo Mayombe: Reflections on an African American Religion by John Thornton; Uncovering the Hidden Lives of Last Clotilda Survivor Matilda McCrear and Her Family by Hannah Durkin; Beyond Clarkson: Cambridge, Black Abolitionists, and the British anti-slave trade campaign by Michael E. Jirik; Trouble the water: The Baltimore to New Orleans coastwise slave trade, 1820-1860 by Jennie K. Williams; Manchester antislavery, 1792-1807 by Sami Pinarbasi; Elite colored women: the material culture of photography and Victorian era womanhood in recons. …