Notes by Martin Gardner (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Edition. Stated copyright year = 1960; no print information. Includes Full text of both stories, together with all the original Tenniel illustrations in their correct places and a full annotation running concurrently with the textg for the easiest possible reference.Includes a bibliography. End papers are clean and bright. Interior pages have NO tears or creases, nor writing. All pages firmly attached - NO loose or lost pages. Binding firm. This is NOT an ex-lib NOR is it a remainder. Foxing on end papers and edges of pages.Over sized book - 8.5"W by 11"L. Tan cloth covered boards are darkened with ages and show wear along edges. Title on spine and cover is muted but readable. Dj is price clipped and is in a mylar jacket.DJ has rubbing, some chipping and wear along edges.Back panel is soiled but overall complete. The DJ has borne the wear of this book's 66+ year old life. Note: We have a closed shop - so our books are not handled by public. We make every effort to fairly describe the condition of the book and identify any flaws (writing, tears, creases, folds), including that of the dust jacket. We use the "Fine or Near Fine" book condition judiciously when grading of the book or dust jacket. Tennierl, John (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. The dust jacket is not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Printing. Covers have some light fading, and scuffing. Illustrated by Henry Holiday (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG/NVG. Brown cloth, black lettering. Minor rubs at extremities, covers clean and bright. Lengthy inscription ffep, otherwise clean throughout, binding and hings sound. Jacket has small chips at extremities, spine faded, price-clipped. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9th Printing, May 1970/ Fully Annotated. 345 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Front cover corner chipped. Light tanning on cover page edges, near spine. John Tenniel (The Complete Text and Original Illustrations); Jack Jaget (Cover Design) (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Unclipped : Good. First Edition. 352 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong unaged paper; many ill.; binding firm; beige boards with blue lettering have minimal wear; the glossy pictorial d.j. has rubbing at corners and rubbing at crown and foot of spine panel. 9": x 12". Extra postage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8 vo,68 pp. First American Trade Edition, Third Printing, Oct, 1978, Stated. A 2"x2" unicorn rubber stamp, bottom corner of first fep. Binding square, corners square. Jacket not clipped ($4.95) moderate wear to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Later printing. 8 x 11 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; minor edge wear, covers very clean, upper text block stained. Binding tight and text unmarked. Fiction. Stax.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj has one small closed tear xxxiii, 363 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 352pp; 28 cm x 22 cm. Contents clean and textually unmarked. Owner's name written on half-title page. No library markings. B/W illustrations. John Tenniel (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing with an addition of the Frontis illustration that does not appear in the first printing. Brown boards, 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 inches, 68 pages. Edited by Edward Guiliano. Fine in Near fine jacket that is unclipped, but with a few tiny chips to edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bramhall House, New York, 1962. Hardcover. 111pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Beige cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine, and small black decorative embellishments on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. NEAR FINE. In a very good dust jacket, with light soiling. Browned at the spine and along the folds. front and back free endpapers slightly browned, otherwisde clean and unmarked. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. This mass-market paperback is in good condition. The cover shows some wear, particularly along the edges and spine, consistent with age. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or markings. The absence of a dust jacket is typical for this format. unknown (no dust jacket visible). Gustave Doré (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine Mylared. First American Edition. Collectible Fine First U.S. Edition Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Clean 68 pp.NOT a library copy. Price intact. Amazing chapter from the Alice books of Lewis Carroll that only was rediscovered in 1974. Here it is with drawings and corrections. As the Jefferson Airplane sang "One pill makes larger and one makes you small.".See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clarkson Potter, New York, 1960, Hardcover, assumed First Edition with no other printing listed. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass complete with originall illustrations by Sir John Tenniel; notes and an introduction by Martin Gardner. Oversized volume; Very Good plus with very light bumps to the top & bottom corners, interior clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is a bit less than good; edgewear and small chips along the top; a bit at the bottom of spine and a 1/2 inch hole with adjacent wear at the lower spine - fair to Good minus and price clipped - comes with a removable, archival, mylar sleeve which will clean it up a bit. John Tenniel (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fifth Edition. 363pp. Black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Peter Newell (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 8.78" x 10.28" x 1.36", 1.50 kg, cii+402 (504) pp In celebration of the 100th anniversary of its publication, a beautifully illustrated annotation of The Wizard of Oz, complete with an exact reproduction of the original 1900 edition.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the quintessential American fairy tale. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading Oz scholar, now provides a fascinating new annotation that not only reacquaints readers with the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion, but also illuminates the colorful background of this treasured American classic. This edition explores numerous contemporary references, provides character sources, and explains the actual meaning of the word "Oz." A facsimile of the rare 1900 first edition appears with the original drawings by W.W. Denslow, as well as 25 previously unpublished illustrations. There is a bibliography of L. Frank Baum's published work, every notable "Oz" edition, and the stage and cinematic productions from 1939's The Wizard of Oz, to the 1974 Broadway hit, The Wiz. A beautiful, awe-inspiring work, The Annotated Wizard of Oz is an enduring tribute to the timeless joy of The Wizard of Oz, and a classic to rival Baum's own. About the Authors L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker best known today as the creator―along with illustrator W. W. Denslow―of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen Oz sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, and brought several of his works to the stage and screen. His is known to his fans as "The Royal Historian of Oz." Michael Patrick Hearn has written for the New York Times, The Nation, and many other publications. His books include From the Silver Age to Stalin: Russian Children's Book Illustration and The Porcelain Cat; he has edited The Victorian Fairy Tale Book, The Annotated Wizard of Oz, The Annotated Christmas Carol, and The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. Hearn lives in New York City. W. W. Denslow (1856-1915) was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, and caricaturist, best remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first of the Oz books. An editorial cartoonist with a strong interest in politics, Denslow also illustrated his own books including Denslow's Mother Goose (1901), Denslow's Night Before Christmas (1902) and the 18-volume Denslow's Picture Books series (1903-4). The royalties from the print and stage versions of The Wizard of Oz were sufficient to allow Denslow to purchase Bluck's Island in Bermuda, and crown himself King Denslow I. However, he drank his money away, and he died in obscurity, of pneumonia. Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as "one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century." * SHIPPING. Pictures by W.W. Denslow (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING hardcover book in blue cloth boards with black lettering. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. DUST JACKET complete, NOT price-clipped. Shows small nicks, light rubbing on the corners and edges and a 0.25 x 1" piece missing at rear. Dust jacket remains crisp and bright. Will be protected with an archival book jacket cover. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. Synopsis Coleridge's greatest work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is utterly unique, unlike any other ballad. No narrative poem has rivaled it in combining scenes of terror with scenes of incomparable beauty. Although enormously popular in the nineteenth century, it is seldom read or studied today. This annotated version by Martin Gardner will help to renew the appreciation and deepen the understanding of Coleridge's unjustly neglected masterpiece.Preceding the poem is a biographical sketch of the great poet, which emphasizes those aspects of his many-sided life and personality that have the strongest bearing on the poem, especially on circumstances surrounding its composition. Both the 1798 and 1834 versions of the poem are presented, with notes on words, lines, and stanzas that Coleridge later excised. Following the poem, Gardner summarizes major critical attitudes toward the ballad, discusses possible higher levels of meaning, and closes with questions concerning the poem's much-debated moral.Many artists have illustrated the Rime, but none as skillfully as Gustave Dore. He was far and away the most popular and prolific book illustrator of all time, and though his work has been out of fashion for some time, it is becoming harder and harder to dismiss him as a mere yeoman illustrator.Here is your chance to read, or reread, Coleridge's classic Rime, to fully understand it, and to relish Dore's magnificent illustrations. Dore, Gustave (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Grey cloth spine with green boards, 8 1/2 X 11 inches, 352 pages. Copyright page has "AA". Book is Fine, internally clean in all ways, in original un-clipped jacket. Jacket has rubbing and edge tears, being Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original clipped jacket. With a preface, introduction and notes by Martin Gardner. Jacket has patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, minor patchy fading (including to spine), the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, the odd spot of foxing and a little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with minor pushing/bumping to corners and a hint of pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages slightly tanned. Inside boards/end-papers tanned with a few marks/minor foxing. Occasional small mark/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…

Hardccover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Later Printing. Nice copy. Oversize. Introduction and notes by Marti Gardner. Appears unread. Price intact jackett very close to fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Tenniel (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. First page, pages 209-12 loose. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

mass_market. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Black & white frontis illustration & 3 facsimiles of the proofs. 95.00 Fine, 1st British Ed. stated. Red paper on bds, 12mo, 37pgs+facsimile jacket, unclip. The episode cut from the original and thought to be lost, until a copy of the proofs came to auction. Visit our website to view our complete list of Alice in Wonderland and books by and about Lewis Carroll. www.bookstallsf.com.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Some fading and staining of cover. Some foxing/marking due to age on page edges, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.