Paul Chapin (76 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of two novelets, four short stories and an article. Featured are The Samurai and the Willows by Michael Bishop (novelet), The Machines That Ate Too Much by Jack Williamson (novelet), Dermuche by Marcel Ayme (short story), The Service by Jerry Sohl (short story), The Face on the Tombstone by Guy Owen (short story), The Volcano by Paul Chapin (short story) and The Search for Superman by L Sprague De Camp (article). Small tear to bottom of the front cover. Slight edgewear. Light age toning to the pages and cover. In Very Good Condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 50, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover by Ron Walotsky for "The Samurai and the Willows" (novelet) by Michael Bishop. Includes "The Machines That Ate Too Much" (novelet) by Jack Williamson; "Dermuche" by Marcel Ayme; "The Service" by Jerry Sohl; "The Face on the Tombstone" by Guy Owen; "The Volcano" by Paul Chapin. Article: "The Search for Superman" by L. Sprague de Camp. Departments: "Books" (reviews) by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Space: 1949" (reviews) by Baird Searles; "Science: Change of Air" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Paul Novitski. Upper edge nibbled, halfway through text blook; tanning; minor rear hinge stains; otherwise a rather nice Reading copy. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 50, No. 2. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover by Ron Walotsky for "The Samurai and the Willows" (novelet) by Michael Bishop. Includes "The Machines That Ate Too Much" (novelet) by Jack Williamson; "Dermuche" by Marcel Ayme; "The Service" by Jerry Sohl; "The Face on the Tombstone" by Guy Owen; "The Volcano" by Paul Chapin. Article: "The Search for Superman" by L. Sprague de Camp. Departments: "Books" (reviews) by Algis Budrys; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: Space: 1949" (reviews) by Baird Searles; "Science: Change of Air" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Paul Novitski. A little nibbled at upper front edge (see scan), suspect is likely termites as there is also superficial scarring to rear hinge and heel. Not too bad. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Escape from Gangsta Island: A School's Progressive Decline. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Cornwall: Mercury Press Inc. 1976. First edition. Magazine. Digest sized pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.5"], 162 pages, illustrated. VG copy [spine cocked and lightly creased, paper tanning/tanned] with a torn mailing label to the rear cover and a store stamp to the first page. bx14.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New. In.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Buff wrappers. Bumped and faded spine, near fine. This issue features Roy Campbell, F.L. Lucas, and Jack Lindsay. Additional contributors include N.K. Cruickshank, Doreen Dunlop, Wrey Gardiner, A.H. Heys, Teresa Hooley, Esther Spencer, G.W. Harris, Sonia Bentzon, Freda C. Bond, Denis Turner, Stuart Holroyd, R.V. Blakemore, P.D. Cummins, Justin Richardson, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Frank Lissauer, Sidonie Schall, Christopher Levenson, Michael Malim, Murrell Simmons, W.H. Hamilton, Laurence H. Williams, Dennis Peck, Valmai Richardson, Mary Banes, Kathleen M. Chapin, F.D. Walker, William Wolff, Alice Alment, S. Thomas Ansell, Peter Fison, Howard Parsons, Robert Greacen, Stephen Graham, John Graddon, Kennedy Williamson, Paul Selver, K.V. Richardson, and E. Royse Pritchard.

Softcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Pages slightly tanned. Back cover has a small corner crease. No writing/markings. 21 cm. 126 pages. First printing of the only English language edition. The original French language edition of 1960 was one of the triggers of the Quiet Revolution. Author was a Marist priest who called for educational reforms to create a government-run public school system to replace the Catholic education system then in place. Additional info or photos on request. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. xii, 418 pp. Dustjacket. LCC: 6621336 Good condition; yellowing on exterior, side panels, and interior of dustjackets, with taped tears on edges; light yellowing on pages.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. A selection of one hundred quality etchings and lithographs by the foremost then living American artists, each print on a full quarto page of laid paper with historical description on the back, bound in Optak wire binding so that they can be removed for framing and replaced as desired. Tall 4to, quarter black cloth over green boards with ivory title label, unpaginated but with over 200 pages. A very well preserved copy, clean and unmarked.

Papiereinband. Condition: gut. 38 S., 1 Tab., 23 cm, Lichtrand, Einband leicht fleckig, kleine Druckstelle, leicht gebräunt. Sprache: deu.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 231, No. 1. [Edited by Albert J. Gibner.] Cover by Paul Stahr for "The Door of Destiny" (pt. 1 of 2) by William Merriam Rouse. Includes "The Stuff of Empire" (novelette) by Ralph R. Perry; "Wrath of the Surf" by Samuel Taylor Moore; "Masked Death" (novelette) by Lieut. John Hopper; "Men of Daring: 'Irish' John Nicholson, the Bravest of the Brave" (True Story in Pictures) by Stookie Allen; "The Radiuo War" (pt. 2 of 5) by Ralph Milne Farley; "Breath of teh Desert" (pt. 4 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "The Magpie Murders" (pt. 6 of 6) George F. Worts. Other Features: "Where Linen Is Money" by Armand Brigaud; "The Devil's Tar" by Paul H. Salomon; "Clinking Glasses" by Earl Chapin; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Tanning; marks on contents page; dusty; spine a bit faded. Book.

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 224 pp. ; ISSN: 1079-6495 and ISSN: 0066-0000 ; LC: SB411; Dewey: 635.9/33372; NAL: 81 ; stiff, blue textured paper wrappers with gold lettering ; a series of articles on rose growing and culture, accompanied by several photographs, both in color and black and white ; Contents: President's Message / Vincent Gioia -- Striped Roses Are Here / Ralph S. Moore -- The Mischievous Midge / Dr. Eugene O'Leary -- Rosebushes: What Size Is Best / Astor Perry -- Ten Basic Steps For Successful Rose Exhibiting / John P Mattia -- Potpourri The Easy Way / Martha Chapin -- A Nice Little obsession / Mrs. Neal (Sandie) Morris -- Die Back and Canker in Roses / Jerry 'N Perry -- Flower Arranging With Roses / Mildred Bryant -- Comparative Chemical Toxicities / Paul J Desmet -- Research On Roses / ARS Rose Research Committee Dr Griffith Buck Chairman -- Growing Roses In Containers / Don and Paula Ballin -- Compost For All Seasons / Manuel Mendes, Jr. -- In Search of Victor Verdier / Malcom Lowe -- Arranging Is Exhibiting -- A Thornless Rose Descended From Rosa Carolina / Robert B. Bayse -- Exhibiting At England's National Rose Shows / Don Charlton -- You've Come A Long Way Baby / Sean McCann -- A Tale of A Pig's Bladder: Water, Fertilizer and Roses / Bob Linck -- New Ideas About Old Roses For Modern Rose / Leonie Bell -- Mutation Breeding In Garden Roses / Subodh Kumar Datta and M N Gupta -- My Favorite Rose / Sam McGredy, Joe Winchell, Howard Walters, Bill Warriner, Ralph Moore, George Rose, Lily Shohan, Patrick Dickson -- Proof of the Pudding / Muriel Humenick, Coordinator -- New Roses of the World -- Top Exhibition Roses in The' United States -- Awards of Excellence for Miniature Roses -- American Rose Center Trial Ground Winners -- All America Rose Selections -- Gold Certificates -- Gold Honor Medals -- ARS Officers -- Former Presidents -- Classifications of Roses -- Index -- Illustrations -- Stars 'N Stripes -- Earthquake -- Ralph Moore's Mini Rose Dort 12 -- Ralph Moore's Rose No. 16-82-4 -- First Prize -- Olympiad -- Royal Highness -- Big Ben -- Fig I. Rose rosette disease -- Fig. 2 Yellow ringspot of redbud -- Fig 3. Town Crier cell -- Bareroot roses ready for burying -- Rosebushes laid in a trench -- Cords of buried bushes are exposed -- Roses are removed from trench -- The elusive Victor Verdier -- Flower Arrangement -- Marquis entrance at Lakeland -- RNRS Grounds, St Albans -- Winning box of 12 varieties -- Silver Medal -- Sukumari and Tangerine-Contempo -- Tangerine orange mutant of Contempo and Yellow Contempo -- Sam McGredy -- Joe Winchel -- Dolly Parton, the rose and the lady -- Howard WaIters -- Ole -- William Warriner -- Ralph Moore -- George Rose -- Peace 1-- Celsiana -- Fragrant Cloud - Color plates -- Ralph Moore's Striped Roses -- Touch of Class -- Broadway -- Punkin' and Sugar 'N' Spice -- Rose De Rescht -- Voodoo -- Headliner - Centerpiece and Windsome. ; VG. Book.

Condition: Très Bon État. Dust Jacket Condition: Jaquette en très bon état. 172 pages en format -8 - reliure rigide en percaline.

deutsche Erstausgabe, 8°, 126 S., illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Gelenke zum Teil leicht beschabt, sonst schönes, sauberes Exemplar (Li 6 & SFKXI) Die Erzählungen im einzelnen: Michael Bishop: "Tod eines Samurai" - Originaltitel: "The Samurai And The Willows" / Charles W. Runyon: "Bei Gefahr den Ntxivbw prspn!" - Originaltitel: "In Case Of Danger prspn The Ntxivbw!" / Haskell Barkin: "Zeit ist Geld" - Originaltitel: "Time Is Money" / Paul Chapin: "Der Vulkan" - Originaltitel: "The Volcano" / Stuart Dybek: "Der Horrorfilm" - Originaltitel: "Horror Movie" / Marcel Ayme: "Dermuche" - Originaltitel: "Dermuche" Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend ggü. Musterschule) möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend, close to Musterschule) is possible. It saves the shipping costs.

Condition: New. pp. 172 Index.