Powell L B Ed (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue 22 Short Stories. Featured are The Big Five-O by Gillian Linscott, King Bee and Honey by Steven Saylor, Outfoxxed by David Delman, A Witch and Her Cats by Antonia Fraser, The Great Man by Adele Glimm, The Rasputin Faberge by James Powell, A Public Service by David Williams, A Loaf of Quicksilver by Clayton Emery, Salvation by Milt McLeod, The Premium on a Parcel by DP Roy-Myers, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, Once Burned - Twice Shy by John Dobbyn, One of Those Days, One of Those Nights by Ed Gorman, Crazy Birdy by Dorothy B Davis, The Flowerprint Murder by JanWillem Van De Wetering, Here Be Monsters by Lisa Lepovetsky, Gone Fishing by Jeffery Deaver, Leopold Lends a Hang by Edward D Hoch, Tiger Country by Michael Gilbert, The Final Paragraph by Henry Slesar, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary and Vigil by Katherine H Brooks. Number written in pen on top edge of rear cover. In Near Fine Condition. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE. xvi, 396pp. Very light scuff to front cover. Trivial edge wear. Clean and unmarked copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First trade paper edition, first printing of the third collection short stories by various Canadian authors. Featured are Man on the Roof by Jas R. Petrin, Out of Bounds by John North, Bush Fever by Jack Paris, On a Day When I'm Brave by William Bankier, The Nightmare and the Dream by Myrle Machan, Hot Gammon by L.B. Greenwood, Dead Meet by Peter Sellers, Button in the Bag by Charlotte MacLeod, Blind Date by Sara Plews, Partners by Gregory Robinson, The Tamberlane Crutch by James Powell, The Case of the Weeping Suicide by Ted Wood, The Murder That Couldn't Happen by Mel D. Ames, The Perfect Crime by Tony Aspler, The Gray Brigade by Alison Cunliffe, Innocence by Peter Robinson. A short inscription by Sara Plews and signed by Peter Sellers on the title page. In fine condition. Signed by Author.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the third collection short stories by various authors. Featured are Jas R. Petrin, John North, Jack Paris, William Bankier, Myrle Machan, L. B. Greenwood, Peter Sellers, Charlotte MacLeod, Sara Plews, Gregor Robinson, James Powell, Ted Wood, Mel D. Ames, Tony Aspler, Alison Cunliffe, and Peter Robinson. SIGNED by Peter Robinson, Peter Sellers and John North. Slight spine slant. Light reading creases. In very good condition. Signed by Author.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: G+. Fifth Edition. 8vo. A good copy. 63pp. Page edges browned, small chip out of top of title page. Pencil annotations to list of "writers" page. nd but assume pub during 2nd world war. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. undated circa 1945, vintage journal, rural subjects | this copy is tired, significantly yellow due to age, and needs to be handled with care, but remains intact and readable | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1947 or 1948, 112 pages; vintage journal, rural subjects | sound, clean copy shows moderate general wear; pages are a little yellow due to age | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1947, 112 pages, vintage journal | this copy shows heavy general wear and yellowing due to age, but is still intact and readable | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Revised and Enlarged Edition. xlv, [3], 556; [6], 543; [6], 541; [6], 557; xxvii, [3], 596; xii, [2], 496 pp. 8vo, burgundy cloth, gilt spine titles and ruled head and tail. Frontispiece portraits to all vols. Vols 1-4 are 1934 first printings of the Powell revised edition. Vols. 5 & 6 are 1964 Second Edition with errata slips. Vols 1-4 show some light rubbing to extremities, vols 1& 2 fore edges dampstained. Volumes 5 & 6 are inscribed by the preeminent Johnson/Boswell collector Mary Hyde: ?For the Courage Library in rememberance of our unforgetable visit - Mary Hyde and Lila Tyng, 19 September 1974.? Hyde's collection, begun with her husband Donald Hyde and continually expanded until her death in 2003, has been described as "just one of the world's great archives of eighteenth-century English literature, with more than 4,000 books and 5,500 letters and manuscripts. Still more important, it is the world's best collection of documents relating to the life and work of Samuel Johnson" - Adam Kirsch. The collection was placed in Harvard's Houghton Library in 2004. In the preface to vol. VI, Lawrence F. Powell writes, "My friends in America have been generous in their aid. I mention, in particular, Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, whose library at Four Oaks Farm, Somerville, New Jersey, is the Mecca of All Johnsonians.".…