Robert Parker Introduction (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used, hardcover like new copy in original dust jacket. No highlighting or underlining. A nice square copy. We have the other 5 titles in the MET Museum Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition Stated. Quarter cloth hardcover binding is clean and tight. Previous owner's first name on the front flyleaf, otherwise the book's interior and text are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket price remains unclipped ($15.95), and the jacket appears like new with no chips or tears, just a touch of soiling to the white rear panel. NOT ex-lib. A clean, tight copy in jacket. 76pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Stated First Edition (First Thus). First Hardcover Edition. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Gray Paper Over Orange Cloth Back Strip. Gilt Lettering On The Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robert B. Parker(Introduction) (illustrator). First Edition. Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback by Raymond Chandler (First Edition) A firm, square copy. Foxing present on the top text block and top back border on gray cloth board binding, and light foxing present on the side text block. Otherwise, a fine copy. A bright blue and grey jacket. Light foxing present on top area of back jacket flap, and some light bumping and dust rubbing present on bottom spine edge. Otherwise, in fine condition. A First Edition copy of Raymond Chandler's never-before-released thriller, "Playback". BOOK.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First thus. Reissue of this early classic novel by Macdonald, the story of an Army veteran who arrives in Blue City only to find that his father has been murdered. This novel preceded his Lew Archer series and was originally published under his real name, Kenneth Millar. A title in the Rediscovery Books series with a new introduction by Robert B. Parker. 231 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (some light toning to the pages).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1988. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Signed by introduction writer and author Robert Parker. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small splashes on textblock fore edge; light suntoning to board top edges. DJ: Very Good; light suntoning to spine; light bumping to head and tail; small splash stain on front panel. Gray paper over boards with red cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 76 pp 8vo. This is the rediscovered novel by the father of the hard-boiled crime thriller. This book is about a young woman who appears at the door of an isolated house. She is frightened, hurt, and speaks in a foreign accent and there are strange men pursuing her. There is menace in the air.Originally published in Liberty magazine in 1933 and then again in 1950 in a pulp paperback edition. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Signed by others involved with.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. First Trade Paperback Printing, May 1987, so staterd with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear at spine edges else a near fine, tight copy Excellent 11 page introduction by Robert B. Parker and informative preface by James Pepper. Raymond Chandler envisioned "Playback"as being one of his most important works, Unfortunately, this movie was never produced. Years later Chandler used the screenplay title for a novel. but the novel was completely different from the screenplay. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Craig DeCamps(Jacket Art) Carol Devine Carson(Jacket Design) Chip Kidd(Jacket Design) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) (illustrator). First Edition. Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett (First Hardcover Edition) A sharp tight bright copy. Unread. A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First thus. First hardcover edition. Cloth-backed boards in illustrated dust jacket. With an appreciation by Robert B. Parker. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket But Light Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket But Gift Inscription On Front Endpaper Dated 1988.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. As New In As New Dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. James Pepper(Preface) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) John Jinks(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller by Raymond Chandler 1st Ed A tight bright copy. A bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First Trade edition. The screenplay for a movie that was never produced. A novel of the same name "Playback" was published but differed greatly. BOOK.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Parker, Robert Andrew (illustrator). Four loose leaf, landscape orientation 'booklets' with protective dust jacket, within plastic sleeve, all in very good condition. Publisher review slip laid in. Introduction by Kingsley Amis and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Dark yellow coloured end pages, and full colour illustrations throughout, including a map of India and its surrounding countries. Small tear to the rear upper edge of the plastic sleeve. Jacket is a little scuffed and edges are slightly creased and nicked. Content is clear and bright. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete number line. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 Book; binding tight with modest bump to bottom spine, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($22.50) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with mild to moderate fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photographs throughout. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile edition of a 1662 work, the facsimile iv, 62 pages and the introduction by Charles Parker lx pages. In original binding with old library labels removed and ink stamp to reverse of title page, otherwise a clean and sound copy.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the original elaborately gilt-tooled and finely bound full anilinbe calf. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. All edge's gilt. Literally as new. ; 158 pages; Description: 158 [2] p. : ill. (some col. ) , maps ; 31 cm. Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y. ) --Catalogs. Art, European--19th & 20th centuries--Catalogs. Art--New York (State) --New York--Catalogs. 4 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. #238 of 250 copies signed and numbered by Robert B. Parker on limitation page and housed in matching slipcase. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket in a mylar cover with jacket art by John Jinks. Signed by Other.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint . With an Introduction by Robert Allerton Parker. Publication of 150 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1958 Heritage Press edition original slipcase. Very Good+ with slight toning to spine. A nice copy.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the original elaborately gilt-tooled and finely bound full anilinbe calf. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. All edge's gilt. Literally as new. ; 158 pages; Description: 158 [2] p. : ill. (some col. ) , maps ; 31 cm. Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y. ) --Catalogs. Art, European--19th & 20th centuries--Catalogs. Art--New York (State) --New York--Catalogs. 2 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Trade Edition. Near fine in a fine dj. (Edges foxed) Unproduced screenplay for "Playback.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book is in very good condition, showing light rubbing to surfaces, light bumping to corners of boards, previous owner's info penned to top corner of front loose end page--two small stamps at bottom corner, modest toning along edges of some pages; some pages uncut; otherwise in great shape with a sharp interior--tight binding and clean, unmarked pages throughout. A handsome copy!

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. Parker, Agnes Miller - wood engravings (illustrator). Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. xxvi + 448 pp, Introduction, the Author's Prefaces, Seven Phases with titles, subdivided by numbered chapters: The Maiden, Maiden No More; The RallyThe Conseuqence; The Woman Pays; The Convert; Fulfillment. 6.4" x 9.25" dark green leather boards, gilt designed covers, spine letters, text-block, moiré e.p.'s. with replica library catalogue cards & Notes from the Archives brochure laid in. Tess, first published in @1891 Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first hardcover edition, Book and unclipped jacket are in Fine, unused condition. "Rediscovered and now published in its first hardcover edition." A perfect copy, with a tiny black remainder mark tucked along bottom edge close to the spine, Jacket art by Craig DeCamps. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd. 8vo. 76 pp. 5.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Parker, Agnes Miller ( Engravings) (illustrator). A Very Solid Book, Label Residue On Ffep And Two Word Note By Previous Owner. Otherwise The Book Is Very Clean. Patterned Cloth Covered Boards, Green And Beige. With Maroon Title Block On Spine With Gilt Lettering. Maroon Slipcase Is Strong But Has A Little Rubbing To Corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xxxii, 672 pp.

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover limited to 250 copies this number 205 Fine in fine dust jacket in fine publishers slipcase with for owner inscription on front end paper SIGNED BY PARKER ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Signed by Author(s).

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages crisp, clean, unmarked. Cover and jacket have light wear. Shipped promptly with tracking and signature confirmation. HC5-2.