Roberts David Introduction (26 results)

1988. Photography. The Friends of Photography. 15p and 37 plates, very good paper.

hardcover. Condition: New. May have light shelf wear due to storage and handling.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Never read, pages are clean, no marks in text. Our copy is paperback showing light shelfwear.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Modern Library Exploration. Audience: General/trade. as new.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Albanov's epic begins in 1914, after he leaves the Saint Anna, a sailing vessel bound for Vladivostok and new hunting territory, 7,000 miles across dangerous water. Only a few months into the voyage, the ship is trapped in pack ice, where it drifts helplessly with the Kara Sea ice flow for nearly one and a half years. With supplies dwindling and no hope of rescue, Albanov, the ship's navigator, and 13 of his colleagues leave the boat and the remaining crew to look for land. Outfitted with sleds and kayaks built from scavenged fragments of the Saint Anna, Albanov begins his 18-month trek to Franz Josef Land with a broken chronometer, scant supplies, and a team of inexperienced men. …

First edition Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. A sharp copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Later Printing. 256 pp. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by William Geldart. This anthology contains: A Stranger to the Wild by Charles G. D. Roberts; Black Horses by Luigi Pirandello; The Gymkhana by Enid Bagnold; Sugar for the Horse by H. E. Bates; The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling; My First Wild Horse by Barbara Woodhouse; Mr Carteret and His Fellow Americans Abroad by David Gray; An Expensive Operation by James Herriot; The 500 Mile Race from Deadwood to Omaha by Jack Schaefer; The Horse Show by Clare Leighton; First Money by Will James; Tale of the Gipsy (Gypsy) Horse by Donn Byrne; How Mr Pickwick Undertook to Drive and Mr Winkle to Ride by Charles Dickens; Philippa's Fox Hunt by E. Somerville and Martin Ross; A Genuine Mexican Plug by Mark Twain; Lost in the Moors by Diana Pullein-Thompson; Ballinasloe Buys and Point-to-Points by Marjorie Quarton; and A Happy Ending by Anna Sewell. Size: 8vo. William Geldart; (illustrator). Book. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Reissue. lii, 242, [4]pp, with occasional monochrome illustrations. Illustrated stiff card covers. 8vo. A little gentle edge wear to card covers else neat, clean bright and tight. A reissue of a classic mountaineering book first issued in 1954. Gaston Rebuffat is among the best-known Alpinists of all time. He rose to fame as one four principal stalwarts of the first ascent of Annapurna. Yet his finest feat as a mountaineer was to be the first man to climb all six of the legendary great north faces of the Alps - The Grandes Jorasses, The Piz Badile, the Dru, The Matterhorn, the Cima Grande Lavaredo and the Eiger.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 9780933286542. Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling to covers; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

First edition, first printing Fine and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Park Polar by Adam Roberts (First Edition) Limited Signed A sharp, tight, copy. A bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Limited Edition. One of 400 numbered hardcover copies. This is copy #353. Signed by the Author and Roger Levy, author of the Introduction. Roger Levy(Introduction) David A. Hardy(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 136 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. anniversary ed edition. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.60 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 3rd new edition. 320 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First American Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket : fine / very good minus. Book: slight fading along top edge of binding, otherwise excellent. Jacket in new mylar protector; spine very slightly faded; two closed tears on back : 1-1/2" and 1-/4". 270 pages; 6 color foldouts; 2 color plates; 2 b&w plates. First American edition of this publication. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Number 429 of the limited edition of 500 signed copies. The book was also published in a hardcover edition of 400 copies. Three page introduction by Roger Levy. One inch crease to the bottom right corner of the front cover and a light crease at the top edge of the back cover. Page edges have some light marking but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by David A. Hardy. Hardy, David A. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 3rd new edition. 320 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Near Fine. Tight and unmarked-" This anthology contains: A Stranger to the Wild by Charles G. D. Roberts; Black Horses by Luigi Pirandello; The Gymkhana by Enid Bagnold; Sugar for the Horse by H. E. Bates; The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling; My First Wild Horse by Barbara Woodhouse; Mr. Carteret and His Fellow Americans Abroad by David Gray; An Expensive Operation by James Herriot; The 500 Mile Race from Deadwood to Omaha by Jack Schaefer; The Horse Show by Clare Leighton; First Money by Will James; Tale of the Gipsy (Gypsy) Horse by Donn Byrne; How Mr. Pickwick Undertook to Drive and Mr. Winkle to Ride by Charles Dickens; Philippa's Fox Hunt by E. Somerville and Martin Ross; A Genuine Mexican Plug by Mark Twain; Lost in the Moors by Diana Pullein-Thompson; Ballinasloe Buys and Point-to-Points by Marjorie Quarton; and A Happy Ending by Anna Sewell. Size: 8vo. Wings Books - Random House, New York, 1992. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. William Geldart; (illustrator).". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear, foxing & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.…

Paperback. Condition: Good +. Text in French. Oblong oversize paperback, no edition statement. A good + copy with bending to the corners, scuffing to the rear cover and general wear at the cover edges. Interior is clean and unmarked. Solid binding lacking tightness. 48 pp. with beautiful reproductions of the Holy Land drawings.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Single issue. Stapled wrappers. 101pp. Wrappers sunned and worn, corners curled, spine cocked, very good. Contributions by Daniel G. Hoffman, Richard M. Dorson, Carvel Collins, and John W. Ashton, Archer Taylor, Mabel P. Worthington, Warren E. Roberts, Richard M. Dorson, Herbert Halpert, Alexander E. Jones, Simon D. Messing, T.K. Kroeber, Josef Rysan, Taylor Starck, Hensley C. Woodbridge, Ernest W. Baughman, Frank Goodwyn, Newbell N. Puckett, Charles Haywood, D.K. Wilgus, Stanley L. Robe, Juan B. Rael, Charles C. Cumberland, Kenneth Porter, Herbert Weisinger, and David P. McAllester. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Park Polar by Adam Roberts (First Edition) Limited Signed #355 A sharp bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine top edge. Copy #355. One of 400 hardcover copies signed by the Author and Roger Levy, author of the Introduction. Roger Levy(Introduction) David A. Hardy(Cover Artist) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Expanded edition. 243 pp, index, maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2013, First Edition thus, Near Fine/no dj, octavo, 179pp., glossy white boards hardcover, binding tight, text unmarked, quality reproduction of "the sale catalogue of the books and pictures of Thomas Betterton, the leading actor and manager of the English Restoration theatre.".…

Hardcover. Condition: New.