Robinson Preface (56 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light crease to front cover, faint browning to the edges of the covers. ; 63 pages.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover, as shown. First edition, 2019. A very good copy, about as new, tight, clean and unmarked, faint shelf rub. Nice. shelf G.

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition with full number line and $45 price to rear board.Clean pages, tight binding as rarely opened, cloth boards with few minor soil marks Clean pages, tight binding as ra.

Hardcovers. Condition: As New. -------------Two volume set in slipcase.- - - Red cloth covers, books are 9 1/2" tall. 403 pages and 398 pages. --------Books NEW CONDITION, no flaws at all- - -tan slipcase in Fine Newish Condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First printing stated on copyright page. Large superficial but easily noticed scar on front cover. Inscribed in ink by the author on the blank front free end paper: "To Richard and Valerie with best wishes John W. Robinson." Contents unmarked and fine. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gyorgy Daskaloff (illustrator). Hardback--book perfect--dust cover slight wear.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Little to no edgewear or rubbing. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Two octavo volumes in slipcase. Condition: fine in fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches, 74 pages text including bibliogrphy plus index, followed by 8 plates. Covers have only slight wear, at the edges. Hinges tight and pages clean.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 367 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Works of various artists throughout in color. Record # 2230326.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inside is clean and unmarked. See photos.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Gift inscription to previous owner on FEP. General shelfwear. Text is clean, tight and bright. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cordwainer LoBrutto(Preface) Stephen Martiniere(Jacket Art) (illustrator). First Edition. Variable Star by Robert A. Heinlein Spider Robinson (First Edition) A sharp tight copy. Bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Stated First Edition with full number line 1-10. BOOK.

Softbound. Condition: VG. Illustrated wraps. 366 pp., over 300 color plates. An Exhibtion of Works from The Space Program of The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation at Ace Gallery in New York, May 17 to June 1, 2002. Established in 1985 under the will of Marie Walsh Sharpe, this foundation supports younger artists and has a regular juried exhibition. Well over 150 young artists are mentioned and represented.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Robinson, Clharles (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth with bright gilt design on cover. Slight loss at the head and foot of the spine, slight fading along the top edge of the back cover, inscription in ink "To Amy from 'Nip and Tuck,' internals nice, Good. No Dust Jacket.

Glossy Pictorial Card. Condition: Near Fine (NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Dick Robinson & Ron Hayward (illustrator). First Softback 1986. .Please email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". "Hilary Lawes" Bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 290 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Covers lightly rubbed. Binding a bit cocked. Bottom corners and bottom of spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w figures.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. As new condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Dedication; Preliminary Page Quotes; Preface by Holly Robinson; Introduction by Suzanne Fox; Editorial Note; Contributor Information; Acknowledgments; and Copyright and Prior Publications. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Suzanne Fox, with thin black pen on the second title page. "Where do works of mystery fiction find their starting points? How are those sources and inspirations transformed into well-crafted, compelling plots? Why is murder such a lively starting point for fiction? How do elements such as setting, period, character, mood and milieu help guide the growth from "seed" to finished story? Collecting insights from a diverse group of American, British and European authors and reflecting mystery moods from the cozy to the chilling, [the book] charts the often surprising journey from a point of departure to a memorable mystery novel. Offering a new perspective on the work of beloved authors, celebrating one of fiction's most enduring genres, and illuminating the nature of the creative process itself, this unique collection will appeal to readers of literature and fiction, lovers of mystery, and writers seeking inspiration for their own new stories." - from the rear outer cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing stated on copyright page. Fine with no wear or markings in a fine jacket protected in an archival sleeve. Signed with just his name in ink by the authoron the front blank endpaper and large: "John W. Robinson.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo with grey boards in green and black pictorial jacket; ix, 138 pages; illustrations; index; 22 cm. Includes original sales receipt and Purina goat raising pamphlet. "For most twenty years Miss Helen Walsh, the author of this book, has been a leading breeder of milk goats. Probably she's helped as many beginners start in with goats as anyone else in this country. [.] Because of the dearth of material in book for on goat keeping - and a greatly increased interest in this subject -- I asked Miss Walsh if she'd write a complete manual for the beginner. She did, and here -- after nearly three years' work -- is the book. You'll find "Starting Right with Milk Goats" complete, interestingly written, and wonderfully illustrated." --Preface. A very good (+) copy, clean and tight; owner signature on front flyleaf; in good (-) jacket; some dampstaining and smuding throughout; unfortunately taped with non-archival materials to boards, with large chip along bottom edge of spine and yellowing tape. Jacket now in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. NO JACKET. HARDBACK 1947. Marks to boards. Internally clean. Tight. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 82:18. The Introduction: Twice within the last quarter of a century I have seen it stated - once by a Lord Chancellor, and on the other occasion by Sir John Anderson, when he was Under Secretary to the Home Office - that there was no danger in this country of mentally irresponsible people being hanged for the crime of murder. Prompted by memory, I thought those statements a little wide of the mark. Now, supported by the results of a search through the records of murder trials from 1919 to 1939, I assert they have no foundation in fact. This book is comparable to most murder trials in that it contains the arguments for and against my assertion; and the cases themselves represent the factual, circumstantial and inferential evidence that is given in most criminal trials. As Prosecutor, I have brought every factor to bear in my attempt to prove the need for a material change in the law, and the Defence has been given every opportunity of rebutting it. There is a development - a second book in which I intend to attack the law for its treatment of those mental and moral irresponsibles who make periodical appearances in our courts, and for whom the law has no other cure to offer than that of punishment. The reform needed in the procedure connected with trial for murder cannot be achieved without its application to the criminal code generally, and even then it will be useless without revolutionary changes in our prison system. Both reforms are long overdue, and it is time the public conscience was awakened to its own responsibility for many major errors in administering not only law but justice. if you, the jury of readers, find the law guilty, you are passing sentence on yourselves. You will sentence yourselves, and your children, to decades of reform, in which prisons and asylums will have to be rebuilt, their staffs trained in a new concept of their duties, and law and medicine will have to become partners instead of rivals. You have read the evidence, the collective speeches of Prosecution and Defence, and you have read, in the criticisms, analyses, preface and " Last word," what might be termed a composite summing-up. Ladies and gentlemen, you will - I hope - retire to consider your verdict. March 1947, E. Robinson.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 1928. Revised, updated. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. Black cloth, gold spine lettering. Light general wear. Has b/w photo illustrations. 169 pages. Description of the large Altman bequest to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. 7242.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1947. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref SH46 The Introduction: Twice within the last quarter of a century I have seen it stated - once by a Lord Chancellor, and on the other occasion by Sir John Anderson, when he was Under Secretary to the Home Office - that there was no danger in this country of mentally irresponsible people being hanged for the crime of murder. Prompted by memory, I thought those statements a little wide of the mark. Now, supported by the results of a search through the records of murder trials from 1919 to 1939, I assert they have no foundation in fact. This book is comparable to most murder trials in that it contains the arguments for and against my assertion; and the cases themselves represent the factual, circumstantial and inferential evidence that is given in most criminal trials. As Prosecutor, I have brought every factor to bear in my attempt to prove the need for a material change in the law, and the Defence has been given every opportunity of rebutting it. There is a development - a second book in which I intend to attack the law for its treatment of those mental and moral irresponsibles who make periodical appearances in our courts, and for whom the law has no other cure to offer than that of punishment. The reform needed in the procedure connected with trial for murder cannot be achieved without its application to the criminal code generally, and even then it will be useless without revolutionary changes in our prison system. Both reforms are long overdue, and it is time the public conscience was awakened to its own responsibility for many major errors in administering not only law but justice. if you, the jury of readers, find the law guilty, you are passing sentence on yourselves. You will sentence yourselves, and your children, to decades of reform, in which prisons and asylums will have to be rebuilt, their staffs trained in a new concept of their duties, and law and medicine will have to become partners instead of rivals. You have read the evidence, the collective speeches of Prosecution and Defence, and you have read, in the criticisms, analyses, preface ref " Last word," what might be termed a composite summing-up. Ladies and gentlemen, you will - I hope - retire to consider your verdict. March 1947, E. Robinson.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition, translated from the French by Marion Robinson. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding, and no reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Page block edges clean - top edge a bit dusty and darkened. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no internal foxing. Printed on nice quality paper. Some light creasing to a few top corner tips. No other creases or tears. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 7s. 6d. net. The dustwrapper is virtually complete, with no major faults - just some slight loss at the top and tail of the spine and with some rubbing and creasing at the extremities, with very small chips to the top edge of the back panel. No other chips or serious tears and no fading. Spine of dustwrapper lightly browned. ***272 pages, including the Preface and a couple of pages of Notes at the back of the book. 198mm x 135mm. ***'John Keats (31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 called one ode "one of the final masterpieces."' (Wiki) ***'That the widespread interest taken in Keats in England to-day, a hundred years after his death, is not a local phenomenon, is shown by this life of the poet, written by a Frenchman, himself a poet, in order to introduce to his countrymen one whom he regards as a vital force in literature. ---In showing us this most English of our poets through the eyes of a Frenchman, he contrives to give us a fresh view of him; the lights and shadows fall in other places, and we notice significations which, by their very familiarity, had passed unnoticed, until the shifting of the lamp threw them into relief.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ****A first impression of the first UK edition of this study of the life of John Keats, in very good condition, and in the seldom found original dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. The wraps are in a very good condition, except for mild foxing all over. The starting and ending pages too, have some age related marks. Internally clean and tightly bound. This pamphlet is complete with 52 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.50x5.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.50x5.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, MCMXXIX, Stated 1st edition, 1929, PC but Original Price Intact, blue cloth with gold gilt Title on Spine, Cover light rub, wear & sun at Extremities & spine, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS, Blue DJ with orange lettering & decorations has light rub, wear & tiny Chips Extremities, Cutout piece back of DJ & inner Flap Gone, Interior nice clean some wear FoXing stains here & ther . Half title page has Pasted on Article, Introduction.