Runyon James (70 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Wraps. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 51, No. 1. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Rick Sternbach for "The Anvil of Jove" (novella) by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund. Includes "The Ice Cream Golem" (novelet) by Mel Gilden; "Waiting for You, Maude-Ellen" by J. P. Dixon; "Miranda-Escobedo" by James Sallis; "The Massahattan Snap Tube" by D. Thomas Bear; "B. K. A. The Master" by George Alec Effinger; "The Sitter" by Charles W. Runyon. Departments: "Books" by Alexei & Cory Panshin; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Films: The Greenwood at Sunset" by Baird Searles; "Science: Making It!" by Isaac Asimov; "F&SF Competition". Tanned with edge and corner nicks and wear; label bits and circular sticker on rear. Reading copy. Magazine.…

paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. 415 pp. Quarter-bound in black on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some rubbing on the lower left of the front panel; no interior markings. Dj art by Wilma Ervin. This anthology contains: Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; and Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 415 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; previous owner's name inked out on the front free endpaper. This anthology contains: The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin; Bribery and Corruption by Ruth Rendell; Chef d'Oeuvre by Paul Gallico; La Specialite de M Duclos by Oliver La Farge; Three or Four for Dinner by L. P. Hartley; A Terrible Tale by Gaston Leroux; So You Won't Talk by Damon Runyon; Sauce for the Goose by Patricia Highsmith; A Very Commonplace Murder by P. D. James; A Dinner at Imola by August Derleth; The Feast in the Abbey by Robert Bloch; The Three Low Masses by Alphonse Daudet; The Coffin-Maker by Alexander Pushkin; Guests from Gibbet Island by Washington Irving; The Compleat Housewife by Richard Dehan; The Case of Mr Lucraft by Walter Besant and James Rice; The Man who Couldn't Taste Pepper by G. B. Stern; Final Dining by Roger Zelazny; Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie; The Long Dinner by H. C. Bailey; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; Dinner for Two by Roy Vickers; A Case for Gourmets by Michael Gilbert; Rum for Dinner by Lawrence G. Blochman; Under the Hammer by Georges Simenon; Poison a la Carte by Rex Stout; and Lambs to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. Size: 8vo. Wilma Ervin; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Royce Publishers, Chicago, 1944. Softcover, 125 pp. A small book, measuring 3.125 x 4.75 inches (about 7.9 x 12 cm.). It was a movie theatre handout. With a fool-the-eye design resembling a wider hardcover. Four short stories with illustrations. Very good with edge wear, creases and an old stain on rear panel of wraps. See third photo for scale.…

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Imperceptible Adjustment. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. [1st printing](1944) #127. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3", abridged. Cover art by Axlerod; interiors are uncredited. Includes "Nothing Sacred" by James Street; "Madame La Gimp" by Damon Runyon; "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet; "The Failure" by Katharine Haviland-Taylor. Tanning; edge and corner wear; dusty; creasing; bumps to front; code in pencil on last page. Book.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The March 3, 1934 issue of Collier's The National Weekly. Fiction and articles include Princess O'Hara, a short story by Damon Runyon, Straight From the Feed Box, an article by Quentin Reynolds, My Love to Marcia, a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner James Gould Cozzens, part 12 of 12 (conclusion) of Marriage for Revenue, a novel by George Agnew Chamberlain, part 3 of 10 of Rough Air, an early aviation (western) themed novel by Ernest Haycox - an outlier from his genre Westerns, and others. Cover art by C H Twelvetrees. Condition issues include light soiling to the front cover. There are no cutouts or missing pages. A very good copy. C H Twelvetrees (cover) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with edgewear and several tiny check marks on the contents page.

1st edition. Selection of the best stories of fantasy and science fiction, new and old. Solid bright tight clean copy. 5-1/2 x 7-3/4, 160 pp, b/w cartoon (Gahan Wilson). Fine w faint datestamp on cover. Pulp magazine in color illus wraps (Rick Sternbach).

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. [1st printing.] Dj art by Frank Kelly Freas. Includes "Introduction" by Robert Silverberg; "Catch 'Em All Alive" by Robert Silverberg; "Who Am I?" by Henry Slesar; "Every Day is Christmas" by James E. Gunn; "I'll Take Over" by A.Bertram Chandler; "Song of the Axe" by Don Berry; "Broomstick Ride" by Robert Bloch; "Worlds of Origin" by Jack Vance; "The Tool of Creation" by J.F. Bone; "I Want to Go Home" by Robert Moore Williams; "Hostile Life-Form" by Daniel L. Galouye; "The Gift of Numbers" by Alan E. Nourse; "First Man in a Satellite" by Charles W. Runyon; "A Place Beyond the Stars" by Tom Godwin; "The Loathsome Beasts" by Dan Malcolm [Robert Silverberg]. Illustrated by Ed Emshwiller, Frank Kelly Freas, Paul Orban, and William Bowman. Brand new. Frank Kelly Freas (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, early printing. The book has with square boards, pointed tips and firm spine. Dust jacket is price clipped with some chipping around some edges and at spine ends. No interior markings. Dust jacket has protective removable cover and packaging is suitable for wrapping. Hirsch (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Axelrod. 32mo. Measuring 3" x 4½". 125, [1 ad] pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A tiny bit of loss at the spine ends, near fine. The abridged stories (and subsequent movies) are: "Nothing Sacred" by James Street (same); "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon (*Lady for a Day*); "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét (*All that Money Can Buy*); and "The Failure" by Katharine Haviland-Taylor (*A Man to Remember*). A cute little book, issued as Royce Quick Readers No. 127. …

First Edition. Paperbound. Small format, 3Ó x 4 1/2Ó. Pictorial wrappers and illustrations by Axelrod. Very good plus copy with some minor edge wear and a hint of dust soiling in colorful printed wrappers. An abridged anthology of four stories which were made into films: ÒNothing SacredÓ by James Street, starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March, with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, ÒMadame La GimpÓ by Damon Runyon, which was the basis for Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, starring May Robson and Walter Connolly, ÒThe Devil and Daniel WebsterÓ by Stephen Vincent Benet, which became the motion picture All That Money Can Buy, starring Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, and Simone Simon, and ÒThe FailureÓ by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, which appeared in film under the title A Man to Remember, directed by Garson Kanin, starring Edward Ellis.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second printing, the same month as the first edition. 144pp. Beige cloth covered boards with a couple of small marks. B + w cartoon illustrations. Flyleaf removed, otherwise internally clean. An anthology of the best in American humour. Part of the wartime Life and Literature in the United States series. Gluyas Williams, Richard Decker et al (illustrator).…

Condition: New. In English.

Volume 93, Number 9. Features stories by Damon Runyon and James Gould Cozzens. 11 x 14 inches. 27 leaves, rectos and versos. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Light shelf wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. 266 pages, b&w photos and illus. Pennsylvania local history.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 24th ed. ; xxxvii, 1724 p. illus. (part col.) ; LCCN: 00-6383 ; LC: R121; Dewey: 610.3; NLM: W13; NAL: 448 ; OCLC: 165804 ; Comprehensive biomedical dictionary that reflects standard and current terminology derived from medicine and related disciplines. Official nomenclature from various fields used in compilation. Also includes eponyms, acronyms, abbreviations, and botanical terms, as well as generic and trade names of many drugs. Entries include pronunciation, derivation, plural, definition, and subentries. Cross references. Illustrations throughout." ; well worn copy, but hinges tight in a still serviceable copy ; flexible textured faux leather covers ; G. Book.…