Runyon John (39 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light wear. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Born of the Winds" (novelet) by Brian Lumley. Includes "In the Bowl" (novelet) by John Varley; "A Lamed Wufnik" by Mel Gilden; "In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw" by Charles W. Runyon; "The Three of Tens" by C. L. Grant; "Exile" by Pamela Sargent; "Shakespeare of the Apes" by Robert F. Young. Departments: "Books" by Leonard Isaacs; "Films: Genesis 3 1/2 & 1/2" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: The Smell of Electricity" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Georgia F. Adams; "Index to Volume 49".

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 .

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # P64 of this collection of short stories. All the stories were published earlier in various magazines and collections. Featured are Blood Money by David Karp, Taste by Ronald Dahl, Everything Is Wild by James Thurber, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, The Wager by Anton Chekhov, translated by A.E. Chamot, Two Days Wasted in Kanas City by William Saroyan, Swindler's Luck by Ben Hecht, Katz by Nelson Algren, A Piece of the Pie by Damon Runyon, Elementals by Stephen Vincent Benet, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence, The Resourceful Miss Railey by Irvin S. Cobb, A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce, A Fowl Disaster by John Taintor Foote, Gambler's Luck by Albert Richard Wetjen. Slight spine slant. Light edge wear. Light age toning to the pages. In good condition.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Sticker to front pastedown. DJ with some edge wear, tears and clipped.

paperback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cornwall: Mercury Press Inc. 1975. First edition. Magazine. Digest sized pictorial wrappers, 162 pages, illustrated. VG+ or better copy [cheap text paper tanning] with a mailing label to the rear cover and a store stamp inside the front cover. .bx14.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 49, No. 6. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Born of the Winds" (novelet) by Brian Lumley. Includes "In the Bowl" (novelet) by John Varley; "A Lamed Wufnik" by Mel Gilden; "In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw" by Charles W. Runyon; "The Three of Tens" by C. L. Grant; "Exile" by Pamela Sargent; "Shakespeare of the Apes" by Robert F. Young. Departments: "Books" by Leonard Isaacs; "Films: Genesis 3 1/2 & 1/2" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: The Smell of Electricity" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Georgia F. Adams; "Index to Volume 49". Tanning; minor soiling and dents. No label, never was. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 49, No. 6. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Born of the Winds" (novelet) by Brian Lumley. Includes "In the Bowl" (novelet) by John Varley; "A Lamed Wufnik" by Mel Gilden; "In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw" by Charles W. Runyon; "The Three of Tens" by C. L. Grant; "Exile" by Pamela Sargent; "Shakespeare of the Apes" by Robert F. Young. Departments: "Books" by Leonard Isaacs; "Films: Genesis 3 1/2 & 1/2" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: The Smell of Electricity" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Georgia F. Adams; "Index to Volume 49". Tanning. No label, never was. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Red cloth boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 49, No. 6. Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Cover art by Mazey & Schell for "Born of the Winds" (novelet) by Brian Lumley. Includes "In the Bowl" (novelet) by John Varley; "A Lamed Wufnik" by Mel Gilden; "In Case of Danger, Prsp the Ntxivbw" by Charles W. Runyon; "The Three of Tens" by C. L. Grant; "Exile" by Pamela Sargent; "Shakespeare of the Apes" by Robert F. Young. Departments: "Books" by Leonard Isaacs; "Films: Genesis 3 1/2 & 1/2" by Baird Searles; "Cartoon" by Gahan Wilson; "Science: The Smell of Electricity" by Isaac Asimov; "Acrostic Puzzle" by Georgia F. Adams; "Index to Volume 49". Tanning; minor rubbing. No label, never was. Book.

Stiff pr. wraps. Condition: Good. 1st Ed 22pp, illus, stiff pr. wraps nice New Mexico locale.

Condition: New. In.

First Edition. A NOVEL CALENDAR 2006, Sunderland, 2006,first edition, just about fine in spiral bound wraps as issued. A large calendar measuring 18 inches by 12 inches with image sizes measuring 10.75 inches by 9.5 inches for each month of the year. The wonderful full color dust-jackets pictured are for first editions of:GUYS & DOLLS (Damon Runyon), BOTANY BAY (Charles Nordhoff & John Norman Hall), KING KONG (Edgar Wallace & Merian Cooper), SANDS OF MARS (Arthur C. Clarke), THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Ernest Hemingway), FRENCH LEAVE (P.G. Wodehouse), THE RED HEADED OUTFIELD AND OTHER BASEBALL STORIES (Zane Grey), THE GREAT GATSBY, (F. Scott Fitzgerald), THE LONG GOOD-BYE (Raymond Chandler), GOLDFINGER (Ian Fleming), CUP OF GOLD (John Steinbeck) & HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS (Agatha Christie).

FIRST EDITION. COLLIER'S GREATEST SPORTS STORIES, A. S. Barnes, 1955, first edition, near fine in bright vg dust-wrapper with some closed tears and slight stain on the lower rear panel. Thirty-eight sports stories and articles reprinted from Collier's by Walter Camp, A. Conan Doyle, Ring Lardner, Knute Rockne, Damon Runyon, Red Smith, P. G. Wodehouse and others.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Original stapled colour illustrated souvenir theatre brochure programme. 10'' x 6''. Contains 52 pages with photographs of the characters from the production. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 301 pages. 8.90x0.70x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. In.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 334 pages. 6.00x0.75x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First edition (so stated). 8vo. 15 b/w photographs. Bibliography. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. No signatures or bookplates. Previous owner's circular blindstamp on the front free endpaper. New York and New Yorkers as embodied in the person of Runyon (1880-1946) and Winchell (1897-1952).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Softcover. Condition: good-. First edition. Quarto. 194pp. Index of advertisers. Original brown wrappers decorated in red, black & gold. Illustrated throughout by contemporary artists & magazine illustrators, from James Montgomery Flagg to Alex "Flash Gordon," Raymond to "Rube" Goldberg. Title page with "Occidental College Library" perforation stamp and verso of front wrapper with the college bookplate. Rear endpaper with a library pocket. Bottom of spine with a white paper label masking library call letters. Head of spine with a small chip and 2" split at front hinge. This copy a presentation to Walter Wanger with "Privileged to Mr. Walter Wanger" in calligraphy at bottom of title page. Walter Wanger (1894-1968) was a Hollywood movie producer whose career ranged from the silent movie era (The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino in 1921 to Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in 1963).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Twenty Fifth Anniversary Edition. Twenty Fifth Anniversary Edition. Quarto, original red cloth over boards, stamped in gilt, black and white and color illustrations throughout, invitation to an open house on October 19, 1952 laid in. "Thru which is presented a vivid portrayal of a unique institution -- by a distinguished group of authors, artists and celebrities. Issued on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of '21,' in memory of John Carl Kriendler for the benefit of the New York Heart Association." Near Fine, light shelf wear.

Vintage publicity photograph from the 1943 film, showing actors Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Partial printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. After accidentally killing a hack horse, a cab driver and his friend unknowingly replace the horse with a show champion named Tea Biscuit. Based on "Princess O'Hara," a short story by Damon Runyon, previously adapted by Universal in 1935. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. 10 x 8 inches. Tiny nick at the bottom left corner, else Near Fine.

First Edition. Artists & Writers Golf Association 1935, Produced By Phil Kobbe, Executed by National Process Co., 1935, first edition, some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, upper margins of covers a bit lightened, else a vg copy with fine contents. Illustrated with 137 portraits (mostly photographic save for a few drawn by club member James Montgomery Flagg) of current members, four to a page, save for the club President, Grantland Rice, who has his own page and each with a humorous caption by Rube Goldberg below the image captured by Al Pach. This group of 'artistic' golfers were found on occasion at municipal courses and private country clubs in and around the burroughs of New York. Sometimes they would go south depending on the time of year. Among the 1935 members pictured here are: the author Rube Goldberg, Rex Beach, James Montgomery Flagg, Clarence Budington Kelland, John La Gatta, Paul Gallico, Robert Ripley, George Abbot, Ben Ames Williams, Damon Runyon, Al Jolson, George Palmer Putman, Arthur Wilson Brown, Russell Patterson, Wilfred Funk, Conde Nast, Dick Simon, Otto Soglow, Paul Whiteman, and many, many others. This copy owned by member, John Lagotta, as witnessed by his bookplate on the f.e.p. A rare book with very few institutional holdings. Accompanied by 2 tear sheets from the March 29, 1929 issue of The Amateur Golfer depicting 12 portraits of club members by artist James Montgomery Flagg as well as a black and white photo (with two tape repairs to the verso) of members Joe Connolly, John LaGatta, John Sheridan and Charles Miller at Wykagyl dated October, 1930 in full golf gear laid in.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 334.