S J Sackett (40 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Evanston: Greenleaf Publishing Company. Very Good. 1954. First Edition. Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers [about 5.25" x 7.25"], 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "Don't Panic!" by Geoff St Reynard, "Let Space Be Your Coffin" by S. M. Tenneshaw, "Eight Million Dollars From Mars!" by Winston Marks, etc. A very good copy with minor cover soiling and foxing, text paper lightly toned. See Photos Whbx 17 / E. cover art by W. E. Terry (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 1961. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips and spine shoulders. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.00); missing small pieces at head; light suntoning to spine; closed tears along the top and bottom of DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with bright blue lettering on the spine. 251 pp 8vo. The twelve studies presented in this book are strong evidence that the state is rich in material which is both interesting in itself and of potential value for future comparative studies. Sections are; Folktales, Legends, Beliefs, Superstitions and sayings, Proverbs and Riddles, Dialect, Folk Verse, Folksongs and Ballads, Customs, Dances and Games, and Recipes. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crisp and unmarked, NF/VG. Full cloth binding. 189pp. Jacket is rubbed along edges. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Good. iv + 39pp. Reset in modern type. Some notes in pencil at the table of contents, otherwise clean; stapled binding is secure; soft cover has a scattering of small scuffs on the front, a small gray spot near the spine, and some rubbing at corners and spine ends, otherwise sound. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/moderate rubbing; 189 clen, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Evanston, IL : Greenleaf Publishing Company 1955 First edition 130 page Vintage Digest Sized Magazine in pictorial wrappers [about 5.5" x 7.25"], , illustrated. Includes "Es Percipi" by Stephen Marlowe, "Deadline Sunday" by Daniel F. Galouye, "The Pioneer" by Irving Cox Jr, "No Gun to the Victor" by Theodore R. Cogswell, etc. with Cover art by W. E. Terry A very good copy with very scattered foxing to the cover, foxing to the margins of the first and last pages, text paper lightly toned. See Photos mag9. Cover art by W. E. Terry (illustrator).…

6th Printing Paperback Good-. 8vo, 251, Trade paperback. General wear to edges/corners. Back cover has been on something sticky - paperpulls down the back cover edge. Prev. owner's gift inscription front endpaper. Content pages are VG.

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

1961 VG/G, DJ chipped, one 3" closd tear on top front cover. In Protactive Mylar, previuos owners info on front free page, 249 pages.

Hardcover. 251pp. Book is in perfect condition with text clean and binding tight but the dust jacket has a few small chips and tears.

Paperback. Condition: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Sticker on the endpaper, else very good and clean. Light cover wear.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 29 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. By S.J. Sackett. New York: Twayne Publishers, (1972). First edition. Twayne's United States Author Series #195. The first full-length study of the Edgar Watson Howe's works with an examination of THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN--the first American Naturalistic novel. Fine and very tight in deep-blue linen with gilt embossed titles and insignia to the front cover and to the spine, blue-and-yellow headband and tail-band, blue end-papers; in a very good plus rubbed dust jacket. Octavo; 189 pages; notes; select bibliography; index.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 251 pages, clean text, Sixth reprint, owner's name & stamp on half-title page.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk 189pp dj shelfworn now in protective sleeve otherwise internally an excellent clean tight unmarked text almost as new.

3rd prtg., NF/VG jacket.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First edition. A near fine copy in slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few very short edge tears. Includes dances, games, songs, recipes, glossary with dialects, legends, customs and etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stated "Fifth reprint 1975". Paperback is in Very Good+ condition. Light wear to cover, edges and but cover bright and clean with the exception of a few minor marks and smudges. Binding tight and solid. Previous owners name written in ball point ink at top right corner of half-title page, but otherwise all pages clean and unmarked. Book will arrive in protective mylar sleeve and carefully packaged for safe shipping. See photos.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Ted Verney's University Book Store, 1981 reprinting. 251pp., index, bibliography. 8vo. Inscribed on title page by William Koch. Minor wear upper edge of spine; else near fine trade paperback, uncreased spine.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Red wrappers. 95-188pp. Spine lightly tanned and cocked, corners bumped, near fine. Articles, notes and queries, and book reviews by Leonard W. Moss, Stephen C. Cappannari, Merle L. Simmons, Robert Stevenson, Morris E. Opler, Macedward Leach, Ed Cray, Tristram P. Coffin, Americo Paredes, S.J. Sackett, Walter E. Boyer, Leonard Roberts, Howard Mumford Jones, Daniel G. Hoffman, Bela Gunda, Morton Y. Jacobs, Claude M. Simpson, Norman Cazden, Morton H. Levine, Arthur Freeman, Richard M. Dorson, Wolf Leslau, Gertrude P. Kurath, Marshall W. Stearns, Charles O. Frake, David Bidney, Bacil F. Kirtley, Carmen Cook de Leonard, and J. David Sapir. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Out of print. Binding is cloth.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Near Very Good. Stapled wraps, has slight bumps to spine ends and corners with tiny tears to spine ends and a touch of creasing to cover corners, light toning to spine and edges, a very small chip to front cover and first page at binding just a couple inches below the head, a touch of cross creasing to the spine, and a couple very small areas of mottling and faint smudging, otherwise a solid Near VG copy. …

Howe, E.W. 1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.