Shaver Ruth (37 results)

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers 6.75" x 9.75", 178 pages, illustrated. Includes "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Ray Bradbury. Good only copy tearing to the spine, creasing and edge wear and scattered chippi…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean tight yellow cloth covered boards with a small ding to lower front corner and overall light shelf/edge wear. DJ is wholly intact and has a slight tear/wrinkle to lower right front corner. Light shelf and edge wear otherwise, protected in aci…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 146 pp. General wear. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones. This issue contains; Exiles of the Elfmounds - a novelette by Richard S. Shaver (Paul Lohrman); Coffin of Hope - a novelette by Lee Francis; Decoy in Space - a short story by David C. McGowan; The Shortcut - a short story by…

Condition: acceptable. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of note…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Vantage Press, 1971. Stated first edition, 1971, with letter signed by one of the authors, Ruth Shaver, laid in loosely at the front. Musty odor. Yellow cloth with dustajcket. Except for the odor, near fine in a very good dustjacket. The…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Fair / with Protective Cover. First American Edition. Good condition. Ownership mark on the FEP. The d.j. has rubbing, edge wear, corner chips and page have yellowing. Chapter 269 has some minor highlighting and the glossery has a few margin marks. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Akira, Soma & Gako,…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition; 2nd printing. DJ intact. Presenting a detailed and well-researched compendium on the textiles and dress of the Kabuki theater, as well as an introduction to Japanese culture and visual arts generally. More than 250 illustrations, with 110 in col…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 396 pages, over 250 illustrations, with 110 in full colour. Glossary, bibliography, index of actors, plays and roles. Hb in dw, dw slightly chipped at lower corner and top of spine, otherwise a very nice copy. Akira, Soma; Gako, Ota (illustrator)…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. (1966) 2nd prtg. Black cloth boards, unclipped color illus silver dj, all exc unread, as new cond; 252 color, b/w illus, some full pg. 396 pp. Book result of Author's 14-yr immersion into the Kabuki world, mkg friends w/ actors & others in the theater, supplemented then by 5 y…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First printing. 4to, Beautiful binding of black cloth with ribbons of green and brown Japanese paper & embossed mask with silky endpapers in DJ and original box. 396 pgs including glossary and index. Over 250 Illustrations including 110 in full color by Soma Akira and Ota Gako…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. The first printing, 396 pages illustrated in color by Soma Akira and Ota Gako. "Of the numerous books in English dealing with the Kabuki theater of Japan, none so far has devoted itself exclusively to costume. And yet costume is undeniably one of the outstanding features…