Shaw John Bennett (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # P126 of this collection of western stories. Featured are Stagecoach West by Frank Bonham, The Last Snake by A.B. Guthrie Jr., Son of a King by Thomas Thompson, Red Horse Hamber by Dee Linford, The Long Shot by John M. Cunningham, Deep Winter by Ernest Haycox, A Man For the Rio Flame by Bob Obets, Dusty Wheels - Bloody Trail! by Frank Bonham, The Man Who Cursed Texas by Ray Nafziger, Partners' Quarrel by Bennett Foster, Wild Leather by Norman A. Fox. Light moisture stain to the top edge of pages 1 to 140. Age toning to the cover and pages. Light sun fading to the cover. Edgewear to the tips of the spine. Light reading crease near the spine. In Good Condition.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. first edition,1p"; 987654321pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPTS25.00) DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT under protective vinyl. ; GOLD TITLES ON BLUE CLOTH SPINE STRIP.WHITE HARD COVERS.DJ COVER SHOWS Sherlock in brown coat, Magnifying glass & famous pipe.; Many old line ilust ; 323pg pages; More than 100 years after his first appearance, Sherlock Holmes is a literary phenomenon . comprehensive compendium to all the stories, films, characters, and clues from the Canon provides synopses of every case in the stories and novels, profiles of notable figures, descriptions of the real cases that inspired Conan Doyle, and more. 113 illustrations. Maps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wrappers The Master Sleuth Quizbook.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. HARDCOVER; in fine condition. Book.

97 pages. Jonathan Power (New Proletariat); P.N. Furbank (Arnold Bennett); John Weightman (Theatre: Tom Stoppard, Bernard Shaw); Constanticen Fitzgibbon (Norman Douglas); Mexx Beloff (Thomas Jefferson); Robert Isbet (Rousseau) Janet Adam Smith (Edwin Muir Letters); E.J. Misban (New Inflation); Roy Fuller (Keith Douglas); Poetry (John Nole, Obert Graves, Anthony Twaite, John Mathias, David Rokzah, David Day, Peter Porter); Golo Mann (Geeration Gap).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Fine As New. First Edition. Wrappers The Master Sleuth Quizbook.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wrappers The Master Sleuth Quizbook. Inscribed by Shaw to a prominent Sherlockian.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Mark Summers (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners slightly rubbed and bruised, not price clipped (£17.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 326pp, illustrated. The fascination of Sherlock Holmes is a literary phenomenon. In December 1893, the public created such an uproar when they read of the sleuth's apparent demise in the disaster at Reichenbach Falls, that they forced his reappearance in 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes'. This book sets out to capture the life and times of the great detective. Over 1500 entries are arranged alphabetically, providing synopses of every case in the stories and novels. Included are profiles of notable figures, descriptions of the real cases which inspired Conan Doyle, methods of murder and detection, and detailed descriptions of every film, radio and television production. Aliases, disguises and codes are revealed. Essential reading foe fans of the great detective.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Dark blue pebbled leatherette, gilt stamped cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Scott Bond. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.9.

8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A T.L.s FROM THE COMPILER. The catalogue lists 101 items. VERY SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: Miniature (2 7/8" x 2". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Miniature book, gilt-stamped maroon leather over boards, 98 pages of Sherlock Holmes-related vocabulary definitions. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015859.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Morant, Nicholas; Winter, W.A.; Dresser, Lawrence; Harris,Lawrence; Holmgren, John (illustrator). First Edition. Features: Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with W.A. Winter painting of a barn raising; Colour Ritz Cracker ad; What will follow the peace in Europe?; Photo of Royal Canadian Engineers in Holland searching with mine detector for $25,000 in jewels hidden by Dutch family for Jewish couple who escaped from Poland; Photo of a C.W.A.C. in a valo-taxi, the Parisian version of a rickshaw; Great editorial with photo of Miss Francis Langford, whose "pin up" in the wartime issue of this publication was most popular with Canadian troops; Nice colour Orange Crush features young lady holding brown glass bottle; Horation Alger in the White House - photo-illustrated article on Harry S. Truman; The Eternal Balance (short story); The Wife of a Hero (short story); The Knight is Young - photo-illustrated article on Alan Young of New York's Radio City; Too Many Cookies (short story); The East Coast Sardine Industry - photo-illustrated article; Evinrude ad shows military rafts powered by their outboards; The Cop's Horse - interesting article on New York's police horses; The Great Bullion Mystery - James Dye of Pinkerton's is called to the Seattle National Bank when $85k in gold goes missing on a boat named the 'Sarah' steaming from Tanana to Dawson; Children and Sunburn; Family Relations in B.C. - U.B.C. launches course on marriage and family life; Centrefold Frigidaire ad called "3000 Miles of Frigidaire" shows map of Canada; Ad in which Schiaparelli interprets new Proud Pink Cutex nail polish; Short article called "War Worker" about Margaret Strachan who worked at Toronto's Royal York Hotel; Great one-page colour GM ad entitled 'Victory Parade' includes 15 illustrations of military products they made to support the war effort; Great photos of newlywed couple Kathleen Cuninghame and Tommy Hull, both of Toronto, in Woodbury soap ad; Colour ads for Canada Dry, Savoy Custard Powder, Clark's Mushroom Soup and Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Arrid ad features nice photo of Ilona Massey; New science developments; World Sayings; Interesting ad inside back cover by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "What Every Housewife Should Know About Sugar For Canning", with illustration of sugar ration coupons; Colour White Rose ad on back cover encourages post-war readers to 'Look forward to the better things in Life!"; and more. 56 pages. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Light beige staining to back cover. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; National Home Monthly Magazine, July 1945 - Harry S. Truman / The Maritimes' Sardine Industry Fishing East Coast Washington-Alaska Bank Cover photo of young lady with bike; Nice Ford ad inside front cover with painting of barn raising by W.A. Winter;

The Three Students Plus / Bruce Kennedy 1973. In-8 agrafé de 34 pages, au format 23 x 15,5 cm. Couverture illustrée par J. Jacobson. Plats et intérieur frais. Préface de John Bennett Shaw. Recueil de pastiches et de textes consacrés à Sherlock Holmes par Bruce Kennedy, Susan Dahlinger, Bradley Kjell, Michael Harrison, Thomas Hammond, Douglas Morrison Jr, Chris Redmond, Nicholas Utechin, I.Jopson. Petit tirage imprimé à quelques exemplaires par Bradley Kjell. Etat superbe de fraicheur. Rare édition originale en petit tirage.