Singer Charles Editors (46 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 278 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Hiro Kimura. This anthology contains: Twilla by Tom Reamy; One Other by Manly Wade Wellman; The Mangler by Stephen King; Nellthu and Snulbug by Anthony Boucher; The Willow Platform by Joseph Payne Brennan; Grail by Harlan Ellison; The Night of the White Bairab by Lucius Shepard; The Last Demon by Isaac Bashevis Singer; The Golden Rope by Tanith Lee; Basileus by Robert Silverberg; Goslin Day by Avram Davidson; An Ornament to His Profession by Charles L. Harness; and The Purple Pterodactyls by L. Sprague de Camp. Hiro Kimura; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 240 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Preface; Introduction; The Castle: A Parable by George MacDonald; Et in Sempiternum Pereant by Charles Williams; Jachid and Jechidah by Isaac Bashevis Singer; The Bell of Saint Euschemon by Richard Garnett; The Fisherman and His Soul by Oscar Wilde; In the Temple by Selma Lagerlof; St. Erik and the Abducted Maiden by Verner von Heidenstam; The Giant by Walter de la Mare; Dr Faust's Last Day by Maurice Baring; The Rime of True Thomas by John Buchan; Simple Simon by A. E. Coppard; The Night of Al Kadr by Kenneth Morris; The Lift That Went Down to Hell by Par Lagerkvist; Amigo Heliotropo by Felix Marti-Ibanez; The Greatest Feat by John Aurelio; and With a Long Spoon by Vera Chapman. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xxiv) 232 pp. Quarter-bound in black on gray boards; lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. This collection of essays contains: And Now This: Lessons from the Old Era for the New One by John Lewis Gaddis; Empowered through Violence: The Reinventing of Islamic Extremism by Abbas Amanat; Maintaning American Power: From Injury to Recovery by Paul Kennedy; A Herculean Task: The Myth and Reality of Arab Terrorism by Charles Hill; Clashing Civilizations or Mad Mullahs: The United States between Informal and Formal Empire by Niall Ferguson; Preserving American Values: The Challenge at Home and Abroad by Harold Hongju Koh; Rethinking the Unthinkable: New Priorities for New National Security by Paul Bracken; and The Challenge to Science: How to Mobilize American Ingenuity by Maxine Singer; followed by an index. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Owner name. Jacket has light browning around edges with heavier browning of spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 728 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fine in very good dust jacket. Reprint. Pages clean. Dustwrapper price clipped. Light shelf rubbing to dust jacket.

Single Issue magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Chicago / New York: Popular Publications Inc. Very Good. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Single Issue magazine. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 130 pages, illustrated. A very good copy with the spine cocked, usual edgewear and small tears and chips to the covers, text paper tanned as usual. See Photo ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 130 pages . whbx 7e. cover by Malvin Singer (illustrator).…

VOLUME IV ONLY OF A FIVE VOLUME SET. Library of Science Edition (as specified at foot of copyright page). xxxiii, [1], 728 pages plus 48 pages of b/w plates at rear. Hardcover; H 24.75cm x L 18.75cm. Dust jacket well browned at spine as usual with small surface abrasion near spine head from removal of sticker, light soiling to panels, faint browning at spine and top edges of front panel. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamped spine lettering. Color frontispiece. Preface by all four editors. Maps, charts, tables, illustrations. Indexes. Excellent reference which remains highly regarded in its examination of technological development. This volume features 23 chapters divided into the following five sections: PRIMARY PRODUCTION; FORMS OF ENERGY; MANUFACTURE; STATIC ENGINEERING; and COMMUNICATIONS. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xxxiii + 728 pages; color frontispiece, 48 B/W plates. G/HC/DJ. Old tape-toning. Else unmarked and firm. Edited by Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams; Assisted by Y. Peel, J.R. Petty, M. Reeve. Volume IV (of 8) only. Primary 5 volume narrative was later expanded to A.D.1950, stopping with Index, Volume 8. Extra international postage required. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. lix + 802 pages; color frontispiece + 44 B/W plates. G/HC/DJ. Old tape-toning. Else unmarked and firm. Edited by Charles Singer, E.J. Holmyard, A.R. Hall, and Trevor I. Williams; Assisted by E. Jaffe, Nan Clow, and R.H.G. Thomson. Historical notes / by A.R. Hall. Volume II (of 8) only. Primary 5 volume narrative was later expanded to A.D.1950, stopping with Index, Volume 8. Extra international postage required.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 802 pages. Dust jacket price clipped; front endpaper removed. Reprint with corrections. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Scarce (Volume I only). This is an early reprint of the 1954 edition, and is not a former library book. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. This valuable publication is 827 pages in length, and features 570 carefully executed text figures, 36 black-and-white plates, a color frontispiece, 10 tables, and 9 maps. Students of ancient Egypt will find much of interest here. The chapters by Cyril Aldred (Fine Wood-work) and O. Neugebauer (Mathematics and Astronomy) deserve special note. Our copy is perfectly clean, and is in very good condition. Photographs are available upon request. "This five volume set includes the following titles: Volume I: From Early Times to Fall of Ancient Empires; Volume II: The Mediterranean Civilizations and the Middle Ages, 700 B.C to A.D. 1500; Volume III: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, 1500-1750; Volume IV: The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850; and Volume V: The Late Nineteenth Century, 1850-1900. From the Preface: "The main object of this work is to provide students of technology and applied science with some humane and historical background for the studies. They may thus be helped to realize that the subjects of their special training are parts of a very ancient process and are rooted in many civilizations. These volumes aim at providing a longer perspective of the ways in which the immensely complex technical knowledge of our civilization came into being".…

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (judaism, christianity, middle east, history) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Very good. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top,bottom of spine, corners rubbed. Internally clean and tight.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Front and rear inner hinges weak, but holding. Internally clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Torn. Book is in quite good condition, pages yellowing. Dust jacket is fragile and considerably torn in places. Inside the front cover is a large bookplate of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, with a picture of blind Justice.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume 2 only. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are mostly clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1928, corrected impression. Hardback, 8vo, xxxix,551pp, illust. Some pencil marks. Original blue cloth, slightly bumped. A fair copy. /0.7uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. size 26cm x 20cm, lvii, 799pp plus 44 frontis., 44 black and white plates at end, illus. throughout, blue cloth (very good). dust jacket (minor soiling o/w good+). PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK WEIGHS 2.1 KILOS WITH PACKING.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Navy blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Palest green dj with turquoise decoration and red lettering. lv, 8 bw maps, 827 pp., 36 bw plates. Includes a color frontis with tissue guard and 570 bw illustrations. A bit heavy at 5 pounds and may require extra postage. Volume I of an eventual set of five. Entries by numerous contributors. A very clean copy but museum ex-lib. copy with a few marks, including spine sticker. Binding lightly bumped.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED; Good or Better hardcover, some splitting to spine, volume 2 only, sm4to, 802 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 766+pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled; spine ends a bit bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. DJ lightly soiled; spine and edges darkened. Spine has small, faint dampstains, and approx. 2" long chip near top. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. l, 828pp, numerous in-text black and white illustrations; 36 black and white photographic plates in rear. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 4to. Sun-faded spine; rubbed spine heel with 2cm closed tears at spine head, light wear to boards; shelf number label taped on spine. Text block edges just starting to tan. Lender's stamps, security device and markings on front endpapers, title and copyright pages; gutters strained, volume loose. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. An Ex-Library Hardback with dust jacket. Officially withdrawn with usual library stamps and markings. Published in 1980 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. A good, clean copy. Weighing 2kg will ship overseas for extra postage. A History of Technology Volume V. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 1D*.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 888 pages, 44 plates at end of book, the Late Nineteenth Century c. 1850- c. 1900. Slight yellowing to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A History of Technology From Early Times to 1900 (5 Volumes) editors Singer, Charles., Holmyard, E.J. And Hall, A.R. , Williams, Trevor I hardcover in dustjacket, 4 Vols in plastic protector c1969-1972 published at Oxford by Clarendon Press The development of technology and the inventions that have marked the progress of civilization from the earliest times to 1950 are described and examined in light of social, economic, and political trends ex library but minimal library markings, stamps on 1st blank page otherwise clean, clean and tight NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING .EXTRA CHARGES IN THE US MEDIA MAIL WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $25.…

Condition: Very Good. Reprinted with corrections hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains (lv), 827 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout followed by 36 plates. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small stain to the foot of the spine. Heavy volume weighing 2 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. TECHNOLOGY (Industrial Arts).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A beautiful crisp clean five volume set in near fine condition, volume III has lightly bumped corners, mild shelfwear to extremities of all five volumes. DJ's in very good condition with light sunning to spines. PLEASE NOTE: OVERSIZED ITEM NO INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ON AMAZON. …