Smith Sydney R (152 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear. Some loss to bottom of cover as pictured. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Almost no wear. Cover Art: Virgil Finlay (illustrator). 1962 Edition. © 1962: An anthology of science fiction short stories & articles (variant of October 1962 US edition):- Contents: Serial - Plague Of Pythons by Frederik Pohl (First of Two Parts). Novella(s) - The Earthman's Burden by Donald E Westlake. Novelette(s) - The Ballad Of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith / Who Dares A Bulbur Eat? by Gordon R Dickson. Short Stories - Come Into My Cellar by Ray Bradbury / A City Near Centaurus by Bill Doede / How To Make Friends by Jim Harmon / Roberta by Margaret St Clair / Bimmie Says by Sydney Van Scyoc. Science Feature - For Your Information by Willy Ley.…

Digest Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 27, No. 5. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. Mild spine roll. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. Fifth edition, 24mo, 192pp, illustrated with grotesques by Beardsley, green soft leather cover with gilt, boards detached, occasional pages uncut, leather lacking from rear cover, spine lacking, text block in multiple pieces, binding copy, contents clean and bright. Aubrey Beardsley (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Oversized.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 27, No. 5. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover art by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. Short tear with minor loss at upper frotn cover edge; tanning; minor creasing. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 21, No.3. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Gaughan for "Home from the Shore" (novella) by Gordon R. Dickson. Includes "Think Blue, Count Two" (novella) by Cordwainer Smith; "Comic Inferno" (novella) by Brian W. Aldiss; "The Bad Life" (novella) by Jerome Bixby; "Day of Truce" (novellete) by Clifford D. Simak; "Pollony Undiverted" by Sydney Van Scyoc; Science Feature: "For Your Information - First Flight by Rocket Power" by Willy Ley. Departments: "Editorial: Honor for Prophets"; "Forecast"; "Galaxy's Five Star Shelf".Illustrated by Gaughan, R. D. Francis, Emsh, Giunta, and Finlay. Small corner loss (see scan); creasing; minor rear cover scar; a little stress; tanning. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 27, No. 5. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. Mild spine roll. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. owner's name to ffep. foreword by erle stanley gardner.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. First Edition. ----------science fiction pulp magazine, digest size. Notable stories are Plague of Pythons (pt 1) by Pohl, The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Smith, and Come Into My Cellar by Bradbury. Reading crease, a VG+ to near fine copy. Virgil Finlay (front cover) (illustrator).…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 27, No. 5. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover art by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. A few minor bumps; corner wear; tanning; top edge a little soiled; cover stamp. Book.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 27, No. 5. Edited by Avram Davidson & Ted White. Cover by Emsh for "The Third Coordinate" by Adam Smith. Includes "Greenplace" by Tom Purdom; "After Everything, What?" by Dick Moore; "Treat" (verse) by Walter H. Kerr; "Breakthrough" by Jack Sharkey; "Books" (reviews) by Avram Davidson; "Dark Conception" by Louis J. A. Adams; "One Man's Dream" by Sydney Van Scyoc; "The New Encyclopaedist - III" by Stephen Becker; "Where Do You Live, Queen Esther?" by Avram Davidson; "Science: The Black of Night" by Isaac Asimov; "On the House" by R. C. FitzPatrick; "Portrait of the Artist" by Harry Harrison; "Hag" (verse) by Russell F. Letson, Jr.; "Oversight" by Richard Olin. Tanning; a little soiling/spotting at edges. Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 184 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.42 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 128 pp. Digest format. Light edge and corner wear. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller. This issue contains: Greenplace by Tom Purdom; After Everything What by Dick Moore; Breakthrough by Jack Sharkey; Dark Conception by Louis J. A. Adams; One Man's Dream by Sydney Van Scyoc; The New Encyclopaedist III by Stephen Becker; Where Do You Live Queen Esther by Avram Davidson; The Black of Night - a science article by Isaac Asimov; On the House by R. C. FitzPatrick; Portrait of the Artist by Harry Harrison; Oversight by Richard Olin; The Third Coordinate - a novelette by Adam Smith; Treat - a poem by Walter H. Kerr; and Hag - a poem by Russell F. Letson Jr.; along with the usual features. Size: 12mo. Ed Emsh; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by DAVID McKAY COMPANY, INC., 1959. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good, with some shelf/edgewear.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 243 pages. 6.00x0.55x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Mass market paperback. Light dampstain on edges, wrapper curled, good only. The third of a series of volumes highlighting writing from around the world. Authors include Margaret Mead, Hollis Summers, Jose Suarez Carreno, Peggy Bennett, Richard Eberhart, C. Tunnard, H.H. Reed, David Dempsey, Ignazio Silone, Louis Auchincloss, M.R. Kadish, Dyland Thomas, John Lee Wheldon, Hamdi Bey, Gene Bara, Robert Pinget, Evan S. Connell, Jr., Jay Leyda, R.S. Niedelman, Alberto Moravia, John Howard Griffin, Peter Matthieseen, Albert J. Guerard, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, William H. Matchett, Spencer Brown, Alexander Trocchi, Galway Kinnell, Patrick Boland, Howard Moss, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Byron Vazakas, John Ashbery, Harry Duncan, Herbert Morris, Lucinda Collins, and B. Rajan. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First U.S. Edition. [1934] 384 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed along extremities; bottom corners bumped. Front inner hinge starting; rear inner hinge cracked. Neat inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper; pencil notes to front and rear blank endpapers. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ several b/w plates and 9 fold-out maps.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Not dated, but 1907 or 1908 based on library catalogues. Bound in publisher's cloth, with printed boards. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages.

8vo. 224pp. Original cloth-backed boards, innumerable line illustrations, a very good copy. First edition and first of a series of five.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with blue cloth over boards, gold lettering on spine. Purple DJ with white text on cover and spine, some spots of discoloration front cover, especially on edge of flap. One small closed tear at bottom of DJ's front cover, one chip, about a centimeter long, a few inches from the tear. No date on title page. Copyright page dated only 1978. xiii + 503 pages. Includes references and index. Black and white photograph of Karl A. Menninger faces title page. Front free endpaper inscribed by editor, "With warmest regards, To K---, Though "our revels [illegible] are ended" with Topeka our friendship continues, Sydney Smith, La Jolla, 1979." Pages clean and bright. Binding neat and tight. Please email us with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green buckram gilt, DW, thick 4to., xvii, 443 pages, 16 illustrations. A better than very good copy in a mildly soiled and edgeworn DW, in archival mylar.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First UK Edition. Lovely 1st British edition green cloth hardcover with dull but legible gilt titles on backstrip. Very light color loss at lightly bumped tips. No fraying. Name, two small bits of cello tape glue remnants and vintage bookstore sticker on frt pastedown from Sydney R. Smith Sporting Books Canaan, NY (Sydney Smith composed the Bibliography). Illustrated with b/w photos and art reproductions. A few check marks and some tidy marginalia in Bibliography in rear of book. An important reference that covers the subject and history of sporting books from 1373 through 1950. 443 pp. This book give biographical essays describing the lives and work of the most significant sporting authors of the British Isles and North America. The essays are arranged chronologically beginning with Edward, Duke of York (The Master of Game) and George Turbervile. The bulk of entries concern the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and all but a handful of the then extant authors were born in the nineteenth century. Notables include William Somerville, Peter Beckford, Charles Apperley ("Nimrod"), R.S. Surtees, Thomas Smith, F.P. Delme Radcliffe, William Henry Herbert ("Frank Forester"), Lord North, E.OE. Somerville, et al.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Red cloth, hardback book, with gilt title, which sits in oval shape, block black box, positioned nicely at the top of the spine. The book is in good condition, normal wear and marks apply, consistent with use and age. Dust jacket included, not price clipped, rather worn and torn on the top section of the spine and back of the jacket. 320 pages all intact, all pages, text and illustrations are in good, readable order. This book is a remarkable, entertaining autobiography by Sidney Smith, the foremost authority on forensic medicine in Great Britain, if not the world. A fascinating and intriguing read. Also worth preserving for future generations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 243 pages. 6.24x0.74x9.24 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

8vo. 224pp. Original cloth-backed boards in rather chipped dustwrapper, illustrations, a very good copy. First edition and first of a series of five. Margaret Preston et al.

8vo. 224pp. Original cloth-backed boards, slightly chipped dustwrapper, many line illustrations, small (1943) gift inscription, a very good copy. First edition and second of a series of five.

Condition: binding (fair) pages (good). 1894 180 pages.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Undated, presumably turn of 20th century. Considerable tanning to edges of leather boards, along with minor "puffing" caused by water contact. Corners and spine tips fraying a little. Binding on first four pages slightly loose, but otherwise sturdy. Minor chip to ffep; minimal signs of aging to pages. A very handsome copy. Beardsley, Aubrey (illustrator). …