Stanley L Ed Robert William (12 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD, Decent Reading Copy. ARGOSY Men Adventure Magazine Volume 355, #1 (July /1962; Popular Publications;) Photo Cover by Richard Hewett; 150 pages including covers; Writers: Ed Lacy; Paul Gorman; Art Inman/ L. C. Philmus; Robert A. Latimer; Dick Adler; Dabney Otis Collins; P. D. Schreiber; Kenneth R. Morgan; William Heuman; Joe Buffer; Gene Sarazen / Jack Zanger; Ricou Browning with Jack Cowden; Hal Steeger; Fred Sturgess; Pete Kuhlhoff; Harry Steeger; Interior Artists: Stanley Meltzoff; Norm Saunders; Lou Glanzman; Ray Keane; *** Book Order # ADV9160; Condition= G = (2.0) GOOD; (Used Reading Copy); Heavy cover creasing and scuffing; Price=US$18.00); Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Photo Cover by Richard Hewett;Interior Artists: Stanley Meltzoff; Norm Saunders; Lou Glanzman; Ray Keane; (illustrator). Book. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. UK edition. Includes all the stories in the October 1954 US edition, but not all the essays and artwork, and has the same cover art by Swanson. Contains Escape Velocity by Fontenay (illustrated by Orban), Money is the Root of All Good by Wilkins (illustrated by Emsh), Quickie by Lesser (illustrated by Emsh), A Pattern for Penelope by Young (Illustrated by Freas), The Name of This City by Christopher (illustrated by Freas), Little Boy by Neal (Bixby), Miracle by Price by Cox, Spatial Delivery by Garrett (illustrated by Emsh), Unwelcomed Visitor by Morrison and Peace by Arkawy and Henig. The spine has a small tear at the top and there are light creases at the top and bottom corners of the back cover but otherwise only light wear to the covers. There is some page browning but they are otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Valigursky, Ed; Orban, Paul; Emsh, Ed; Freas, Kelly; Swanson, Robert (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition faux navy blue leather boards with a color illustrated front cover paste-down, with gold front cover and spine lettering. Includes Preliminary Page Note by The Editors; Acknowledgments; and About the Authors. The volume also features gilt page edges on all three sides, a traditional 3-hubbed spine, and acid-free paper for permanence and durability. Illustrated with a double-page color frontispiece painting and color illustrated front and rear endpapers. "Great American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century presents an impressive array of writers. These literary sleuths - American writers who hail from all over the United States and even abroad - offer stories that reflect the varied experiences of a vast and culturally diverse country. The authors in this collection have garnered innumerable honors, from myriad awards conferred by their own mystery-writing colleagues to the Nobel Prize in Literature; they all share the writer's greatest reward, however, the broad readership and popular acclaim that can only come from creating superb, entertaining tales. Some of these mystery masters have left an indelible mark on the reading public by creating characters that have entered the national consciousness. The Saint, Lew Archer, Travis McGee, Uncle Abner - these names are real to mystery aficionados who know them well and have learned much about life from them. Other writers have given birth to characters who live only in one brief tale, making readers regret that they won't meet them again. Although the modern American mystery story has only recently gained respectability as the subject of academic study, the genre is an integral part of this country's literature. In fact, it stands at the very center of a markedly American literary offering, the short story. Edgar Allan Poe, the creator of the short story form, based the world's first mystery tale on the crime story, a style of fiction that originally appeared in the beginning of the nineteenth century. He enhanced the elements in these negligible stories with such genius that he lifted his own tales to the level of art. Poe's "The Murder in the Rue Morgue," first published in 1841, has been called by one critic "the single most important story in the history of the genre." Subsequent literary detectives may have occasionally felt daunted by following the mystery story's inimitable forefather; still, they have made their own distinctive contributions to this uniquely American literary form. Among them, the twenty-three writers in this anthology of American mystery masterpieces have written hundreds of memorable stories. Choosing the writers - not to mention the stories - from a national treasure of literary excellence was indeed difficult. The sheer number of outstanding American mystery stories offers endless hours of reading pleasure. To this day, superlative writers apply their varied skills to the genre first explored by Edgar Allan Poe. Readers new to this literary terrain will enjoy finding their way to some of mystery's hidden corners - as well as its landmarks. - The Editors" - from the Preliminary Page. Ward, John (panel art and color frontispiece) (illustrator).…