Stevenson John Eds (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 472p, paperback, a very good copy of the Second Edition [0582072905].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 472 pages, a very good hardback in a very good dust-jacket [0582072913].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 472 pages, a very good hardback in a very good dust-jacket [0582072913].

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st ed. A clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG paperback.

Paperback. Previous owner's name penned on ffep. Browning and wear on all edges of text with browning on around edges of pages. Cover fading along spine. Else good 248 pp.

Condition: excellent. pbk 495pp an unread copy excellent as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Light wear to jacket edges and scores to jacket rear. Some lightly penned marginalia to chapter 7 (Italy), all other pages clean and unmarked. A few dog-eared page corners in chapters 5 & 7. AD. Used.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Very good in mauve and black card wrappers with flat spine. Covers nice and clean, with just some light marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling. Rear cover has slight crease to top edge and light crease to bottom corner, affecting the last few pages. Contents very good and clean, although the paper stock is of poorer quality than earlier issues of Encounter, and is slightly tanned. 255mm x 185mm. 96 pages plus two pages of adverts on the inside covers. ***This issue includes first publication of a four page short story by Ian McEwan entitled 'Without Blood'. ***'Ian McEwan's first book of stories, "First Love, Last Rites", has recently been published by Jonathan Cape' [Quote taken from Author Notes section at the back of the magazine] ***'The collection ["First Love, Last Rites"] is McEwan's first published work and was regarded by the author [along with his second collection of short stories, "In Between the Sheets"] as an opportunity to experiment and find his voice as a writer. In an interview with Christopher Ricks in 1979, McEwan commented, "They were a kind of laboratory for me. They allowed me to try out different things, to discover myself as a writer." As a piece of work that portrays McEwan, the writer, at his youngest, it is perhaps fitting that the dominant theme is that of adolescence, of the blurry and perilous divide between childhood and adulthood; in addition themes of sex, perversion, and the grotesque in its many forms feature throughout. [Quote from Wiki about McEwan's first book of short stories] ***A very good copy of this famous literary magazine, which includes an early publication by Ian McEwan. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small octavo hc w/jacket in mylar, 242pp, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, owner's name and faint stain to upper corner of ffep, Very Good. Jacket is colorful and tight with foxing to the edges, Very Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. Reprint. This Literary Guild of America reprint edition was published in the same year as the 1st Edition. This copy is almost 100 years old, has been well taken care of and is in fine condition. Its construction is unlike most of the poorly made book club editions. The buckram covered boards, high quality paper and matching top stain add up to a handsome edition possibly as desirable and rare as the first edition. The text block is solid, clean and square. Pictorial endpapers are clear of markings with small previous owner's bookplate under front flap. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. Slight push to spine ends. There is no book club deboss on the rear cover. The jacket is in very good minus condition and has some closed tearing along backstrip seams and chipping/loss at spine ends and some edges. It looks sleek in a shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover without jacket; printed boards. Very good condition. The faintest of scuffs to leading corners of boards, otherwise no notable flaws. Pages are excellent; text is bright and clear. TA. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 192 p. 24 cm. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Various authors on: sport and politics in 6th century Byzantium; sport, youth and gender in Britain 1880-1940; development of British sport policy; Black African sport; sport in Korea, a newly industrialized state; Japanese sports; etc. Index. Preface by Gareth Roberts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near fine. 192 p. 24 cm. Blue cloth in pictorial dustjacket. Topics include: sport and politics in 6th-century Byzantium; sport in Britain and America at the turn of the 20th century; rhetoric and reality in the development of British sport policy; crisis management in black African sport; the Commonwealth and the politics of sporting contacts with South Africa; sport in Korea; Japanese sport; etc. Index.…

Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 713 pp.,VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing to boards), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing/rubbing). Photos available on request.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG hardback. Scottish Text Society, 4th series, mo.15. Green cloth with bright gilt. A clean, bright copy.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Blue cloth covers wrapped in original clear plastic dustwrappers. Page edges slightly toned. Unused. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: Approximately 1000pp. per volume. No ownership marks.…