The Modern Library (43 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. No dust jacket on this edition, printing is directly on boards. Slight shelf wear on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Page edges show age toning. Dust jacket shows age wear and tear on all edges as well as shelf scuffing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. H W Wilson "Cooperation And Progress" / Miriam Herron "A Next-To-Nothing Library Of Modern Authors" /Aids In Teaching The Use Of The Library / Books For The Sick (SL#132).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edtiion. Original printed wrappers, printed in dark blue lettering. 12pp, wire stapled, fine, a few titles with check marks. "A list of 185 books in complete and unabridged editions by the most important aauthors of recnet times. Including new titles for all and winter 1930-31." "Famous Modern Books at 95c each." Very Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ in. - 7¾ in. 306pp., a Very Good copy with minor edgewear to the spine and folds to pages 185 and 299; a previous owner's name inked on the ffep with the words 'dignity, loyalty, respect.' The clipped dust jacket is Good with light chipping, edgewear and soiling; 'wash' inked on the front flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover shows minor shelf wear. Previous owner bookplate and stamp on front endpage. Pages are clean and in great shape. Binding is tight.

Condition: Fair. F4.

Reprinted from a copy in the British Museum. Pageblock uncut. Binding coming loose slightly. Ink markings on front endpaper. Cover worn and stained. Backstrip faded and scuffed.Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings,with previous owner's name inside cover,in fair condition, suitable as a reading copy,no dust jacket,239pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN.…

Small 4to.; glossy pictorial wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 32 pages; black and white photographic illustrations; edgeworn and soiled wraps else good.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bueno. Burrel, Angus (Edited by, Assitant Professor of English at Columbia University and Bennett a Cerf, Editor of the Modern Library). The bedside book of famous american stories. Estados Unidos, Random House Publishers, 1936. Características: Estado general regular. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Lomo raspado en la parte inferior. Tapas ligeramente raspadas en los bordes. En la contraportada tiene una ligera mancha en el lado izquierdo. Guardas levemente sucias. Cantos ligeramente sucios debido al paso del tiempo. Texto en ingles. Incluye textos de Washintong Irvine, Nathiel Hawtrone, Mark Twain, entre otros. 1313 p. (22 x 15.5 cm) Peso: 1.500 g.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. No date c. 1950 reprint Octavo hardback. 288 pp. Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

i-x, 1-398, i-xx, 1-914, [2] pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. Modern Library's second-style dust jacket with red paper spine and front panel with latter having opposing profile illustrations of Keats and Shelley within left and right halves of silver-bordered circle. Dj rubbed, nicks and short tears as well as some creasing at edges, light moisture stains at upper spine with some overlap onto front and rear panels, moisture stains also at front panel's right edge with toned overlap onto front flap, some soiling to white rear panel. Uncommon bookstore ticket "Lustig's | Tuscaloosa, Ala." affixed at top of dj's front flap. Dark grayish-blue cloth, vibrant gilt stamping to front board, spine decorated with red and gilt stamping. Light toning to uncolored top edge and fore-edge; light soiling to bottom edge. Slight toning to white non-decorated endpapers; ink ownership inscription on front pastedown hidden underneath dj's front flap. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket.…

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An original article from the The American Review of Reviews, 1904. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: Review of Reviews; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDArts & Photography. Fine.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxiii, 952 p ; 21 cm. Series; The Modern library of the world's best books. Notes; Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Cecil A. Moore. Contents; The country wife / by William Wycherley - All for love or, The world well lost / by John Dryden - Venice preserv'd or, A plot discovered / by Thomas Otway - Love for love / by William Congreve - The provok'd wife / by John Vanbrugh - The way ofthe world / by William Congreve - The beaux' stratagem / by George Farquhar - The beggar's opera / by John Gay - The clandestine marriage / by David Garrick - She stoops to conquer or, The mistakes of a night / by Oliver Goldsmith - The rivals / by R.B. Sheridan - The school for scandal / by R.B. Sheridan. Subjects; English drama 18th century Collections. English drama Restoration, 1660-1700 Collected works. 1 Kg.…

Otros Colaboradores: Observaciones: Tapa Blanda. The emperor Jones (Eugene O'Neill) / Winterset (Maxwell Anderson) / The man who came to dinner (George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart) / The little foxes (Lillian Hellman) / The Glass menagerie (Tennessee Williams) / Mister Roberts (Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan). . 419 p.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxiii, 952 p ; 21 cm. Series; The Modern library of the world's best books. Notes; Illustrated endpapers. Introduction by Cecil A. Moore. Contents; The country wife / by William Wycherley - All for love or, The world well lost / by John Dryden - Venice preserv'd or, A plot discovered / by Thomas Otway - Love for love / by William Congreve - The provok'd wife / by John Vanbrugh - The way ofthe world / by William Congreve - The beaux' stratagem / by George Farquhar - The beggar's opera / by John Gay - The clandestine marriage / by David Garrick - She stoops to conquer or, The mistakes of a night / by Oliver Goldsmith - The rivals / by R.B. Sheridan - The school for scandal / by R.B. Sheridan. Subjects; English drama 18th century Collections. English drama Restoration, 1660-1700 Collected works. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning (1934) By Robert Browning ? The Modern Library ISBN: none (because in 1934 a book proved its legitimacy with gravitas, not a barcode) Condition: Used, as sold by Crappy Old Books This is the book you buy when you want to announce to the world: ?Yes, I read poetry. Old poetry. Dramatic poetry. Poetry that may require a dictionary, three cups of tea, and a firm belief in Victorian emotional endurance.? The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning collects the muscular, labyrinthine, deeply dramatic verse of one of history?s most impressively intense poets?bound together in a 1934 Modern Library edition that has almost certainly outlived at least three sets of shelving and one ill-advised minimalist décor phase. In this well-travelled copy, rescued with pride by Crappy Old Books , you will find: Browning?s major dramatic monologues , in which people confess things nobody asked about, frequently in metaphor. Plays that may never have seen the stage , but which absolutely saw every corner of Browning?s busy, restless imagination. Poems about love, death, ambition, guilt, art, God, passion, regret , and occasionally everything at once?as if Browning were trying to use up all his emotional supplies before Tennyson woke up. This particular volume arrives in gloriously Used condition, meaning: A softened spine , bearing the gentle crease of past readers who valiantly attempted ?Pippa Passes? before realising it is 150+ pages of Victorian theatre energy. Corners rubbed to a respectable dullness , like a scholar who?s been around long enough to be interesting. Warmly aged pages , the colour of faded parchment or very weak tea?either is appropriate for Browning. Inside, you will also encounter: Characters who express their feelings at a level of intensity that would break modern group chats. Lovers declaring devotion with the emotional subtlety of a cathedral bell dropped from a great height. Villains explaining their crimes in such florid language you almost forget they?re confessing to murder. And of course, as a vintage Modern Library edition, this book offers: That classic torchbearer logo , bravely illuminating your descent into Victorian psychology. A durable, slightly world-weary cloth binding whose colour can only be described as ?scholarly dusk.? The comforting knowledge that generations before you have wrestled with Browning?s syntax and survived. Your Crappy Old Books specimen may also come with: A nameplate or ghost of an owner?s name , perhaps from a long-lost era when people proudly wrote in their books. A faint dust-jacket shadow on the boards?proof that the jacket once existed, briefly, before achieving escape velocity. The unmistakable scent of Old Book , a mixture of paper, time, and mild intellectual intimidation. You?ll love this book if: You believe poetry should be a full-body experience. You think modern writing doesn?t use enough semicolons. You enjoy unlocking long sentences like Victorian escape rooms. You want a book that doubles as décor and personality statement. And because it?s from Crappy Old Books , you also get: A price that won?t require a dramatic monologue. A copy already softened by time, making it ideal for reading or simply posing attractively on a desk. One more reason to look mysterious and literary in cafés or on trains. Take The Poems and Plays of Robert Browning home. Let it sit nobly on your shelf, radiating intellectual menace and old-world charm. After all, if you?re going to read about moral anguish, operatic love, and philosophical theatrics, you might as well do it from a 1934 edition that has already witnessed plenty of human drama?just by surviving this long.…

Condition: Fine. First Edition. Original small printed wrappers. 16 pages, including wrappers. Scarce especially in this nice condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1963. Very Good condition. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Previous owner's last name on the front free endpaper. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrations. Appendix: Declension of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, demonstratives. Conjugation of verbs and irregular verbs. Numerals. Russian-English vocabulary. Grammatical index. Bound in the original blue cloth. 7.5" wide by 9.5" tall. . Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (xii), 386pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Modern Library early printing. x, 557, [1], [6] pages. Dust jacket with pink bands at top and bottom; woman illustration at front panel center; dj toned/foxed and soiled with chips and tears. Dark brown semi-flexible cloth binding. Colored top edge; fore-edge and bottom edge toned/foxed. Ink ownership inscription dated 1933 on front free endpaper with has caused some ink smudging at top of dj front flap which cites 95 cent price. Some leaves have some shallow foxing at margins but are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.…

Modern Library early printing. xviii, 303 pages. Dust jacket with blue bands at top and bottom; Modern Library logo at front panel center; dj toned/ foxed with some soiling; some chips and tears; creasing at lower spine and to front flap; dj front flap has 95 cent price. Blue semi-flexible cloth binding; fore-edge corners bumped. Blue top edge; small shallow abrasions to all three text block edges; a few stains to fore-edge with some leaves affected at margins. Ink ownership inscription dated 1934 on half-title page; bumping to interior leaves top fore-edge corners. Binding is firm.…

Modern Library first edition (as stated upon copyright page). vi, 380, [5] pages. H 17cm x L 11.25cm. Dust jacket with "Burck" illustrated front panel; dj well toned and soiled; long tears along flap folds; small chips/nicks and other short tears; front flap has 95 cent price. Semi-flexible muted red cloth binding. Colored top edge; some foxing/toning to bottom edge and fore-edge with latter having stain near heel with leaves towards book's rear fractionally affected at margins. Ink ownership-gift inscription dated April 12, 1932 on half-title page; some scattered spots of light foxing/soiling but overall interior pages remain clean. Binding stressed between half-title verso and title page but otherwise firm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS THE GROWTH OF IDEAS FROM EARLY CONCEPTS TO RELATIVITY AND QUANTA, BY ALBERT EINSTEIN & LEOPOLD INFELD, THE CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY OF MODERN SCIENCE. A light blue, cloth bound, hardback book, with silver coloured titles to the spine and front board, silver emblem of a scholar on front board. Comes with dust jacket that has the odd tear and brown spotting inside jacket. Please see photos. Dust jacket still has its original price of 10s. 6d net. 319 pages all intact and in clean, readable order. Published originally in 1938 this book was reprinted in 1947. The book is in good condition and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. The quality of the pages inside are of a high standard and look like they have hardly been used or read. This wonderful book is a plain and logical account of the steps through classical physics to relativity and beyond, written for a wide public, but with a full sense of responsibility. It gives Professor Einstein's account of his own great discovery of relativity.…