William Curran Editor (8 results)

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condition: Good. No Jacket. s3e 6¾"x9¼"; 144 pages; Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. There is general toning of the cover and pages due to age. There is a small tears to the outside edges of the front and back covers. This is a used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. It contains the following articles: "Roland Garros: The Man Who Put Wings on War" by Arch White House; "Werner Voss: Pride of the Hussars" by Willaim E. Barret; "Georges Guynemer: The Fragile Knight" by William E. Barrett; "Raoul Lufberry: Ace of the Lafayette" by William W. Walker; "Edward Mannock: The Crippled Eagle" by William E. Barrett; "Rene Fonck: The Stork Who Sought Glory" by William E. Barrett; "Ernst Udet: Duel Master of the Sky" by Richard Hanser; "William Barker: Greatest Pilot the World Has Known" by William W. Walker; "Frank Luke: Balloon Buster" by William E. Barrett; "Elliott White Springs: The War Bird Who'll Never Die" by William E. Barrett. Edward A. Knapp (Drawings); Jo Kotula (Cover Painting) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A special issue of Encore Programs, Inc. published for the Pacific Northwest Festival and circulated to audiences at the Seattle Opera House. This special issue concentrates on Wagner's Ring Cycle produced in 1976 by the Seattle Opera. Includes an article on Bayreuth, synopses of the Ring operas, bios of cast members, etc. Vintage ads. Measures 8.5" x 11" with 30 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A nice, fine copy in a fine minus to near fine, mylar protected DJ. Signed by the designer / publisher (same person - one signature) on a specially bound-in page. Limited edition #24 of 250. Slight wear to DJ and DJ edges, 4to., 72 pages. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author. …

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. William Curran, 1938; no additional printings indicated; xiii, [1], 16-256pp. Humorous anecdotes, toasts and jokes divided by a variety of subjects including various ethnic groups, professions, activities, and categories like "Absurd, Fantastic and Ridiculous", "Beefs, Bulls and Blunders", "Dipsy Doos", and "Expurgated" (dirty jokes with their crudest words replaced). Preceded by the author's introductory essay "How to Become a Raconteur". Identified as Volume One, unknown of other volumes were published. Binding is sturdy and fully intact; moderate amount of wear to edges of black cloth boards, light rubbing to cloth, stamped white titling lightly rubbed but otherwise clearly legible; text very good throughout. No dust jacket, if issued. Appears to be quite scarce, only five copies appear in an OCLC search. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover w/slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition / first printing. Number 36 of 200 copies signed by 7 of the contributors. Book is in bound in leather and in fine (appears unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper, also includes a slipcase in fine condition. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. Neil Baker, Sam Stone, Edward M. Erdelac, Christine Morgan, Scott R. Jones, Cody Goodfellow (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Chicago & St. Louis: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1882. Wrritten by the famed Irish orator's son and originally published in 1881; this is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing from one year later. Possibly a Pirate Edition; the publisher had multiple bankruptcies and was successfully sued by Mark Twain. Decorative binding of red cloth, stamped in black; titling is red within gilt compartments. Clean text; 535 pages; includes an index and an appendix of anecdotes. The frontis portrait is foxed but the textblock is not affected. The corners are very lightly bumped and there is a small area of fade at the foot of the spine. Despite these minor defects, it remains a solid and attractive copy. Later Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…