With Notes by Martin Gardner (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Printing. Covers have some light fading, and scuffing. Illustrated by Henry Holiday (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8 vo,68 pp. First American Trade Edition, Third Printing, Oct, 1978, Stated. A 2"x2" unicorn rubber stamp, bottom corner of first fep. Binding square, corners square. Jacket not clipped ($4.95) moderate wear to edges.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj has one small closed tear xxxiii, 363 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine Mylared. First American Edition. Collectible Fine First U.S. Edition Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Clean 68 pp.NOT a library copy. Price intact. Amazing chapter from the Alice books of Lewis Carroll that only was rediscovered in 1974. Here it is with drawings and corrections. As the Jefferson Airplane sang "One pill makes larger and one makes you small.".See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fifth Edition. 363pp. Black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Peter Newell (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 8.78" x 10.28" x 1.36", 1.50 kg, cii+402 (504) pp In celebration of the 100th anniversary of its publication, a beautifully illustrated annotation of The Wizard of Oz, complete with an exact reproduction of the original 1900 edition.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the quintessential American fairy tale. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading Oz scholar, now provides a fascinating new annotation that not only reacquaints readers with the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion, but also illuminates the colorful background of this treasured American classic. This edition explores numerous contemporary references, provides character sources, and explains the actual meaning of the word "Oz." A facsimile of the rare 1900 first edition appears with the original drawings by W.W. Denslow, as well as 25 previously unpublished illustrations. There is a bibliography of L. Frank Baum's published work, every notable "Oz" edition, and the stage and cinematic productions from 1939's The Wizard of Oz, to the 1974 Broadway hit, The Wiz. A beautiful, awe-inspiring work, The Annotated Wizard of Oz is an enduring tribute to the timeless joy of The Wizard of Oz, and a classic to rival Baum's own. About the Authors L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker best known today as the creator―along with illustrator W. W. Denslow―of one of the most popular books in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen Oz sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, and brought several of his works to the stage and screen. His is known to his fans as "The Royal Historian of Oz." Michael Patrick Hearn has written for the New York Times, The Nation, and many other publications. His books include From the Silver Age to Stalin: Russian Children's Book Illustration and The Porcelain Cat; he has edited The Victorian Fairy Tale Book, The Annotated Wizard of Oz, The Annotated Christmas Carol, and The Annotated Huckleberry Finn. Hearn lives in New York City. W. W. Denslow (1856-1915) was a prolific illustrator, cartoonist, and caricaturist, best remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first of the Oz books. An editorial cartoonist with a strong interest in politics, Denslow also illustrated his own books including Denslow's Mother Goose (1901), Denslow's Night Before Christmas (1902) and the 18-volume Denslow's Picture Books series (1903-4). The royalties from the print and stage versions of The Wizard of Oz were sufficient to allow Denslow to purchase Bluck's Island in Bermuda, and crown himself King Denslow I. However, he drank his money away, and he died in obscurity, of pneumonia. Martin Gardner (1914-2010) is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on Lewis Carroll and his work. The author of more than a hundred books, he wrote the "Mathematical Games" column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and has been hailed by Douglas Hofstadter as "one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century." * SHIPPING. Pictures by W.W. Denslow (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING hardcover book in blue cloth boards with black lettering. Boards are rigid and warp-free. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. No previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. DUST JACKET complete, NOT price-clipped. Shows small nicks, light rubbing on the corners and edges and a 0.25 x 1" piece missing at rear. Dust jacket remains crisp and bright. Will be protected with an archival book jacket cover. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. Synopsis Coleridge's greatest work, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is utterly unique, unlike any other ballad. No narrative poem has rivaled it in combining scenes of terror with scenes of incomparable beauty. Although enormously popular in the nineteenth century, it is seldom read or studied today. This annotated version by Martin Gardner will help to renew the appreciation and deepen the understanding of Coleridge's unjustly neglected masterpiece.Preceding the poem is a biographical sketch of the great poet, which emphasizes those aspects of his many-sided life and personality that have the strongest bearing on the poem, especially on circumstances surrounding its composition. Both the 1798 and 1834 versions of the poem are presented, with notes on words, lines, and stanzas that Coleridge later excised. Following the poem, Gardner summarizes major critical attitudes toward the ballad, discusses possible higher levels of meaning, and closes with questions concerning the poem's much-debated moral.Many artists have illustrated the Rime, but none as skillfully as Gustave Dore. He was far and away the most popular and prolific book illustrator of all time, and though his work has been out of fashion for some time, it is becoming harder and harder to dismiss him as a mere yeoman illustrator.Here is your chance to read, or reread, Coleridge's classic Rime, to fully understand it, and to relish Dore's magnificent illustrations. Dore, Gustave (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Some fading and staining of cover. Some foxing/marking due to age on page edges, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.