pantheon books random house new york (340 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 381pp. Former-university library copy with associated markings. No annotations or highlighting to text. Some shelf wear. A very usable reading copy.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/P+. xii+336pp, tables, dustjacket spine yellowed & the dustjacket worn at the edges with a few repaired tears, cloth a little rubbed, internally fine. A collection of 15 essays, divided into six sections & based on the proceedings of the Chicago China Conference, 1966. 625 grams.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Hardcover edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Very good uncorrected bound galley, green wraps with black lettering and decoration to front/back covers and spine. Interior clean and unmarked throughout. Some fading of covers at edges. One small stain on front cover to the right of title. Uncreased spine.

Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial cover, 2nd printing [1948], 4to: 342pp., 169 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Light wear. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. GEORGE CHRICHARD(JACKET DESIGN) (illustrator). First American Edition. Hard cover with dust jacket. Some slight surface wear and scarring on DJ(Not severe). No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Black boards which are slightly marked. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: CAN1.

Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows a faint smudge at the bottom edge and a couple of faint stains at the bottom edge of the front pastedown endpaper; the binding shows very slight lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. DJ shows a crease at the upper corner of the inside front flap; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, while no longer pistine, remains very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 384pp. Hardback with DJ.

Hardcover. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of light use: moderate spine lean; else minimal wear; two small spots at the lower front panel; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows only the mildest rubbing; price intact. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 258pp. Hardback with DJ. "Surveillance" is a deftly and humanely worked out story of post-millenial Seattle. I found particular pleasure in the fact that it flouts a rule strictly enforced in writing workshops and book groups across the county (not to mention in the minds of people who think that Hollywood actually produces art): "Surveillance" fails to conclusively conclude. I could make an argument that the conclusion is rather too conclusive, but let me simply say that the events of the ending are rather too possible for those of us on the West Coast. They are also are in key with some of the atmospherics along the way, and so document to a degree the worries of the liberal imagination in these times. Until the ending, Surveillance quite skillfully inhabits the world of the "well-made novel", weaving four (and more) stories together gracefully, each of which changes perspective on the topic as whole. Particularly impressive is the portrait of Alida, Lucy Bengstrom's eleven-year old daughter, who is individual enough to stay in the mind, but with nary a speck of preciousness. But it is in the portrait of Lucy that "Surveillance" succeeds the most. "Waxwings" was mostly the story of a professor with an age and opinions close to Raban's, but Lucy is a 50 something single mother whose certainties and confusions ring true. Ultimately, each of the major character is compelling and treated sympathetically. There is dread in "Surveillance" and dis-ease, but the reason for it is deep-seated, suggested rather than discussed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition, with full number line. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, very tight, certainly unread copy with price ($27.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Remainder dot on top edge.

First USA edition hard back binding in publisher's original black quarter bound paper covered boards with black cloth spine, blocked and lettered silver back and blind-tooled front. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 255 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Lower corners slightly turned-in. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition illustrated dust wrapper with 20 mm closed tears to upper front gutter and lower rear corner, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0394533593 GERMANY [World War II].

Hardcover. First Edition (1999); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate use. The Book shows light smudging and soiling to the outside edges of the text block; a single page has been dog-eared at the upper corner tip; slight spine lean; two small scuffs at the front panel; the binding is perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear and several minor, unobtrusive flaws. The DJ shows moderate rubbing to the panels; light wear to extremities, with a half-inch split at the upper corner of the front panel; the price has not been clipped. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches). 477 pages. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound, 14 ounces. Hardback with DJ. First Edition (1999); First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.

Hardcover. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows a very faint wrinkle at the inside corner of the lower front flap; else flawless; price unclipped. As New. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 275pp. Hardback with DJ. It takes a lot for a new writer to break into the crowded genre of British police procedurals. Even a good story may not be enough. But a good story with a badly damaged-but-redeemable Detective Chief Inspector might just do the trick. In this case, the damage is a doozie! DCI Mark Lapslie has just been called back from "indefinite sick leave" because he has a form of synaesthesia that causes him to taste sounds, e.g., his sergeant's voice tastes to him like lemon with a hint of grapefruit, but the voices of his children made him sick. And the voices of his colleagues at the busy station house taste like uncooked meat. Thus, he lives alone in as much silence as he can manage. He is called back to work in a last-ditch attempt to see if there is any way to create a useful place for him on the force before putting him on permanent leave. And he lands in the middle of a strange series of deaths of lonely old women. Coincidence? Murder? Serial killer? One leads to another and Lapslie and his sergeant always seem to be just a step behind. And the question nags: "Could a woman really visit so many horrors on these sweet, abandoned souls?" It makes you want to call up your elderly aunts and grandmothers to make sure they're OK and haven't been befriended by any overly solicitous do-gooders! I really like Lapslie and Co. and the writing is crisp, with a fine pace. Make no mistakes, though. This is also a tough murder mystery and not-so-nice things happen to presumably undeserving people. This is a good first mystery in what looks like a promising series.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lime cloth covers, yellow title and author lettering to the spine with yellow pond weed illustration to the cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 194 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine ends a little soft, corners nice and sharp. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks and chips to the spine ends, price clipped. SIGNED by Author's Relative 'Best wishes from Doreen Reynolds, 20th November 1998.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).

Paperback. First Edition Thus in USA [1986], so stated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of wear to extremities; mildest rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages have tanned a bit, due to aging. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. viii, 311 pages. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus in USA [1986], so stated.

/Don Freeman, illustrator. (illustrator). CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; ex-lib, some marks, pocket pull tear, unclipped 3.95. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. A mute boy in a French village steps into "a new world of delight and death, love and fear." ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Don Freeman, illustrator.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Near fine softcover, pictorial wraps. Clean and unmarked throughout. Uncreased spine, sharp corners. Light surface wear to covers. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First US Edition. Stated First American Edition. Anita Brookner's novel is the story of a beautiful widow and her wealthy family. Due to the perils ofWorld War II, they have been forced from Europe to England. --- In rose paper-covered boards backed in off-white cloth, with cover decoration and spine titling, both in rose foil. Volume wrapped in jacket with Judy Pedersen illustration to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though prior owner's circular embossed stamp to half title and sticker removal evidence to front free endpaper. Unclipped jacket ($13.95) with small tears & curling to edges, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 187, (2) pages.

Reprint. Hardcover. Very good in like dustjacket.

paperback. Condition: Fine. 351 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.

Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of shelving wear to the lower extremities; the mildest bumping to the top of the rear hinge and to the upper corner tips; faint smudging to the fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A moderately used copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear and a couple of very minor flaws, and with a clean text. Clean, sturdy, and quite presentable.The DJ shows a couple of short, closed tears and a faint wrinkle along the top edge of the front panel; the tan-toned background field of the backstrip is very lightly sunned (the titles thereon remain unaffected: bold and clearly legible); mild rubbing and very faint soiling to the panels; the price has been clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains a structurally sound and tightly bound: a handsome reading copy. NOT a Remainder or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.55 x 6.5 1.8 inches. ix, 608 pages. Translated from the Dutch by Arnold J. Pomerans. Language: English. Weight: 2 pounds, 1.6 ounces. Book-Club Edition (1990); the Dutch edition was first published in 1983. . Hardback with DJ. Book-Club Edition (1990); the Dutch edition was first published in 1983. .

Hardcover. First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Near Fine in Very Good+. DJ: Book shows front corners slightly bumped; else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows spine may be very slightly sunned- still bright and quite legible; hints of edgewear; mylar-protected. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 316pp. Hardback with DJ. This is a terrific book and should have a new edition. The interviews are wonderful and Miller is not only a unique stage director for theater and opera but a fine interviewer as well. The Geertz interview is worth the price of the book. The other interviews are essential reading for people interested in Miller's unique views on theater and life. I've used it for years in my teaching and my study of character. Each of the interviews are interesting and unique.as unique as Miller's view of the works for the stage have been over the years. They ought to bring out a second edition if nothing else, to keep these excellent interviews available in the world. This is a must for people of the stage and opera world and it's a big help for an approach to Indigenous Art as well. (See the Geertz Interview).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 232 pages; Description: 232 p. Illus. Endpapers are illustrated. "From the Osborne Collection of early children's books. Subjects: Children. Prose & poetry - 1765-1830. 1 Kg.

First edition hard back bound in publisher's original white paper covers, gilt stamping to spine. 4to 9" x 9½" unpaginated, illustrated end papers. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

First Printing. 367 Seiten, ca. 16,7 x 24,3cm mittleres Großformat, Copyright 1970, ohne Schutzumschlag, Ecken/Kanten bestossen, Einband berieben, vergilbt und fleckig, Buchschnitt mit Lagerspuren, Seiten gebräunt, unregelmässiger Buchschnitt, Ecken mit kleineren Blessuren, eher mittel bis gut für das Alter Altersfreigabe FSK ab 0 Jahre Sprache: Englisch gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Hardcover/Pappeinband.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "Mary Gordon, as always, writes about maternal love with great feeling and lyrical intensity. 'Pearl' is a brave, powerful, and moving book, full of suspense and humanity."--Margaret Drabble. Very slight wear to top edge of DJ with a dime size scratch on back panel, else fine. Keywords: STUDENTS FOREIGN NORTHERN IRELAND UPPER WEST SIDE NEW YORK MOTHERS DAUGHTERS PROTEST MOVEMENTS HUNGER STRIKES.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Stated. 8vo, xii + 429 pp. Endnotes to each chapter. Index. A collection of polemical essays by eleven contributors, primarily devoted to the social effects and uses of literature and language. Spotting to top page edges, spine cloth soiled, bottom corners bumped, front pastedown torn. Dust jacket torn at spine extremities, spine sunned. Out of print.

Hard Cover. Very Good/Price Clipped Else Vg. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-48149-6. Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. Top and bottom edges of blue boards faded, light damp stain along 1/2" edge of front endpaper. 205 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition USA [1976], so stated. First Edition USA [1976], so stated. Very Good in Very Good DJ: The Book shows moderate shelving wear to the lower extremities; just a hint of wear to the upper corner tips; the front board is ever so slightly lifted; a faint wrinkle at the upper corner of the front free endpaper; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and several minor, unobtrusive imperfections. The DJ shows some superficial scratches at the lower corner of the front panel; the price has been clipped; mild wear along the top edges of the panels. Rermains attractive. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.15 x 0.85 inches). ix, 194 pages. 198 duotone plates. Language: English. Weight: 19.4 ounces. Black cloth over boards with crimson titles at the backstrip and a crimson "Goya" across the front panel. Hardback with DJ. Goya (1746-1828), a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker, is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This book closely analyzes the Caprichos and Disasters of War, examining his satire and the how the contradictions between reason and unreason were a part of his time.

Hardcover. First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. Book shows barely discernible indications of shelving at the bottom edge of the boards; several faint flecks of foxing at the top and bottom of the quarter cloth at the top and bottom edges; binding shows the slightest lean, while remaining perfectly secure; else flawless; text clean. DJ price faint toning to the white background field of the rear panel; mild rubbing; price unclipped; mylar-protected. Overall, very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 239pp. Hardback with DJ. In this timely book William Ryan, author of Blaming the Victim, analyzes how and why the "vulnerable majority" of Americans, though "created equal," lives under the permanent and shaming threat of inequality. While noting that we formally exalt equality in such documents as the Declaration of Independence and even in everyday expressions about fair play, equal opportunity, and the common good, Ryan graphically shows how we nevertheless "play the game" in various spheres of public life by rules that divide people into winners and losers, superior and inferior rules that, in short, institutionalize inequality. A critique of this inhospitable system of beliefs, Equality also suggests that the foundations of true equality are not alien to the American tradition.

hard cover, ex library, gift inscription on first end paper, reinforced binding (Gibraltar Library Binding), white boards with picture, 59 pages, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, very good book condition, no dust jacket, non-fiction,