W. Stanley Martin (84 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of three novellettes, one Science Fact and four short stories. Featured are The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove, Second Helpings by George R.R. Martin, The Darkling Plain by P.M. Fergusson. The Science Fact: The Postdiluvian World by Stephen L. Gillett, PHD. The Short Stories: The Efficiency Expert by W.R. Thompson, Random Sample by Heidi Heyer, Siblings by Larry Powell, Beisbol by Ben Bova. Slight edge wear. Address label on the front cover. In very good condition.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 104 clean, unmarked pages. Color & b&w (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Almost Like New. First Edition. (First Edition) Book is a clean tight copy.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 96, No 4, pp. 687-698, Illus, 4to, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet else VG.

Card cover.108pp. + 3pp adverts. B/W illus. Boards have some rubbing/wear, contents V.G.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Bookseller's sticker to front free endpaper with water staining. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Strong sunning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Water staining to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Assumed First. Well preserved. No date given, but assumed t be in late 1800's. Cover is decorative design with pilgrim in two-color. Caption: Honour Series. Corners are mildly bumped. Spine has moderate wear. Full color frontispiece of Evangelist pointing Christian to the Way of Life. Extensive ink drawings throughout to illustrate allegory. No marks in book. Spine has weak spot about two thirds way through. Very nice copy.…

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Boards are slightly bowed.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. Circa 1900s. Original binding. Cloth hardcover. Pictorial Dust jacket now in clear plastic BRODART protector. 158pp. Ads. Jacket is RARE. Accounts of the Martyrs in the Early Church era. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket with one short closed tear. Binding sound. Textblock appears clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Undated edition, late 19th or early 20th century. Firmly bound, decorated blue cloth boards, plain spine, light wear on corners and at the top and base of the spine of the cover, some fading along the outer edge of the front cover probably from damp.

Condition: Good. 139 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate sunning to spin and edges. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the November 1926 issue (Vol. XIII No. 3) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to front cover; previously, but lightly, folded; short, light, narrow brown spot to right edge of each page (to blank margins only). Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: The Purpose of the Ethical Movement by Felix Adler; Towards the Sunrising by Harry Snell; The Moral Crisis in British Industry by J. A. Hobson; The International Aspect of Immigration by Constantine M. Panunzio; Internationalism in the United States by Edwin D. Mead; Personal Responsibility for Social Progress by Alfred W. Martin; New Lamps for Old by E. Stanley Abbot; Sanity and Wit by Henry J. Golding (a book review of "The Beardsley Period" by Osbert Burdett); The Ethical Movement (The St. Louis Conference; The Constitution of the American Ethical Union). J.A. (John) Hobson (1858-1940) was an English economist and social scientist; Constantine M. Panunzio (1884-1964) was an Italian immigrant, Methodist minister, social worker and sociology professor, and author of "The Soul of an Immigrant" and "The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920"; Edwin D. Mead (1849-1937) was a pacifist involved in the U.S. and international peace movement and President of the Men's Woman's Suffrage League.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Editions. 178, 178, 178, 178 pp. Digests. Light wear. Covers by: Paul Lehr; Dean Ellis; Mike Hinge; and John Sanchez. These four issues contain all four parts of John Varley's serialized novel, Titan, along with: JANUARY: Triad - a novelette by Sam Nicholson; Short Stories: The Santa Claus Problem by J. W. Schutz; The Last Alchemist by Ronald R. Lambert; Breaking the Game by Orson Scott Card; Final Solution by St. Marie; The Wanda Lake Number by Robert Thurston; and Science Fact: The Voyager Record by Jon Lomberg; and Making Sense of Extraterrestrial Senses by Kenneth Jon Rose. FEBRUARY: Songs of a Sentient Flute - a novelette by Frank Herbert; Short Stories: Last Hunt by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin; Letter to Ed by Edmundo Hamiltowne; The Odds Man by Gary Alan Ruse; A Computer that Writes Science Fiction - an essay by Paul J. Nahin; and Science Fact: Today's Computers Intelligent Machines and Our Future by Hans Moravec. MARCH: Novelettes: Minding the Business by Sam Nicholson; and Harem by Trudy E. Bell and Ilil Arbel; and Short Stories: Can These Bones Live by Ted Reynolds; The Believer by Laurence M. Janifer; The Element by Stephen L. Suffet; and Science Fact: Funding the Future by M. David Stone. APRIL: Duty Honor Planet - a novelette by Michael McCollum; and Short Stories: Reunion by Paul J. Nahin; Share It With Me by Kirill Bulychev; Pathway by Edward A. Byers; Redeemer by Gregory Benford; The Thirteenth Utopia by Somtwo Sucharitkul; Mayfair by Thomas Sullivan; and Science Fact: Build Your Own A-Bomb and Wake Up the Neighborhood by George W. Harper; along with the usual features in all four issues. Size: 12mo. Paul Lehr; Dean Ellis; Mike Hinge; John Sanchez; (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Where the Gods Decide - James McKimmey Jr, Gama is Thee - Stanley Mullen, Task of Kayin - William Morrison and Spoilers of Spaceways - W Bradford Martin. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 127pp. Perfectbound. Art editor is Gail Howell-Jones. Black and white illustrations. Light rubbing else fine. Ian Robinson founded Oasis in 1969 and continued to publish the magazine while Robinson founded Oasis Books in 1970. This magazine is devoted to the translation and review of well known poets and authors such as: Bruno Jasienski, Florence Chia Ying Yeh Chao, and Max Jacob. Well known poets and author's include George Bowering, a well known poet and historian and Martin Booth, a British novelist and poet who founded the Sceptre Press. Three chapters of Lotte Bullock's *The Lost Tiger* are printed in this issue. Also includes Illustrations by Carol Chapman, Jean Demelier, Patrick O'Keeffe, Stanley Engel, and John Mitchinson. Additional contributors include Anthony Hodge, Philip Weeks, David H W Grubb, Reginald Levy, John Rice, Donato Cinicolo III, Sally Tylecote, Paul Matthews, William Oxley, Paul Gogarty, Colin Nixon, Thea Clark, Ervin Gaspar, Michael Gold, Richard Austin, Paul Green, Robin Lee, William Bedford, Bruton Connors, Andrew Darlington, Valerie Owen, Charles Black, Craig Anderson, Matt Simpson, Simon McNulty, Cecily Lambert, John Mitchinson, David Jaffin, Roger Bonner, Rachel Blake, Mark Young, and Francesca de Masi.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to spine edges. Marking to front board.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A Nice Solid Book, Sunday School Incription On Ffep Otherwise Unmarked. Blue Cloth Covered Boards With Black Picture Of A Torch-Bearer Ion Front Cover And Black Title On Spine. Only Minor Bumping To Spine Ends. Dj Is Complete With Colour Picture Of Man And Boy At A Pulpit. And Blue Title Above. And Blue Title On Spine. Chipping To Top Edge Particularly And Handling /Shelf Wear Markings. On Front And Rear Jacket. However, It Is Still A Nice Solid Book.…

Condition: Fair. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 108 pages. No dust jacket. Blue illustrated cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 139 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and embossed stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good and Sound. Original pictorial wrappers. No date - 1940s? Illus. Staples corroding.

Green Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. H/B 108 pages, condition is good, a split along the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 108, [3] p. 19 cm. Fold-out frontispiece illustration. B&w illustrations throughout. Blue cloth. Bevelled edges. Moderate soiling to cloth and wear to extremities. Ink signatures on first pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. Stanley Renner "The Garden of Civilization: Conrad, Huxley, and the Ethics of Evolution" / Lee M Whitehead "The Active Voice and the Passive Eye: Heart of Darkness and Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy" / C T Watts "Heart of Darkness: The Covert Murder Plot and the Darwinian Theme" / V J Emmett, Jr "Carlyle, Conrad, and the Politics of Charisma: Another Perspective on Heart of Darkness" / Betsy C Yarrison "The Symbolism of Literary Allusion in Heart of Darkness" / Daniel R Schwaez "'A Lonely Figure Walking Purposefully': The Significance of Captain Whalley in 'The End of the Tether'" / David M Martin "The Diabolic Kurtz: The Dual Nature of His Satanism" / Richard P Sugg "The Triadic Structure of Heart of Darkness" / Joan Baum "The 'Real' Heart of Darkness". (SL#82).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.