Alfred Daniel Taylor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Featuring "The One Who Waits" by Ray Bradbury. Very light edge tanning, else a near fine copy. In a plastic magazine envelope.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 18, No. 3 (Whole No. 213). Cover art by Greg Lafevere for "Climb the Wind" (novelette) by Pamela Sargent. Includes "Selkies" (novelette) by Mary Rosenblum; "Good With Rice" (novelette) by John Brunner; "Full Circle" by John Alfred Taylor; "Rites of Spring" by Lisa Goldstein; "What Can Cloe Want?" by Brian Stableford; "The Day of Their Coming" by G. David Nordley; "Angel from Budapest" by Daniel Marcus. Departments: "Letters"; "The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss. Illustrated by Jonathan & Lisa Hunt, Steve Cavallo, Pat Morrissey, and Carol Heyer. Creasing; internal underlines and marks; tanning; edge nicks and wear; mark on top end. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: As New. Fanzine, intro verse of Clark Ashton Smith.From the collection of Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Featuring "The One Who Waits" by Ray Bradbury. A clean, unmarked, bright copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Digest-sized paperback, 176 pages; top edge age toned, tiny price sticker on ISBN code block on front cover, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our other listings for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and our Analog Science Fiction Science Fact [Digest, Magazine] listings (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Reprint of Taylor's book which is accepted as the first true bibliography of cricket. First published in 1906 in an edition of 50 copies. 8vo. 115pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 314 pages ; OCLC 927145016 (online version); art nouveau design with sunflowers and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Selections include: The American Boy -- The Light That Is Felt -- The Tiger The Brahman, And The Jackal -- A Kind Word -- Little Brown Hands -- The Lame Man And The Blind Man -- The Owl And The Pussy-cat -- September -- The Arab And His Camel -- The Shepherd Boy And The Wolf -- Needless Pain -- Because He Loves Us -- Marjorie's Almanac -- The Brown Thrush -- Truth -- God Bless Our Flag -- The Quails -- The Discontented Stonecutter -- The Cloud -- All Things Beautiful -- Labor -- The Matsuyama Mirror -- Work While You Work -- The Pen -- The Quest -- God Bless The Commonplace -- A Bright Chinese Boy -- The Grapevine Swing -- Beautiful Joe -- Forget-me-not -- October's Bright Blue Weather -- Daisies -- So Much Of Goodness -- The Breaking In Of Black Beauty -- The Children's Hour -- The Magic Mill -- The Corn Song -- Daniel Webster's First Case -- The Day Is Done -- The Image And The Treasure -- Somebody's Mother -- Look For Goodness -- The Code Barbarian -- The Discontented Pendulum -- True Success -- Which Loved Best? -- Hope -- The Story Of King Midas -- T Is The Last Rose Of Summer -- Home, Sweet Home -- The Fight -- A Simple Recipe -- The Angels Song -- A Visit From St, Nicholas -- Ring Out, Wild Bells! -- Beauty In Common Things -- Letters Of Recommendation -- A Song For Flag Day -- The Stone In The Road -- Answer To A Child's Question -- Paul Revere's Ride -- The Dream Of Home -- The Choice Of Hercules -- Thomas Jefferson's Ten Rules -- After The Shipwreck -- The Lost Camel -- The Planting Of The Apple Tree -- We Should Smile -- The Humbug -- Sky-born Music -- The Pebble And The Acorn -- The Tree -- Service -- The Sleeping Beauty -- A Wholesome Tongue -- The Village Blacksmith -- Genuine Heroism -- The Legend Of Indian Corn -- Robert E. Lee -- The City Mouse And The Country Mouse -- Our Birth--The First Roses -- A Little Sermon -- Four-leaf Clover -- Love's Nobility -- A Prayer -- Casabianca -- Be What Thou Seemest -- Thor And The Giants -- The Spider And The Fly -- The Mouse And The Moonbeam -- The Schoolhouse And The Flag -- The Snow-image -- Index Of Authors ; Numerous Biblical references appear in Searson's Studies in Reading (1923), but the movement is toward secular stories with a moral emphasizing social values. This reader, published after World War I, begins with a poem, "The American Boy." It is a dialogue between a father and son about patriotism. According to the author of this reader, the influence of the story "The Poor Little Match Girl" "founded many an orphan home and organized hundreds of societies for relief of the worthy poor," which indicates an emphasis on philanthropy and social work during the era of the Social Gospel.80% of selections taught traditional values."-- Sharon Vincz Andrews ; signature of a youthful Gerald Grout, later a Kansas Ophthalmologist ; GOOD. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Limited edition. Thick octavo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light internal foxing and short tears on spine ends, and housed in a very good purple cloth covered clamshell box with faint dampstain. Number 93 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by contributors Karl Edward Wagner, Simon Clark, Christopher Burns, Brian Lumley, David S. Garnett, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Fred Chappell, Brad Strickland, Gardner Dozois, Joel Lane, Jovan Panich, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, John Gordon, Steve Sneyd, W.H. Pugmire, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Wayne Allen Sallee, Joe R. Lansdale, Daniel Wynn Barber, Ron Wolfe, William F. Nolan, Dennis Etchison, Michael Reaves, Charles Wagner, John Brizzolara, Leonard Carpenter, William F. Wu, David B. Silva, John Alfred Taylor, Charles L. Grant, Jack Dann, and Ramsey Campbell. Signed.…

An excellent guide to Mason's famous engraving of the match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton. Taylor often wrote under the nom de plume of "Willow Wielder" and was a noted cricket historian who lived all his life in Brighton. Paperback. First edition. Slim 8vo. 61pp. Illustrated covers, lightly rubbed. Folding illustrated plate of the engraving. Owner's name to first page. Good condition.…