Alson Smith (179 results)

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Paperback Wraps. First Paperback Edition. Paperback book is a clean unmarked copy. Wraps show scuffing wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # 5642 of this collection of short stories. The best of Mike Shayne's mystery magazine. Light edgewear. A 1-inch semi-closed split to the corner of the spine. In good condition.

Single Issue magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., NY, 1954 First Edition 120 page Digest Sized Magazine, edited by James L. Quinn with stories by James Blish, James Gunn, Alson J. Smith, and others. Contents page in Photos. Cover art by Ken Fagg A very good copy with light edge wear, ink checks, and numbers to contents page as shown, text lightly toned. See photos whbx 13// E. Cover art by Ken Fagg (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/clipped price; 305 clean, unmarked pages/index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Grey boards, preface by Virgil Peterson. Stain on the top edge, tanning pages. Chips on the extremities of the jacket, small tears, creases along the lower rear edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. The book and contents are clean and tight. The dust jacket is lightly scuffed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). (Book Club Edition) Except for name on front end paper, book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 220 pages. BCE. Light shelf wear, pages yellowing; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The jacket has some staining and wear. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Paranormal; Inventory No: 228653.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 222 Pages; 21 Chapters With Foreword And Introduction In Front. Pages Tight; Moderate Page Wear; Underlining On Few Pages; Previous Owner Name Stamped On End Pages. Light Brown Linen-Like Hard Covers With Black Lettering On Spine. Moderate Shelf Wear. Faded And Rubbed Dust Jacket With Border And Lettering On Front Dj; Some Staining From Previous Moisture Exposure And Darkened Areas (Residue From Scotch Tape) On Dj Edges And Spine Ends. Some Nicks And Tears On Edges, Spine Ends, And Fold Flaps. Chapter Headings Include: The Meaning Of Faith; Faith And Purpose; Men Of Faith; How Faith Heals; A Faith For An Atomic Age; A Faith To Face The Daily Grind; A Faith To Overcome Handicap.Sin.Obsession.Fear.Marital Discord; A Faith To Conquer Alcoholism; A Faith To Meet Loneliness; A Faith To Face Death; Faith As A Heritage; Faith Is Power, Etc. Material In This Book First Appeared As A Series Of Articles In "Everybody's Digest" Magazine Under The General Title Of "Power To Live". Rare Vintage Copy. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). The book has bumped spine ends, otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has rubbing and some edgewear, some darkening at the spine and old dampstain at top edge of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear. Nice condition. No chipping. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover art by Ken Fagg. Includes "The Thing in the Attic" (novelette) by James Blish; "A Monster Named Smith" (novelette) by James Gunn; "Beauty and the Beast" by Robert F. Young; "The Small World of M-75" by Ed. M. Clinton, Jr.; "Lonesome Hearts" by Russ Winterbotham; "Fair and Warmer" by E. G. von Wold; "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" by Kenneth O'Hara; "The Big Stink" by Theodore R. Cogswell. Article; "Breaking the Time Barrier" by Alson J. Smith. Illustrated by Paul Orban, Ed Emsh, and Kelly Freas.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. Signet T3261. Appears unread.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 2 novelettes and 11 short stories. Featured are She Asked For it by Fletcher Flora (a novelette), New Year's Party by Alson J. Smith (a novelette). Short stories are Goodbye by Charles Carpentier, She's Nothing but Trouble by Glenn Canary, The Deserter by Hal Ellson, The Accuser by Robert Wallsten, Kill One Kill Two by H.A. Derosso, Survival by David Alexander, Deadly Error by Avram Davidson and Chester Cohen, The Prisoner by Lawrence Harvey, Heat Crazy by Virgie F. Shockley, Busybody by J. Simmons Scheb, Frustration by Anne Smith Ewing. Light edgewear. In near fine condition. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Boards have shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy. Name of previous bookseller on stamp inside cover. Name of previous owner inside cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club. Cover and pages have some tanning. Spine is a bit loose in some areas. Shelf wear on dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In blue cloth. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chicago's Left Bank, by Alson J. Smith, Published by Henry Regnery Co., 1953 hardcover in dustjacket, From inside front flap: "With an urbane sense of humor & sureness of touch, the author sketches the history & present status of the 'Seven Lively & Imperishable Arts' in the Windy City, with asides into education, business & vice. He shows how innovation has been the demon of Chicago, & how the city, for all its materialism, has been & can increasingly be the place of incubation, the seedbed, the creative center of America--& how, too, it is usually outbid for the products of its creativity by New York & Hollywood. In spite of this, Smith sees Chicago as the Florence to New York's Rome." "jacket has some wear, very good for age , in a plastic protector, book inside is clean and tight, light cover wear, paper browning".…

Hardcover. First Edition. 8 vo; maroon cloth textured boards; gilt spine lettering; 273 pp; includes 8 pp of b/w photos of Chicago literati and an index of names from Frank Adams to Anders Zorn. very good; p.o.'s gift inscription of front flyleaf; all else-clean, tight and attractive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Clean and unmarked Book Club hardcover in a jacket. 220pp. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 3, No. 5. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover art by Ken Fagg. Includes "The Thing in the Attic" (novelette) by James Blish; "A Monster Named Smith" (novelette) by James Gunn; "Beauty and the Beast" by Robert F. Young; "The Small World of M-75" by Ed. M. Clinton, Jr.; "Lonesome Hearts" by Russ Winterbotham; "Fair and Warmer" by E. G. von Wold; "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" by Kenneth O'Hara; "The Big Stink" by Theodore R. Cogswell. Article; "Breaking the Time Barrier" by Alson J. Smith. Illustrated by Paul Orban, Ed Emsh, and Kelly Freas. Spine and hinge areas have been wet with light staining; otherwise issue is quite nice. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Light normal book wear including a very faint and minor stain in upper corner; significant dust jacket wear. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. PBO - Paperback Original. A 1st print (stated) of a PBO of a Dell edition from the mid 1960s of a collection of the best stories from Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine. Contents include Death of a Dead Man by Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser - probably ghostwritten), Partners of the Dark by Alson J Smith, Truck Drivers Like Girls by Dorothy Madle, Murder Slick as a Whistle by Arthur Porges, The Marrow of Justice by Hal Ellson, Man on the Run by Dennis Lynds, Death, My Love by John Douglas, Mink is for a Minx by Tighe Jerratt, Murder of an Unknown Man by James Holding, and Corpus Delicti by Talmage Powell. Dell Book 5642. GGA cover. Light edge wear with some small chips to the fore edge and bottom corner of the front cover. Book store stamp (Libby's Used Book Store .) on the FFEP. The lightly browned pages are clean and crisp. A very good copy. Robert McGinnis (cover) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 220pp. Dust jacket in mylar. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). small tears in jacket, minor scuffing, 220pp. Book.