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

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

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Clean & crisp, square.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Fine unmarked. First Thus. Handbook for students of the ageless wisdom. Nice bright clean crisp copy. 5 x 7, 57 pp. Paperback in yellow/blue wraps.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Here are two modern translations of Gilgamesh & Beowulf. 2 venerable Old Stories Translated into Modern English: the Middle Babylonian - Akkadian Quest Epic: Gilgamesh, Translated by John Gardner & John Maier ; and - the Medieval Old English Heroic Verse Epic: Beowulf, Translated by Frederick Rebsamen. Paperback formats. TITLE : Gilgamesh (Translated from the Sîn-leqi-unninnī Version) ORIGINAL AUTHOR : Unknown TRANSLATORS : John Gardner, John Maier IMPRINT : VintageBooks ( a Division of Random House) PLACE : New York DATE : (October 1985) EDITION : First Vintage Paperback Edition PHYSICAL DETAILS : trade Paperback; Has a single map; contains a Preface, an Introduction, generous notes, an Appendix , which contains photographs and line renderings of the original cuneiform tablets, as well as a recounting of the translation procedure. [xii] + 304 pages; 5 1/8" x 8"; photo-pictorial wraps, glued. CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive. No crease to spine. Covers bright and clean. Binding tight. Has slight toning of text block edges; text leaves slightly toned, else clean and unmarked. FROM THE REAR COVER WRITE-UP : "The story of 'Gilgamesh', and ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings." ====================================================== SERIES : Perennial Classics TITLE : Beowulf (An Updated Verse Translation) AUTHOR : Unknown TRANSLATOR : Frederick Rebsamen IMPRINT : HarperPerennial PLACE : New York DATE : 2004 EDITION : First HarperPerennial Edition PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Paperback; contains an Introduction; Genealogies, character names, Bibliography (Selected Readings); [xvi] + 112 pages; 5 1/4" x 8"; pictorial wraps, glued. CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: No crease to spine; covers bright; soft bumps to fore-edge corner tips and front cover has a slight yawn. Binding tight. Interior clean and free of marking. FROM THE COVER WRITE-UP : "The acclaimed verse translation of the timeless epic tale of bravery and battle --- the enduring saga of the hero Beowulf and the monster Grendel - the first true masterpiece of English literature.". …

Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Vol. 18, No. 1. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vol. 18, No. 1. Adult Reading Material. 4t. Tab (Adult Mens Magazine). NY. 1968. Vol. 18, No.1. Softcover with color illustrations on cover. Articles in this edition include "How nudist Camps Improve your Love Life", "The Sex Goddess Who Kissed and Told Everything", Shocking Photo's Inside the World's Biggest Hippie Drug Den", New Sport Sensation: Skiing on Wheels-at 50 M.P.H" and more. Shows some wear to spine, other wise clean and tight copy. Unusual/Rare Pulp Mag. Unknown (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. NO DJ. 1st Edition. No flaws.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO DJ. 1st Edition. Foxed inside front and back covers, otherwise very clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. NO DJ. 1st Edition. No flaws. 1968-69.

Cloth With Gold Stamped Design. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets, The Eichbaum Press, Pittsburgh, 46 pages plus folding map of Pittsburgh in 1795, (map is copyright 1892 by Jos. Eichbaum & Co.) Includes 2-pg Chronology (from 1753 through April 1, 1894) and 6 other illustrations. Green cloth binding with beveled boards and gold D.A.R. Seal on front cover. Front free-endpaper former owner address (Second owner). This person was a long time member of "The Company of Military Collectors and Historians from 1955-1998, top of title page is written "Purchased at the Fort, July 8, 1902 while in Pittsburgh to attend Pa. C.E. Convention." Signature of John F. Traub inside front cover/pastedown, appears to be made with the same pen used in 1902 for the previous inscription (This was the first owner). Errata slip tipped in at beginning of two-page chronology. Very clean, complete, and tight. Unknown (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 120 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Good. covers have minor wear, ink writing and soil, corners bumped, stapled binding tight, pages clean, 62 pages, abstracts of papers presented at the symposium and texts of papers on mines in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, Vanadian and cavity minerals in India, tourmaline in Russia, Madagascar, United States and Brazil, a few bw illustrations Size: 8.5 x 11.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. covers have minor wear and soil, corners bumped, stapled binding tight, pages clean, 28 pages, abstracts of papers presented at the symposium and texts of papers on mining in New Hampshire, volcanoes and associated mineral and quartz crystals in Herkimer County, New York, not illustrated Size: 8.5 x 11. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. covers have minor wear and soil, corners and edges bumped, stapled binding tight, 67 pages, abstracts of papers presented at the symposium and text of papers on Minerals of Greenland, zeolites from Iceland and the Faeroe Islands, Erongo Mountain in Mamibia and disposing of collections, bw illustrations Size: 8.5 x 11.…